Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
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Re: Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
#2The thought that disposable vapes are still not forbidden in my country (EU) is making me sick.
Re: Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
#3Just curious: if you wanted to do something like that, but prevent a... thermal event, how would you protect an experimental battery realistically? Build a brick enclosure? A fire safe?
Re: Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
#4Never ever consider doing something like this.
There is a good reason why most home battery storage solutions are based on LFP batteries and not NMC as used in vapes.
LFP is a much safer chemistry that can withstand higher temperatures and won’t bust into thermal runaway like NMC.
Re: Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
#5Just curious: if you wanted to do something like that, but prevent a... thermal event, how would you protect an experimental battery realistically? Build a brick enclosure? A fire safe?
I think there’s not much you can do other than placing it very far away from the house. Those big packs just have way too much energy.
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#6Just curious: if you wanted to do something like that, but prevent a... thermal event, how would you protect an experimental battery realistically? Build a brick enclosure? A fire safe?
A runaway NMC battery is notoriously difficult to extinguish, so the best thing to do is to not do it and investigate LFP prismatic cells instead.
Many people building home storage batteries use a shed a few meters away from their home.
Re: Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
#7Just curious: if you wanted to do something like that, but prevent a... thermal event, how would you protect an experimental battery realistically? Build a brick enclosure? A fire safe?
Proper cooling seems to be the primary thing to do.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259017452...
Proper Home Storage systems are pretty safe:
https://www.bves.de/en/2024/12/17/study-home-batteries-fire-...
There are special containers for transport of (even damaged) lithium batteries, which don't look overly bulky:
https://www.zarges.com/en/solutions/transport-and-storage-of...
Re: Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
#8There are a million ways this can turn into a fireball, dont' try it, at least don't put it at home.
Re: Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
#9The thought that disposable vapes are still not forbidden in my country (EU) is making me sick.
i see more and more of them thrown in small streets and parks these days (FR).. if I had secure storage i'd take them just like that youtuber, alas
Re: Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
#10There are a million ways this can turn into a fireball, dont' try it, at least don't put it at home.
Don’t try this at home. Try it in someone else’s home first.