Electric Bicycle Battery Fire

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Electric bicycle battery fire. And in march e bike batteries in a citi bike maintenance facility in brooklyn caught fire while charging an fdny spokesperson told the new york daily news. Battery mounted on the bicycle frame figure 3. The publication had a fire safety engineer and battery safety professional examine the aftermath of a fire ignited by an unattended charging battery in a bicycle shop video footage of the shop fire has been removed. For an electric bicycle battery to catch fire is perhaps even more rare.

Battery positioned above the rear wheel electric bicycle battery fires there were 32 incidents of fire involving the batteries of electric bicycles from 2008 2015 about 90 6 of the fires occurring in the last 4 years see figure 4. For a battery of any sort to catch fire is rare. Electric citi bikes are set to return. There have been numerous reports of lithium fires on electric bike rides and also while the bike is charging.

Unit pack power ebike battery 52v 48v 36v 13 ah 17 5ah electric bike battery for 1000w to 200w bafang voilamart and other motor bicycle lithium ion batteries pack. And keep in mind that cell phone batteries and computer batteries also but rarely catch fire. Most of these fires are on home built electric bikes with home made lithium battery packs consisting of strapped together r c hobby lipo cells. Pedego recalls electric bicycle batteries due to fire hazard important.

Fushield 48v 6ah e bike lithium battery for 48v electric bicycle with 110 240v charger. Bike europe a publication claimed to be the leading trade journal for the bicycle e bike market recently published a courageous story on the dangers of lithium ion batteries used in the majority of electric bikes e bikes. Netherlands the battery fire occurred while changing a broken controller. Lithium batteries are very combustible and should be treated with a lot of respect and caution.

Consumers should check with recalling firms for further details. As seen in figure 5. There are about 220 million electric bikes in daily service around the globe and fires are so rare as to attract international attention.