Our experience as a dealer is that in the event that LiFePo4 batteries get overheated to the point of melting the battery case, they don¡¯t actually catch fire. We had an advertising van with a lithium based system that provided power for LED signs and they had some serious battery issues which were passed on to us by Victron for us to rectify. The top of the 24V battery was blackened and charred and clearly had had a serious meltdown. At no time however did this cause a fire. There are however other variants of Lithium battery that can pose a fire hazard that might need specialized extinguishers to operate them safely. Things still seem to be in a state of flux as regards proper treatment of lithium batteries from a lot of different perspectives, so it¡¯s a bit of a waiting game until regulations catch up with technology.
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Oriental, NC
Pete Waterson