Thorfun Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 08/04/2024 at 08:18, Nickfromwales said: Does anyone have any links to the statistics on domestic battery fires? AFAIK there's more chance of the tumble drier going up in flames than a 'solar' battery this would indeed be very interesting to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 8 minutes ago, Thorfun said: would indeed be very interesting to know Probably worth looking here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfun Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 hour ago, SteamyTea said: Probably worth looking here. Doesn’t split in to type of primary fire though. But on the positive side the number of domestic primary fires have decreased by 20% over the last 10 years while we can presume the number of batteries installed has increased over that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 hour ago, Thorfun said: Doesn’t split in to type of primary fire though I have seen primary reasons somewhere, so you may need to hunt around a bit. 1 hour ago, Thorfun said: number of domestic primary fires have decreased by 20% over the last 10 years Some of that can be attributed to lower smoking rates and fire resistant furniture (was in the 1980's that the legislation came in, so most of that furniture is now discarded). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catford Bags Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 06/04/2024 at 14:19, Russell griffiths said: 4.9 kw panels on the roof, how and when will I use any power generated ? we both work from home. Highly insulated icf house, very airtight. ASHP UFH. Everywhere This is coming from my complete panic of having battery storage in the attached garage. I believe it’s something serious that building regs are looking into due to the increased number of fires caused by batteries, not necessarily solar batteries, but battery fires in general. I might be over panicking, but if I can run my house fairly efficiently then I would rather forget battery storage. yours mr over panicking from Cirencester. You may find this interesting - https://chargeworks.co.uk/are-home-batteries-worth-it/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 25 minutes ago, Catford Bags said: Cirencester Nice place to panic in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 On 09/04/2024 at 16:57, Thorfun said: this would indeed be very interesting to know Would also be wonderful to know how many of those were caused by installer error / poor workmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfun Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 1 hour ago, Nickfromwales said: Would also be wonderful to know how many of those were caused by installer error / poor workmanship. Like anyone would admit that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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