[Elecraft] Fire in the house li-ion

[Wayne Burdick]

So sorry to hear about this, William! Best of luck recovering from this tragedy.

I hope you’re able to salvage some of your ham gear. If you’re stuck without a rig, let me know. We might have a refurbished KX2 or KX3 we could loan you.

Perhaps this would be good time to remind everyone to be careful with Li-ion batteries for all products. For example, see page 2 of the KXBT2 battery pack instructions:

    http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740288%20KXBC2%20and%20KXBT2%20Instructions,%20rev%20A5.pdf

Perhaps the most important line in this document is: "Do not leave the battery unattended during charging. Charge only on a nonflammable surface.

On behalf of Elecraft, 73,

Wayne
N6KR





> On May 17, 2017, at 2:29 PM, William Lagerberg <pe1bsb at zendamateur.nu> wrote:
> 
> Guys,
> 
> I want to give you a advice, my shack it (was) in the basement (cellar??) I do all my thing for the hobby there.
> A collega of mine asked me to take a look at two Go-Pro LI-Ion accu's because they where not loading anymore.
> 
> So I put the first one on the loader for 8 till 9 hours and checked it and it was ok  ( with 10% loading current)
> Then I dit put the second one in same place at 10 in the morning at 3 my daughter called me there is a fire.
> We rusted to the cellar but I could not enter it was filled with dark smoke.
> 
> My shack is gone and 90 % off my house, I have insurance don’t now if it is enough to cover all of my Elecraft stuff
> 
> My K1, my own build K2 my K3  and my KX3 are gone, I found my K1 in 20 cm off water really down under, I clean’t it with fresh water.
> After that flushed it with pure alcohol. It is completely taken apart today as far as is possible.
> I Hope it will survive I will let it dry for a lot of day’s
> 
> My K2 is melted the same as my P3 and my K3 perhaps I can order the outside of both, but a am still not allowed to enter the basement so I don’t know how it looks at the inside.
> 
> So finale the message is please take care with li-ion accuse battery’s. It did cost me our house in 1 hour.
> 
> http://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/206119/bewoner-vlucht-met-dieren-pand-uit-vanwege-grote-brand <http://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/206119/bewoner-vlucht-met-dieren-pand-uit-vanwege-grote-brand>
> 
> Regards William Pe1bsb
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