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Public Consultation: PAS 63100 Electrical installations – Protection against fire of battery energy storage systems for use in dwellings – Specification

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The Draft of the new PAS 63100 standard for protection against fire of battery energy storage systems for use in dwellings is now available for public comment on BSI’s Standards Development web-site.

The public commenting period commences 26 June 2023, and on closes on 24 July 2023.

This topic is directly related to domestic storage installations accordance with BS 7671 and the IET Code of Practice for Electrical Energy Storage Systems.

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  • Roger B said:
    Should a battery or charging failure arise then the battery is to be separated from the vessel! I assume that this means throw it over the side.

    Well ... After difficult handling of accident E19: fire brigade looks for new ways to extinguish electric vehicles | VRT NWS: news

    (Sorry, Dutch news article, so those who don't speak Dutch will need to view it in a browser with translate facility).

    I believe that kind of emergency response is coming to (or already in) UK.

  • in reply to gkenyon

    That's a problem I hadn't thought about, a car transporter laden with EVs overturning and catching fire Frowning2 That only had four, it could have been more.

  • in reply to Roger B

    And none of them on charge ... Lithium batteries do not need to be charging to be a fire hazard (although charging may increase battery temperature, increasing the risk of a fire).

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  • in reply to Roger B

    And none of them on charge ... Lithium batteries do not need to be charging to be a fire hazard (although charging may increase battery temperature, increasing the risk of a fire).

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