Regulation about equipment in lofts ie inverters

Perhaps worth looking at the result of some battery fires ... particularly Lithium.

Although there are quite a few different Lithium chemistries with a quite a range of properties. LiFePO4 seemingly are much more difficult to get into a thermal runaway state than other types - and in-built battery management systems protect from most electrical causes (e.g overcharging) even if the rest of the system fails in some way. As long as you can avoid physical damage (or very extreme temperatures) they seem to have a pretty good reputation and seem to be the first choice for static applications like domestic storage.  Other chemistries seem to be favoured where size/weight if more of an issue (vehicles or portable appliances) can can have dramatically different results when things go wrong.

   - Andy,

AJJewsbury said:

LiFePO4 seemingly are much more difficult to get into a thermal runaway state than other types

Quite so ... but as far as I'm aware, all of the electrical energy storage system battery fires we've had in the UK are LiFePO4, starting with the Carnegie Road fire in Liverpool ?

I also believe at the moment these are limited to grid-scale (probably because of the storage power install base). Who knows what statistics will show as the storage power install base increases in other categories of installation?

AJJewsbury said:

LiFePO4 seemingly are much more difficult to get into a thermal runaway state than other types

Quite so ... but as far as I'm aware, all of the electrical energy storage system battery fires we've had in the UK are LiFePO4, starting with the Carnegie Road fire in Liverpool ?

I also believe at the moment these are limited to grid-scale (probably because of the storage power install base). Who knows what statistics will show as the storage power install base increases in other categories of installation?