be careful if you’re getting an ebike for Christmas that’s what firefighters have warned after a converted bike battery burst into flames and destroyed a London home one man has been seriously injured trying to escape the Blaze and a woman had to be rescued from a roof
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Then buy a proper e-bike and don't try and make it yourself
Shame all e-bikes don’t have this feature.
Petrol and diesel engine in house is still safer in terms of risk
some braindead commenters 😂😂😂😂
Ok not getting an ebike for Christmas 👍🏻
How can you be careful?
Unless……. You don’t buy an electric bike….. or car!
Temu
I love these news blasts about e-bike batteries going off. Always “be careful”, as if anyone knows what being careful means… what do you want people to do, guard the battery 24/7. Encase it in an impenetrable fortress only to be unlocked by tiny dwarves?
The same applies to all goods. Don't buy cheap junk.
ev cars same
Thats it spread misinformation and get people terrified as usual. Its obviously not a real e bike. "a converted bike battery" and an e bike are different things
We keep saying this is accident. The Chinese is laffing at you.
Aw hope everyone was ok 🙁
Being careful is removing it, putting it in a fireproof bsg or container.
Could that be a diversity home
UKCA seal of quality thanks Brexit.
Here we go again. It’s probably just a regular house fire caused by incompetence, and they take the footage and say something about “E-bikes”
Like there is thousands of videos out there spouting the same thing. It’s boring now!
Here I am commenting for the third time in an hour.
There is SO much I want to say but I’ve been banned from commenting like 7 times in the last year I’m not gonna risk it again. I’ll leave it to your imagination. Let’s just say I don’t like the little guy.
This e bike was bought from market place it was a pedal bike converted into a e bike & the battery used wasn't compatible they obviously got it cheap apart from that these people were so lucky to get out alive they may have had there home destroyed but at least there living
& breathing still seeing some of the videos of this it's a miracle there still here the footage was picked up by a neighbour's door cam the explosion happened so quickly.
EVERY BATTERY IS AN UNEXPLODED BOMB !!!
Ban all EVs now.
However much I'd like an electric bike, this makes me very nervous of purchasing one.
Never leave phones charging overnight either, and ipads etc.
Remember, Batteries are bombs with long fuses
What an E-bike 😢😢😢😢 that’s scary
Hope he didn't get it from Alli express. 😂😂😂
Yeh But a Converted obviously Illegal ,so if You brought a Regular E Bike You will be OK 👍
The fire brigade will be very busy when the year 2035 comes along when petrol and diesel vehicles are banned from the roads. 😅
Now they will ban e bikes
Chinese be laughing 😂😂
Another one . Not safe
I have large capacity batteries 60v 35 Ah a nd I always charge them outside property
CO2 is ONLY 0.04% of air & has been as high as 0.04% 400 M years ago. FYI plants need CO2! Whole agenda pushed by corrupt politicians pushing agenda in exchange for £ from green tech looking for forced adoption!
The key word here is 'converted' .. if you mess around with batteries, be prepared for serious, dangerous consequences.
They know we are getting a new type of fire imagin living next door
Well that's not the bike then it's the person who converted it
Why can't they charge the battery outside the house or on a pre pay public charger?
Landlords may have to introduce a new regulation: no charging of electrical bikes inside the property with the tenants signing a piece of paper stating that they understand this regulation.
It's converted. Most likely, whoever converted it doesn't have a clue about electronics and converted the bike at home without enough research. They possibly used the wrong controller, wrong motor, or wrong charger with the battery. There could be many reasons, including modifying current limits. If you want an e-bike for Christmas, don't make it yourself if you don't know anything about e-bikes. Buy it from a trusted brand and never use the wrong charger. If there is serious damage, ask someone to look at the battery and change it if needed.
In the UK, petrol and diesel vehicles catch fire far more often than EVs. In 2019, there were 1,898 fires involving petrol and diesel cars, compared to 54 EV fires. On average, ICE vehicles have around 1,530 fires per 100,000 sold, while EVs have about 25 per 100,000. They are never interested in making videos of petrol or diesel vehicles when they're burning.
excellent 👌👍 fantastic 😍😊