[RE-wrenches] Discover AES exposion

[Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar]

Hey Michael,

I heard that it was a pretty small shed, can you comment on that please. 
Good luck on the trouble shooting.

Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On 2024-05-27 8:40 pm, Michael Morningstar via RE-wrenches wrote:

> Hey Everybody,
> 
> I wanted to circle back on the Discover AES explosion that I reported a 
> few weeks ago. As far as we know, there was a thermal runaway 
> situation. Gas from the battery filled the power room and then ignited 
> causing an explosion. It was hot enough that anything plastic melted. 
> The steel man door blew off its hinges. Beyond that, we are still 
> trying to figure out why it happened.
> 
> For now, what I want to say is that Discover has been awesome. The VP, 
> CEO and crew responded immediately. They are paying for the cleanup of 
> the building by a specialized remediation company, offered to pay to 
> have the building rebuilt, 2nd day shipped new rack mount batteries and 
> a pre-built Schneider system to the site. Are paying a plumbing 
> contractor to replace all of the plumbing (booster pump, pressure tank 
> and significant treatment equipment. Flying Mike Wight (ace off-grid 
> installer and applications engineer for Discover) to the site for the 
> rebuild. And reimbursing me for my involvement. This with no coercion 
> or dawdling about. As soon as they found out, they were on it. I spoke 
> with the VP and CEO and they genuinely care about my clients and want 
> to do right for the sake of doing right, not to avoid litigation. Tell 
> me of another RE company, or any company for that matter that would 
> respond this way.
> --
> 
> Michael Morningstar
> 
> Morningstar Electric Inc
> 
> PO Box 1494
> 
> Mount Shasta, CA 96067
> 
> 530-921-0560
> 
> CSLB 1116835
> 
> mjmorningstar at gmail.com
> 
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