<div dir="auto">Lithium batteries are not all the same, any battery having cobalt, magnesium, manganese are some of what will start fires, batteries with Phosphate does not have the same fire possibilities. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 12:11 PM Dana Orzel <<a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com">dana@solarwork.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-1426244152530192812WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/01/massive-cargo-ship-carrying-electric-cars-sinks-in-atlantic-ocean-after-fire" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/01/massive-cargo-ship-carrying-electric-cars-sinks-in-atlantic-ocean-after-fire</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWq-Mq1Uqpw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWq-Mq1Uqpw</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">NTSB video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6eS6JzBn0k" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6eS6JzBn0k</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Without trying to be a fear monger but definitely concerned as an installer \u2013 <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">This ship caught fire carrying both conventional & electric vehicles & Sank<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">On this note and various numerous U-tube videos of lithium car fires, Should we be concerned with installing lithium batteries in homes?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">What would our liability be in the event of a home fire? 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