Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: piglet Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: lithium explosion Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 20:38:45 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <1qrwbfe.1kjz45oeghmx8N%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <1qrwznu.1v15g9z1sqvcg0N%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <1qrynfd.1tv1btf66ivmeN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 22:38:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c1dafb5653f1b0260e149d3a1adaee50"; logging-data="4023330"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+BY/cfs5ygyYfscoWFy6uA" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:t4IpbyDZpwTu/1oMQ/rBiBdkJdg= sha1:1eYVfpN/VR/AAuIxPJdWnTZ0Hr0= Bytes: 2412 John Larkin wrote: > On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 10:10:31 -0700, KevinJ93 > wrote: > >> On 4/13/24 9:35 AM, John Larkin wrote: >>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 16:14:07 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid >> .... >>> >>> And a defect sensor would have to constantly snoop every cell of a >>> pack. A typical Tesla might have 7000 cells. >>> >> >> Tesla (and every other EV manufacturer) does monitor the voltage of >> every individual cell and every cell has its own fusible link in case it >> becomes shorted. >> >> kw > > Tesla uses many small cell in parallel, numbers like 74. I wonder how > they could monitor the voltage of each cell. > > I assume "becomes shorted" means that the battery terminals are > shorted somehow. The bigger hazard is that a cell will short > internally, and all its paralleled friends will then dump thousands of > amps into it. > Not if there was a fuse in series with each cell -- piglet