AN electric bike built by a young man in Chiang Rai short-circuited while being charged with this setting his house ablaze but firemen were able to put it out in 30 minutes, TV Channel 7 said today (June 21).

 

Firemen had rushed to the two-storey brick house at Doi Phra Bat Soi community in Mueang Chiang Rai where the fire was raging inside and managed to extinguish it quickly thus preventing it from spreading to nearby houses.

 

An initial examination showed that the fire was caused by the DIY e-bike that was plugged in near some exercise equipment having short-circuited with initial damage estimated at 300,000 baht.

 

by TNR Staff 

Exercise equipment damaged by the fire. Photo: TV Channel 7

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/06/21/house-ablaze-after-diy-e-bike-short-circuits-while-being-charged/

 

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So, the bike was charged.

Arrested?

Sent to an inactive post?????????

Edited June 21, 20233 yr by Lucky Bones

4 hours ago, webfact said:

An initial examination showed that the fire was caused by the DIY e-bike that was plugged in near some exercise equipment having short-circuited with initial damage estimated at 300,000 baht.

Any home/contents insurance I wonder...?

Wonder what he did wrong, DIY part, aside from charging indoors & unattended.  

 

Was it actually the fault of the DIY bike, or loose wall connection (plug/outlet) that sparked the blaze, then engulfed the bike ... hmm.

2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Wonder what he did wrong, DIY part, aside from charging indoors & unattended.  

 

Was it actually the fault of the DIY bike, or loose wall connection (plug/outlet) that sparked the blaze, then engulfed the bike ... hmm.

Or overheating battery which had no safety measures to cut off charging? Admittedly, this kind of fire happens with serial produced electric scooters as well for missing safety features around batteries.

1 hour ago, tomazbodner said:

Or overheating battery which had no safety measures to cut off charging? Admittedly, this kind of fire happens with serial produced electric scooters as well for missing safety features around batteries.

Yea, not enough info in OP to form an opinion, if user error or product failure.

1 hour ago, tomazbodner said:

Or overheating battery which had no safety measures to cut off charging? Admittedly, this kind of fire happens with serial produced electric scooters as well for missing safety features around batteries.

Correct. I have a friend who is the importer for Benelux from e-bikes from a French multinational.

 

He has sold lots of them to the national postal services, and I know they have caught fire, with often substantial damages, at least 4 times already

Old Thai proverb:

 

"Red sky at night, shepherds delight

Red sky in the morning, Somchai's villa on fire"