aluminium safety box

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adapt2entropy

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26x26x26cm welded 1/16th inch thick aluminium box, mounting bracket, one corner was modified then the project stopped before the lid was modified, $ 75

 

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Merlin

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• Jun 5, 2021

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safety for what?

a battery?

Aluminium melts like butter in a lithium fire.

 

Chalo

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Merlin said:

safety for what?

a battery?

Aluminium melts like butter in a lithium fire.

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Is this something you have imagined/heard from some guy, or something you've seen? Aluminum carries away a lot of heat. It takes a higher power torch to weld aluminum than to weld steel. Aluminum melts at about 1000F, but it soaks up huge amounts of heat to get there.

 

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no "rumors"....experience.

... Stock LMX Battery in my basement

Thats the Rest from the whole battery.

Aluminium melts at ~650°c already.
Lithium fires are way above 1000°c.

 

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Chalo

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Wow, that looks like it was a mess to clean up. Sorry about that.

 

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notice I didn't call it fireproof?

it will keep stupid public fingers away from the danger points

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