Posted on 04/18/2011 11:42:09 AM PDT by raybbr
A fire apparently reignited inside the battery of a new Chevrolet Volt car early Monday, less than five days after the Volt, an electric hybrid, was involved in a blaze that destroyed a Barkhamsted garage where it had been plugged in for recharging.
Local authorities have been investigating whether Thursday's blaze was sparked by the Volt, but had not yet determined a cause when the fire rekindled.
"The rekindle this morning really adds to the mystery," Barkhamsted Fire Marshal Bill Baldwin said today.
Representatives from General Motors, the vehicle's manufacturer plan, are scheduled to arrive in Barkhamsted this evening to examine the car, Baldwin said.
The hybrid electric car was not plugged in this morning when the fire rekindled, Baldwin said.
The first fire, which occurred last Thursday about 5 a.m., destroyed the attached garage, the Chevrolet Volt and a Suzuki vehicle that had been converted so that it too ran on electricity. The homeowners had apparently plugged both vehicles in for recharging when Thursday's fire broke out.
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Saving the environment ping
Nothing to see here.
Move along.
SMUG ALERT
Anyone with two Hybrids is in danger of being fatally smug.
I wish you hadn’t posted that. Suicide bombers everywhere will want one. Of course that might be good for GM.
So the dolt get’s 93 MPG(on electric)...AND smoke a pork butt in 93 minutes???...great deal!
Not volts, amps. Amps are the actual current flow. Volts is the “pressure”. Good question though. I would guess that the charger had a built in regulator that would limit the amperage to whatever the wiring and/or battery were rated for.
I’m guessing it would be pretty easy for any experienced fire investigator to determine the origin of the fire.
No need to spend that kinda bucks. My 95 F150 did the same thing about 6 AM on a Sunday morning sitting in front of my house. Ford said TS, file a claim with my insurance. They are all crooked as a dogs hind leg.
Yes amps. Got caught up in the rhyme, but when people have another item that has to be plugged in for long periods of time, it will increase the possibility of overloaded circuits, or problems with faulty outlets. I’d guess it pulls at least a few amps. And if the things stay on for the entire charge (not on and off like a refrigerator), that would make problems even more likely.
Because the Fire Marshal got his marching orders from the Government to back off. See Atlas Shrugged Part I.
Who is John Galt?
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