Coast Guard Warns Ships of Lithium-Ion Battery Charging

[RAMd®d]

Coast Guard Warns Ships of Lithium-Ion Battery Charging

A safety bulletin issued by the Coast Guard this week warns ships carrying passengers to consider the fire hazard of “the unsupervised charging of lithium-ion batteries and extensive use of power strips and extension cords.” The Conception disaster led to the warnings — which include five others having to do with fire, emergency, and escape — as the bulletin states the Coast Guard and maritime industry need not delay in taking action before the official Marine Board of Investigation report on the fire, sinking, and loss of life is completed.

Although multiple agencies are investigating the circumstances of the Conception tragedy, their spokespersons have remained silent on the cause of the fire, stating they will wait until reports are finalized. Speculation has been rife, however, on the underwater photographic excursions planned for that Labor Day weekend by the dive operator, Underwater Diving Adventures, and the probable quantity of lithium-ion batteries needing to be recharged for lights, cameras, cell phones, and other equipment.

https://www.independent.com/2019/09/12/c...-charging/

[Ombligo]

Banned from checked airline luggage, now the safety of boats and ships being called into question. Starts one to wonder about the batteries plugged in at home every night.

[MrNoBody]

Starts one to wonder about the batteries plugged in at home every night.
And there everywhere, even in our smoke detectors.

[3d]

Saw this banned list of items on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship and gave a little chuckle:

1. All illegal narcotics/drugs...
2. All firearms including replicas...
3. Air, BB or pellet pistols...
4. Any other projectile-weapon...
5. All ammunition or replica ammunition...
6. All explosives...
7. Fireworks, flares...
8. Martial Arts Weapons...
9. Knives with a blade longer than...
10. Open razors...
11. Swords...
12. Spears...
13. Crossbows...
...
27. Samsung Note 7

https://www.ncl.com/prohibited-items

[mrlynn]

MrNoBody wrote:
Starts one to wonder about the batteries plugged in at home every night.
And there everywhere, even in our smoke detectors.

Hmm. . . Not our smoke detectors: They are hard-wired, with standard (alkaline, I assume) 9V battery backups.

Now my two laptops, wife's iPad, our two iPhones on the other hand. . .

/Mr Lynn

[Harbourmaster]

My guess is that it wasn't the batterys, but rather that the circuit that everything was plugged in to was simply overloaded.

[space-time]

Harbourmaster wrote:
My guess is that it wasn't the batterys, but rather that the circuit that everything was plugged in to was simply overloaded.

could have been anything. battery, power adapter, power strip, overloaded circuit, etc. We don't know until investigation is complete, and we may never know). sometimes I wonder how they are able to tell where the fire started.