Electrics, technology, dont do it...

[matty40s]

Florida has thousands, if not hundreds of thousands unable to return to their properties, or enter and start their systems again...

 

Edited September 28 by matty40s

[blackrose]

Was anyone seriously thinking of installing electronic door locks on their boat?

[MtB]

The police here have a "big red key" that opens most doors...

 

 

[matty40s]

Apparently the salt water inundated Teslas are self combusting too.

[ditchcrawler]

4 hours ago, blackrose said:

Was anyone seriously thinking of installing electronic door locks on their boat?

I bet some have with a fob to unlock them to go with the cctv switch the heating on from home and look at the battery volts 

[Theo]

22 hours ago, matty40s said:

Apparently the salt water inundated Teslas are self combusting too.

I've done a bit of investigation on this.  It seems that it's another EV myth.  A Little Book of EV Myths

 

N

[matty40s]

3 hours ago, Theo said:

I've done a bit of investigation on this.  It seems that it's another EV myth.  A Little Book of EV Myths...by Elon Musk??

 

[ditchcrawler]

55 minutes ago, matty40s said:

 

I would imagine there is a risk of fire if you switch on any electrical equipment that is soaking wet with salt water.

[MtB]

Where does the salt water come from in a hurricane, out of interest?

 

Around here in the UK the rain and flooding is broadly fresh water. 

 

 

Edited September 30 by MtB

[bizzard]

Probably blown inshore from a waterspout which often accompany hurricanes.

[SLC]

Wasn't there a Wheeler Dealers programme where they took a car engine sample of oil for analysis and found a high level of sodium which caused a stir. Nothing was found in terms of water leaking into the engine oil such as a blown gasket and it was put down to the fact that the car when not being used had been stored / parked outside in the open by the sea. Incidentally this was in the UK.

[matty40s]

8 hours ago, MtB said:

Where does the salt water come from in a hurricane, out of interest?

 

Around here in the UK the rain and flooding is broadly fresh water. 

 

 

Something called a storm surge, where the extreme low pressure of a system hundreds of miles across allows the sea under it to rise.

As the storm approaches land, this surge moves inland like a continuous wave, sometimes sweeping all before it, so the new sea level can be 10-20 feet above its normal level.

 

[Peanut]

Round here we have had 1 meter over the predicted tide hight, due to low pressure and on shore wind. It flooded the car park.

[hider]

On 30/09/2024 at 08:56, Theo said:

I've done a bit of investigation on this.  It seems that it's another EV myth.  A Little Book of EV Myths

 

N

I think that you need to do much  more research on this topic Theo! 

I would assume that its the fact that it is salt water, an electrolyte, that makes the battery short out.

[cuthound]

9 hours ago, Peanut said:

Round here we have had 1 meter over the predicted tide hight, due to low pressure and on shore wind. It flooded the car park.

 

Hopefully there were no Teslas in it?   

 

[Peanut]

48 minutes ago, cuthound said:

Hopefully there were no Teslas in it?   

No, but there was a classic jag that got a wet floor pan.

[steve hayes]

On 01/10/2024 at 10:50, hider said:

I think that you need to do much  more research on this topic Theo! 

I would assume that its the fact that it is salt water, an electrolyte, that makes the battery short out.

The batteries are fully sealed and no water will get into them in a flood.

If they were not sealed they’d fill up with water just driving though rain.

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, steve hayes said:

The batteries are fully sealed and no water will get into them in a flood.

If they were not sealed they’d fill up with water just driving though rain.

 

[Chris Lowe]

On 29/09/2024 at 10:02, MtB said:

The police here have a "big red key" that opens most doors...

 

 

My mate used to enjoy weilding the universal key as he called it.

[Tony Brooks]

14 hours ago, steve hayes said:

The batteries are fully sealed and no water will get into them in a flood.

If they were not sealed they’d fill up with water just driving though rain.

 

Which at least one did (according to the owner and a report I saw), and the makers refused a warrantee claim "because it had been driven through a flood". The owner denied this was the case. Maybe faulty assembly, but who knows the real cause. It certainly gives some credence to the fear that rain & floods can destroy EV batteries.

[ditchcrawler]

Mind you, driving through floods destroys lots of IC engines as well.