That’s horrible William. So sorry for you loss. I am sure many in this great community will rally to assist if needed OM.
That is really scary. Can you imagine how many go-pro packs are in every airplane headed to a vacation destination.. Wow. GL Chris N6WM -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 3:59 PM To: William Lagerberg <[email protected]> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fire in the house li-ion So sorry to hear about this, William! Best of luck recovering from this tragedy. I hope you’re able to salvage some of your ham gear. If you’re stuck without a rig, let me know. We might have a refurbished KX2 or KX3 we could loan you. Perhaps this would be good time to remind everyone to be careful with Li-ion batteries for all products. For example, see page 2 of the KXBT2 battery pack instructions: http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740288%20KXBC2%20and%20KXBT2%20Instructions,%20rev%20A5.pdf Perhaps the most important line in this document is: "Do not leave the battery unattended during charging. Charge only on a nonflammable surface. On behalf of Elecraft, 73, Wayne N6KR > On May 17, 2017, at 2:29 PM, William Lagerberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Guys, > > I want to give you a advice, my shack it (was) in the basement (cellar??) I > do all my thing for the hobby there. > A collega of mine asked me to take a look at two Go-Pro LI-Ion accu's because > they where not loading anymore. > > So I put the first one on the loader for 8 till 9 hours and checked it > and it was ok ( with 10% loading current) Then I dit put the second one in > same place at 10 in the morning at 3 my daughter called me there is a fire. > We rusted to the cellar but I could not enter it was filled with dark smoke. > > My shack is gone and 90 % off my house, I have insurance don’t now if > it is enough to cover all of my Elecraft stuff > > My K1, my own build K2 my K3 and my KX3 are gone, I found my K1 in 20 cm off > water really down under, I clean’t it with fresh water. > After that flushed it with pure alcohol. It is completely taken apart today > as far as is possible. > I Hope it will survive I will let it dry for a lot of day’s > > My K2 is melted the same as my P3 and my K3 perhaps I can order the outside > of both, but a am still not allowed to enter the basement so I don’t know how > it looks at the inside. > > So finale the message is please take care with li-ion accuse battery’s. It > did cost me our house in 1 hour. > > http://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/206119/bewoner-vlucht-met-dieren-pand-ui > t-vanwege-grote-brand > <http://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/206119/bewoner-vlucht-met-dieren-pand-u > it-vanwege-grote-brand> > > Regards William Pe1bsb > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
