All, My Friday question is about storage/charging of e-scooters and e-bikes. It seems that these days more and more people are using these devices and fire safety is a growing concern. It seems my news feed has a new instance every few days. Some of these cases are very tragic outcomes, in that the owner brings these devices just inside the door to their apartment for overnight charging. Of course, if there is a lithium fire, it is rather violent and blocks the exit for the occupants.
I am not very familiar with which safety standards are available in North America and Europe, and do they have requirements to address such concerns in the user documentation? I do know that some building owners are taking matters into their own hands and requiring these devices be charged outdoors; which may have varying success in mitigating building fires. In any case, many e-scooter owners are probably not very keen on leaving their property where it can be easily stolen. Thoughts? -Doug Laporte, Colorado USA LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/coloradocomplianceguy/> (UTC -06:00) Mountain Time (US-MDT) - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> _________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1
