# Flood damaged EVs catching fire

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-damaged-evs-catching-fire/186789>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [October 8, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-damaged-evs-catching-fire/186789 "2022-10-08T18:10:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-damaged-evs-catching-fire/186789/61 "2022-10-16T00:55:29Z")

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On another one they said they used 1500 gallons trying to put it out. From the picture it looked like they also had used other extinguishers.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-damaged-evs-catching-fire/186789/62 "2022-10-16T01:24:29Z")

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The lithium batteries carry their own oxident so smothering the fire with halon or CO2 won’t work. You have to cool the battery until it is below the burn temp. A typical Tesla can take 30,000 gallons of water to do that. There is not likely enough water pressure on Sanibel to supply that right now.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-damaged-evs-catching-fire/186789/63 "2022-10-16T12:14:08Z")

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> [@Mustangman](#):
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> Electrical installs are governed by the National Electrical Code

… assuming that a particular state adheres to the National Electrical Code. When my brother moved to PA, he was shocked to learn that his new state did not adhere to those codes, nor did they require electricians to be licensed. These situations could well have changed in the decades since he moved there, but they were reality when he moved to PA.

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**Author:** ![WesternRoadtripper1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/48db29/32.png) [@WesternRoadtripper1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WesternRoadtripper1)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-damaged-evs-catching-fire/186789/64 "2022-10-23T05:47:49Z")

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In this car, he couldn’t go fast enough to escape the storm? Yeah, right.

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