Quote Originally Posted by blazerbotics
Fire are a concern anywhere,
A starting fire is something you have to deal with.
In case of a LiPo fire in the arena, keep the burning machine in a cloud of CO2, to avoid ignition of more stuff. Using anything else would case damage to everything, delaying the show a lot.
And except some exotic foams or powders, quelshing a Lithium fire is next to hopeless. On the other hand, the amounts of lithium, even for heavies, are not that impressive.

I'm more worried about fire in the pits than in the arena though, smoke is an issue when in the arena.
The smoke is a problem everywere.

The fan you pointed out Gary, doesn't take ducting, if you look they do the smaller ones that do, for that we're looking £500 for a setup and it would take about 8minutes to empty our arena.
Well spend £500 then.

The issues aren't as much with the batteries themselves, but more the users attitude towards them. This is for me the big issue to get around.
That was an issue with any kind of battery. Even seen an exploded lead-acid? I did. Not funny.
I still see the burning NiCd pack at Maidstone a lot of years back.. Who was running around with it, the battery dangeling on a half molten wire? To dunk it in a bucket of water.

Oh well, more rules please.