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Dieseljock

Member Since: 03 Jun 2017
Location: Inverclyde
Posts: 31

Td5 bbus fire

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Hi,
Anyone ever experienced their battery back up sounder going on fire. Mines has just burst into flames when driving along the road i can only assume the battery has overheated and self combusted.

21st Apr 2019 3:31pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

Blimey, I've never heard of that one before

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21st Apr 2019 4:00pm

Dieseljock

Member Since: 03 Jun 2017
Location: Inverclyde
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I had just stopped to talk to someone and noticed a burning smell which i never thought much of until i moved off and the thick smoke appeared from the bonnet edge, luckily i had a fire extinguisher at hand i gave it a blast and managed to unplug it. Nothing else is damaged luckily apart from my boxers 😂

21st Apr 2019 4:19pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
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That is proof (if ever anyone needed it) that you should always carry a fire extinguisher in your vehicle

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21st Apr 2019 5:00pm

MadTom

Member Since: 10 Sep 2013
Location: Olomouc
Posts: 616

From the picture, battery is on the opposite side of the connector, so they are probably not the origin od fire. "Drobek" = The Small One - Discovery 2, "Blufínek" = The Blue Thing - Defender 130, and for me at least Ford Mondeo

22nd Apr 2019 5:18am

miker

Member Since: 13 Sep 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1763

Blimey that's not great! Does answer an idle musing of mine about whether it would be possible to replace the cells in the bbus though!

22nd Apr 2019 8:51am

UtilityTruck

Member Since: 09 Jan 2014
Location: Oxford
Posts: 463

Lucky you caught it when you did, did the battery look scorched? Perhaps if the battery had gone bad, the incoming charge caused it to overheat. 2014 Keswick Utility 2.2

22nd Apr 2019 11:21am

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