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Luton fire was caused by “home-made” e-bike conversion

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Rebecca Morley

Rebecca has been in cycling journalism since 2018. She started out at trade title BikeBiz and still contributes features to its monthly magazine, and was also named one of Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling 2019.

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1 year 4 months ago

Also need to ensure the correct charger is used for the cell chemistry.

For example, LiFePo4 batteries have a lower nominal cell voltage of 3.2V, rather than 3.6-3.7V fr other Lithium cell chemistries.

1 year 6 months ago

it's time to legally restrict the sale of all batteries apart from via bona-fide UK registered companies selling stock that's been sourced through distrubutors that are also bona-fide UK companies.

Dodgy batteries / chargers / plugs have been sold by the million from Amazon marketplace and eBay etc and presents a massive risk - not just to the occupiers of properties that use them but also the adjacent properties / properties above and below in blocks of flats.