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Re:DIY Powerwall Builders Are Using Recycled Laptop Batterie... by funkaster on Sunday August 27, 2017 @11:28AM (#15111147)
> In short, you're overestimating the risks and underestimating the level of safety attainable with these products.

No. When it comes to things that might produce fire inside your house, there is no such thing as overestimation. You cannot be over protective when it comes to fire safety.

Source: I was a firefighter for +7 years.

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Re:DIY Powerwall Builders Are Using Recycled Laptop Batterie... by throwaway76543 on Sunday August 27, 2017 @12:09PM (#15111325)
"You cannot be over protective when it comes to fire safety."

Ridiculous. There are obvious examples of overestimation of risk, why not prohibit electricity in homes entirely for example? Should I get rid of my kitchen stove?

This kind of absolute rhetoric is banal, obviously absurd, and is not helping anyone.

Effective safety measures involve accurately quantifying and balancing risk.

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Re:DIY Powerwall Builders Are Using Recycled Laptop Batterie... by edaemon on Sunday August 27, 2017 @12:37PM (#15111469)
In the article it says they don't put them in their house. They put them in a shed or other detached building.
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Re:DIY Powerwall Builders Are Using Recycled Laptop Batterie... by bb611 on Sunday August 27, 2017 @10:39PM (#15114096)
> there is no such thing as overestimation. You cannot be over protective when it comes to fire safety.

Have you ensured your house is built exclusively of fire resistant materials, and avoided buying modern furniture with inflammable fabric covering and interior padding? Have you installed a Halon system in your home and all physically adjoining structures?

What an absurd statement.

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