Could you get home if your car was one of 1,400 destroyed ?

[Ralphw2]

A long time ago I was staying with my gf in a canal side cottage. 9pm on a winters night we got a knock on the door. A couples canal boat had sunk waiting to enter the lock. Could we drive them home 50 miles away?

A week later they were back, seeing their boat recovered. They never knocked on the door or left a card to say thank you.

[Mark]

This sort of thing does underline the importance of a plan B.

It also underlines the need for sprinkler systems in car parks....
https://www.business-sprinkler-alliance ... ding-issue

Interesting to see if it was an EV that caused it....

[Potemkin Villager]

I wonder if it was started by an EV battery?

[Forever_Winter]

I wonder if it was started by an EV battery?

Apparently it was a diesel car. I was thinking it was an EV myself, probably one with dodgy Chinese batteries.

[Ralphw2]

Most car fires start in the 12v electrical circuits. What is in the tank simply affects how quickly it goes bang.

[Vortex2]

Most car fires start in the 12v electrical circuits. What is in the tank simply affects how quickly it goes bang.

A car caught fire in our church car park.
Mild smoke at first.
I felt the bonnet - VERY hot at just one spot.
I called the Fire Brigade .. but by the time they arrived the car had burst into flame.
They tried to put out the fire - but nothing worked - which is apparently standard for a car fire.
Their main task was to ensure that the church and trees did not catch fire.
Later I took a look at the remains : the place where I felt the heat was just above the main electrical connector block.

[adam2]

Most car fires start in the 12v electrical circuits. What is in the tank simply affects how quickly it goes bang.

Indeed, and I have often warmed of the dangers of 12 volt elctrical circuits, both on these fora and elsewhere. The risk of dangerous electric shock is almost zero, but the fire risk is significant if proper care is not taken.
Designers of vehicle electrical systems often make rather opiimistic assumptions regarding cable ratings. Back in the good old days, wire sizes were rounded up to the nearest standard size. These days, if calculations show that 0.72mm wire is needed, then rather than rounding up to 1.0mm, 0.72mm wire is produced. And if the 0.72mm wire is chinese mm ?
Brake lights can be wired in rather small wire because no one brakes continually. Turn signals can use even smaller wire because use is not only short term, but also they flash and are only on for about half the time.