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Up in smoke... learn from my mistake!

Did your experimental battery or home built inverter experience a rapid, unplanned disassembly? Reverse polarity a $3K inverter, and see it go up in smoke? Share it here!
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Any idea why this happened? Is the moisture inside from an exploded battery cell?
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So, I joined the BURN club.
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JK Inverter BMS, short? No longer detects cell 8 & 9...
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Safe Enclosure recommendations?
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Identifying a Suitable Replacement SMD
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Smoked Capacity Tester
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JK bms with inverter Gootu
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Cable was going off and on, bad reason and fix.
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schneider wiring failure
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main 100a breaker fail
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69KV Fuse Failure.
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Why FET BMS fail
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An inside explosion on my schneider 4048
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My Cells Are "Gurgling"
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Found on Farcebook
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(Resolved) Growatt injecting 5kW into my critical load even without solar input
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Lead Acid explosion
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Ive just has a Lion fire
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[FIXED] Careful if you ordered Apexium DIY Box (melted fuse cover)
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DIY 48v 280ah Build - Blowout/Fail
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Shunt snapped and caused a fire🔥
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My EG4 6500EX Exploded on restart!!!!!
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Cause of Battery Fire
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Tried to parallel two inverter but ended in BOOOM with magic smoke...
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Don't trust auto parts stores battery cables 2
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Emporia Vue monitor in the EU - blue is not neutral. Now I know 🤦
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Edited: False alert.
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Renogy blown inline 10a fuse - what happened ?
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Melted Victron 100/20
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Fire blanket to put out (prevent?) EV/Battery fires
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Magic Smoke came out......... ##it happens
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ohmboy
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Why was I getting shocked??
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Almost!!!
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