What happens when you leave a room for 5 minutes
| model | Misc. [ click here for more Misc.s ] |
| status | Other |
| date entered | 10/02/2012 21:48:22 |
| description | Nipped out from my room to the shed to get the small soldering iron, I come back in to the sound of the smoke alarms. Getting upstairs quickly I find my 12v battery box on fire with a little addition on top. No time to think just rush downstairs with box with stepson in front who opens the front door and launch flaming box onto the path. Luckily in the cupboard near front door I have a fire extinguisher (dry powder) which extinguised the nicely boxed fire.
When the dust clears what I find is that one of my micro cars has fallen from my worktop (maybe i nudged it on way out) and landed on a pair of the 12v batteries I use in one of my boats. The little micro has a custom carbon chassis which arced the terminals of one battery and result was the fire.
Really not happy not only did it nearly cause more damage, but, the car that is burnt well beyond repair had the custom chassis, lipo battery, savox servo, personal transponder, a custom painted shell. Oh and the house stinks now!
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such a shame, but a lucky escape...
OOOPPPSSSS......
Holy cow mate. That was a lucky escape. Could have been far worse. If you had no smoke alarms and stopped in the shed longer ?
Thanks all and yes the important thing was only damage was to the car and 12v battery. had a look at car tonight and the front end is salvageable.. everything bck from that is toast.
Front bumper looks ok to salvage!
you're lucky it wasn't Erica's or you'd really be in trouble
glad apart from one seriously burnt out car yourself and family are ok, just goes to show you how dangerous batteries can be.... and how many times i have left a battery connected to a vehicle (especially dangerous with the old schoold MSC!!!) thank god for smoke alarms and glad you ok
Amazing what can happen when you leave the room for 5 mins. I'm pleased you managed to control it and prevent a bigger disaster.
Blimey!
Many years ago, I had a Hirobo Tomcat that ended up looking quite a lot like your car. I was driving it in a sand pit close to the Cabin, and a wire from the Hirobo 3 step speed control shorted out. The car looked really spectacular as it drove around with 12 inch flames shooting up into the air. This only lasted a few seconds, and then it was all over. Anyway, glad you & your family/house are okay......
what a crazy story ! agree with other comments, possesions can be re-placed, people can't ! stay safe
holy fudge cake thats some bad luck, im glad it wasnt worse, good luck with the rebuild!!!!!!!
Wow, worst r/c accident I've seen. This has never happened to me so I can only imagine how you feel. Sorry to hear about the carnage but be thankful it wasn't worse. Hopefully you can salvage something from it and replace the rest.
nasty mate. glad it didn't turnout worse for you. so...new project there then?
wow Like the other guys I'm glad nobody got hurt or more damage but really bad to lose a cool toy to, only plus I see is you have an exciting RC related story for the future
Very lucky really, they flames can go wild pretty quick. Good no harm done to anyone. Still you got a good story and you can mount the remains on something in an arty way
That was close...on a positive note, keep the pictures, they could be useful for a future comp entry! Glad no one was hurt mate.
Blimmey mate that was a close call. It's a good thing you weren't delayed in the shed. Get the Febreeze out.
Sorry to hear about the Rc.. They are replaceable.. Good to hear nobody got hurt...
Uh oh! I'm glad you and the family are safe, but now knowing you guys are o.k., I'm trying not to laugh. This has happened to me before, except it was a flaming Traxxas ESC that was the culprit.
Wow, that's crazy! Good think there wasn't more damage. Unfortunate, but lucky you didn't lose more.
Your lucky biggus could have lost the house or worse but thank ***** you got smoke alarms bud..cars can be replaced familys carnt
I suppose it could be worse, could have had the laptop nearby for added spark and smoke.