Giant Tesla battery pack burst into flames during testing, & it took 150 firefighters 4 days to put

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it out.

A Tesla "Megapack" battery pack caught fire during testing on Friday, and it took firefighters four days to extinguish the blaze, Australian local authorities said on Monday.

A Megapack is Tesla's largest battery product, and can store energy generated by solar panels or wind turbines. The Victorian Big Battery project, where the fire started on Friday morning, is made up of 210 Megapacks.

The fire at the project in Victoria, Australia, was under control as of Monday afternoon local time, the Country Fire Authority (CFA) said in a statement.

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Around 150 firefighters and more than 30 fire trucks and other support vehicles were called to the scene to tackle the fire, according to the CFA.

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I've worked for 40+ years in the communications business where large batteries are often used as a backup. Most of these systems had halon tanks and spouts on site in case of fire.

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1. Has the communications industry switched to lithium batteries?

When I was working in industries where battery backup was a necessity they were still using boring old deep cycle lead acid batteries.

The lithium batteries used in electric automobiles need to be lightweight. It doesn't make a lot of sense to use these same types of batteries for backup power in applications where weight doesn't matter, irregardless of whatever Elon Musk is selling.

Lead Acid, Nickle Metal Hydride, Alkaline Nickle-Iron, and even Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries are all less flammable and much more resilient than the lightweight high energy density Lithium batteries used in automobiles and cell phones.

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2. Not any site I've worked at.