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• And yet one more boat gone, this time in RI
  • Looked to me like an oldish woodish boat
    • Equus -- a W46
      • It is always sad to see....
        • I was aboard the first W-46 years ago at Annapolis, and the phrase "work of art" barely begins to do it justice...
          • I think you asked in an earlier post....
      • When a boat burns and sinks, how do you solve the mystery?
        • Here's a W46.
        • I follow every cable on our boat...
          • Ouch, bad news about those switches...
            • I just learned ...
              • That's the first I've heard of a Li- battery fire
                • What did the Boeing Dreamliners use?
                  • Several boats lost to lithium ion...
                    • I have only heard of the Li ion batts as starting batteries...
                    • My spousal unit has a Prius with Li Ion batteries in the back........
                      • Spousal unit?
                        • Ah, you know, modern times...spouse 2.0 and the last one.
                      • My 2005 Prius uses NiMH batteries and likely your wife's too.
                  • Boeing's Li batteries and laptop/consumer device Li batteries are completely different chemistries
                    • I was thinking, LI batteries are everywhere, anyway.
                      • Here is a quick overview, Tom
                • http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2012-02-01/cargo-carriage-lithium-batteries-suspected
                  • Wasn't that determined
                    • They may have over charged the batteries -- but I recall it was the batteries that burned.
                • There have been several recalls of lithium ion batteries in laptops
                • One casual report said they were motorsailing.
            • Got rid of both my AB switches this year.
              • found this description of Lithium Ion battery hazards over on Sailing Anarchy
              • I made the switch to simple ON/OFF switches years ago, never looked back...
                • Anyone know.....