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Home battery boom: staying fire-safe as Australia installs record numbers

Home battery boom: staying fire-safe as Austral...

Home batteries are being installed in record numbers. They're safe when done right, but a lithium battery on your wall is a serious device. Here's how to keep it safe.

Home battery boom: staying fire-safe as Austral...

Home batteries are being installed in record numbers. They're safe when done right, but a lithium battery on your wall is a serious device. Here's how to keep it safe.

Don't bin batteries: how a flat battery in the wrong bin starts fires

Don't bin batteries: how a flat battery in the ...

A dead AA in the kitchen bin feels harmless. Crushed inside a garbage truck, it's one of the most common ways a lithium-ion fire now starts in Australia. Here's how...

Don't bin batteries: how a flat battery in the ...

A dead AA in the kitchen bin feels harmless. Crushed inside a garbage truck, it's one of the most common ways a lithium-ion fire now starts in Australia. Here's how...

Now on sale: the e-bike fire blanket that belongs where you charge

Now on sale: the e-bike fire blanket that belon...

Safety gear you hope never to use is the easiest kind to put off buying. Here's a nudge: our 2m x 2m E-Bike and E-Scooter Fire Blanket is now $150,...

Now on sale: the e-bike fire blanket that belon...

Safety gear you hope never to use is the easiest kind to put off buying. Here's a nudge: our 2m x 2m E-Bike and E-Scooter Fire Blanket is now $150,...

EVs get the headlines. But this is where lithiu...

Electric car fires dominate the news, yet they're rare and usually not spontaneous. The batteries actually catching fire in Australian homes are far smaller, and far closer to hand.

EVs get the headlines. But this is where lithiu...

Electric car fires dominate the news, yet they're rare and usually not spontaneous. The batteries actually catching fire in Australian homes are far smaller, and far closer to hand.

Warning signs your lithium-ion battery is about to fail (and what to do)

Warning signs your lithium-ion battery is about...

Most battery fires give warning first: heat, swelling, an odd smell or sound. Here are the signs to watch for, what to do the moment you spot one, and when...

Warning signs your lithium-ion battery is about...

Most battery fires give warning first: heat, swelling, an odd smell or sound. Here are the signs to watch for, what to do the moment you spot one, and when...

Australian ports aren't ready for a major batte...

The national ports body has warned Australia is underprepared for a major lithium-ion battery fire at sea or in port. Here's why these fires are so hard to fight, and...

Australian ports aren't ready for a major batte...

The national ports body has warned Australia is underprepared for a major lithium-ion battery fire at sea or in port. Here's why these fires are so hard to fight, and...