Are you aware of all of the safety requirements of your solar battery installation and the consequences of not making sure they are followed?

Lead acid and lithium ion batteries, in particular have the potential of serious problems if things go wrong. Any battery where you have to keep the surrounding area ventilated to maintain a stable battery temperature or allow for gassing runs the possible risk of explosion.

Although batteries should be protected by a BMS or battery monitoring system to prevent battery accidents, it is better to have a battery that isn’t susceptible to these problems in the first place.

Our  Sodium Nickel Chloride, SoNick battery doesn’t have any outgassing issues and has a much wider temperature operating range than most other batteries. Even if something was to happen to the battery and it became damaged it is made of non-flammable salt so won’t explode even if the battery breaks open or is exposed to water.

The Energy Storage Council or ESC which is the peak body for monitoring battery storage in Australia has released its new “battery storage guide” at its 2 day energy storage conference at the Exhibition Centre in Melbourne recently.

Amongst other things they are pushing for all buildings with solar batteries to display UN codes at the entrance to the property to allow emergency personnel to easily know what dangers the battery’s chemistry presents.