Is It Safe To Put A Lithium Battery Under The Hood? We Test & Find Out!

Decreased life due to being overheated is a concern but, WILL IT CATCH ON FIRE? We test a 75 amp hour lifepo4 lithium-ion battery under the hood of our overland vehicle to see if the rumors of subjecting a lithium battery to extreme heat will cause it to burst into flames are true. Can a lithium battery mounted under the bonnet catch fire, and just how hot does it get under the hood of a Toyota 4Runner?
We subjected the test battery to a wide range of on road and off road conditions. Using strategically placed sensors we were able to monitor the temperature of the battery, as well as the ambient under the hood temp. We used our Victron Battery Monitoring System to keep tabs on exactly how the battery was performing during all our testing.
In the video we also do a brief lithium vs. AGM comparison.
We want to thank ElecrovoltUSA for supplying us with the LiONCore Lithium-ion test battery and providing their expert advice on lithium batteries and the results of our testing.
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Also a big thank you goes out to our partner Moore Expo for helping with the cost of producing this video.
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