Allen and Guests Discuss Battery Room Safety

In this episode Allen hosts Pete DeMar, who has over 40 years of experience in the stationary battery industry, and Ryan Wallace, Market Development Manager for Eagle Eye Power Solutions. They explore the critical topic of battery room safety, covering key precautions and best practices to prevent hazards. The expert panel discusses essential safety measures, including proper signage, ventilation, PPE requirements, and emergency protocols for thermal runaway and hazardous gas exposure. Tune in to learn how to create a safer battery environment and mitigate risks before they become serious threats.

Episode Highlights

5:05 – More and more batteries are being moved into occupied spaces, either rightly or wrongly, safely or not safely. So, let's start with battery location.

13:52 – You should have two people both trained on the hazard that they're going to be working with. The person that goes in there has to be trained. And that's in a several OSHA and IEEE documents.

17:53 – I've been lucky. I've only had one battery blow up in front of me.

30:10 – We want to install that hydrogen detection sensor on the highest peak or the highest part of the ceiling.

39:06 – Your ventilation could actually fail and your recombiner, by recombining that 90 some percent of that gas, will prevent air from being a buildup in the battery room.