points by blahgeek 17 hours ago | 0 comments
or a cube of 20x20x20 containers, seems small enough. (funny how we interpret numbers and sizes
[–] myself248 17 hours ago
[–] jcattle 17 hours ago
I always thought they were spread apart so much to further reduce the chance of catastrophic spread of fire from one container to another.
That would be a lot harder if you stack them since heat likes to rise.
But no clue if that is the actual reason.
[–] myself248 17 hours ago
Yeah, that's probably part of it. Some do have explosion vents in the top of the container.
It'd just be impressive to see a giant wall of battery. A bunch of little batteries camping in a field doesn't play the same visually. Ah well.
[–] chickenbig 16 hours ago
Foundations, maintenance, fire risk.
Land is cheap relative to a container full of cells.
[–] 0cf8612b2e1e 12 hours ago
They are pretty heavy and batteries already need to do adequate foundation work before installation.
[–] ksec 17 hours ago
I would assume it has something to do with fire hazard ?
Horizontally they need plenty of room for airflow, as each container has some HVAC-or-whatever module on the side. But vertically...