Re: Fire This Weekend in Team 5871 Chickadees Work Space
 

AndyMark is totally cool, they helped us out a lot when we lost our trailer in 2014. So did 1538 the Holy Cows and others in the area. The FIRST family rocks.

Best thing to do for those that want to help is to get a spreadsheet/google doc of items to be replaced and get it up online where people can see what you need and send replacements.

Also include an address where physical items can be sent.

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Everyone is being amazing. I think we are doing well right now, so no need for a spreadsheet. I'll reach back out if we need more, but vendors and our local mentor team, Team Tators #2122, are being fabulous (and of course individual sponsors).

We are so fortunate that this happened before kickoff and not during the build season!

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Its never good that these things happen, but fortunately parts can be replaced and no one was injured. The FIRST community always amazes me how quickly people rush in to help in any situation.

REV Robotics would be happy to offer you 8 SPARK motor controllers to help your team out. Send me a PM with your shipping information and we send them right out to you.



Greg


No nudge required....I was just traveling yesterday and wasn't on CD ;)

Re: Fire This Weekend in Team 5871 Chickadees Work Space
 

What belt do you need?

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Any word on the cause of the fire?

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I think we are set on belts! Thank you so much.

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The fire marshal has declared that the cause was most likely a lithium polymer battery that was in the room. It belonged to a university student group that also used the space.

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So someone had a "hoverboard" they left plugged in right? :rolleyes:

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Li-POs make for very entertaining shooting targets. 5/7 would recommend!(as long as it won't light other things on fire)

I had a hard hat with a head lamp that I wired to a Li-PO... Had.

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Mind finding out who insures your school and letting me know?

-Akash

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Probably not a hover board/gyroboard. Those usually have lithium-iron phosphate batteries(LiFePO 4), which are safer, but the hoverboards' designs have improper charging and ventilation setups, or undersized batteries(or all 3). LiPo batteries are most commonly used in RC aircraft and RC cars, which is probably what that one was for. They should not be plugged in unattended, and they should be charged in one of these.

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I hate to break it to you, but those bags don't really do squat. I agree about the not charging unattended however, I know from experience >_>

Any lithium chemistry battery is capable of catastrophic failure resulting in fire and/or explosion, some are just harder than others to induce that failure mode in.

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:ahh: Wow, those are ineffective! Looks like they could actually make it worse! In that case, it's probably not worth buying. A timer for the charger might not be a bad idea, though.

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Hi Team 5871 -- Team 677, Murphy's Outlaws, from Columbus School for Girls in Columbus, OH was very sad to hear about the fire as well. We raised money and made a donation online, which we hope will help you out as you go into the season. You're in our thoughts and we hope you have as great a season as possible despite this huge setback.

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Thank you so much, Team 677! What an amazing thing to do. We are so incredibly grateful for your support. We'd love to get your logo to share on our team website. I'll PM you with details. Thanks again!!