Or runaway diesel engines... I had a mate who overfilled an old engine because he couldn't see the level of new oil on the dipstick so stupidly poured a load more in. He had no idea how to stop it once it ran away. The engine was wrecked and he was very fortunate that the boat didn't catch fire. Apparently smoke was pouring out of the boat and the harbour master at the French marina was at the point of setting it adrift to protect other boats when it eventually stopped.
That's interesting. Why is there that difference between the two?
Well, I've only ever had one battery explode on my boat and it wasn't lithium. I was just lucky I wasn't in the engine space at the time as I'd have been seriously injured.
Yes indeed!
I can't help thinking that some of the anti-lithium naysayers don't realise the benefits of LFP batteries on boats, especially for off-grid liveaboards. Combined with a decent solar system it's almost like being on shore power. Even in the depths of winter I only need to run my generator once every 10 days or so. Once you install LFP, lead-acid batteries seem like something from the dark ages.