Turns out it's the OTHER vehicle that doesn't have
'comp' coverage. A break! Finally! Maybe...
Update as of 10/15/09 below ----
Hot time at work today.
Went out to look when there was a commotion near quitting time and it turned out it was our car on fire.
Had been sitting there since lunch charging, happy as a clam. Clams like it hot?
There wasn't that much damage in the front, but the seats got going toward the center. I suspect it got pretty hot in there.
As you can see it burned up in the middle/right under the back seat. Funny thing is those are the batteries I *haven't* replaced.
Yep, this one probably qualifies as a total loss.
"Gosh, what started it?" you ask.
Hard to say. Seems like the biggest part of the problem was toward the center-right of the rear seat but we may have to pull a few bits out to have any chance of figuring it out. Right now it's cold, dark and raining. Oh, and it smells really Really REALLY BAD. More later.
Update: Had a bit of time to look it over today. The 12V system is still running we think,. One relay keeps clicking on and off despite the main pack being disconnected at both ends. Strange.
Looking for clues we pulled up the back seat and part of the battery cover. The most intense part of the fire was definately under and immediately forward of the rear seat. The 'firewall' metal cover under the rear seat did it's job, but the fire 'leaked out' just in front and eventually caught the rear seat cushion on fire. The batteries under there are VERY melted/burned. The connector posts are sticking up out of the mess and look like they're mostly in good shape. Note that the posts are NOT lead. It's looking like things lit-up there and traveled forward and sideways. The front seats appear to be relative latecomers to the blaze. Still no idea what lit it off.
The top(rear) battery, controller and motor/gearset look to be in pretty good condition as are most of the things in the dash. Some smoke damage of course.
