Four good reasons to install a battery safe (with charging function) now

'There is more at play than just minimizing fire risks'

According to Remco van Kuilenburg, director of Seefion, a battery safe is optimally suited to minimize the risk of industrial fires. Indeed, during the charging of Li-Ion batteries, spontaneous ignition of these batteries is a real problem. Seefion's battery locks are a safe solution for companies in the green sector and construction companies, for example. But there is more at play at the moment...

To experience a different perspective, today we are guests of the municipality of The Hague. We are meeting with Edwin van Ruijven, Coordinator of Technical Facilities at the City Management Department. This department has recently installed thirteen safes at nine locations. What moved the City Management Department in general to purchase these battery safes? And why specifically with Seefion?

Safety first

"First of all, of course, the safety of our people and our premises plays a big role," says Van Ruijven. "When charging the Lithium Ion batteries, we want to limit any risk. That's why we chose to work proactively on a solution. We had to do something and a battery safe, in which you can store and charge your batteries, simply represents the safest and best solution." Indeed, Van Kuilenburg can confirm that, "Seefion safes meet the strictest current standards and even already meet the future PGS-37-2 standard."

Van Ruijven further reports that as far as the City Management Department was concerned, there was quite a bit of time pressure on the purchase and installation. He expects that the PGS-37-2 standard will become mandatory in the foreseeable future and that the demand for good battery safes will grow enormously. He wanted to get ahead of that. But there are some other issues at play, which increased the pressure to purchase: "This project involves more than just the purchase of a battery safe. In this particular case, the power supply to the building had to be upgraded, and for that you knock on the door of the grid operator. Have you seen the lead times there? And then often the distribution board in a hall or shed also needs to be modified. Supply times are getting completely out of hand there too, and that demand will only increase in the near future."

Van Kuilenburg agrees with the increased waiting times for power grid reinforcement, but emphasizes that in the vast majority of cases this is not at all necessary: "We can get along just fine with a standard connection."

Flexibility

And then why specifically Seefion? Van Ruijven can quickly answer that too. "Seefion's safes are adaptable to changing situations after installation. If operations change, back battery packs may no longer be needed at that particular location, and then Seefion can convert the safe. In addition, Seefion's director Remco van Kuilenburg understands a lot about the application and the market. He knows the standards like no other and is in constant dialogue with insurers and test institutes. That creates confidence."