Fires happen all around us from time to time. There are more reasons for electrical fires in motorcycle lifts, but mainly due to poor installation and routine maintenance of motorcycle lifts.

Motorcycle lifts in operation exceed the rated load, caused by short-circuiting, overheating, and sparking off the wiring. Therefore, it is necessary to configure fire-fighting equipment that meets the regulations.

Causes Of Motorcycle Lift Fires

1. Motorcycle Lift Equipment Overheating

The main causes of heat in motorcycle lift equipment are.

(1) Short Circuit

When a short-circuit fault occurs, the current in the line increases to several times the normal, and the heat generated is proportional to the current.

At this point, if the temperature reaches the ignition point of combustible materials, it will cause a fire.

(2) Overload

Overload can also cause the motorcycle lift equipment to heat up. Overload is caused by the following three situations.

First, the design of the selection of lines and equipment is unreasonable, resulting in overheating under the rated load.

Second, the use of unreasonable, lifts overloads operation for a long time, resulting in the line or motorcycle lift equipment overheating.

The third is the fault operation, such as the lack of a three-phase power supply equal.

(3) Poor Contact

Various contactor contacts without sufficient pressure or rough and uneven contact surfaces can lead to contact overheating.

(4) Poor Heat Dissipation

The resistor is not installed properly or is damaged or deformed during use, and the heat buildup is too high.

2. The Presence Of Combustible Materials Around The Motorcycle Lift

(1) Electrical wiring, switchgear, fuses, plugs, luminaires, motors, and electrical equipment on the motorcycle lift equipment such as electric heating equipment in contact with or close to combustible materials is highly susceptible to fire. A lack of oil in the lubrication system can also lead to a fire.

(2) Motorcycle lift operators anywhere to throw cigarette butts and matchsticks and other flammable materials, but also easy to cause a fire.

(3) When the motorcycle lift was undergoing maintenance, sparks from electrical welding were used to generate sparks that fell on the motorcycle lift and caused a fire.

Fire Extinguishing Methods For Motorcycle Lifts

After an electrical fire, motorcycle lift equipment may be short-circuited due to insulation damage and touching the shell, and electrical lines may also be grounded and short-circuited due to breaking down. Make the normal non-electric metal frame, ground charged, which leads to contact voltage or step voltage electrocution.

Therefore, when you find motorcycle lift equipment, electrical devices or lines, and electrical equipment near the fire, first try to cut off the power to prevent the spread of fire and fire extinguishing caused by electrocution. If you can not cut off the power, use reasonable fire extinguishing equipment to extinguish the fire.

The most commonly used and most effective equipment for fighting motorcycle lift equipment fires are 1211 fire extinguishers and dry powder fire extinguishers, the correct use of which is:

1211 portable fire extinguisher: before use, first pull out the safety pin, one hand holding the pressure handle, point the nozzle at the root of the fire source, sweep left and right to the edge of the fire source, and quickly forward. and quickly forward, the operation of the extinguisher will be used horizontally and upside down.

External dry powder fire extinguisher: use one hand to push the nozzle, the other hand to lift up the lifting ring, hold the handle, the extinguisher up and down several times upside down, so that the dry powder loose in advance, the nozzle, the other hand to lift up the lifting ring, hold the handle, the fire extinguisher up and down several times. Make the dry powder loose in advance, and the nozzle is aimed at the root of the flame to extinguish the fire.

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