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Air carrier first officer reported that flight attendants are using lithium battery static inverters to power portable food cookers.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1539872 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Many of our flight attendants are using a static inverter powered by a rechargeable lithium ion battery on our aircraft. The device is the 'halo bolt acdc portable charger and car jumper with AC outlet and car charger.' it even comes with jumper cables to jumpstart your car! The battery is much like the battery that comes in the hover boards that were banned by the FAA.they are using the halo unit to convert the dc power from its rechargeable battery into usable AC power to power their food cookers 'hot logic.' the hot logic gets hot enough; but this halo gets really hot. To make things worse they are turning them on and putting them in a galley cabinet and covering them up with their jackets and purses on top! It is just a matter of time before we have an aircraft on fire because of one of these.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier First Officer reported that flight attendants are using lithium battery static inverters to power portable food cookers.
Narrative: Many of our Flight Attendants are using a static inverter powered by a rechargeable lithium ion battery on our aircraft. The device is the 'HALO Bolt ACDC Portable Charger and Car Jumper with AC Outlet and Car Charger.' It even comes with jumper cables to jumpstart your car! The battery is much like the battery that comes in the hover boards that were banned by the FAA.They are using the Halo Unit to convert the DC power from its rechargeable battery into usable AC power to power their food cookers 'Hot Logic.' The Hot Logic gets hot enough; but this Halo gets really hot. To make things worse they are turning them on and putting them in a galley cabinet and covering them up with their jackets and purses on top! It is just a matter of time before we have an aircraft on fire because of one of these.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.