Originally Posted by
Packrat
The "fix" was to put the batteries in a "fireproof" box and vent it overboard. A Rube Goldberg fix at best, an admission of poor basic design concept. Weight saving at the expense of safety, IMHO.
The fix was actually to improve the manufacturing tolerances of the internal structures of the battery othewise there would still be fires contained in boxes. The box was just added safety, and probably should have been there all along in case a battery caught fire during overwater ops.