Now an iStick 50 makes news for an accident

[sofarsogood]

Tina Kruzyck says e-cigarette exploded while she slept, caught bed on fire

Time to convene the distinguished panel of expert and figure out what might have caused this one.

I have one of these and liked it a lot, but have since moved on to temp control.

 

[Zurd]

A faulty device or maybe she dropped it somewhere and damaged the device.

As she learns "Don't charge them unattended", this is good advice everyone should follow!

My guess is that the battery overcharged.

More info here: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Charges her cellphone and ecig battery on her bed? Can you say stupid? And apparently it just set things on fire not exploded.
Prolly was wrapped up in covers and overheated and shorted out the circuitry.

 

[KentA]

She may want to consider a mech.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

She may want to consider a mech.

To continue her path to the Dawrin awards?

 

[Scottitude]

Charges her cellphone and ecig battery on her bed? Can you say stupid? And apparently it just set things on fire not exploded.
Prolly was wrapped up in covers and overheated and shorted out the circuitry.

Stupid is right!

The headline should read "Stupid Woman Sets Bed on Fire."

Who charges anything on their bed?

 

[sofarsogood]

It's better if consumer mods don't behave this way. She did some unsafe things but what protection on the device failed?

 

[Robert Cromwell]

NO LI battery devices should be charged on a bed. Actually NO devices should be charged on a bed.

You cannot protect from excessive stupidity.

 

[Kevin littell]

I wouldn't expect a box mod to catch on fire while charging either.


This one looks to be worth following.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

If it is wrapped up in a blanket it could easily overheat causing an electronic component in the charging circuit to fail and could cause a fire.
And device mod or not could do this. Many cases of cell phones doing this.
With that said the Istick 50 does seem to have a history of the charging circuit melting down.

 

[roxynoodle]

Its not the first time its happened. She probably used her cell phone charger.

Yeah, um, charging mods and phones in your bed

 

[herb]

Actually there is hundreds of threads around the net on iStick 50 watt mods catching on fire , this is nothing new . Reddit alone has numerous pages of Istick 50 watt fires and charging on a bed was not mentioned .

Supposedly Eleaf fixed the issue but some are still out there.

 

[edyle]

"Been using it about a year now," she told Local 10 News. "Every night (I) plug it in on my bed. No problems."
That is no problems until the morning of Nov. 20, whe Kruzyck said she and her fiancé awoke to find that the e-cigarette had burst into flames.
"I had my cellphone sitting somewhere on the bed, and I had the e-cigarette plugged in," Kruzyck said.

if it's a year old, it would be one of those early ones that had trouble.

 

[Tache]

Let's talk about - paying attention. I use good equipment, not the cheapest, or the most expensive - the products that at that time had the best record. The other day my trusty Nitecore I4 charger started "ghost" charging a slot that didn't have a battery in it. What was my reaction? I retired the barely one year old charger and bought a new one! $25 or $35 dollars is not worth risking my home or my health.

 

[sofarsogood]

What caused the early iStick 50s to have problems. I've got one. Should I get rid of it?

 

[KentA]

I read that when the begun production, 30w parts found their way onto the assembly line.

 

[roxynoodle]

What caused the early iStick 50s to have problems. I've got one. Should I get rid of it?

I have 3. I suspect this:

1. Juice can leak into the 510 and cause an autofire situation. Be careful using RDAs or tanks that are leaking.
2. Lack of venting.
3. Components are subpar for a 50W mod. Thin wiring and a poor capacitor on the board. Apparently that capacitor was replaced on later models.
4. People using the wrong charger.

I treat mine as 30W mods and use lower power tanks on them. They are nearly 10 months old now and I haven't experienced any issues with them because I'm being careful. But, these things are just not meant to be 50W mods that can fire 0.2 ohm builds as advertised. Yeah, they can do it...for a little while. Then you may experience a fire or explosion. If that capacitor goes it will set on fire.

 

[Uma]

I never knew any of I leafs had a previous problem. I'm behind on most new products the last few years out. Too bad there isn't a forum for RECALL items here at ecf. If there is one, got a link?

 

[CasketWeaver]

Hmmmm... My thoughts are - battery was overcharged, vented hydrogen gas, static sparked igniting said hydrogen, and POOF! Mattress in flames. "Explosion" was probably the battery wrap popping whilst batteries continued to vent due to heat causing pressure to build inside the batteries themselves. I know a bunch of people that own iStick 50's and nobody has blown themselves up with them yet.

LOL @ Mech mod... ROFLMAO! Why so we can read the news "Woman Suicide Bombed with Mechanical E-Cigarette"?

 

[The Eciginator]

Would it have even been reported if it was a phone?