Now hindsight is 20/20 and I certainly am not blaming the company from which my batteries came from. But I wanted to relate what happened to me just in case it might inform others.
I used to smoke a Janty kissbox. and of course carried extra batteries and such around with me. But i was dumb and didn't keep them in an kind of case. just kept them loose in my inner jacket pocket.
One day on the way outside to vape (i like to get away from my desk now and again) I felt the inside of my jacket getting alarmingly warm, and then HOT.
I quickly fished in my inside pocket and pulled out my loose batteries. Of which one of them was almost too hot to hold. The stairway fortunaly is concreat so i was able to set it down quickly. I noticed what looked like steam coming out of the battery and I honestly thought it was going to explode or something.
I watched it for a few moments (a few steps away) and decided it didn't look like it was leaking anything or going to explode. So i picket it up with the sleeve of my heavyweight jacket and brought it outside to cool off on the pavement. Once fully cooled (while i took a very shaky vape break) i went ahead and tossed it in the garbage. I didn't want to risk trying to use or charge it again because i couldn't figure out why it got so hot when it was disconnected.
The only things i had in my pocket were 2 loose charged batteries. no coins or keys or anything else. I related my story to my hubby and he told me it was likely the two batteries somehow touched together just right in my pocket. He had a similar issue once with a regular battery in a pocket with his keys.
So my cautionary tale is. Be smart. These are electronic devices. Don't use them if they look damaged and carry them safely. I now carry my extra batteries in a paper napkin keeping them seperated (i can't find my janty case anymore).
We vape because we feel it's safer for us (and more enjoyable!). But we have to treat the equipment with a bit of caution and respect.
Hope this story isn't too preachy. It took a scare like this to make me realize I wasn't taking care of my equipment and i could have been hurt.
I used to smoke a Janty kissbox. and of course carried extra batteries and such around with me. But i was dumb and didn't keep them in an kind of case. just kept them loose in my inner jacket pocket.
One day on the way outside to vape (i like to get away from my desk now and again) I felt the inside of my jacket getting alarmingly warm, and then HOT.
I quickly fished in my inside pocket and pulled out my loose batteries. Of which one of them was almost too hot to hold. The stairway fortunaly is concreat so i was able to set it down quickly. I noticed what looked like steam coming out of the battery and I honestly thought it was going to explode or something.
I watched it for a few moments (a few steps away) and decided it didn't look like it was leaking anything or going to explode. So i picket it up with the sleeve of my heavyweight jacket and brought it outside to cool off on the pavement. Once fully cooled (while i took a very shaky vape break) i went ahead and tossed it in the garbage. I didn't want to risk trying to use or charge it again because i couldn't figure out why it got so hot when it was disconnected.
The only things i had in my pocket were 2 loose charged batteries. no coins or keys or anything else. I related my story to my hubby and he told me it was likely the two batteries somehow touched together just right in my pocket. He had a similar issue once with a regular battery in a pocket with his keys.
So my cautionary tale is. Be smart. These are electronic devices. Don't use them if they look damaged and carry them safely. I now carry my extra batteries in a paper napkin keeping them seperated (i can't find my janty case anymore).
We vape because we feel it's safer for us (and more enjoyable!). But we have to treat the equipment with a bit of caution and respect.
Hope this story isn't too preachy. It took a scare like this to make me realize I wasn't taking care of my equipment and i could have been hurt.
