Another mod explodes

[DC2]

Well, this is getting me nowhere fast...

So the guy I spoke with (not CAL FIRE Captain Kendal Bortisser) called me back and said they are not involved in any investigation.
He says that they have no further information on the electronic cigarette that exploded.

I asked him where I should turn to next and he said to watch for something in the news.
That maybe if the guy whose equipment exploded wanted to come forward and talk about it then... well... whatever I guess.

 

[DC2]

So I called Fox 5 News...

FOX 5 Studios
7191 Engineer Rd.
San Diego, CA 92111

FOX 5 Phone: 858-492-9269

I'm still trying to determine what this line from their story means...
"What caused the e-cigarette to explode was under investigation."

They took my number.

 

[zoiDman]

Well, this is getting me nowhere fast...

So the guy I spoke with (not CAL FIRE Captain Kendal Bortisser) called me back and said they are not involved in any investigation.
He says that they have no further information on the electronic cigarette that exploded.

I asked him where I should turn to next and he said to watch for something in the news.
That maybe if the guy whose equipment exploded wanted to come forward and talk about it then... well... whatever I guess.

I don't think that This is all that Unusual of a Statement.

They know, as we as I do, that there is a Distinct Possibility that there could be a Personal Injury Suit coming. Best sometimes to Not Make Statements to Unknown Sources.

 

[four2109]

This may have been posted before, but I had not seen it. US Fire Administration.
Pretty informative.
https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/electronic_cigarettes.pdf
• Twenty incidents occurred while the battery in the
device was being charged.
• Two incidents occurred during use.
• In two incidents, it is not clear whether the e-cigarette
was in use, idle or being charged.
• One incident occurred during transportation on a
cargo aircraft.
• Ten injuries and zero deaths were reported by
the.media.3
• Several burn injuries were reported. Two serious
injuries occur

 

[DavidAmonettNashville]

Well, this is getting me nowhere fast...

So the guy I spoke with (not CAL FIRE Captain Kendal Bortisser) called me back and said they are not involved in any investigation.
He says that they have no further information on the electronic cigarette that exploded.

I asked him where I should turn to next and he said to watch for something in the news.
That maybe if the guy whose equipment exploded wanted to come forward and talk about it then... well... whatever I guess.

Seems like this guy is going to drift off into obscure anonymity like the guy at vape Blast... (Did anyone ever find out his name?)

 

[zoiDman]

Seems like this guy is going to drift off into obscure anonymity like the guy at vape Blast... (Did anyone ever find out his name?)

I could Care Less about the Guy's Name.

In Fact, I would Rather Not have Someone Post it if they Find it Out.

But what I would Like to know is the Type of Mod he was Using. What type of Battery was Inside of it. And what type of Setting the Mod was set at. Or if it was a Mech.

 

[DC2]

Seems like this guy is going to drift off into obscure anonymity like the guy at Vape Blast... (Did anyone ever find out his name?)

Or the two children over the last five years that have been said to have died from e-liquid poisoning...

 

[DavidAmonettNashville]

Or the two children over the last five years that have been said to have died from e-liquid poisoning...

Exactly....

 

[HecticEnergy]

Or the two children over the last five years that have been said to have died from e-liquid poisoning...

And with those stories they neglect all the house hold product poisonings and deaths... But those are so common it's not news I guess...


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[ReigntheGamer]

And with those stories they neglect all the house hold product poisonings and deaths... But those are so common it's not news I guess...


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That's soooo been done before nothing cutting edge about it. Hence not newsworthy.

 

[Ryedan]

This may have been posted before, but I had not seen it. US Fire Administration.
Pretty informative.
https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/electronic_cigarettes.pdf

Much appreciated four2109! That's some great information, specially considering who it comes from

 

[FrostyBlocker]

Maybe I'm late to the party- but I just saw this from a google search.

San Diego Man Burned in E-Cigarette Explosion: Officials | NBC 7 San Diego

My apologies in advance- I do analyze things, occasionally too much- here's my thoughts:
Its cool that the shop owner can put out such vaper clouds (repeatedly), however it detracts his credibility the moment he says " I like to run my things at very extreme temperatures" - MIND YOU- he adds the clarification of " to make sure if something does go wrong, we don't put it on the market- I've maxed everything out with zero problems with nothing but great reviews." - STOP - The problem with mainstream media is that they remorselessly twist words and edit to their hearts desire to make whoever appear the way they need it to. EVEN BRIAN WILLIAMS admitted to dramatizing events. In the public eye, they see this and instantly plop their heads into the proverbial sand. The ones who will destroy vaping will not be the nay-sayers- but the ones who OVERexercise something "new" like vaping. Batteries exploding is NOT a vaping issue. They have been the cause of injuries and even death. Cell phones have exploded. Car batteries have exploded. I have had friends in hobbies like RC aircraft and Nitro race cars that have had their batteries (very similar to vaping batteries) explode- even catch their masterpieces on fire. The common factors- defective products and HUMAN ERROR/NEGLIGENCE! When did common sense become less common?

 

[jambi]

how come we dont hear about the 200,000 accidents per year involving lawn mowers? or about the 80,000 of those 200,000 that involve mangled body parts?

seems that we only hear about the rare occurances of things.... not the common place accidents....

Lawn mowers are old news, like toasters, curling irons, microwaves, and scissors. Besides, it's no fun to pick on common things in such widespread use. If we did that, sooner or later we'd have to admit that all the controls and regulations in the world can't protect us from our own stupidity.

Motorcycles, skateboards, pit bulls, and electronic cigs are a totally different game. Their users can be group-classified as reckless, risk-taking, eccentric outcast cultists who intend to wreak havoc and destruction upon innocent children. I think it's less about regulating the devices, and more about watchdogging the groups using them.

 

[zoiDman]

Lawn mowers are old news, like toasters, curling irons, microwaves, and scissors. Besides, it's no fun to pick on common things in such widespread use. If we did that, sooner or later we'd have to admit that all the controls and regulations in the world can't protect us from our own stupidity.

Motorcycles, skateboards, pit bulls, and electronic cigs are a totally different game. Their users can be group-classified as reckless, risk-taking, eccentric outcast cultists who intend to wreak havoc and destruction upon innocent children. I think it's less about regulating the devices, and more about watchdogging the groups using them.

Which one is these Items that you mentioned can be Easily Taxed?

 

[ReigntheGamer]

Probably my ecig.

Sent while vaping with my pit bull asleep next to me snoring.

 

[four2109]

Much appreciated four2109! That's some great information, specially considering who it comes from

Yeah, a rational discussion of the facts! It needs to be a sticky in the New Members Forum.

 

[Ryedan]

Which one is these Items that you mentioned can be Easily Taxed?

My ecig.

Sent while vaping on my skateboard, balanced on my motorcycle, with my pit bull watching the antics.

No, I don't get out much

 

[Sunburst]

Lawn mowers are old news, like toasters, curling irons, microwaves, and scissors. Besides, it's no fun to pick on common things in such widespread use. If we did that, sooner or later we'd have to admit that all the controls and regulations in the world can't protect us from our own stupidity.

Motorcycles, skateboards, pit bulls, and electronic cigs are a totally different game. Their users can be group-classified as reckless, risk-taking, eccentric outcast cultists who intend to wreak havoc and destruction upon innocent children. I think it's less about regulating the devices, and more about watchdogging the groups using them.

I didn't really want to end up in this can of worms, but cmon man, really? Would you be willing to frame that differently? Perhaps without all the tugging of heartstrings and introduce something empirical here.

What needs to be realized is that there are idiots everywhere. Including operating the keys on this laptop. We're all stupid in one way or another. We're all incredibly smart in one way or another/others. The sooner you learn to embrace that fact and use that knowledge to further your enjoyment in life, the sooner that life gets a lot easier for you.

Stop it with the "but the chilren" crap. We deride that all the time as a weaksauce argument coming from thinktanks, poorly extecuted/interpreted studies and legislators. If it can't fly for them, it doesn't fly from us either. I can do my level best to encourage safe vaping to all the people I run into that it applies to, but at the end of the day, I can't actually make them change their ways. I did my part. Just like I can't make your Uncle Bill lock up his firearms, I can't make your wife's cousin not drink and drive and I can't stop the creepy dude at the convenience store from ogling females and just being, well, creepy.

And, I have a pit bull type dog. (He's a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Ask a brit...) It's not that I"m offended by your assertion that I'm reckless for having him, I'm offended by the total lack of fact or logic in your post. And, it's not just you. I know I'm on a bit of a soapbox right now, but some of y'alls horses are so flippin' tall right now...

Carry on.

 

[stevegmu]

LOL! I'm pushing 60, two grown kids, professional career, conservative middle class. I could care less about cloud chasing, or going to vape bars or meetups. I vape to get off cigarettes. Period. And without preaching to the choir here, it works.

Yet this is the image main stream media constantly portrays.

I see such images here, not in the media. I don't watch the news nor read US newspapers...

 

[HazyShades]

This may have been posted before, but I had not seen it. US Fire Administration.
Pretty informative.
https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/electronic_cigarettes.pdf
• Twenty incidents occurred while the battery in the
device was being charged.
• Two incidents occurred during use.
• In two incidents, it is not clear whether the e-cigarette
was in use, idle or being charged.
• One incident occurred during transportation on a
cargo aircraft.
• Ten injuries and zero deaths were reported by
the.media.3
• Several burn injuries were reported. Two serious
injuries occur

Thanks for that link, four2109.
It seems many of those incidents happened either while charging off the USB port on a laptop or in the car.
The latter makes me wonder if the user was hooked up to the vehicle lighter with a USB adapter.

Very interesting
Thanks again,

Hazy