One thing alway on my mind while vaping is being scared that the battery will explode.
Anyone know of this happening?
Anyone know of this happening?
Anyone know of an exploding battery while vaping?
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i had a battery vent in my pocket. It shorted on the spare change i had in there. My pocket got hot and smelled like ammonia? Freaked me out, but it wasn't a big deal. I've never had one explode though
Oh my God. Things like this make me thankful for snopes. There HAS been a handful of isolated incidents of battery meltdowns, most notably the florida man in February whose batt exploded while in his mouth. NOT ONE of these incidents has been attributed to an unadultered commercial e-cig. In every case it seems, the user had modified the equipment, or bought it from someone who had.
Here is the article:
http://www.cspnet.com/news/tobacco/articles/update-was-exploding-e-cigarette-mod
So the lesson is, if you're going to be reckless, stupid, or mess around with your store bought stuff, you might want to pay attention to what the hell is going on.
Oh, and watch out for the anti-freeze.
Here is the article:
http://www.cspnet.com/news/tobacco/articles/update-was-exploding-e-cigarette-mod
So the lesson is, if you're going to be reckless, stupid, or mess around with your store bought stuff, you might want to pay attention to what the hell is going on.
Oh, and watch out for the anti-freeze.
Move along folks. Just the weekly "exploding battery" thread. Nothing to see here.
Oh, and watch out for the anti-freeze.
That's because the batteries explode when the lithium reacts with the anti-freeze and all the carcinogens in the liquid as it pours into the battery. Under optimal circumstances, you should only be vaping battery fumes, of course.
/snark, which I hope is obvious...
Its really no different than smoking... This just kills you quick!
Disclaimer: just following the trend...
Disclaimer: just following the trend...
I have a fuse I run on all of my batteries just to try and reduce the chances of my face getting blown off.
In those legitimate cases of exploding batteries I've heard tell of, the culprit is generally either improper storage of batteries (yes, dropping it into a pocket or purse full of change) or while charging, not while actually vaping.
As it stands it seems to me that ecigarette batteries have about the same chance of spontaneously exploding as your cell phone. I bet you'll shrug and still text your BFF JILL
As it stands it seems to me that ecigarette batteries have about the same chance of spontaneously exploding as your cell phone. I bet you'll shrug and still text your BFF JILL
Oh my God. Things like this make me thankful for snopes. There HAS been a handful of isolated incidents of battery meltdowns, most notably the florida man in February whose batt exploded while in his mouth. NOT ONE of these incidents has been attributed to an unadultered commercial e-cig. In every case it seems, the user had modified the equipment, or bought it from someone who had.
Here is the article:
http://www.cspnet.com/news/tobacco/articles/update-was-exploding-e-cigarette-mod
So the lesson is, if you're going to be reckless, stupid, or mess around with your store bought stuff, you might want to pay attention to what the hell is going on.
Oh, and watch out for the anti-freeze.
Great link though, thanks for sharing.
All of the battery incidents I've ever seen have been due to improper carrying, storage, charging, or putting a battery in a position where it was or could have been firing for a prolonged period of time.
I'd be willing to bet (I don't bet unless I know I will win) That every case of battery meltdown is user error. Over discharged battery put in a charger, battery in a charger that has too much current (200mAh battery in a 600mAh charger), shorting out a battery, very low resistance discharge, sticking one in a toaster oven etc. etc. If Lithium batteries had a record of spontaneously going bang Hundreds of people would have cellphone sized holes in their pockets.
eGo batts have blown just being charged properly. The chip in the charger that tells the charger when to stop sending juice to the batt, fails and thats when the batt turns into a flame thrower, literally.
That is the same risk though you run while charging most devices, not limited to ecigs.
I would invest in a fuse just to be super safe. The chance of anything happening to you is so far below one percent, and having the fuse will even lower that percentage. As long as you're using your device properly and not leaving it firing for extended periods of time you should be fine.
Well now that depends on what part of the world your in, now doesn't it. In TN your prob ok.
There have been documented cases of iPhones, iPods, laptops, as well as 3.7v batteries combusting spontaneously. Huge amounts of battery recalls have been made, especially with laptops. But this is based on a remarkably low number of incidents. You should be far more worried about getting into your car than vaping a PV. Probably far more dangerous getting into your shower for that matter. Just don't do anything unusual or stupid with them and 99.999% of the time you should be ok.
Like a whole lot of things the media loves to jump on this and blow it way out of proportion. I bet that in most if not all they did something they were not suppose to be doing. Like vaping when the battery is hot or damaged etc.. I'm use to be an electronics tech. They put a lot of safeguards into the commercial units. You can make it fool proof but you can't make it Damn fool proof. Just my opinion based on some really strange stuff caused by an Operator head space problem. Tech speak for (operator screw up). Like a guy that cleaned an ID badge in Acetone and when it melted in the reader was upset that the equipment was not more sturdy.
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