How long before some regulatory agency decides that loose 18650s are too dangerous to be sold to the public?
The FDA (
THE regulatory agency for
vaping) is already aware of the issue and has worked with UL (Underwriters Laboratories) to come up with some safety guidelines. I posted this on ECF back in October 2018.
New proposed FDA and UL guidelines for e-cigarette manufacturers that will affect YOU.
So in effect, new regulations, if the above guidelines are adopted, would prohibit sale of mods (mechanical and regulated) that use removeable batteries.
Mods would be limited to those that use internal, non-removeable batteries. Essentually banning mechanical mods; no mech mod will ever pass FDA guidelines and no one is stupid enough to put an internal LiPo battery in a mech.
There was also some discussion of outlawing "open-style" juice attachments where the user can add their own e-liquid. Also discussion of banning juice attachments where the user can change the coils.
Boy, am I glad I don't use those... 20700s aren't even mentioned, in the first three paragraphs, where 98% of people will stop reading.
somedcomputerguy said:
IMO, 20 and 21 700's and 26650's haven't been used long enough by a few idiots (RIP and graces though..) to prompt the govt to say they're not safe for anyone..
Do you really think they won't include 20700 et al size batteries if there is a ban on 18650's? I'm pretty sure if they ban 18650 batteries they will include all sizes of removeable external batteries. The very thing that makes 18650 batteries dangerous is present with the other external removeable batteries, regardless of their size.
To be clear, I don't believe the FDA can actually ban batteries, because other industries use them (flashlights and cordless power tools come to mind). However, they do have the authority to ban those
vape devices that use removeable batteries.
By the way, the article linked by
@KurtVD was very well researched and informative in my opinion. A rarity that a journalist these days would put in the time and effort to get the facts straight.
I'm interested in what
@Mooch has to say about this issue.