Caution with batteries: Explosion story!

[Dusty_D]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/battery-issues/330101-battery-explosion.html#post7137617

Please take care with how you guys carry your batteries around. This guy was very lucky to get away with minor injuries.

I would not want to see a similar story on here.

 

[X P3 Flight Engineer]

This happened while driving at low speed in a (basically) parking lot. If it had been in traffic (city or hi-way) it could have lead to loss of control of the vehicle or, at the least, an uncomfortably longer time to get stopped and safely out of the vehicle.

Be safe, everyone. and "Do the Dew!" Lol

 

[RollandOfGilead]

Scary stuff... if there is anything to be learned - don't carry batteries around with metal tweezers in the same pouch. or any other metal objects for that matter.

Plus keep your batteries clear of your junk.

 

[Cobber]

Battery cases are cheap insurance for people who have to carryaspares

 

[fourtytwo]

Scary stuff... if there is anything to be learned - don't carry batteries around with metal tweezers in the same pouch. or any other metal objects for that matter.

Plus keep your batteries clear of your junk.

Really?
I thought the lesson was to not use a fanny pack.

 

[Toronto_Mike]

A fully charged 18650 should last a stealth vaper more than an entire day of vaping power. I've made it a habit of replacing the 18650, first thing in the morning. For me, anyhow, there is no need to bring a spare when leaving the house with a fully charged 18650. For a backup, I carry a fully charged ego(switched off).

Glad this guy walked away without injury.

 

[Random2k]

Would keeping a carto and using five click on twist protect you from this?

 

[therealcmac]

Would keeping a carto and using five click on twist protect you from this?

Ya i think you would be ok.

 

[MisterMike]

I managed to short a AAA NiMH with my keys in my pocket once, and that little bugger got uncomfortably hot against my thigh. Now I'm super-duper careful: if I need to put a battery in my pocket, nothing else is allowed in there that is made of metal, has metal on it, or even was manufactured by someone listening to Megadeth.

I'm glad this fellow had no lasting damage done. Those're some scary pics.

 

[fourtytwo]

Carrying a battery case is a bit of a bother at times so I sometimes use finger cots. Anyone in the food industry should be familiar with them.
You can often find them in med kits at work and they are amazingly useful and cheap. You can also find them at some drug stores.
https://www.acklandsgrainger.com/AG...lProductDetailDisplay.do?item_code=AMC40-8010
Roll one or two over each end of a battery and it should be pretty safe to carry for short periods.

 

[recidivus]

As soon as I read he kept tweezers in the same pouch I shook my head. I'm no electrical wizard by any means, but this just seems like common sense.

Finger cots are a great idea! What would be really handy are larger carto condoms, semi-soft rubbers that fit snugly.

 

[NoizMaker]

Thanks for the post Dusty! Everyone needs to read this, not jut vapers. Lithium batteries are a hidden hazard in everyones mobile phones, laptops, e-cigs etc etc etc.

Why this isn't general common sense is beyond me.

 

[shades]

I know it isn't puncture proof, but usually I use one of those snack ziplock bags when carrying a spare battery in my case.

 

[Mindfield]

Yeah, I think it's fairly well common sense (one would hope anyway) not to keep unprotected batteries where you're also storing other bits of metal. I always keep my spares in one of the mesh pockets of a large eGo case where I also store small bottles juice, so there are no metal bits coming into contact. But I have a healthy paranoia of exactly this sort of thing happening.

 

[recidivus]

I remember in electronics class the teacher was going over battery safety and storage. He took some steel wool and rammed a 9v battery into it, caught fire in a few seconds. Very effective lesson, doubt they teach that way any more though (he was also a chalk thrower).

 

[RollandOfGilead]

I remember in electronics class the teacher was going over battery safety and storage. He took some steel wool and rammed a 9v battery into it, caught fire in a few seconds. Very effective lesson, doubt they teach that way any more though (he was also a chalk thrower).

im gonna get a 9v and an sos pad later to try this "science experiment" out.

 

[X P3 Flight Engineer]

im gonna get a 9v and an sos pad later to try this "science experiment" out.

Remember when you try this that you are deliberately short circuiting a battery!

An sos pad contains soap powder. I'm not sure if that will work well.

The Military Survival School in Edmonton teaches the battery and steel wool (fine works best) as one of a dozen unconventional ways to start a fire in a survival situation.
Another way is to mix ear drops with foot powder!
(Which is why you should never scratch your ear with your foot!)
Lol !

 

[RollandOfGilead]

not all sos pads have the soap.

 

[Mindfield]

not all sos pads have the soap.

SOS pad - soap = steel wool.

 

[aggo]

Thanks a lot for posting this here, Dusty. I don't venture outside the Canada sub-forum as much as I should, and unfortunately it takes something like this to make sure I don't slack off on safety.
Rolygate has a very thorough post on batteries for APV's. Time to do some serious reading up.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...9007-warning-rechargeable-batteries-apvs.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecf-library/129569-rechargeable-batteries.html