If you dont use the proper batteries all you can say is it has not happened to me
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If you want to risk your self and your property by going against what the specks and recommended uses of any said battery thats on you, but please don't spout off its ok to do so because its not. BAs battery list is rock solid and you cant go wrong by following his advise.
In case you have forgotten the origin of the term "mod" with regard to e-cigs, it is from taking something and modifying it against it's recommended use and specifications (or specs) into something to vape with. Additionally, no - as in ZERO - battery has been designed and manufactured specifically to be used in a mod, and ALL are potentially dangerous to use in any mod, Provari or $10 mech. Spouting that "the sky is falling!" and "the sky is going to fall!" because someone successfully uses something you know nothing about is illogical. More so when the devices in question are not designed to do what we do with them to begin with, and each and every one of us takes some risk when we hit the button.
What makes a tried and proven protected battery, made in China from a USA design, from the 2nd largest battery specialist company any worse than any other tried and proven protected battery, also made in China but for a much smaller and less capable company, for use in a manner for which it was not designed? Nothing except lack of information, bias and arrogance. Yes BAs battery list is good. It is also, however, far from all encompassing and all inclusive. There are other options, other batteries, available which will work just as well, just as safely. At least as any potential electrical based chemical explosive device could be considered safe.
There have and will continue to be injuries and property loss with the misuse of batteries.Stating there has been 0 injuries is an out right lie and a 100% misinformation.
From the incorrect spelling throughout your post I take it you also have reading and comprehending issues. No one stated there have been 0 injuries. I stated this:
I am not against safety at all, and with more than 3 million vapers in the USA at last estimate the percentage of battery injuries among vapers has been fairly close to 0 regardless of how safe or dangerous any particular battery may be, so that is a good thing. Surprisingly most people who vape seem to have enough brains/common sense to not blow themselves up.
Frankly, if there were even 1,000 battery explosions in mods injuring 1,000 people this year alone (which there haven't been or we would be inundated by mass media about that little bit of news), that would equate to 0.0333 percent of the estimated 3 million vapers just in the USA. Or, as I correctly stated, "fairly close to 0 percent."
No one is saying that buying some no-name battery from an unknown company in China does not increase the risk of injury to anyone using it for something it was not designed to do. It can increase that risk, though much more likely it ends up being not as powerful or long lasting as it was advertised. Such is the Chinese junk.
Someone like Andrew Wan (AW) takes high quality unprotected Panasonic/Samsung batteries, tests them out and puts a PCB on them, and markets it as their own. I verified this myself. You could as well. His email is awwan01 at yahoo and you can find him on CPF Marketplace (candlepowerforums), which is where he got his start. His batteries are arguably considered the best. They are also technically homemade "mods" of other batteries. Go figure.
By the same token there are batteries not on BAs list which can and do function, safely, and which come from companies even larger and more knowledgeable about Li-On batteries than most of the companies on his list. This might explain why Johnson Controls makes the Li-On batteries for Ford & Daimler, and the batteries for Chevrolet, while AW/Efest/MNKE only wish they did.
That there are other options than BAs list is unquestionable. His list is good, and someone following it will be as safe, and in as much danger, as the next guy. It's all a crap shoot with Chinese manufactured products. But his list is, and always will be, incomplete and not being on his list does not necessarily make a battery "bad", "unsafe", or "sub-par".
Would I trust an Ultrafire battery? Not really, but it would be more a distrust of the mAh label than the safety. Would I use one in a pinch over some generic Chinese no-name? Yes, but unhappily and I would replace it ASAP. It's main attraction to me would be that it was readily available, with warranty, from the largest B&M electronic retail chain in the USA - Radio Shack. Would I trust the Johnson Controls Interstate Batteries 18650 PCB? So far yes, both because of their expertise and experience in Li-On technology as well as the fact that I have personally tested them and use them daily, they work as advertised, and the quality is very good and they also come with a 1 year warranty. Trust is a misnomer, however, and when used in the e-cig mod battery genre it is akin to trusting a snake or scorpion in your hand.
