Don't leave passthru plugged in!! Fire Hazard

[Newff]

Does these have a cutoff? I never really noticed because I don't take a full 10-13 sec drag or whatever.

I'm at work so I can't test this myself at the moment but today before work me and my roomates smelled something burning and couldn't figure out what it was...eventually it got stronger and when we realized it was the passthru that was plugged in to the laptop. The cart was completely melted. I thought these had a cutoff, maybe I'm wrong. It was a manual and was just laid on the table..the button stuck I guess because the battery itself is not heavy enough to put weight on the button.

 

[Belletrist]

they do have a cut off, but they def shouldn't be left plugged in.

 

[Newff]

I guess you could leave it plugged in without a cart on it, I'm just confused as to why it didn't cut off.

 

[Blooper]

i always leave mine plugged in and have never had an issue.

 

[Taryn]

I know the one I have does not have a cut off, I believe there was talk of adding one but not sure if the newer style has one or not.

 

[Sign-Man]

I concur with Belletrist

I'm an electronics technician for 30+ years and know for a fact that electrical/electronic devices fail.

Do you know how many people's houses have caught on fire because the cheap little switch inside fails and turns on the toaster while their at work or out of the house?

eCigs are manufactured using the least expensive parts possible to maximize profits.

Best Advice:
Be Safe
Leave your passthru unplugged.

 

[keyzygirl]

I just told someone on here yesterday to NEVER leave a PT plugged in and unattended!!They can fail and will cause a fire!!!

 

[Pawpaw]

Currently, the PTs don't have a cutoff. One of the design changes Steve & Leaford are implementing is a 20-second cutoff for the next batch.

 

[XCodyX]

Yeah, be careful folks... especially with laptop that latch with a magnet. I have a Macbook Pro. I noticed if I accidentally leave my auto passthru near the latch magnet in the front, it will start vaping on it's own.

 

[Taryn]

Magnets do activate auto batteries, good catch Cody!

 

[callofthevapor]

Good advice its something I never thought of

 

[Pugzley]

The latest passthrough I bought came with a big warning sticker on it, it says:

Unattended passthrough may pose as a fire hazard.

Never leave a passthrough plugged in while not in use.

Always remove the cartomizer from the passthrough between uses.

 

[XCodyX]

The latest passthrough I bought came with a big warning sticker on it, it says:

Unattended passthrough may pose as a fire hazard.

Never leave a passthrough plugged in while not in use.

Always remove the cartomizer from the passthrough between uses.

Mine did too... but I almost didn't believe it until I heard mine turning on by it's self. I was also see someone so excited to start vaping that they could miss the sticker.

 

[callofthevapor]

I wonder if my PT had that warning. I get a little unhinged ripping into the bag of goodies

 

[Pugzley]

This is a recent change in the packaging. None of my other pts had that sticker on them.

I always ordered manuals before, but my auto pt came with this warning on it. I just got it a couple weeks ago, I think. I don't know how long ago the warnings have been added.

My husband is an electrician, he always checks the toaster, coffeepot and anything else that is plugged in around here before we leave. Sometimes it makes me nuts, but I'm starting to do it too. LOL

 

[JLeigh]

I unplug all my ecig stuff when they're not in use. It's safer that way, and I'm sure it extends the life of the products as well.

 

[kunstkammer]

I thought I also read somewhere that laptops weren't really great with the passthroughs as they're not strong enough? Did I make that up? Something about regular PCs being a higher voltage or something? Something like that...some techie please educate me.

Sort of on-topic, I just took a bit of a too-enthusiastic drag off my passthrough as I was reading this thread. I just about smoked myself out of my office! Jeez, this thing is powerful!!!! I forgot.

 

[Paranoyed]

My first manual PT did the same thing in which it would stay constantly engaged. To the OP PM Steve or Mark and they will make it right.

 

[SMILIN]

Leafords been working with the engineers on these issues, the next batch will be better, and also have a cutoff, for both the auto, and manual. Either way, we are on the case

Steve

 

[mephisto69]

I thought I also read somewhere that laptops weren't really great with the passthroughs as they're not strong enough? Did I make that up? Something about regular PCs being a higher voltage or something? Something like that...some techie please educate me.

Sort of on-topic, I just took a bit of a too-enthusiastic drag off my passthrough as I was reading this thread. I just about smoked myself out of my office! Jeez, this thing is powerful!!!! I forgot.

You'll have to let someone with more technical computer knowledge than me answer this one, but while I was looking for a fix for a portable WD hard drive malfunction about a year back, one of the possible causes brought up was that certain USB ports - on some laptops, and certain desktop peripherals - didn't have enough voltage to properly run the HD, resulting in the disk drive not working; the solution being the usage of a USB cable with two ends that you plug into the USB ports, in order to draw more power from the computer. But that's all I can tell you...
As a matter of fact, I almost thought about getting one of those cables and trying it on my PT, but these last few weeks my passthrough kinda fell out of favor, and I hardly use them anymore...