E-cig Battery Explodes On Video in UK

[Docliv]

Hi All,

Just what we needed! Another battery blow-up.

[url=http://theweek.com/article/index/259588/speedreads-watch-a-teenager-narrowly-escape-injury-from-an-exploding-e-cigarette]Watch a teenager narrowly escape injury from an exploding e-cigarette - The Week[/url]

 

[YKruss]

The device, which belongs to one of her coworkers, was routinely left on the iPad charger without any prior accidents.

Yeah, like nothing wrong with using the wrong charger.

 

[e-pipeman]

Must be my old eyes, but apart from the flash I couldn't see much. What type of e-cig, anyone?

 

[guambred]

Not sure of the laws in UK but I wonder what a teenager is doing behind a bar, and what the heck is a batt being charged on an iphone for?

 

[e-pipeman]

You can do bar work if you're 18 or over in the UK.

 

[skoony]

sounds like the were charging batts for there customers as a courtesy.
with no problems until this one.
it appears that the wall plug in was iphone branded but its usb port out put
is the same as any other.
regards
mike

 

[Giraut]

Yeah, like nothing wrong with using the wrong charger.

Okay, I'll be the one to ask the dumb question: why is an iPad charger the wrong charger?

 

[Dayglow]

It doesn't necessarily put out the proper amount of current to charge an e-cig. It can lead to an over charge or other battery inducing problems.
Every case of a popped battery I have heard was either a cheap battery or charged incorrectly (cloud chasing battery issues aside).

 

[Giraut]

That's what I don't understand: e-cig chargers regulate the charging current and cut out when the battery is full. The battery isn't plugged onto the USB port directly. So I still fail to understand why a particular USB charger can be dangerous.

 

[_sidekick_]

iPad chargers charge at a higher amperage output, due to the larger battery in an iPad. It's especially obvious when using it to charge an iPhone vs using the standard iPhone charger. It's possible that the 510 part of the charger could not handle the higher amperage or that it was faulty.

From apples website:

PC USB 5 volts 0.5 amps 2.5 Watts
iPhone Charger 5 volts 1.0 amps 5 Watts
iPad Charger 5.1 volts 2.1 amps 12 watts

 

[edyle]

The question is: does this kind of incident occur specifically to ecig batteries but not cellphone batteries?
And if so, then why?

 

[Robino1]

Already being discussed on another thread. You can continue the coversation about it here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...to-ipad-charger-explodes-front-bartender.html

Closing this one....