E-cigarette violently explodes in pocket of Queens woman (yet another battery problem)
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Could be.
I think what should also be Considered is how Many Incidents have been reported of an Accident like this one where there Wasn't a piece of Metal Involved?
I have read a Lot of Threads/Posts where a Battery Melted Down. Just can't recall one where there wasn't a piece of metal Involved.
We will probably Never know Exactly what happened in this case. But If I was on Jeopardy, I would go with "What is a Metal Object in a Pocket with a battery Alex?" for this Video Daily Double.
I think it may be a long shot, but this is my take on situation...
Her "lithium battery" was in a pocket "alone"?
I have jeans with metal rivets/punches in the pockets, keeps the denim from ripping as easily as stitches in certain areas. - this is not uncommon.
another completely odd but still manageable situation... glitter. Back in boyscouts we did lots of "play time" with dangers of household batteries. A single peice of glitter, perfectly wedged, can cause a huge problem....
I'm just tired of all the lables in the headlines.
It was NOT an ecig/mod that "blew up", it was a simple
li-ion Battery.
Her "lithium battery" was in a pocket "alone"?
I have jeans with metal rivets/punches in the pockets, keeps the denim from ripping as easily as stitches in certain areas. - this is not uncommon.
another completely odd but still manageable situation... glitter. Back in boyscouts we did lots of "play time" with dangers of household batteries. A single peice of glitter, perfectly wedged, can cause a huge problem....
I'm just tired of all the lables in the headlines.
It was NOT an ecig/mod that "blew up", it was a simple
li-ion Battery.It could be a Piece of Glitter. Or Bedazzled gone wrong.
Or maybe it was a Ring on her Finger? And She Shorted the Battery when she stuck here hand in Her Pocket?
Or maybe it was a Ring on her Finger? And She Shorted the Battery when she stuck here hand in Her Pocket?
Or a sequin. Where I work we use large fabric bags sewn in India and I have noticed sequins stuck to them several times the past few years. If her pants were made in a factory with poor quality control most anything is possible.
I'd say that was a "slightly" better article. It does talk about the probable reasons why this happened, but then there's the talk of the low cost low quality products being why we're seeing these problems.
This incident has NOTHING to do with vapor products, other than that's why she had the battery in the first place. These are not vape batteries, they are batteries. No vape product exploded, a battery did.
Doesn't really matter what was in her pocket, sticking a loose battery anywhere is a bad idea unless it's into a device, into a charger, or into a case.
Agreed, even with cases, make sure it is a proper case for the type of battery.
Personally, using a "makeshift" case for carring a spare 18350 on my keys, but I accept all responsibility for whatever action/reaction comes of it.
Much better than stinky crap isn't necessarily good, but at least this says it was a detached battery, and implies she should've been using a battery case.
Yup.
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The big problem is, most of the batteries we use are not actually labeled for individual sale, at least not the better ones. So, if I were a shop owner, I would come up with my own warning sticker to put on the sleeve of every battery, in addition to making sure that the batteries come with a case. The warning may or may not prevent more shorts like this(probably not), but when the reporter comes a knocking I would have a case full of batteries I could point to with their pretty warning labels.
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