istick 50 watt exploded
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LOL I think if you had one that auto fired, you would detect the heat of the atty building up long before a meltdown. 
If it were to happen, just unscrew the atty.
If it were to happen, just unscrew the atty.
Mine's clicky on the 20W and the 50W, with positive actuation and de-actuation, so it must be assembly error on the production line. Those people are forced to do X number of pieces per shift from what I hear. It's a high tech sweat shop environment according to the articles you read about Chinese production lines.
Good find, Bikenstein!
Good find, Bikenstein!
LOL I think if you had one that auto fired, you would detect the heat of the atty building up long before a meltdown.
The problem seems to be that they autofire in pockets and when being charged. I remove my tank while charging and use it on another device. At night before I turn in, I unscrew the tank several turns and do a fire check for "no atomizer" before leaving it on the counter.
I wonder about the Mah output of that charger. It states 1000Mah which is double what I use on all my mods.
I haven't heard of a pocket auto fire and they are not imited to doin this while charging. My 50w, the original "BLS" coined by Cheech, started auto firing one day sitting on a coffee table without the charger. It continued until I removed the atty. Then it kept going thru the 10 second firing sequence and it would not turn off. It continued for 2 or 3 days while being sent to FL for replacement. It was disassembled in FL and was finally stopped. A charger can not cause auto fire.
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I wouldn't expect a charger to be the problem. It's just that the stories of those who had problems include issues while charging, not charging, and apparent button presses while being pocket carried, plus the problem of random firing without physically pressing fire. Sometimes, I'll pull mine out of a jeans pocket and notice that the wattage has changed, or it's changed from voltage to wattage mode. I blame that on pocket pressure depressing switches when I bend and stoop. It never does anything strange while sitting in a table.
The autofire problem appears to be switch related and the foam misalignment may be the issue. It appears on the surface to be a mechanical issue rather than a logic issue, but who knows. We just want to feel safe carrying and using the iStick.
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I agree, that's why I've posted in a hundred places to remove your atty when not attending the 50 at any time as a safety precaution. Most issues I believe are mechanical related but there are some logic related ,,,,One of my 30w here(40w?)
When I'm charging my 30w's, I always turn them off first -- they sit on my kitchen counter for charging, about 10-12 ft from me, and the larger flashing charging icon is more easily seen from my chair here, than the very small one that flashes if it's turned on while the charging is going on.
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Just what we need, something else to worry about.
So if any of my devices were to do something like this, what's the best thing to do, throw it in the toilet? wrap a towel around it and get it outside? Is there a risk of it actually exploding, or would it more than likely just get hot and maybe burst into flames?
I'm not going to worry too much about this, but I wouldn't mind having some sort of course of action in mind, and I definitely don't want to do something that might make the situation worse....
...I'm picturing Wile E. Coyote trying to extinguish dynamite in a barrel of gasoline
So if any of my devices were to do something like this, what's the best thing to do, throw it in the toilet? wrap a towel around it and get it outside? Is there a risk of it actually exploding, or would it more than likely just get hot and maybe burst into flames?
I'm not going to worry too much about this, but I wouldn't mind having some sort of course of action in mind, and I definitely don't want to do something that might make the situation worse....
...I'm picturing Wile E. Coyote trying to extinguish dynamite in a barrel of gasoline
If it does it simply unscrew the atty. Even if it keeps tryin to fire (which it probably will) it can do no harm at that point. Their are many minor issues with some 50's but the auto fire units appear to be few and far between.Just what we need, something else to worry about.
So if any of my devices were to do something like this, what's the best thing to do, throw it in the toilet? wrap a towel around it and get it outside? Is there a risk of it actually exploding, or would it more than likely just get hot and maybe burst into flames?
I'm not going to worry too much about this, but I wouldn't mind having some sort of course of action in mind, and I definitely don't want to do something that might make the situation worse....
...I'm picturing Wile E. Coyote trying to extinguish dynamite in a barrel of gasoline
That makes sense, but I was really thinking more of an dangerously over charged/venting battery situation.
I'll bet there's all kinds of information on that somewhere in this forum. Guess I'll take a look around and see.
I've read many threads and forums and haven't found a 50 that I think overcharged and vented.
I think they auto fired with an atty one em until they overheated the battery and then vented. When mine was auto firing both the atty and the battery got hot but I was able to stop it in time.Isn't there supposed to be a thermal protection feature that should cause it to stop firing, at least for a period of time?
When mine auto fired nothing would work. The buttons did nothing to turn it off or change watts, nothing, no response. It was determined finally, after it was stopped from auto firing, that it still had a chip problem. I think thermal protection also fails when it is in auto fire.
Mine still hasn't auto fired again, just the one time a couple of weeks ago. I removed the atty at the time and went crazy on the fire button until it stopped, I really like mine, it's been amazing.
I do remove the atty and turn it off while charging and stick it in a tall ceramic coffee mug while charging, same with the 30w I just got.
Good luck to you all.
I do remove the atty and turn it off while charging and stick it in a tall ceramic coffee mug while charging, same with the 30w I just got.
Good luck to you all.
Walked in on mine autofiring while charging in the next room, yanked off the tank and threw it in the sink. Luckily it was just really hot, and did no damage. Istick in the trash and bought an SX mini M off someone from the forum.
I've been using one of these for around the last 3 weeks. Mine hasn't autofired but im going to take off the atty when im not using it from now on.
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