Man Severely Injured After eCigarette Blows Up In His Face
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yeah and that's why I said regulated devices are "safer" but not totally safe -- now if a guy is a tootle puffer like you and has a small device then they don't have to worry about it so much.
Actually very few mechs have overcurrent devices in them that work very well if at all.
Then there are the negative switched devices like the cherry bombers. Which CAN be safe but you have to take extra care and know their quirks.
right on brother and that's one of the reasons I like the regulated route when it comes to these larger devices, especially the two and three battery mods.... My new mod has two 18650's in it and so it is like holding two potential grenades in my hand lol --- But if a person uses good batteries and makes sure the wraps haven't worn and is careful building coils then many accidents can be avoided.
Yes, my wife saw this last night and had to mention it. I tried to explain to her what had likely happened but how do you explain it without having to explain how a vaporizer is constructed, explain the different types of vaporizers, the different types of batteries and all about Ohm's Law? Basically she told me that if it ever happened to me then I was on my own. One more reason she'll probably never give up cigarettes in favor of vaping.
So the one I just ordered with out a mosfed or breakers I will need to make dam shore everything is on the up and up
Dual 26650 this is my 1st unregulated device
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I would tell her she needs to be far more worried about the harm from smoking than the harm any vaporizer will dish out.
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Yep but lots of kids just watch the vids of someone using a mech with a .02 coil or somesuch and want to blow clouds too.
I wonder how long till a reviewer is sued? It will happen. Not that I believe it would be correct to do so but....
I wonder how long till a reviewer is sued? It will happen. Not that I believe it would be correct to do so but....
So the one I just ordered with out a mosfed or breakers I will need to make dam shore everything is on the up and up
Dual 26650 this is my 1st unregulated device
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yeah get some type of protection in that thing -- I would not want to see you in one of those videos
How would ya go about that is there something I can just add to ityeah get some type of protection in that thing -- I would not want to see you in one of those videos
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yeah there is a simple Metal oxide Semiconductor field effect transistor (Mosfet), and various types of fuses.
I agree.
A YouTube video doesn't make you an expert. My ten yer old son can make a video, yet these "reviews" are take. Like the word of god.
However no reviewer will ever get successfully sued.
Adults who suck vapor from heated kanthal by almost shorting a battery to get a nicotine fix have to be responsible for their own mistakes.
No one forced them to ignore safety and science and follow some
You-Tool.
Besides the AW IMR, there are very few nipple top batteries coming out anymore. One isn't "more" safe than the other to my knowledge. In fact, I had a meltdown once BECAUSE of the a flat top battery. I have a prototype Caravela Latina drip tank that had a small screw that fastened the hybrid base to the tank and was not recessed. It hangs down a little inside the tube. When I put a flat top battery in the 'Vela, the wide flat top contacted both the center pin, and that screw, which was ground. That tube started getting hot lickety split and I was able to dump the batt before runaway. Just melted a little of the wrapper but I picked it up with an oven mitt and threw it outside. Stayed hot for quite awhile but never vented.
In a hybrid cap, all it takes is for the center pin to push above the outside thread, and boom. 510 drip atty's have the center post only press fit into delrin. It is quite easy to screw them down hard enough to push that pin up beyond the base. Bashiks Prometey and some other models have a center pin that is just friction fit. The idea was to make it adjustable. You can pull it out with a pin to make it longer, but by the exact same logic, screwing it down directly onto a battery can push it up flush with the base. Boom.
I had another bat that didn't have any wrapper curled around the bottom. The whole bottom was bare. Some mech mods back in the day didn't have an insulator on the bottom button. Screwed on the bottom, and instant short. Again, got it out in time and tossed it out with the oven mitt.
ESTABLISHED builders have come a long way to foresee and prevent these kinda things, but my point is even if you know what you are doing, there is the potential for things to go wrong. NEW builders are coming out with new devices every day, and may or may not know what they're doing.
The biggest danger I see on the market right now is TC devices. No, they are safe in themselves, but these ultra low Ni200 and Titanium builds that they require to work are a disaster waiting to happen. Say I have 2 kayfuns, and I build one for TC at .15 ohms. I have another with Kanthal laying around. I pick up the wrong one, the .15 ohm, and screw it onto an 18350 mech mod with a fresh battery. When I hit that button, it's 118 watts and 28 amps surging through that batt. I don't think there is an 18350 battery on the market that can handle that. And some guys build down below 0.1 for TC.
As an avid motorcyclist, you keep prepared by reminding yourself.. It's not if, it's when. That way, you remember to do everything you possibly can to try to make sure when is not now.
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Sorry, but "why" is not what news should report. Investigation of causes is not their task (and they are not trained for it). Do not blame someone without need.
Well I'll make sure to not get two of the same tank (always been a silly concept IMO) and yeah I stick with regulated but like I said I have considered a fuhattan before. Are they dangerous?
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