I was vaping a few minutes ago, with an 810 atty and an adapter, and with what I THOUGHT were protected CR123A batteries.
Well, I was wrong. The draw was difficult and vapor nonexistent, so I changed to another set of batteries and put the originals in the charger. Still not up to snuff, and I noticed that the batteries in the charger read full, so I swapped them back.
I had the cart in my mouth, button pushed and was drawing a little, then there was a very loud explosion, about the same as an M-80. Something hit my left eye and knocked my glasses off (lucky I had them on!) and the left side of my face got burned and covered in soot.
Of course, as soon as it blew I dropped the Chuck (or it blew out of my hand), and ran to the bathroom as I could not see out of my left eye. I rinsed the soot off and cleaned up my eye and it hurts, but I can see. I think the atty blew off and hit me in the eye, deflected partially by my glasses.
Then, from the living room, I hear another explosion and there are two scorch marks on the carpet. I tried to pick the Chuck up but it was way too hot, so I got a towel and threw it out on the grass. There is a Chuck-sized melt spot on the floor now.
The Chuck has cooled off some (still very hot) and the graphics are all melted but other wise intact. I haven't been able to open the battery compartment to see what is going on in there.
I am posting this as a word of warning, make absolutely sure that your batteries are protected! I thought that the ones I got were, but the ones that came looked different than the picture online, so I just assumed they were a swap of the same type. Stupid mistake on my part.
Make no mistake, unprotected batteries are very dangerous.
Well, I was wrong. The draw was difficult and vapor nonexistent, so I changed to another set of batteries and put the originals in the charger. Still not up to snuff, and I noticed that the batteries in the charger read full, so I swapped them back.
I had the cart in my mouth, button pushed and was drawing a little, then there was a very loud explosion, about the same as an M-80. Something hit my left eye and knocked my glasses off (lucky I had them on!) and the left side of my face got burned and covered in soot.
Of course, as soon as it blew I dropped the Chuck (or it blew out of my hand), and ran to the bathroom as I could not see out of my left eye. I rinsed the soot off and cleaned up my eye and it hurts, but I can see. I think the atty blew off and hit me in the eye, deflected partially by my glasses.
Then, from the living room, I hear another explosion and there are two scorch marks on the carpet. I tried to pick the Chuck up but it was way too hot, so I got a towel and threw it out on the grass. There is a Chuck-sized melt spot on the floor now.
The Chuck has cooled off some (still very hot) and the graphics are all melted but other wise intact. I haven't been able to open the battery compartment to see what is going on in there.
I am posting this as a word of warning, make absolutely sure that your batteries are protected! I thought that the ones I got were, but the ones that came looked different than the picture online, so I just assumed they were a swap of the same type. Stupid mistake on my part.
Make no mistake, unprotected batteries are very dangerous.
