PLEASE take safety seriously

[Retriever]

Battery problems are what sent me back to using a KR808. Some scary stuff. I still feel as if the pv industry is in its infancy and more work needs to be done with regards to safety. I think the Provari, and to some extent the Darwin, have good safety features, but you use the other big battery mods (or stacked batts) at your own risk. What amazes me is the number of people on here who extoll the virtues of the Silver Bullet, which has no vent holes. So it is essentially a pipe bomb if something goes wrong. To each his/her own.

 

[spaceballsrules]

Lots of likes given out in this thread. Very eye opening!

Has there been any update to the gentleman's health? What about updates as to exactly what transpired?

 

[Kanza]

And a "like" for you, spaceballsrules

 

[Morandir835]

No update as of yet Spaceballs sir. Hope he's ok.

Have more info on the OMG soon to come. Good news is the batts didn't explode....

 

[markfm]

There are other production vv, stacked, mods with multiple safety features (mod level over temp and over current protection, multiple non-trivial vent holes, bottom cap will fail before top cap). I know that, since I use them.

 

[genuinefraud]

One thing I noticed with the OMG, is that if I use the 1.5 ohm tank, tends to overload a lot and the button flashes.

When I use the coolcarts, it does not overload and flash the button...

 

[SnowDragon]

GF you'd be amazed at the difference a few Ohms make. Picture a tachometer that redlines at 4, with a 1.5 ohm carto you are taching at 3.53, with a 3.3 Ohm carto you are at 1.6.

As long as you stay with 2.5 ohms or higher, enlarge the vent hole...as noted in my video...you shouldn't ever experience a problem with the 5v OMG or scorch your juices.

 

[rver]

For what its worth...I have had a provari now for 3 months with no problems. Provape does not recomend stacked batts with this product and it is loaded with safty features...so I guess I kinda feel secure with it...hopefully!!

 

[SnowDragon]

There in lies the difference rver, you can't go any higher than 4.2v on Pvari with a 1.5 ohm atomizer due to the safety features Markfm noted. Stacking batteries in and of itself is not inherently dangerous if there are built in safety features in the PV and the batteries.

I don't know what happened to the PV in question, but I can guess. A recipe to making a Mod blow up would be pretty simple...take a non vented pv without safety features add 2 freshly charged stacked 3v+ batteries without protection circuits, screw on a 1.25 DCC and hit the button.

Markfm, you should post more...I always enjoy your informed replies.

Pvari along with quite a few others are as safe, as safe can get.

 

[Kanza]

Wait...now you have me worried If stacking batteries is such a danger...what about my dive lights?? Nothing stacks batteries more than dive equipment and you know those things aren't vented Will they blow up??

 

[markfm]

If your dive lights overheat, put them in the water

 

[Kanza]

Now...why didn't I think of that The simplest solutions are always the best, markfm I'll remember to do just that

 

[markfm]

That's why I'm a DM, safety conscious