So I'm not really sure where to post this, but since my primary question is related to battery safety, this seemed to be the right place. Long story short, I was in a car wreck, high speed impact two days ago. My Evic VTC Mini (regulated mod with a single 18650) and my Ego One (non-replaceable battery) were with me and went flying.
Today I had a chance to get to the car and found both. Upon initial examination I see nothing noticeably wrong with them. Both had full tanks at the time, and both tanks have leaked significantly, but based on my observations it seems like they are intact. So maybe this is just due to them laying on their sides for two days. But the mods show no damage, other than a very small (as in I probably wouldn't notice it if I wasn't looking for it) scratch in the paint of the Ego One. Also, both were fully charged, and despite being on for two days still are mostly fully charged, so I don't think there is any unusual battery drain going on.
With that said, given that the Ego One does not have a replaceable battery I have no way to judge the battery condition. What concerns if any are there at this point?
The Evic on the other hand I can look at. There is no obvious sign of damage to the battery (LG HE2) or battery compartment. I have removed it, examined the wrap, examined the ends as best I know how, and it seems fine. It fits just as snugly as usual. And like I said it shows as nearly fully charged still so it hasn't been discharging in any way. Is this battery OK to use? If not, batteries are cheap. So next question, is there any reason to be concerned about using the mod itself with a new battery?
This may be paranoid, people drop their mods and use them without much thought to hidden damage. But then again, when you drop them they aren't moving quite as fast as what these potentially did when they (potentially anyway) hit whatever they might have hit.
Today I had a chance to get to the car and found both. Upon initial examination I see nothing noticeably wrong with them. Both had full tanks at the time, and both tanks have leaked significantly, but based on my observations it seems like they are intact. So maybe this is just due to them laying on their sides for two days. But the mods show no damage, other than a very small (as in I probably wouldn't notice it if I wasn't looking for it) scratch in the paint of the Ego One. Also, both were fully charged, and despite being on for two days still are mostly fully charged, so I don't think there is any unusual battery drain going on.
With that said, given that the Ego One does not have a replaceable battery I have no way to judge the battery condition. What concerns if any are there at this point?
The Evic on the other hand I can look at. There is no obvious sign of damage to the battery (LG HE2) or battery compartment. I have removed it, examined the wrap, examined the ends as best I know how, and it seems fine. It fits just as snugly as usual. And like I said it shows as nearly fully charged still so it hasn't been discharging in any way. Is this battery OK to use? If not, batteries are cheap. So next question, is there any reason to be concerned about using the mod itself with a new battery?
This may be paranoid, people drop their mods and use them without much thought to hidden damage. But then again, when you drop them they aren't moving quite as fast as what these potentially did when they (potentially anyway) hit whatever they might have hit.
