Provari batteries loosing plastic cover, should I worry?

[jozbaldwin]

Here's the deal, my batteries as you can see are loosing their plastic cover, normally I wouldn't worry to much about this, but this happened to me once on a screwdriver and caused the ecig to activate without pushing the button, somehow the lack of cover caused the ecig to close the circuit and activate the atomizer.

Here's what I'm thinking, the screwdriver was a mechanic model, thats why it was activated, but the provari has a chip and that should not happen without the button beeing pushed by me.

What do you guys think, should I get new batteries, my peeling batteries are still working very well.

 

[Splatnext]

I would replace them, I'll not risk my mod or worse over a batterie but that is me.

If nothing else contact the vendor you bought them from and if you feel like living dangerously atleast insulate them with some electrical tape.

 

[Spazmelda]

I bought shrink wrap an rewrapped a couple of mine. It's easy and you can just use a hair dryer to shrink the the wrap on.

 

[xtwosm0kesx]

Here's the deal, my batteries as you can see are loosing their plastic cover, normally I wouldn't worry to much about this, but this happened to me once on a screwdriver and caused the ecig to activate without pushing the button, somehow the lack of cover caused the ecig to close the circuit and activate the atomizer.

Here's what I'm thinking, the screwdriver was a mechanic model, thats why it was activated, but the provari has a chip and that should not happen without the button beeing pushed by me.

What do you guys think, should I get new batteries, my peeling batteries are still working very well.

Would assume its just damage to the plastic wrappers, and more specifically (in your picture) the wrap covering the negative end of the battery.

I'm not advocating using damaged batteries but it looks like if you carefully remove a circular ring (including loose part) around the bottom, it would just expose more of the bottom of the negative similar to how the grey panny 18650 bottoms are (completely exposed).

Only time having the whole contact exposed would cause problems is with the chi you's/others like you mentioned that have no insulator in the bottom switch, allowing the mod to ground and causing it to autofire.

tl:dr They should be fine in the Provari.

 

[Spazmelda]

Hey, if you pm me your address I'll just send you some shrink wrap, cause I don't remember where I got it and I have more than enough. It's green, in case that matters to you.

 

[jozbaldwin]

Hey, if you pm me your address I'll just send you some shrink wrap, cause I don't remember where I got it and I have more than enough. It's green, in case that matters to you.

thanks for the offer but i live in paraguay so that would be to much trouble for it, ill order some new batteries, I think ill have some reward points from provari usable in a couple of weeks

 

[zoiDman]

To me, not being a Battery Expert, and being Someone who when something Can go Wrong - It DOES.

I would replace them.

 

[Spazmelda]

thanks for the offer but i live in paraguay so that would be to much trouble for it, ill order some new batteries, I think ill have some reward points from provari usable in a couple of weeks

Oh, lol. I didn't realize you weren't in the states.

 

[CPT.SPALDING]

It would be a bad idea to continue using those batteries in that condition