Reason for posting: maybe even one person will read and realize they need to keep reading some of the awesome safety info here on ECF and other places like candlepowerforum...
Warning, though: I'm ...... and gonna vent here (no pun intended)
I was hanging with some friends today and one mentioned being at a local vape store when a newbie came in, saying she was tired of her ego's and wanted to "blow clouds"
Secondhand story, but here goes: shop employee sold her a mech, a dripper, a charger and two 5 amp Panasonic piece of crap batteries...
...then, when asked to show her how to set up the dripper, proceeded to build her a 0.12ohm setup
Guys, I'm ....... Like, I heard this story hours ago, and it's still on my mind. Idk if the shop employee didn't give a rat's whisker, or if the store owner had failed to train on something so basic, or what... My first thought when I heard it was "dude are you sure you didn't misread the ohm meter?" He said no, he actually walked over and proceeded to set them both straight and actually bought the woman a decent battery...
I'm sure this happens more regularly than we want to think. I mostly just came on 2nite because I had to get this off my chest, but once written, I almost deleted it unposted because of how angry I sound...and it isn't like ECF has any shortage of warnings on battery safety & the NECESSITY of understanding ohm's law et al when using a mech, especially with sub-ohm builds...but it makes me feel a small bit better to know I'm "telling someone" lol. Sorry for the rant. Thanks for listening.
Warning, though: I'm ...... and gonna vent here (no pun intended)
I was hanging with some friends today and one mentioned being at a local vape store when a newbie came in, saying she was tired of her ego's and wanted to "blow clouds"
Secondhand story, but here goes: shop employee sold her a mech, a dripper, a charger and two 5 amp Panasonic piece of crap batteries...
...then, when asked to show her how to set up the dripper, proceeded to build her a 0.12ohm setup
Guys, I'm ....... Like, I heard this story hours ago, and it's still on my mind. Idk if the shop employee didn't give a rat's whisker, or if the store owner had failed to train on something so basic, or what... My first thought when I heard it was "dude are you sure you didn't misread the ohm meter?" He said no, he actually walked over and proceeded to set them both straight and actually bought the woman a decent battery...
I'm sure this happens more regularly than we want to think. I mostly just came on 2nite because I had to get this off my chest, but once written, I almost deleted it unposted because of how angry I sound...and it isn't like ECF has any shortage of warnings on battery safety & the NECESSITY of understanding ohm's law et al when using a mech, especially with sub-ohm builds...but it makes me feel a small bit better to know I'm "telling someone" lol. Sorry for the rant. Thanks for listening.