Reo's aircraft-grade casing

[sjoat]

(Made the title pretty vague so as not to arouse paranoia


For the scientists here...

I am just totally curious - what would happen if (hypothetically) a battery exploded inside of a Reo Mini? Speculation welcome...

 

[TheSneakerHoarder]

If_you_are_using_the_correct_battteries...they_would_vent,_NOT_explode.

 

[karmakatie]

I dunno, but the feed door is a pretty big vent hole compared to any tube mod out there. I would venture to guess that the outcome of a catastrophic failure would be MUCH better with the Reo next to the face as apposed to a tube mod.

 

[Della Cirque]

Before an explosion will happen you will hear a gentle clonk on the door as the spring collapses and the battery falls.
(assuming you are using the correct, recommended battery.)

 

[Delilah718]

hmmmmm.....

I'm no scientist but the fact that the REO has a large squonk hole as well as a a juice cup (or well) which let's air ventilate thru the REO, I don't think it would be the kind of harmful blast that has occurred with tube mods! In fact, I highly doubt it would occur in a REO at all

But as thesneakerhoarder and Della Cirque have wisely mentioned, it pays to use the manufacturer's recommended batteries

EDIT: @karmakatie

 

[zapatengo]

I had this same thought a while back. Given how the Reo is made I don't see much danger. Even if a battery did go boom, look at what has to fail to have an injury. The door has really tight clearances so it might buckle a hair. There is also the aluminum rib separating the battery and juice compartment. The heart attack.... now that's a possibility.

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

I could be completely wrong, especially because I'm not a scientist or an engineer....but after all the reading I have done about battery safety, etc, it seems that when a battery goes...it either vents gas or flame. Do they really explode? Or is it the device they are in that explodes? It seems to me that the explosions you hear about is from a battery venting gas or flame in an enclosed or sealed environment....building up pressure in that environment until the weakest point fails (in many cases where the atomizer or charging connection is). Being that the REOs aren't sealed or fully enclosed, my guess is that if a battery were to vent or flame it would collapse the spring, melt the juice bottle, heat up the metal, discolor the anodizing on the inside and that is about it. I doubt there would be any increased pressure on the aluminum body or door at all. As I said...I'm no expert....so I could be wrong.