I'd like to know what went wrong in this mini disaster, why it happened, and what I should now do:
I put a 2.0 ohm single coil tank clearomizer on a 1100 mAh ego battery it started visibly smoking and smelling really bad. This battery now seems dead.
I tried the tank on a second battery (same type) and had similar results, but I was more quick to remove the tank, so the battery still appears to function.
Now, with battery no. 2, putting any metal object near the battery head seems to cause it to fire, even if the e-cig had been turned off (3 clicks for the Riva). I thought perhaps the head possibly got pressed too far down into the battery, and used metal tweezers to slightly move it up. But this made the light flash. I also just tried putting a crappy dripping atomizer on this battery, which I thought was off, but as soon as it was screwed in slightly it started to fire, even without me pressing the button, and there's no light going on the button. I just tried this with the first dead battery, and it started flashing and continually firing, without me pressing a button.
The details:
I put a SMOKtech eGo SCT 2.0ohm 2.5ml Clearomizer Mini TANK (it was half full from previous use) on my recently charged 1100 mAh Riva, pressed the button and then it just stayed on, blue light, and then immediately started smoking from the area between the battery and atomizer. The light stayed on while the battery still fired as I quickly removed the clearomizer. I tried pressing the button to turn it off and it still was doing that but after maybe 2 seconds it stopped, light off, and stopped smoking. But it smells horrible. This happened maybe 3 hours ago and it still stinks in here. Below is what these tanks are:
So, after the first battery debacle I thought I'd try this tank on another battery; so happens it was another 1100 Riva. Same thing immediately happened, but no smoke, I think more in part due to my quick removal of the tank after the problem seemed to reoccur. But the button did the sticking thing/light staying on.
No leaking juice from the tank. Both batteries had been working fine and were just fully charged. I don't see any leaking from the batteries, and they appear clean-no buildup or debris.
I thought I had used this tank briefly on these same batteries in the past, though now looking at a previous thread I see this tank shouldn't be used on Rivas since they have too high a voltage from what I understand. But would this cause immediate smoking once I pressed the button and then cause it to continuously fire? It wasn't like the actual button was stuck-I've had that with other models-more, it just kept on.
Is it safe for me to try and use these batteries again? How?
Is there a way for me to get these batteries to work normally again?
I hope these don't come off as 'dumb' questions. I'm only asking mainly because I don't 'see' anything physically wrong with the batteries: they look clean, no burnt areas or leaking areas, etc. But also, they are more contained, so I guess I don't know in that case: perhaps inside the Riva shell is now a radioactive time-bomb or something, and in which case, how long do I to live, and are there any particular guidelines for disposal: like, will the nuclear battery bomb waste eat away at a garbage bag and through my shoes and skin and flooring and bathtub.
And since I've never dealt with an immediate battery malfunction like this, I don't know what to expect. I've had regular alkaline batteries explode and corrode, but that's only when I've found them like 10 years later in random toys or remote controls or something. I don't know how long it takes for stuff to ooze out or whatever, and start forming deadly snowy crystal prettiness.
Sorry for the awkward description of the situations. I do not have a good grasp of electrical circuitry and such, but I'd appreciate those who'd volunteer some explanations of what's going on here. And I'm hoping, possibly, if this can be remedied. Cuz I like these batteries and they're not very old/haven't been used that much. Also, as I was writing this, I was also doing experimentation of how the batteries were reacting, such as with the crappy dripping atomizer, so this was written sorta like a live feed with edits.
I put a 2.0 ohm single coil tank clearomizer on a 1100 mAh ego battery it started visibly smoking and smelling really bad. This battery now seems dead.
I tried the tank on a second battery (same type) and had similar results, but I was more quick to remove the tank, so the battery still appears to function.
Now, with battery no. 2, putting any metal object near the battery head seems to cause it to fire, even if the e-cig had been turned off (3 clicks for the Riva). I thought perhaps the head possibly got pressed too far down into the battery, and used metal tweezers to slightly move it up. But this made the light flash. I also just tried putting a crappy dripping atomizer on this battery, which I thought was off, but as soon as it was screwed in slightly it started to fire, even without me pressing the button, and there's no light going on the button. I just tried this with the first dead battery, and it started flashing and continually firing, without me pressing a button.
The details:
I put a SMOKtech eGo SCT 2.0ohm 2.5ml Clearomizer Mini TANK (it was half full from previous use) on my recently charged 1100 mAh Riva, pressed the button and then it just stayed on, blue light, and then immediately started smoking from the area between the battery and atomizer. The light stayed on while the battery still fired as I quickly removed the clearomizer. I tried pressing the button to turn it off and it still was doing that but after maybe 2 seconds it stopped, light off, and stopped smoking. But it smells horrible. This happened maybe 3 hours ago and it still stinks in here. Below is what these tanks are:
So, after the first battery debacle I thought I'd try this tank on another battery; so happens it was another 1100 Riva. Same thing immediately happened, but no smoke, I think more in part due to my quick removal of the tank after the problem seemed to reoccur. But the button did the sticking thing/light staying on.
No leaking juice from the tank. Both batteries had been working fine and were just fully charged. I don't see any leaking from the batteries, and they appear clean-no buildup or debris.
I thought I had used this tank briefly on these same batteries in the past, though now looking at a previous thread I see this tank shouldn't be used on Rivas since they have too high a voltage from what I understand. But would this cause immediate smoking once I pressed the button and then cause it to continuously fire? It wasn't like the actual button was stuck-I've had that with other models-more, it just kept on.
Is it safe for me to try and use these batteries again? How?
Is there a way for me to get these batteries to work normally again?
I hope these don't come off as 'dumb' questions. I'm only asking mainly because I don't 'see' anything physically wrong with the batteries: they look clean, no burnt areas or leaking areas, etc. But also, they are more contained, so I guess I don't know in that case: perhaps inside the Riva shell is now a radioactive time-bomb or something, and in which case, how long do I to live, and are there any particular guidelines for disposal: like, will the nuclear battery bomb waste eat away at a garbage bag and through my shoes and skin and flooring and bathtub.
And since I've never dealt with an immediate battery malfunction like this, I don't know what to expect. I've had regular alkaline batteries explode and corrode, but that's only when I've found them like 10 years later in random toys or remote controls or something. I don't know how long it takes for stuff to ooze out or whatever, and start forming deadly snowy crystal prettiness.
Sorry for the awkward description of the situations. I do not have a good grasp of electrical circuitry and such, but I'd appreciate those who'd volunteer some explanations of what's going on here. And I'm hoping, possibly, if this can be remedied. Cuz I like these batteries and they're not very old/haven't been used that much. Also, as I was writing this, I was also doing experimentation of how the batteries were reacting, such as with the crappy dripping atomizer, so this was written sorta like a live feed with edits.
