Last night I had just brought my dog home from the vet and when sitting down to keep him still put my ecig into the coin pocket of my jeans as usual.
A couple minutes later the heat was excruciating causing me to scream for my wife to come get the dog from me and that I was on fire.In the mean time I managed to grab it and throw it up to a wooden table top. The palm of my hand got branded pretty good, and there is a spot about the size of a small orange seed bubbled up thats burned all the way to the flesh. My wife grabbed the cold end and threw it out on the lawn.
Cause: The battery came on, and stayed on for at least 1.5 minutes until moved outside and hitting the ground pretty hard.
This was the short Batt that came in the PCC and was a proven performer that gave no indications anything was wrong. It just cooked off on its own. The size is in between the shorties and a standard one (my favorite batt too
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Now I'm pretty depressed. My wife says they are not safe and I can't put a carto on in the house unless removing it right after using. Not allowed to charge them without being there when its done. Those are the new safety rules at least.
At any rate, If you have that specific size length of Batt, keep a close eye on it.
A couple minutes later the heat was excruciating causing me to scream for my wife to come get the dog from me and that I was on fire.In the mean time I managed to grab it and throw it up to a wooden table top. The palm of my hand got branded pretty good, and there is a spot about the size of a small orange seed bubbled up thats burned all the way to the flesh. My wife grabbed the cold end and threw it out on the lawn.
Cause: The battery came on, and stayed on for at least 1.5 minutes until moved outside and hitting the ground pretty hard.
This was the short Batt that came in the PCC and was a proven performer that gave no indications anything was wrong. It just cooked off on its own. The size is in between the shorties and a standard one (my favorite batt too
)Now I'm pretty depressed. My wife says they are not safe and I can't put a carto on in the house unless removing it right after using. Not allowed to charge them without being there when its done. Those are the new safety rules at least.
At any rate, If you have that specific size length of Batt, keep a close eye on it.
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Wow! I don't know what to say except I am really really sorry that happened. Obviously it was a stuck auto switch, and the cutoff must have also malfunctioned. We will gladly replace it, of course. And if you wouldn't mind returning it, I'll ask Steve to send it here to me to have our manufacturer diagnose the failure and try to prevent this happening again.
