why are vent holes on the bottom?

[mentive]

Since batteries vent from the top... why the hell are the holes always on the bottom? If anything, shouldn't they be at both the top and bottom?

I'm using nemesis and pegasus clones, and just hate the idea of the battery swelling during a vent.

Do you know of any good mech mods with top vents? Especially if there's some good clones. Thanks in advance, cuz I cant find much.

 

[AndriaD]

Maybe because the top is pointing toward your face?

My Galileo has holes on the sides, rathe than the bottom.

Andria

 

[mentive]

Guess that's a good point... how often would a battery swell, blocking the bottom holes?

 

[mentive]

I mean, the mood would probably get very hot before venting, and the natural response wouldn't be to keep it at your face. ....

 

[AndriaD]

Guess that's a good point... how often would a battery swell, blocking the bottom holes?

Someone posted a video the other day, of what happens when a high-quality battery goes thermal in a good, well-vented mod. There was no explosion, just a little "pop" and then liquid stuff started trickling out the bottom holes; when he tried to get the battery out, it was apparent that it had swelled, but there was still sufficient air space around it that liquid could escape, so surely gases could as well.

Considering that the gases would be highly toxic, you really wouldn't want that sort of thing pointed at your face. And yeah, the heat should be a dead giveaway -- drop it quick, preferably in/on something fireproof!

Andria

 

[cinetrope]

Maybe because the top is pointing toward your face?

My Galileo has holes on the sides, rathe than the bottom.

Andria

It's also possible that certain tank and topcap combinations would prevent venting where as most fire button assemblies have open spaces allowing gases to disperse.

 

[Bad Ninja]

Maybe because the top is pointing toward your face?

My Galileo has holes on the sides, rathe than the bottom.

Andria

Lol
You'd think it would be obvious.

 

[Froth]

For what it's worth Polarity doesn't mean much to a mechanical mod, you can run the battery upside down without issue and now the venting is on the bottom... Ghetto but it works.

 

[Portertown]

For what it's worth Polarity doesn't mean much to a mechanical mod, you can run the battery upside down without issue and now the venting is on the bottom... Ghetto but it works.

May want to rethink the Polarity issue. When a battery is placed in a mod reversed with the positive end to the switch you can get a "dead" short when you press the switch IF your battery wrap is damaged to the point that the side of the battery case(which is negative) makes contact with the mod tube.
When the battery is placed correctly with the negative end to the switch and your battery wrap is damaged to the point that the side of the battery case(which is negative) makes contact with the mod tube you only get a "auto" fire.
I have seen people come in to my local vape shop on my last two visits with batteries with NO wrap on them at all. Scary indeed. At least they had them in box mods, but still very, very unsafe.

 

[Froth]

May want to rethink the Polarity issue. When a battery is placed in a mod reversed with the positive end to the switch you can get a "dead" short when you press the switch IF your battery wrap is damaged to the point that the side of the battery case(which is negative) makes contact with the mod tube.
When the battery is placed correctly with the negative end to the switch and your battery wrap is damaged to the point that the side of the battery case(which is negative) makes contact with the mod tube you only get a "auto" fire.
I have seen people come in to my local vape shop on my last two visits with batteries with NO wrap on them at all. Scary indeed. At least they had them in box mods, but still very, very unsafe.

Don't use batteries with damaged wrappers, should be common knowledge. Doesn't change the fact that the mod itself doesn't care what pole is up or down to fire.