Wow...this is an impressive video.

[nicnik]

There's been some awful journalism jumping on this incident. Here's a particularly stinky article, titled
vape Explodes in Man’s Pocket, Which Is What Happens When You vape

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/02/exploding-vape-e-cig-kentucky.html

 

[somdcomputerguy]

OK, maybe 'idiot' was too strong a word, or a mis-used, unnecessary description. He was a silly minded fellow though.. But he was more so uninformed or uneducated on real basic electrical knowledge.

I have learned much from this Forum, and I'm glad that he didn't get hurt worse, and nobody else did either.

 

[nicnik]

OK, maybe 'idiot' was too strong a word, or a mis-used, unnecessary description. He was a silly minded fellow though.. But he was more so uninformed or uneducated on real basic electrical knowledge.

I have learned much from this Forum, and I'm glad that he didn't get hurt worse, and nobody else did either.

I was not aware of that danger before reading ecf. I've also learned of the importance of storing alkaline batteries safely, because, although not as bad, they also can pose danger, which I hadn't known, previously.

 

[this is my name]

There's been some awful journalism jumping on this incident. Here's a particularly stinky article, titled
Vape Explodes in Man’s Pocket, Which Is What Happens When You Vape

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/02/exploding-vape-e-cig-kentucky.html

This writer needs to get out more...

At least I got some entertainment from the mental image created by this article of a piece of nicotine gum spontaneously exploding in someone's pocket!