Man Suffers Severe Burns From Exploding Cigarette

[tony2stix]

My thoughts go out to him

www.wcti12.com/news/30462877/detail.html

[maccafan]

The danger of lithium ion batteries..

Thankfully they are manufactured under strict regulations though accidents do happen. Something for the modders to remember, especially if they are stacking batteries.

[Jemima]

I hope he's gonna be ok, fingers crossed this never happens to anyone else.

[Anne (fuzzy)]

Oh hell

[josieanna]

poor man, hope he fully recovers and nobody else goes through this

[kingofswords]

daily mail pictures a ciggie likey....but was he using this or a mod?

[bel]

OMG hope he will be ok

[tommk3cab]

Feb 15, 2012 20:12:36 GMT kingofswords said:

daily mail pictures a ciggie likey....but was he using this or a mod?

A mod according to ECF and the fire chief in charge of the situation. CR123 cells I think.

[domesticextremist]

VTTalk majored on this tonight. The news reports were very thin on real facts
and very big on alarmism (though what happened is pretty horrific).

It will be interesting to find out really what happened, I think the biggest danger
comes from the cloners, knock-offs and fakes that tend to find their way to market
(IMO).

[maccafan]

Quote from ECF:

I just spoke to the Chief at North Bay Fire District in Niceville. The incident happened 2/13/12. The battery that failed was unrecognizable but they found several 3.0v (Cr123a) lithium ion batteries and a recharger so it strongly appears the man was using a MOD. For new people: Usually a tube like a flashlight that holds 2 of these batteries to create a more powerful ecigarette. ECF has been very vocal on the dangers of MODs using cheap, unprotected batteries or the incorrect load (rating) for the atomizer attached to it, etc.. These MODs are very common but this shows how dangerous they can be. Be careful people!
Hope Tom recovers quickly.

More media coverage:

www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/02/15/Battery-thought-to-be-cause-of-e-cigarette-blast/UPI-47761329326475/?spt=hs&or=tn

They had to put piccys of the EGo in the background.. >

[tony2stix]

i think this is worth a bump

[kirsty0108]

Feb 15, 2012 18:47:30 GMT maccafan said:

The danger of lithium ion batteries..

Thankfully they are manufactured under strict regulations though accidents do happen. Something for the modders to remember, especially if they are stacking batteries.

My camera battery is lithium-ion could be a sore one if that exploded in my eye, shame it had to be an e-cigarette hope it doesn't put people off,

Poor Man , hope he recovers well

[maccafan]

Feb 15, 2012 22:35:39 GMT kirsty0108 said:

Feb 15, 2012 18:47:30 GMT maccafan said:

The danger of lithium ion batteries..

Thankfully they are manufactured under strict regulations though accidents do happen. Something for the modders to remember, especially if they are stacking batteries.

My camera battery is lithium-ion could be a sore one if that exploded in my eye, shame it had to be an e-cigarette hope it doesn't put people off,

Poor Man , hope he recovers well

So are laptop & mobile batteries and even the ones in rechargeable toothbrushes..But they are all manufactured, one hopes, with a certain level of quality control..I know for a fact that Dell recalled about 250,000 batteries because they were overheating..

When people try and put Lithium cells in their own homes without fully being aware of the dangers of working with Li-ion cells and without sufficient equipment to test them, something like this is inevitable.

[tony2stix]

imo what we meed is some pics from somewhere to show the difference between what fakes and proper batteries look like, if any one had these please put them up
tony

[warlordxxx - (Mark)]

To be honest Tony it's pretty hard to spot the fakes Mod battery wise without removing the jacket as they take laptop battery cells slap on a new end either side and then a brand new jacket on the top : see post 66 for an image of the lengths they will go to in making a fake cell www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?316888-Fake-Ultrafire-18650-battery-warning/page3