another vaping injury

[BigCloud]

left it in his pocket heard hissing and popping
this wont go down well
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/dad-one-scarred-life-e-17765491

 

[Dennis-vc]

This could have been much worse... And now the Samsung stuff comes to mind.
I keep wondering if there are safer alternatives as far as batteries go. It's a real danger and it can happen to everyone...

 

[zouzounaki]

Think he’s had a loose battery in his pocket? It says it exploded when his keys came into contact with his vapouriser.

 

[PaoloFio]

How could keys and loose change short circuit a battery if its inside a device?

 

[RAPTOREX]

How could keys and loose change short circuit a battery if its inside a device?

They can't.

 

[MrDJ]

vaping for 4 years
his girlfriend works in a vape shop
but he had no idea how a batter vented in a pocket with keys and coins.
another stupidity accident that is blamed on vape while really its common sense not to have any lose batteries in pockets.

 

["Misfit"]

There is no excuse, if you must carry batteries in your pocket put it in the small plastic cases, i think they cost about 10p

 

[Dennis-vc]

I wouldn't call it stupidity, if I remember my early days of rebuilding I'm actually lucky that I never had any accident like this.
It'd help if people working in a vape shop actually educate people on battery safety. But still some tell you that there's nothing wrong with a .08 ohm build on a mech...
If I (and I actually do) work for a chemical company I'm supposed to know a thing or two about chemistry. If you work in a vape shop you should know about electricity.

 

[Tootlevape]

Ban the sale of vape gear to Muppets.

 

[zouzounaki]

The problem here is it seems as though the gent has had a loose battery in his trouser pocket. For some reason he doesn’t want to say that’s what happened. So now an article is published that states that a set of keys touching a vapouriser in his pocket made it explode. It’s not really a good look.