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Came across this on Facebook

Dang. At least a cigar doesn't explode. Could have happened with a Samsung on your ear also. Freak accident or bad mod? @BurnedOutGeek

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Jesus Christ... How is that possible? Well not that I ever needed a reason not to vape, but I'm def not going to now...
 
I always heard those batteries can explode in the right circumstances. Wow
 
Came across this on Facebook

Dang. At least a cigar doesn't explode. Could have happened with a Samsung on your ear also. Freak accident or bad mod? @BurnedOutGeek

I'm calling a gigantic BS on this....

I mean, I'll give him an "A" for creativity with the "exploding vape" story, but I'd bet reality is that he ran his mouth to the wrong person.

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Yeah...that looks like an ass-beating to me.
 
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I always heard those batteries can explode in the right circumstances. Wow
Li-ion batteries or different chemistry?

I think people underestimate the potential hazard of Li-ion because so many of us are conditioned to the relative safety of alkaline batteries. That said, Li-ion is more of a fire risk than an explosion risk, but I suppose if the discharge is rapid enough, an explosion is possible.
 
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Rapid discharge failures usually end in a melt down, not an explosion. Also there is a really good chance the batteries were fakes. There are a lot of Chinese imports with fake wrappers. HG2's are not the best even if legit, they are only rated for a 20 amp discharge. Looks like he was using and unprotected mechanical mod. If his coil was less than .23 ohm, he was pulling greater than 20 amps.
 
I don't understand.. was he sucking or blowing?

This story sound gay either way.

Just seems odd you cracked your sink and hurt your face but no damage to your hands?
 
This is what happens when you play half assed electricial engineer. There are a bunch of stories from folks hotroddin these things to explosion.
 
I am leaning toward the ass-beating angle. That looks less like a point-blank explosion and more like he sucked on a hot tailpipe.
 
Not an assbeating. His mod blew up for the reasons Dr Phudd stated.

Certainly possible and has happened many times. Google "vaporizer blew up" and you will see many similar results. Might be fairly rare, but it happens.
Precisely why I never built my own mod: electronics is evil death majik.
 
Not an assbeating. His mod blew up for the reasons Dr Phudd stated.

Certainly possible and has happened many times. Google "vaporizer blew up" and you will see many similar results. Might be fairly rare, but it happens.
Precisely why I never built my own mod: electronics is evil death majik.

Aside from this one, I do not recall any "explosion stories" that used proper batteries. I would not use anything with "fire" (tandyfire, trustfire, etc) in the name for a flashlight, let alone something that is drawing 10-20 amps near my face
 
I still say he was trying to sell someone wolf cookies and they fed him a knuckle sandwich.
 
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It's possible it had a breach and he loaded it and accelerated the failure. Once they have physical damage they can blow.





You could make quite a mess on a plane with a laptop case crammed with something like a raspberry pi for a fake windows screen and filling the rest with lipo and some way to breach them.
 
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I think his boyfriend decided to force feed him something alright.

Of course I'm only assuming he has a boyfriend because he vapes.
 
And that's one reason I went back to analog cigarettes. May get me down the road, but I have my face and teeth....for now.
 
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