My mod just exploded! Fire!

[ashTZA]

Actually come to think of it: I thought 'safe chemistry' IMR batteries like the efest get super hot & vent gas but don't necessarily "explode" or burst into actual flames.

I mean... that's the story I bought into; else I'd never have spent the last year vaping almost exclusively on a mech. ?!?

 

[deepest]

Are there vent holes in that mech ?

 

[ashTZA]

Are there vent holes in that mech ?

If his is the same as mine then it has 1 tiny hole that tunnels from the bottom of the top cap (from the inside) to the side of the top cap on the outside. Its the size of a needle; so not sure how effective it is.

 

[JackalR]

Geez that's rough. A guy sent me pics of someone who was using a smpl that blew. Saw that and my smpl has since to be used. Only used it a few times

 

[devdev]

So sorry to hear @phanatik! I hope you are ok. This kind of accident could really happen to any one of us.

I am not familiar with the mech you were using. Any chance of you posting pics of the device?

 

[Paulie]

Sorry to hear what happend ! Glad you okay! Could you share some pics if possible ?It would be good for us to see what it happened so we can try and help people from this happening again? If not all good am just curious on the damage thanks

 

[stevie g]

also a pic of your hand?

 

[nemo]

glad to hear you ok .. geesh now im starting to wonder if charging my battery on my rc smart charger for a lipo is smart

 

[stevie g]

@nemo monitor your battery temp near full charge and check with a multimeter immediately after full charge that your battery doesn't measure above 4.23v. If you are under that and the batteries don't burn your hands you should be fine.

 

[stevie g]

@nemo just to clarify the point of 4.23v it is the upper limit specified by lithium ion capacity specification so if it goes beyond that the charger is probably designed for 4.35v lipo cells.

 

[nemo]

@nemo monitor your battery temp near full charge and check with a multimeter immediately after full charge that your battery doesn't measure above 4.23v. If you are under that and the batteries don't burn your hands you should be fine.

Thanks I only charge at 1c the battery is ice cold and measures 4.20v and for a 1000mah battery it finishes between 850ms and 1000mah charge taken depending on how low the battery level was to begin with. it does take about an hour to charge at this rate but I have never "fast" charged any battery. The charger I use is the equivalent of the Imax b6.

 

[stevie g]

I'm going to check that charger out... Been looking for lipo/lion chemistry charger

 

[nemo]

@Sprint it has settings for lipo, life and liio I use lipo as it appeared to have the same discharged and charged thresholds liMn

 

[phanatik]

Hi guys, thanks for all the support.

I will post pics in a bit but there isn't much to see. I think the paragon is a brilliant mod but will need to be revised. After a changed my underwear I discovered the following:

- the pressure in the tube was too much and it shot the top cap with the atty off.
- the fact that the tube itself did not give was what saved my hand.
- the tiny vent hole on the side was where the venting happened and the black debris and gas that shot out of that hole was what propelled the mod out of my hand.
- the battery itself was what was in flames, and it had split open on the side towards the top. The top of the battery is missing the bottom is still intact.
- it was one of the new efest 2800mah batteries. I have been using it extensively without issues, and the paragon has never caused a short itself so it has to be aerotank.

I will not mention the vendor I bought these items from, as they have no fault in this.

But it does pose the question with these batteries though. Are they really "safe"?
I think I am rather going to save up for a vv/vw mod.
It will take me a while but at least my juices will steep nicely.
Please please please be safe.
I have gotten a few people into vaping and some of them have moved onto mech mods. Not everyone is so careful as I am (clearly not enough), so I need to warn them to not use commercial tanks on mech mods.

 

[deepest]

All users should always check your tanks/builds on an ohm meter prior to fitting them on a mech including commercial tanks/coils.
I think a lot of people think that the commercial coils should be "fine right?"

Glad you didn't end up seriously injured.

 

[Andre]

Glad you are ok.

I put a commercial tank on a mech once - everything got hot immediately. Since, I have never put a commercial tank on a mech, ever.

Seems to me those batteries are fine and your problem was with inadequate venting on the mech.

Am now even more appreciative of the safety spring in my Reo.

 

[capetocuba]

Sorry for your trauma. Thanks for the info that it was the new "improved" Efest 2800 which I have put on my do not buy list.

 

[baksteen8168]

Sorry for your trauma. Thanks for the info that it was the new "improved" Efest 2800 which I have put on my do not buy list.

I don't think that this was the efest's fault. Also seems to me like an atty short.

 

[Rob Fisher]

Sorry for your trauma. Thanks for the info that it was the new "improved" Efest 2800 which I have put on my do not buy list.

Nothing wrong with the eFest 2800's! Been running them in all my mods for ages with no issue at all... they are fine batteries. The issue is with commercial tanks on mech mods plain and simple! The two venting batteries I have experienced were authentic AW's and a VTC5 both considered the best vape batteries in the world. So in a nutshell not a battery problem.

 

[capetocuba]

I don't think that this was the efest's fault. Also seems to me like an atty short.

Um not so sure. I have had a battery vent due to a short. Mod started getting hot, could smell the gases from battery, removed battery quickly and threw outside. Nothing further happened.

 

[Ashley A]

Scary stuff. Glad you're ok

 

[baksteen8168]

Um not so sure. I have had a battery vent due to a short. Mod started getting hot, could smell the gases from battery, removed battery quickly and threw outside. Nothing further happened.

Same happened to me with both efest and sony batteries. (binned the atty after that)

Not knocking your post at all, just giving my view. Maybe just a bad battery? Murphy loves to play tricks.

 

[capetocuba]

Same happened to me with both efest and sony batteries. (binned the atty after that)

Not knocking your post at all, just giving my view. Maybe just a bad battery? Murphy loves to play tricks.

And yes this is a forum where we all have opinions ... and as that is the case you sir are certainly allowed youRs! I do not get offended by replies on a forum

 

[Paulie]

I can confirm that the owner of http://www.kidneypuncher.com/ explains in a video on the Plumes of Hazard that the new Efests that he tested are good and he will sell and stock them after testing! However he explains that 95% of battery they sell he still advised only on 20A continuous discharging

 

[baksteen8168]

And yes this is a forum where we all have opinions ... and as that is the case you sir are certainly allowed youRs! I do not get offended by replies on a forum

Well I do okay!