I guess perhaps I was being a little reckless today. I usually bring my SB and BB to work with me. My locker is in the far end of the locker room, in a little cubby hole area. I often stealth vape back there, keeping my mods in my locker, usually on the upper shelf.
But today, I absent-mindedly tossed both of them into the front pocket of my cacky shorts hanging on a hook in the locker. I had done this occasionally before. There seemed like a lot of room in there and I didn't think for a moment that this could cause a serious condition.
I returned to my locker a few minutes later and grabbed my SB. It's a white one, and I noticed that it was covered with what appeared to be black soot. I'm thinking, "Now where did all that come from?" I have both mods outfitted with DCT tanks, and noted that there was no e-liquid leakage from the tank.
Next I reach into the pocket to retrieve black BB. It is hot!! And, I notice there is either fluid leaking out from button, or something has liquified the paint finish in this area. I carefully unscrew the BB and remove the battery. Sum tang wong here.
The battery ends have partially separated and most of the skin/paint on the barrel has melted away. The BB itself appears none the worse aside from some slight marring of the paint finish around the button. The inside barrel of both ends appear perfectly normal.
So, what just happened? I'm assuming that the button on the BB got pressed in the pocket, probably from lying next to the SB. The BB battery became over-stressed and vented from overuse...or is this considered a battery explosion? I use a Pila charger for both battery types (14500 Trustfire protected 900 mAh and 18650 AW ic protected 3100 mAh). I've always felt that this is the safest charger on the market because of its multiple stage charging.
Is the BB safe to use? I'm assuming that in case of a battery catastrophe that the button vents just like the SB button does. I put a newly charged battery in and the button seems to work fine. It will draw and produce vapor. Do I need to send this to Altsmoke for inspection?
Moral of story, be very careful where you put your BB.
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But today, I absent-mindedly tossed both of them into the front pocket of my cacky shorts hanging on a hook in the locker. I had done this occasionally before. There seemed like a lot of room in there and I didn't think for a moment that this could cause a serious condition.
I returned to my locker a few minutes later and grabbed my SB. It's a white one, and I noticed that it was covered with what appeared to be black soot. I'm thinking, "Now where did all that come from?" I have both mods outfitted with DCT tanks, and noted that there was no e-liquid leakage from the tank.
Next I reach into the pocket to retrieve black BB. It is hot!! And, I notice there is either fluid leaking out from button, or something has liquified the paint finish in this area. I carefully unscrew the BB and remove the battery. Sum tang wong here.
The battery ends have partially separated and most of the skin/paint on the barrel has melted away. The BB itself appears none the worse aside from some slight marring of the paint finish around the button. The inside barrel of both ends appear perfectly normal.
So, what just happened? I'm assuming that the button on the BB got pressed in the pocket, probably from lying next to the SB. The BB battery became over-stressed and vented from overuse...or is this considered a battery explosion? I use a Pila charger for both battery types (14500 Trustfire protected 900 mAh and 18650 AW ic protected 3100 mAh). I've always felt that this is the safest charger on the market because of its multiple stage charging.
Is the BB safe to use? I'm assuming that in case of a battery catastrophe that the button vents just like the SB button does. I put a newly charged battery in and the button seems to work fine. It will draw and produce vapor. Do I need to send this to Altsmoke for inspection?
Moral of story, be very careful where you put your BB.
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The head doesn't appear to be getting electrical connection from the battery. I made sure the carto connection is clean, battery contacts clean, slightly stretched the hot spring, etc. Voltmeter reads zero. Opened a ticket with customer service. 
