Thus far, my husband and I have ordered all of our batteries and chargers from one (unnamed) vendor. Our first order was for 2 650 mAh starter kits, genuine Joye Tech. Within a month, 3 of those batteries had quit working, but this was thought to possibly be due to a certain cartomizer we had gotten, though we have had no issues with the same cartomizers on any of the other batteries we have. Losing 3 batteries in a short period of time, was a huge blow to a new vaper (about 1 month in)...so I went back to the same vendor, and ordered 3 900 mAh replacement batteries, and 2 900 mAh VV batteries. This way we would have some to use and extras for back up. Mostly I have been using the VV. None of the batteries we ordered for replacement have the Joye Tech marking on the end cap, as the original batteries we ordered did. I don't know who the manufacturer is.
Anyway, my husband decided to try out one of the new batteries that we haven't used or charged yet, so he placed it on the charger around noon. Knowing the issues we have had, he had checked on the charging status twice, and everything appeared normal. At around 2:30 we heard a loud sizzling noise from the kitchen, as we were talking in another room, and I looked through the slightly open door, and can only describe what I saw as being similar to a very large fire work, right before it launches to the sky. Sparks were flying everywhere and I managed to say "Something's on Fire...It's your battery" as we rushed to the kitchen where it was charging to try and stop this from burning our house down. About that time, the battery SHOT off of the charger, wedging itself under our refridgerator and scattering burning debris all over the counter and kitchen floor. My husband smothered out the smoldering pieces, while I checked on our kids and tried to start ventillating the house. Thankfully, no one was injured, and our house did not burn down, though our kitchen floor will need to be replaced. That may prove to be a very expensive repair as we have linoleum, in one piece that runs from the back door, into a bathroom and down the hall, to our kitchen, dining room, another hall, and another bathroom.
For more description, the end cap did not come off of the battery casing (tube), rather it disconnected at the top part which was screwed into the charger.
I am now terrified that this will either happen again while the batteries are charging, and injure one of my family members, or burn down my house, or that it may happen while I am vaping. Seriously, I asked my husband...which is really more dangerous, smoking which is proven to cause cancer, but not all people who smoke get cancer, or batteries which explode and may burn your house down, or injure one of us and/or our family? Admittedly, I am torn on that answer right now.
Being so new, and not really all that savvy in the mechanics of ecigs...I can only wonder if there are some devices that are built in such a way that an explosion is less likely (such as a mod box, LT, Provari, or something that uses normal rechargable AA batteries). Any advice from you vaping veterans would be greatly appreciated. There was nothing we could have done to prevent this from happening, I am just glad we knew what was going on the second it happened.
Anyway, my husband decided to try out one of the new batteries that we haven't used or charged yet, so he placed it on the charger around noon. Knowing the issues we have had, he had checked on the charging status twice, and everything appeared normal. At around 2:30 we heard a loud sizzling noise from the kitchen, as we were talking in another room, and I looked through the slightly open door, and can only describe what I saw as being similar to a very large fire work, right before it launches to the sky. Sparks were flying everywhere and I managed to say "Something's on Fire...It's your battery" as we rushed to the kitchen where it was charging to try and stop this from burning our house down. About that time, the battery SHOT off of the charger, wedging itself under our refridgerator and scattering burning debris all over the counter and kitchen floor. My husband smothered out the smoldering pieces, while I checked on our kids and tried to start ventillating the house. Thankfully, no one was injured, and our house did not burn down, though our kitchen floor will need to be replaced. That may prove to be a very expensive repair as we have linoleum, in one piece that runs from the back door, into a bathroom and down the hall, to our kitchen, dining room, another hall, and another bathroom.
For more description, the end cap did not come off of the battery casing (tube), rather it disconnected at the top part which was screwed into the charger.
I am now terrified that this will either happen again while the batteries are charging, and injure one of my family members, or burn down my house, or that it may happen while I am vaping. Seriously, I asked my husband...which is really more dangerous, smoking which is proven to cause cancer, but not all people who smoke get cancer, or batteries which explode and may burn your house down, or injure one of us and/or our family? Admittedly, I am torn on that answer right now.
Being so new, and not really all that savvy in the mechanics of ecigs...I can only wonder if there are some devices that are built in such a way that an explosion is less likely (such as a mod box, LT, Provari, or something that uses normal rechargable AA batteries). Any advice from you vaping veterans would be greatly appreciated. There was nothing we could have done to prevent this from happening, I am just glad we knew what was going on the second it happened.
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