Disclaimer, I'm unsure the point of this post other than to just vent a little.
I left for work today with my usual 2 mods with fresh batts and full tanks. It's ~30 min drive and I was vaping the Alien the whole way. Once I arrived I grabbed my Pico and left the Alien in the car standing up in the center console(so the atty wouldn't leak).
I returned at lunch time to sit in the car and eat the lunch I brought from home. I finished eating and was enjoying the vape from my Pico when this terrible smell of burning electronics hit me. The first thing I did was look at and smell the Pico thinking WTH before looking down at the Alien and seeing bright white smoke and an orange flame coming from around the USB port.
I opened the car door with my first thought to chuck the whole thing out into the parking lot but then realizing that nothing was coming from the vent holes I proceeded to unscrew the atty then remove the batteries. The batteries were pretty warm but not so much as I couldn't handle them.
I feel very fortunate that it happened while I was there to kill the power. More than likely it would have just been a big stink of burnt electronics but you never know. I think I'll be removing the batteries from the mods I leave in the car from now on.
I left for work today with my usual 2 mods with fresh batts and full tanks. It's ~30 min drive and I was vaping the Alien the whole way. Once I arrived I grabbed my Pico and left the Alien in the car standing up in the center console(so the atty wouldn't leak).
I returned at lunch time to sit in the car and eat the lunch I brought from home. I finished eating and was enjoying the vape from my Pico when this terrible smell of burning electronics hit me. The first thing I did was look at and smell the Pico thinking WTH before looking down at the Alien and seeing bright white smoke and an orange flame coming from around the USB port.
I opened the car door with my first thought to chuck the whole thing out into the parking lot but then realizing that nothing was coming from the vent holes I proceeded to unscrew the atty then remove the batteries. The batteries were pretty warm but not so much as I couldn't handle them.
I feel very fortunate that it happened while I was there to kill the power. More than likely it would have just been a big stink of burnt electronics but you never know. I think I'll be removing the batteries from the mods I leave in the car from now on.