Anyone that owns a Cherry Bomber, be it a clone or authentic, knows it has simple construction and can be fully broken down for cleaning or upgrades. Over the weekend I replaced the internals and 510 connection on my MCV copper Cherry Bomber with solid silver components. The results were an impressive decrease in voltage drop and I've been enjoying it with my Mutation X v3 attached. Then today I decided to change the build on the atty. I always build on my ohm meter for safety and convienance. Then I always test a new build on my regulated Sigelei just in case there's a short. I know that with mech mods, especially a Cherry Bomber, you need to respect the device and check and recheck. What I never anticipated was that the threads on the atty had locked into the new silver 510 connector snuggly enough that when I unscrewed the atty I removed the 510 with it! This reulted in a thick silver lock nut falling internally on top of the battery contact and touching the copper body (which is ground). Suddenly the case became warm and the batteries heated up! I grabbed a screw driver and exited the house onto the patio prepared to toss the whole thing in the yard if necessary. Fortunately no further thermal overload occured as I loosened the terminal screws and dumped the batteries on a stone table. They were very hot and both wraps became discolored (HE2s) and one battery doesn'tt even register on my Nitecore charger. So I tossed the one and am not sure about the other.
From now on, I'll be sure to remove batteris first as an additional safety precaution.
From now on, I'll be sure to remove batteris first as an additional safety precaution.
