Vape Pens and E-Cigs Are Blowing Up. Like, Literally

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Yes, there is a horrible click bait title but if it gets more people to read the halfway decent article then so be it - 5150

http://www.wired.com/2016/02/exploding-e-cigs-and-vape-pens/

 

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A short circuit can cause the battery to overheat, catch fire, or even explode. These problems tend to occur in cheap consumer gadgets that are quickly churned out of factories. All in all, it’s relatively rare, but obviously it happens—most recently, in hoverboard scooters.

“With lithium-ion batteries in general, when you operate one outside its safety window, there’s a tendency where things can go wrong,” says Venkat Viswanathan, who teaches mechanical engineering Carnegie Mellon University. That window is startlingly small: Viswanathan says batteries are best kept between 50 and 115 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s February, and all but four US states are averaging temperatures below 50 right now.

What have we learned? SAFETY must and should be always taken into consideration!!