subject: Faulty E-cigarette Battery Caused Explosion [print this page] Remember the 57-year-old Vietnam veteran from the United States who landed in the hospital after his electronic cigarette exploded? Many people in Australia do, especially users of electric cigarettes. Investigators said that unfortunate accident with e cigs was apparently caused by faulty battery that the victim built himself.
Not only was Tom Holloways face burned but he lost some of his teeth and a part of his tongue all because of his bad experience with e-cigs. The victim is now recovering at home from his injuries. So far, electric cigarettes users in Australia have not encountered any problems.
In his desire to get more nicotine from electric cigarettes, Holloway apparently tampered with the e-cigarettes battery or built one himself using parts that he bought from the Internet. The case of the modified e cigs battery sent shock waves through Australia and increased searches for electric cigarettes online since many smokers rely on electronic cigarettes to quit smoking.
Tampered or modified electric cigarettes batteries are known in the industry as mods. These are part of personalized vaporing devices that can be manipulated by the user and are different from e cigs that are sold elsewhere. Unlike other smokers in Australia, Holloway didnt buy e-cigs from any e-cigs online store, ecigs online shop or e-cigarettes supplier. Instead, he relied on a homemade device that he built from scratch and modified this to deliver high doses of nicotine.
To do so, these homemade devices use lithium batteries that are bigger than those normally found in in off-the-shelf electronic cigarettes sold in Australia. This entails stacking the batteries similar to a flashlight which even mod parts manufacturers discourage because of the risks involved.
Chief Butch Parker of the North Bay Fire District told reporters that he couldnt recognize Holloways battery after the accident but he found a lot of 3.0 volt CR123A type batteries charging in the room. A scorched battery case that appeared to be made for a cigar-sized device was also discovered.
E cigs smokers in Australia and in other parts of the world said the electronic cigarettes online industry shouldnt be condemned because of what happened to Holloway. They pointed out that his accident was most likely his own doing and this mistake shouldnt be repeated by other e-cigs users.
Thomas Kiklas, co-founder of the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association based in the United States, told the Associated Press earlier that there have been no problems with electric cigarettes or batteries exploding in those sold in e-cigs online store, ecigs online shop or e-cigarettes supplier in Australia.
E-cigs sold in Australia and abroad normally have a small battery and cartridge. The battery powers electric cigarettes and generates an electric charge when the device is inhaled. This produces the vapor in the e cig.
Last year electronic cigarettes were used by 2.5 million people in the United States. The habit helps lots of people, including those in Australia, quit smoking and there have been billions and billions of puffs on the e cigarettes but no serious accidents have ever happened.
