To: Swordmaker
The batteries themselves do not explode. If shorted, they can vent rather violently. The danger is if the e-cig design doesn’t have adequate vent holes to allow the battery to flare (like a cell phone would) and not trap the pressure like a gun barrel.
Protection circuitry is a good safeguard but is not failure proof. Same goes for any device that uses lithium batteries but is relegated to a fire hazard rather than a projectile.
62 posted on
06/20/2019 7:50:42 PM PDT by
phoneman08
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To: phoneman08
The danger is if the e-cig design doesnt have adequate vent holes to allow the battery to flare (like a cell phone would) and not trap the pressure like a gun barrel.
Protection circuitry is a good safeguard but is not failure proof. Same goes for any device that uses lithium batteries but is relegated to a fire hazard rather than a projectile.
Most high end phones are now water and dust resistant. No vents. They still do not explode. They may erupt into a conflagration, a fire.
67 posted on
06/20/2019 8:12:00 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
(My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
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