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Windsor teen badly hurt when e-cigarette explodes in his mouth
Press Democrat ^
| 29 Jan 2016
Posted on 01/29/2016 9:37:23 AM PST by rey
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i know this isn't funny, but I couldn't help but laugh.
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:37:23 AM PST
by
rey
To: rey
“The boy told paramedics that the so-called “vape pen” had been modified, Foreman said.”
Well.. what a genius he is.
He blew himself up.
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:39:41 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: rey
I’ve heard that kids are modifying e-cigs to vaporize cannabis oil or other drugs. I wonder if it was that sort of mod, and how that might have led to an explosion.
To: rey
It was likely the cheap lithium battery that exploded. They will go into thermal runaway, overheat, and outgas , burst into flames, or explode.
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:40:40 AM PST
by
wrench
To: rey
Before, it was the old exploding cigar trick.
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:41:05 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: rey
The boy told paramedics that the so-called vape pen had been modified. Darwin award......although it does remind me of those little exploding thingies my sister and I used to put in my mom's smokes.
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:41:19 AM PST
by
MamaTexan
(I am a person as created by the Law of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man.)
To: Junk Silver
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:41:36 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: rey
Must have been that car battery mod.
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:41:40 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Boycott Fox News Channel. I am.)
To: rey
Told ya that cigarettes were bad for you...
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:42:05 AM PST
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: rey
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:47:34 AM PST
by
NRx
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
To: rey
Did some one put the equivalent of a exploding shard in evap- similar to the gag shards used in vintage cigarettes and cigars
To: rey
“His teeth literally fell out with braces on them, Foreman said”
All dangerous shrapnel was safely contained, clearly a responsible amateur scientist. :)
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:50:42 AM PST
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. Okay ,who ordered the Cheese Toasty?)
To: Darksheare
"The boy told paramedics that the so-called "vape pen" had been modified, Foreman said." There has been a really bad tendency among teenagers and young adults to "tweak" ecigs to vape clouds like WW2 smokescreen destroyers... This involves ignorantly raising the voltage at which the devices are designed to work.
Ignorant stupidity like that carries its own reward...
So much for "cool" and "with it..."
At a recent business Christmas party there was one such moron, and I just made sure my friends an I stayed as far away as possible from the idiot.
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:54:32 AM PST
by
publius911
(IMPEACH HIM NOW! evil ignorant stupid or crazy-doesn't matter!)
To: wrench
It is likely that whatever custom mod that was done by this kid of one of his friends, is the reason it exploded. Most likely whatever they did shorted out the lithium battery and it exploded.
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:58:32 AM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: publius911
Seen such this way too.
Haven’t seen someone blast their face off yet.
But it is just a matter of time.
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posted on
01/29/2016 9:59:35 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: publius911
There has been a really bad tendency among teenagers and young adults to "tweak" ecigs to vape clouds like WW2 smokescreen destroyers... This involves ignorantly raising the voltage at which the devices are designed to work.
Absolutely right, every time one of those things has exploded on someone, it has been modified; or proved to have been modified.
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posted on
01/29/2016 10:00:14 AM PST
by
ratzoe
(damn, I miss Barbara Olson)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/29/2016 10:00:37 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Falcon 105)
To: rey
Is he invited to the White House? Surely nearly fatally modifying the device is more inventive than disassembling a clock.
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posted on
01/29/2016 10:08:54 AM PST
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: Junk Silver
I've heard that kids are modifying e-cigs to vaporize cannabis oil or other drugs. I wonder if it was that sort of mod, and how that might have led to an explosion.Not likely. They don't mod them for drugs. Mods aren't required for cannabis oil. They mod them for longer battery charges and for greater "smoke" output.
I see a lot of younger guys in the Navy doing this. They're also making their own "home-brew" oils to vape.
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posted on
01/29/2016 10:13:19 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: Drew68
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posted on
01/29/2016 10:26:38 AM PST
by
publius911
(IMPEACH HIM NOW! evil ignorant stupid or crazy-doesn't matter!)
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