Whats the biggest mistake you made whilst you have vaped?

[conanthewarrior]

Now, we know vaping is good- it helped us all quit smoking, but I was thinking of a mishap I had years ago and thought I would share it, and if other users could share theirs?

I was using the original Wismec noisy cricket series mech for a good few days, but then thought I would change to my dual parallel Abaddon with a different RDA built for it.

I got it ready, put the batteries in, and immediately noticed the mod was getting warm. Then it got hot, so hot I could barely hold it. Luckily my bedroom window was open so I lobbed it out of the window, as there was no way for me to pop off the sliding removable battery door with the heat and speed they was heating up.

It sat in my garden for about an hour until I went to check it- the plastic wrap had completely melted off of a set of 25R's and it appeared that they had both vented. Somehow the mod was still together.

Where I had been using the noisy cricket I had without thinking put the batteries in series into a parallel mech mod, which instantly shorted it the moment I slid on the battery cover.

The batteries were obviously only fit for the bin, but the mod remained unharmed and still works to this day.

This is still better than the vape shop owner I met who built at 0.08 Ohms for his single 18650 mech, and told me it was extremely safe, then mentioned he had "Only" vented 8 batteries building this low.

Another time I had an IPV D2 in my pocket, and felt warmth near my chest as it was an inside pocket of my coat. I grabbed the mod out, and it was stuck autofiring constantly, the cut out time was not working and I could only switch it off by pulling the battery. Luckily I wasn't vaping at a power that would stress the battery so the battery was fine, it was just the RTA that was heating up from being fired constantly, but I never used the IPV D2 again and replaced it with a D3.

So does anyone have any stories of when things have gone wrong for them, what happened and was you ok?

 

[Moses]

I had a Emmy endless tube mech and some how it got stuck on fire and the whole tube heated up. Had to quickly take the battery out. But other than that I don't believe I've had any other issues.

 

[MTB Vaper]

Only time I've vented a battery was using a faulty voltage tester, luckily the cid on the molicel just popped so vented for 1 second

 

[conanthewarrior]

I had a Emmy endless tube mech and some how it got stuck on fire and the whole tube heated up. Had to quickly take the battery out. But other than that I don't believe I've had any other issues.

If its the tube mech I can find it looks like a really nice mod! How did it get stuck on fire, did the switch get stuck pushed in? Also did it have a lock to prevent it firing in your pocket I can't tell from the photo at the one store I can find it?

I have had autofire situations like this with some mechs but just pull the battery like you did, I try to use mechs that I know will not do this or have a locking ring for the fire button so it won't accidentally go off. I also installed the harder spring in my Wotofo phantom, the one installed is much too easy to push but luckily it comes with a second stiffer spring.

I obviously couldn't pull the batteries when I accidentally put them in series and caused a dead short so was lucky my window was open.

Only time I've vented a battery was using a faulty voltage tester, luckily the cid on the molicel just popped so vented for 1 second

That was lucky! I used to be one of the go too battery guys on here when there was battery questions, I knew every cell from each brand and what is was rated for amp wise. I remember the Samsung 30Q was a firm favourite of mine, quite high capacity and could handle 20A even though it was rated by samsung for 15A.
For the life of me I can't remember what a CID is though, what is that on the molicell?

 

[Mothermilker]

No battery venting stories for me, worst I've done is branding myself with a hot coil while changing my wick

 

[conanthewarrior]

No battery venting stories for me, worst I've done is branding myself with a hot coil while changing my wick

Thats good you have never vented a battery, as I said at one point on this forum I was one of the go too guys when it came to battery safety or what batteries to buy, and just shows you even if you know all your safety you can still make a mistake.

I have often glown and strummed a new coil to make sure it is heating from the inside out and evenly, and just like you touching it thinking its ready to put the cotton in and ending up burning my finger where I didn't leave it long enough to cool down. I did this more with coils that were thicker, like fused claptons and aliens.

 

[Moses]

No battery venting stories for me, worst I've done is branding myself with a hot coil while changing my wick

Been there, and got the t-shirt. It's like the old days with a clipper lighter.

 

[Crispycritters]

I bought a stacked 21700 tube mech and a 25mm Goon to use with it. Because I'm not a stunt man I put a .60 ohm build in the Goon and kept it on the mod as a dedicated RDA for series voltage use. It worked well for me, pretty warm and it ramped up fast, but not volcanic and as it was a relatively tame build for series it was only 118 Watts max - probably closer to 105 ish after voltage drop, and pulling less than 14 Amps which wasn't even close to pushing my 30Ts too hard. I re-checked the resistance of the build and made sure the screws hadn't loosened before using it and every time I did a cotton change and coil clean, checked the battery wraps and condition of terminals before using the mod and after every battery charge - so as far as I could figure out nothing could go wrong. But I found a way.

I took it off my vape shelf after not using it for about 6 months, did my standard checks - all good, and started vaping. Shortly afterwards thought I should really check the switch and threads as I hadn't cleaned them them for 6 months. I stripped the mod, had a look and it seemed fine but gave them a quick clean anyway.
Re-assembled the mod and... couldn't find the RDA. Had a search and spotted it on my vape shelf. Put it on the mod - no need to check the build as I'd done it less than half an hour earlier - took a hit and burnt the crap out of my mouth.

I own 2 Goon RDAs lol and a 24mm looks pretty much like a 25 if you're not paying attention, unfortunately I'd picked up the 24 that had a 0.17 Ohm build and put that on the mod.... Miraculously the batteries didn't vent, but I burnt the crap out of my mouth and had to vape my Innokin T18 for a week because everything else was too hot. I now have a 25mm Panther RDA on the mod as I don't own 2 of them.

 

[LordOdin]

When i first started vaping i did a Mesh Build in a Profile Unity, i did all the Dry Burning and soaking the Cotton etc but i forgot to fill the Tank. Anyway i was well pleased with myself, the 1st 2 or 3 Vapes the flavour was bangin. Took a big vape thinking i got this wicking thing sussed then the Dry Hit From Hell, my eyes were watering my throat was on fire, definitely something i will never forget.

 

[Moses]

I bought a stacked 21700 tube mech and a 25mm Goon to use with it. Because I'm not a stunt man I put a .60 ohm build in the Goon and kept it on the mod as a dedicated RDA for series voltage use. It worked well for me, pretty warm and it ramped up fast, but not volcanic and as it was a relatively tame build for series it was only 118 Watts max - probably closer to 105 ish after voltage drop, and pulling less than 14 Amps which wasn't even close to pushing my 30Ts too hard. I re-checked the resistance of the build and made sure the screws hadn't loosened before using it and every time I did a cotton change and coil clean, checked the battery wraps and condition of terminals before using the mod and after every battery charge - so as far as I could figure out nothing could go wrong. But I found a way.

I took it off my vape shelf after not using it for about 6 months, did my standard checks - all good, and started vaping. Shortly afterwards thought I should really check the switch and threads as I hadn't cleaned them them for 6 months. I stripped the mod, had a look and it seemed fine but gave them a quick clean anyway.
Re-assembled the mod and... couldn't find the RDA. Had a search and spotted it on my vape shelf. Put it on the mod - no need to check the build as I'd done it less than half an hour earlier - took a hit and burnt the crap out of my mouth.

I own 2 Goon RDAs lol and a 24mm looks pretty much like a 25 if you're not paying attention, unfortunately I'd picked up the 24 that had a 0.17 Ohm build and put that on the mod.... Miraculously the batteries didn't vent, but I burnt the crap out of my mouth and had to vape my Innokin T18 for a week because everything else was too hot. I now have a 25mm Panther RDA on the mod as I don't own 2 of them.

Wow the innokin t18 now that brings back memories