ALWAYS check your batteries

[CTRiaan]

I have just been reminded to check my batteries every single time before use.

I changed my Gen's batteries in the dark last night and didn't notice that the charger tore the top of the one wrap and ripped the white insulator out.

A couple of minutes ago I knocked the mod over and the battery door opened. Luckily I checked it right away and found the battery almost too hot to touch because of a dead short.

Anyway, crisis averted and lesson learnt.

P.S. I always check because I use mechs, but this one time I didn't and it could've ended very badly. Also, the Gen survived like the champ it is.

 

[Grand Guru]

I wonder if your Gen would have allowed you to vape if the battery was shorting otherwise the built-in protections are useless but your point is totally valid and can make the difference between a liquid diet for the rest of one’s life or keeping one’s both mandibles and a few fingers intact.

 

[CTRiaan]

I wonder if your Gen would have allowed you to vape if the battery was shorting otherwise the built-in protections are useless but your point is totally valid and can make the difference between a liquid diet for the rest of one’s life or keeping one’s both mandibles and a few fingers intact.

It only shorted after I knocked it over.

The door popped off and the battery moved enough to let the negative part of the positive end touch the contact.

 

[M.Adhir]

I always remember the day my complyfe tube shorted.
Never seen anything get flung out the house so fast before

 

[Silver]

Thanks for sharing that @CTRiaan

I think no matter what mod one uses, one needs to be careful with high drain batteries

 

[Chickenstrip]

I've had a similar experience with a billet box! Truly an awful experience.

 

[Resistance]

I've had a similar experience with a billet box! Truly an awful experience.

Which we'll see to after lockdown.