Check your charger now!.. Shocking video shows an e-cigarette battery exploding during a charging test!

Shocking new photos show you might want to make sure you’re using the right charger for your e-cigarette.

A video clip from experts at the Pre-Electrical Safety charity in London shows a powerful explosion from a small lithium-ion battery inside an e-cigarette.

E-cigarettes allow nicotine to be inhaled as vapor instead of smoke. But e-cigarettes, like smartphones and electric cars, contain lithium-ion batteries that can catch fire or explode if punctured, damaged, or overheated.

In the video, a small electronic cigarette is charged at a higher voltage than it should be, using the wrong USB connector.
The battery inside the cigarette cannot handle the high voltage, so it goes into a “heat escape” state and explodes violently inside the protective Perspex. The thin wire in the video is a thermocouple that measures the temperature of an e-cigarette viewed with a yellow thermometer.

According to the charity, the e-cigarette device in the video is unbranded and may have been purchased at a local market or online.

Turns out the charger in the video is a USB connector but not the charger that came with the cigarette when you bought it.

So this just highlights the dangers of not using the charger that came with your e-cigarette, perhaps after it’s lost or damaged.

The UK government also emphasizes the importance of using a suitable e-cigarette charger. Its website states, “For charging, use only the charger that comes with the cigarette. Do not charge overnight and check your device regularly while it is charging. Unplug your e-cigarette device when it is fully charged.”

Source: Daily Mail