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Offline Mike Buckley

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E cigarette
« on: February 17, 2014, 02:02:45 PM »
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Offline Dinnertime Dave

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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2014, 05:01:18 PM »
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Offline kurnal

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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2014, 05:04:12 PM »
This is a worrying trend.

Here is another link to the details of the fatal fire arising from this in a care home on October 13 2013

http://www.derbys-fire.gov.uk/news/news-items/fire-at-residential-nursing-home
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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2014, 06:07:11 PM »
Also Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service claim two house fires were started when E Cigs were being charged.

https://www.cumbriacommunitymessaging.co.uk/da/28744/LAPTOP_BATTERIES_AND_E-CIGARETTES.html (link to Merseyside FRS on this has dissapeared)
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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2014, 06:43:57 AM »
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Offline Mr. P

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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2014, 01:37:46 PM »
Fire perspective - it is the charger being the main problem
Health perspective - why would I want to inhale crap that is no good for me anyway?
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Offline kurnal

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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2014, 09:31:57 PM »
Fire Perspective No its the batteries. Internal shorts often due to contamination leading to an internal discharge that generates a lot of heat.

Health perspective  - why inhale crap that is no good for you when you can ingest it?

 
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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2014, 11:00:51 AM »
K, thanks for putting me right re the fire side!
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Offline Dinnertime Dave

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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2014, 04:43:51 PM »
Found out today that there are two types of cigarette and two types of charger. In one type the battery cuts out when fully charged, in the other the charger cuts out. The problem is the fitting are the same, this can lead to somebody charging a non cut off battery with a no cut off charger.

Does that make sense?

I have just seen a tweet that one brigade has had 3 incident in a month involving E-cigarettes.


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Offline David Rooney

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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2014, 06:20:46 PM »
i don't believe batteries "cut off" when they're charged ... it's the charger itself that should be specifically designed for charging Lithium cells that should monitor and stop charging as appropriate.

Presumably there are some dodgy mass produced oriental chargers out there that don't quite cut the mustard ....
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Offline Dinnertime Dave

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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2014, 10:18:22 PM »
Just repeating what a colleague's research has unearthed. Will see if I can find out more.
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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2014, 11:56:47 AM »
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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2014, 03:20:20 PM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26958397

I'll go to the foot of our stairs.

Maybe those of us (me included) linking the smoking ban to a reduction in fires will have to think again!
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Offline Dinnertime Dave

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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2014, 05:00:44 PM »
See my post above, seems to add weight the my colleagues research. 
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Offline David Rooney

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Re: E cigarette
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2014, 05:25:41 PM »
... apart from the batteries cutting out when charged .....

it's the chargers that don't stop charging (particularly if they are mismatched with the battery) that cause the problems.

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