CampingMaster
Newly Enlightened
This thread is to inform the flashaholic community of a dangerous incident related to primary CR123A. This is not at all to talk against the manufacturer of the battery that was used. The manufacturer will be informed in the next few days; I will send him all the pieces and if he does'nt need them to replace the flashlight and batteries I will give them to the Montreal Fire Dept. for analysis.
I hope this very dangerous case of explosion which happened to one of my best friends will, in the future, serve for correction for the use of less dangerous batteries.
Fortunately, my friend and his wife were not injured; it happened in a very small appartment: pieces of batteries and flashlight were flying around and caught fire in two different places i.e., a carpet and on the floor, 15 feet away from the location where the flashlight actually made a first bang noise like a rifle.
Please take note that my mother tongue is French, so I will try to explain what happened as best I can with the few words I know in English, but exceptionnally this first post has been verified and corrected.
I bought from 4Sevens as many as 35 flashlights, mostly Regular Quark 123² XP-G R5 and Turbo X XM-L T6, for as many as 25 different friends, many of them Native Atikamekw from Manawan QC.
As you see my love for the 4Sevens Quark flashlights is contagious.
I hope nothing will happen to them in the future.
It happened two weeks ago, and I did go to my friend's house yesterday to pick up all the pieces and have his version (I asked him to prepare a report of what happened to be sent to 4Sevens and also inform the CPF forum users of what happened exactly - he and his wife are perfectly bilingual).
I was very surprised when he showed me his RCR123A battery charger with all the four batteries that come with it... (Since SE-H001).
He showed me also all the ten batteries that I bought for him (4Sevens batteries).
To my great astonishment the batteries inside his Regular Quark 123² XP-G R5 were the original primary 4Sevens CR123A included with the flashlight...
When the incident happened, he was using his flashlight right beside his head to look behind a wall-mounted LCD television when the flashlight made a "bang" noise, like a rifle. After the flashlight was on the floor, another "bang" noise was heard and he had to extinguish not one but two fires, the flame from the fire on the floor being ten inches long.
Looking through my notes, I found out that my friend Claude has his Regular Quark flashlight for one year now i.e. since November 15, 2010.
This incident makes me wonder if is it dangerous to keep the same batteries (Primary CR123A) for 13 months in a flashlight. (They were still good at giving light).
As you will see from the pictures below, the batteries are both completely empty, the flashlight switch is intact, and the flashlight broke in two parts.
Is it dangerous for this couple to have these two batteries emptied in their small appartment ?
Is it recommanded that he contact his doctor because they inhaled Lithium and chemical products ?
Does he has to clean up the appartment by professionnals ?
Does the manufacturer has insurance to pay the dammages on the floor and the carpet ?
For sure the flashlight and batteries will be replaced.
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You can see all the remaining pieces/fragments. There is no more glass and LED.
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Sad to see a so nice flashlight destroyed but happily no body was hurt.
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Dammaged on the floor from lower left of the picture to the refrigerator.
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Zoom on the dammaged floor. While his wife was yelling at him « FIRE FIRE FIRE » he was busy to extinguish the other fire on the carpet ten feet away.
Ultimate CampingMaster
I hope this very dangerous case of explosion which happened to one of my best friends will, in the future, serve for correction for the use of less dangerous batteries.
Fortunately, my friend and his wife were not injured; it happened in a very small appartment: pieces of batteries and flashlight were flying around and caught fire in two different places i.e., a carpet and on the floor, 15 feet away from the location where the flashlight actually made a first bang noise like a rifle.
Please take note that my mother tongue is French, so I will try to explain what happened as best I can with the few words I know in English, but exceptionnally this first post has been verified and corrected.
I bought from 4Sevens as many as 35 flashlights, mostly Regular Quark 123² XP-G R5 and Turbo X XM-L T6, for as many as 25 different friends, many of them Native Atikamekw from Manawan QC.
As you see my love for the 4Sevens Quark flashlights is contagious.
I hope nothing will happen to them in the future.
It happened two weeks ago, and I did go to my friend's house yesterday to pick up all the pieces and have his version (I asked him to prepare a report of what happened to be sent to 4Sevens and also inform the CPF forum users of what happened exactly - he and his wife are perfectly bilingual).
I was very surprised when he showed me his RCR123A battery charger with all the four batteries that come with it... (Since SE-H001).
He showed me also all the ten batteries that I bought for him (4Sevens batteries).
To my great astonishment the batteries inside his Regular Quark 123² XP-G R5 were the original primary 4Sevens CR123A included with the flashlight...
When the incident happened, he was using his flashlight right beside his head to look behind a wall-mounted LCD television when the flashlight made a "bang" noise, like a rifle. After the flashlight was on the floor, another "bang" noise was heard and he had to extinguish not one but two fires, the flame from the fire on the floor being ten inches long.
Looking through my notes, I found out that my friend Claude has his Regular Quark flashlight for one year now i.e. since November 15, 2010.
This incident makes me wonder if is it dangerous to keep the same batteries (Primary CR123A) for 13 months in a flashlight. (They were still good at giving light).
As you will see from the pictures below, the batteries are both completely empty, the flashlight switch is intact, and the flashlight broke in two parts.
Is it dangerous for this couple to have these two batteries emptied in their small appartment ?
Is it recommanded that he contact his doctor because they inhaled Lithium and chemical products ?
Does he has to clean up the appartment by professionnals ?
Does the manufacturer has insurance to pay the dammages on the floor and the carpet ?
For sure the flashlight and batteries will be replaced.
You can see all the remaining pieces/fragments. There is no more glass and LED.
Sad to see a so nice flashlight destroyed but happily no body was hurt.
Dammaged on the floor from lower left of the picture to the refrigerator.
Zoom on the dammaged floor. While his wife was yelling at him « FIRE FIRE FIRE » he was busy to extinguish the other fire on the carpet ten feet away.
Ultimate CampingMaster
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