Dave Plowman (News) wrote


Seems a chap was injured when the electronic cigarette he was charging
exploded. He was on oxygen, and the oxygen pipe or whatever got damaged
making things far worse. Seems he may also have been using a charger which
wasn't supplied with the cigarette kit.

An 'expert' (think he may have been from the fire service) on the R4 PM
prog explained that USB chargers are not all the same and could give a
much higher voltage than the correct one for the device. So advised
against charging such things from a computer USB socket, etc. He sort of
admitted he wasn't an expert though. He didn't need to.


He's a scouser

Nuff said