I remember a post on cpf many years ago where a guys light,(probably a Surefire) running 2 cr123 started making a whining noise and he pulled it out of it’s holster and it was extremely hot. He no sooner set the light down on the counter when it exploded blowing out the end and sending the light flying through the air like a missile where it hit a sliding glass door shattering the glass and putting a huge dent in the frame of the door. So a light might not blow up like a pipe bomb but fly through the air like a missile.
On any car with an automatic transmission built within the last few decades and beyond you can turn the key off (while driving) and the steering wheel is not going to lock unless you put the transmission in park and then turn the switch even further to the position where you can remove the key. If you’re on a highway you can steer to the side without issue without power steering fairly easily with two hands. You can get a couple of pumps of the brakes. But don’t pump them, just step on it and don’t let go. You can also just pop it in neutral and the computer is not going to let the engine rev beyond a very safe level. Some cars today won’t go much over 3,000 RPM in neutral. With push button starters you often need to hold the button down for three seconds or press it 3 times on some vehicles if you are in Drive. You should experiment with all of these methods with your foot to the floor at various speeds. Again the steering wheel will not lock. You won’t hurt anything with any of the above. And you can restart the car while still rolling in neutral at any speed if you want to bail out of any of your experiments.
Does anyone else remember a thread on here years ago of a Skyray King literally exploding?
This guy was using cheap bundled cells, so obviously junk Chinese crap that were unstable
Turned it on for a few minutes on Turbo, heard popping sounds Turned it off, placed it down and left the room BOOM! The shrapnel blew out his apartment window
He had photos of the aftermath. I’ve search in the past for hours and can’t find the thread maybe it was on candlepower
I was just thinking that you and i are old BLFers, back in the old days we were at the basics, while today who knows where the batteries are even coming from, i had to make a thread and ask where Sofirn’s included batteries come from (and apparently its not a first tier supplier)
Very interesting.
I try to stick to name brand, My 18650s are Sanyo and Samsung. If i replace them (they are getting close to 10 years old) and get some 21700s as well i plan to go with name brand again. The HF thread is more worrying then the explosion risk.
BTW I actually like your posts becasue as a business you have a lot of experiences none of the rest of us have.
Which reminds me you had mentioned in another thread that Convoy are certified lights, what certification do they have?
Also i noticed CE and ROHS on my new Wurkkos WK30, was surprised to see that.
The brands I sell that have CE, ROHS certs are (I don’t sell anything else yet)
Sofirn
Not the D25S, D25L, S11C since they aren’t made by Sofirn
Wurkkos (Sofirn build them)
Convoy
Guess what, I just found out Astrolux/Mateminco refuse to carry out any testing anymore. I’m ditching the brand. They print CE, ROHS on the flashlights, but have no such testing done at all. I would strongly suggest not buying them IF your country requires these certs for your insurance.