#Macbook pro mid 2015 battery fire mods
#Macbook pro mid 2015 battery fire mac

I'm now waiting for Apple to get in contact The guy I spoke to said he wasn't sure what they would do next, but assured me that they would 'look after me'.

The matter has been escalated to some higher ups at Apple.

#Macbook pro mid 2015 battery fire mac

I left my mac with the store and they've put it in a fireproof safe, just in case it goes again. He said what happened was literally worst case scenario of what can go wrong, and that he hadn't seen anything like it before, although this was a known issue with my model of macbook. The guy I saw said that Apple would most likely want the machine back to investigate. I had to answer a bunch of questions to help them fill out a safety report. They took ot extremely seriously which was reassuring. Anyway, I decided to try my luck anyway since I was in the area.Īs soon as I mentioned fire, they agreed to see me right then and there. I unfortunately missed my appointment because I was having a tattoo done that took longer than expected. So I took it into the Apple Store in Regent Street yesterday evening. Not saying it isn't possible for the latter to have accidents, and you are absolutely correct that lithium ion batteries in general can fail even under proper use, but more often than not for vaping, it's because of user error (or bad choices).

The normal store bought devices have power regulation and safe guards in place to try and prevent overheating and short circuiting, etc. The batteries can easily heat up quickly and explode, sometimes with lethal consequences. So they are basically running the batteries straight into the heating element with no safeguards, etc.

#Macbook pro mid 2015 battery fire mods

fire, explosion, etc.), it's always been due to people using homemade mods that don't have any proper power regulation so they can get that 'big hit' off of it. Same battery tech but far less equipment between the world and the battery cell.Įvery time I've seen an article or discussion on vape batteries failing horribly (e.g. Excludes: Alaska/Hawaii, APO/FPO, US Protectorates, Angola, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Comoros, Cape Verde Islands, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Western Sahara, Ethiopia, Gabon Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Lesotho, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mayotte, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Saint Helena, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Seychelles, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan Republic, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Georgia, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea, South, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Aruba, Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Costa Rica, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands (U.S.If you're curious, look up some battery failures in vapes.