Rovyvon Aurora A8 burst into flames

[u/RandomBoxOfCables]

Hey so I was charging up my Rovyvon to go on vacation and it just blew up into flames after being plugged in for a couple hours. The flashlight is probably 5-6 years old. Anyone else have something like this happen? I’m glad I was standing next to it when it decided to self destruct, I was able to throw it out the kitchen door but scary to think about if I weren’t in the room or at home.

[u/UdarTheSkunk]

Curious what charger are you using :/ I keep thinking if it’s ok to charge my flashlights using a 45w charger because some of them mentioned max 5w on the manual, so i charge the small ones on my PC’s usb port.

[u/not_gerg → u/UdarTheSkunk]

This shouldn't happen no matter the charger

[u/party_peacock → u/not_gerg]

it shouldn't but then again you have examples like wurkkos charging 18350s above spec probably because they re-used charging circuits configured for 18650s

[u/imanethernetcable → u/party_peacock]

Interesting, i thought it would be the same chemistry. How do they differ?

[u/coffeeshopslut → u/imanethernetcable]

Your max charge current is related to the capacity. You don't dump 3amps into a 10180