Pneumatic switch failure

**zaphod** · 11-17-2008, 12:33 AM

Looks like its starting to fail on both of my batteries after about a week of hard usage...
The led is flickering instead of staying on and sometimes it totally fails to fire up. I think one of the batteries is already fubar

**Kimmiegrif** · 11-17-2008, 02:09 AM

are you dripping? topping off? or using just carts?

**zaphod** · 11-17-2008, 02:32 AM

Just carts by now

**Kimmiegrif** · 11-17-2008, 03:08 AM

carts without topping off get dry earlier than advertised...I beg, someone else to differ. sometimes I think it's the battery and its a dry atomizer. then if it is the battery...I have a couple that I didn't do the initial 10 hour charge cuz that direction was buried in the owner's manual. Then there was the charger that was defective....I kept thinking that my batteries were duds...it was the charger...just some things to think about.

**leaford** · 11-17-2008, 03:20 AM

Yep, bad batt. Time to call customer service.

Di · 11-17-2008, 04:01 AM

completely off topic,
luv your bird,
saw it while watching your vids.

back on topic...
I have the same prob exactly as japhod

I have sucked the life out of my batteries
waiting for orders of spares to arrive.
dikerry.

Di · 11-17-2008, 04:13 AM

how long do these usb battery thingies last anyway,
do we treat them like a normal battery and expect them to die after a month or so.

I need to know how many to order for the year.

dikerry

**zaphod** · 11-17-2008, 11:17 PM

Its not the charger. Both batteries failed but in different way. The first has good charge and makes good vapor but the switch wont go off. The other just ran out of juice, it does not make good vapor even after long charge...

And yes, the supplier here offers 1 year guarantee, I dont have problem swapping them but it is annoying ;( its been about a week and I have already swapped 1 batt and now both are gone.... Im on real cigs again ...
If I have to wait for new batts every week - well shortly this suck. Even if only one of them fails I cant smoke couse Im swapping batts all the time... they for a too short time...

Luckily today I ordered the screwdriver... hope this will free me from the battery hell of the original batts!

**zaphod** · 11-18-2008, 08:29 PM

Interesting update

Now it has been about week and 2 days after I got the mini. I replaced my first battery 2 days after.. it was not holding charge and flashed just after few puffs off the charger.. I charged it for 12 hours but it was useless..
After another 5-6 days of usage both batteries failed, one with the pneumatic switch failing and the other like the first one - no charge holding and very weak smoke.
Luckily the e-cig.bg reseller grants 1 year guarantee so they exchange failed batteries without problems.
Today I replaced both batteries, gone to work and put the first on the charger. After about 6 hours I had to go home so I took the charger and the batt out of the wall. I was going to put it on charge at home for some extra hours

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At this point I noticed that the battery looks strange. It does not have the tiny stripes imitating real cigar, plain white and its not glossy but mat. The original one are little yellowish but this is plain white. It also does not have SLB mark at the bottom as explained Here.

Are these fake? anyone noticed such batteries?