Duracell Instant Power Charger

[Misty]

Houdini, the only time I see red briefly is when I turn it off..so not a good sign that it's red all the time..
What would be a good power pack for the regular passthroughs then, if there is any? was the APC one working well?

[Cellmeister]

I already knew the indicator lights on regular e-cig chargers were meaningless. There are lights on the Duracell pack too. I went by the instructions that came with it and when the light turned green I assumed it was charged. I got no results so I put it back on charge and let it go 15 hours and it still does not work.
Sun Vaporer, on page 4 of this thread you said you had one going strong. Which passthrough were you using?

Houdini

I was doing 2 posts at the same time, sorry if I wrote it that way, it was just in general & not referring to you.

But Keep Vapin"

[smokingclam]

Getting a bit confused with all this talk about green light as the 2 Leds turn green for different reasons..
I have a David Yang manual and as Sun pointed out this Duracell is charging the 3.6V battery in the battery box.
I charged the Duracell overnite - tAs far as led lights front side where the USB output port is- red turned to green to show it is fully charged
But the Led light on top of the Duracell only turns green when it is actually charging something in my case when I vape , the green light turns on indicating its charging the passthrough battery box.
With the regular passthroughs, nothing happens to the Led light on top? no reaction when vaping?
(ordered some and guess this Duracell will be useless for those)

Misty yours is working just like mine is. When I hit my manual switch the light turns green to show its charging the battery in the usb pass thru. Then the green light will just fade out when it's done. The only time I get a red light is when the Duracell is out of charge. I think what everyone is saying is it doesn't seem to work on the pass thru without a battery.

[Cellmeister]

That's good to know as I only had the battery pass thru to test it with. Anyone sell a battery pass thru for the 901?

Yea, I get mine from the vaporguys, very good quality & fast Shipping.

I Just checked there in stock too.

VaporGuys USB Pass Through Link

Keep Vapin!

[Houdini]

Houdini

I was doing 2 posts at the same time, sorry if I wrote it that way, it was just in general & not referring to you.

But Keep Vapin"

No problem. Seems like everyone on the forum is in this thread at the same time.

[ZambucaLu]

At the beginning of this thread, clam said:

I have one with the battery in it. I'm testing it on my Janty Kissbox Classic. Working like a charm so far.

I replied:

Oh....well, those will run on that little battery anyway. Someone else was going to see how long one of those little batteries would last without being charged....but I never heard the results.

With my KB, I just carry it around with a charged batt. No battery pack really needed.

Lu

The point is, you can't compare what power source works with a Janty KB or David Yang's manual switch to the basic passthroughs because the former already have a battery inlcuded on the passthrough.

I really don't want to sound like a know it all on this but these things were tested and discussed here some time ago.

Since 1000ma has been proven to work, I would even be leery of the ones that say 750ma. I wouldn't purchase one of those unless the seller could guarantee me they work at least as well as the 1000ma....or money refunded with no problems. Otherwise, it's just another waste of money.

Lu

[trog100]

just a comment.. these things here are very good.. expensive chinese price so they should be.. just got a couple..

DealExtreme: $51.40 Mobile Power Rechargeable Emergency USB Battery/Charger (5400mAh)

but they are designed to charges batteries in a similar way to what a PC USB socket would do.. not to provide permanent power to something..

they need to sense a battery before they switch on.. they then charge the battery in the device thats plugged into them... they dont power it directly..

i dont know how the duracell thing works but it might not power directly ether..

so it would charge a janty inline battery but not power an e cig directly..

trog

ps... the DX device would recharge the little janty battery at least eight to ten times.. up to three days e smoking away from the mains.,.

[Misty]

Nice powerpack,Trogg & explanation about direct power -
So only a PC powers the regular passthroughs (that have no battery box) "directly"?

Lu,
You always said 1000 mah necessary to power a regular passthrough..I have that embedded in my brain! just weird this Duracell says it but doesn't do it..

[Houdini]

It would do it only if the passthrough has a built in battery. Some do some don't. Mine doesn't.

[Cellmeister]

Please Note On Most All Small (5) Volt Type Battery Packs.

In General Their are (3) Types / Modes of Small (5) Volt Style Battery Power Packs:

1 - Charges
2 - Powers
3 - Charges & Powers

Hope That Clears Up Some Info, But Not All Packages or Marketing of These products state this.