Battery Pack Question With USB Passthru

[Houdini]

Take a look at any device you have hanging around, or take a look on the internet. Output is not measured in mAh! It's measured in mA (milliamps) or A (amps). Or sometimes even in watts. But never mAh! You'll see it if you only look. It will say mA or A on any device that lists its current output in amps or milliamps instead of watts.

What about this?

[ZambucaLu]

i have four USB devices rated 5v 1a output.
wall chargers and battery packs i purchased because i thought 5 volt 1 amp output would work. none of them do. i will, in the future, remember to ask if the passthrough being used already has a battery in it. my fault, i'm not blaming anyone.
it doesn't get my 90 dollars back though. lol.

Those should work Candy. I got a cheapo 1000ma wall charger and usb car adapter and they both work. Wonder what the problem is.

Lu

[CandyGirl]

where does it say output?

[ZambucaLu]

What about this?

That is the capacity Houdini....not the output. That is why they don't work.

Lu

[Cellmeister]

But Cell, when we are talking 1000ma.....aren't we talking about this? The current drawn....the output....has to be 1000ma or 1a for them to work?

Lu

Hi Lu,


The Atomizer Working Normally Will Possibly Seek About 1000 milliAmps from the USB Pass Through (lets not confuse with stock E-Cig Battery with / chips/boards) , The Battery Pack Should Put Out 5 Volts and 1000 mAh.

[ZambucaLu]

where does it say output?

It should say it specifically on the package.....but look specifically for output which will read mA....not mAh which is the capacity....as in the pic Houdini displayed.

Lu

[yvilla]

i have four USB devices rated 5v 1a output.
wall chargers and battery packs i purchased because i thought 5 volt 1 amp output would work. none of them do. i will, in the future, remember to ask if the passthrough being used already has a battery in it. my fault, i'm not blaming anyone.
it doesn't get my 90 dollars back though. lol.

CandyGirl, 1 amp output should work. Are you sure you're not having a different problem with your USB passthrough? Is it working on the computer, or not at all?

Others have found that with some passthroughs, the atomizer to passthrough connection is not connecting (for lack of a better word). So the passthrough is not working at all with a given atomizer. Have you seen those posts? And some have been able to get them to work with either a different atomizer, or by putting a little ball of aluminum foil right over the atomizer hole, to make the connection with the passthrough.

[ZambucaLu]

where does it say output?

Did you buy from a store or online?

Lu

[CandyGirl]

bought them online Lu 2 of them. they also have them in walmart. the duracell direct.com website has the full specs but i can't seem to find the exact page i looked up. i will use them for charging my other toys, but my point is, as yvilla pointed out, the capacity of the device is not the output. they simply don't work with a standard (no inline batt) passthrough. as i stated before, it's my fault for not asking. i just never thought someone would buy a portable battery for a passthrough that already contained a battery. lol.

[CandyGirl]

yvilla, my passthroughs work beautifully with my PC. it's those duracell packs that they don't work with.