5v battery life?

[smokindeuce]

Hi shatner,

My only guess now is that your charger is faulty - 30 minutes even for a heavy user just doesn't make sense....

I'll get a replacement charger shipped out asap if you could just email me your address details to: admin@smokejuice.co.uk

Thanks in advance and apologies for the inconvenience.

[shatner]

You've got mail. Don't worry about the issues. They've been handled promptly and I still love my Mako. No worries!

[shatner]

So you're thinking it's the charger over the 4 batteries? Even though i have 2 chargers? Just curious.

[smokindeuce]

So you're thinking it's the charger over the 4 batteries? Even though i have 2 chargers? Just curious.

I hadn't realised you had two chargers.... that makes it a little less likely that both chargers are faulty.

Speaking to other fairly heavy users, they are getting around 3-4 hours. I consider myself to be a moderate user and I get around 5-6 hours.

Another question - how long is your draw time.... I generally only draw for 2-4 seconds but if it's much more than that, it could be really eating into battery life especially if you are a particularly heavy user.

Another question - is the mains voltage standard where you are - I guess that would be 110 V for USA. Something I thought of is UK mains voltage is 240V - I don't know if this would make a difference to charging time?

Did you have any luck with a multimeter? This would provide an immediate answer - this one seemed like a good price ($4.49) from Amazon: Amazon.com: Digital Amp Ohm Volt Meter Ac Dc Voltmeter Multimeter: Home Improvement

Alternatively try your local Radio shack - they're bound to have one on special for a fair price.

I would thoroughly recommend any mod/ecig user out there to get one - I'd be lost without mine and they provide instant answers when it comes to dead atomisers/batteries etc.

[o4_srt]

what type of batteries does it use? li-ion? nicad? nimh?

all have different charging requirements

[smokindeuce]

what type of batteries does it use? li-ion? nicad? nimh?

all have different charging requirements

Hi o4_srt,

The mako maksi can take either:

14650 li-ion 3.7V or
5V NIMH custom battery

The one we are discussing is the 5V NIMH battery which comes with its own special charger and generally requires around 6 hours or best left charging overnight.

[o4_srt]

Hi o4_srt,

The mako maksi can take either:

14650 li-ion 3.7V or
5V NIMH custom battery

The one we are discussing is the 5V NIMH battery which comes with its own special charger and generally requires around 6 hours or best left charging overnight.

ah ok. makes sense now, I was thinking li-ion at first.

OP, are you completely draining the NiMH batteries before recharging them?

NiMH battery care

[shatner]

I hadn't realised you had two chargers.... that makes it a little less likely that both chargers are faulty.

Speaking to other fairly heavy users, they are getting around 3-4 hours. I consider myself to be a moderate user and I get around 5-6 hours.

Another question - how long is your draw time.... I generally only draw for 2-4 seconds but if it's much more than that, it could be really eating into battery life especially if you are a particularly heavy user.

Another question - is the mains voltage standard where you are - I guess that would be 110 V for USA. Something I thought of is UK mains voltage is 240V - I don't know if this would make a difference to charging time?

Did you have any luck with a multimeter? This would provide an immediate answer - this one seemed like a good price ($4.49) from Amazon: Amazon.com: Digital Amp Ohm Volt Meter Ac Dc Voltmeter Multimeter: Home Improvement

Alternatively try your local Radio shack - they're bound to have one on special for a fair price.

I would thoroughly recommend any mod/ecig user out there to get one - I'd be lost without mine and they provide instant answers when it comes to dead atomisers/batteries etc.

My draw time is ~2-4 seconds.

We have 110V, but I don't believe it'd make a difference. I'm planning on getting a multimeter, I'm just on a very tight budget and a fixed income. Thanks for that link. I'll pick it up next week.

[smokindeuce]

My draw time is ~2-4 seconds.

We have 110V, but I don't believe it'd make a difference. I'm planning on getting a multimeter, I'm just on a very tight budget and a fixed income. Thanks for that link. I'll pick it up next week.

Okay no problem Shatner well do let us know when you get those batteries tested - would be great to get to the bottom of this...