Is my battery damaged?

[Max Molina]

Hello! I've been a lurker mostly in this forums. I started vaping 3 months ago and I am using a smok AL85 mod. pretty decent thing, if the RBA base is bit hard to do right. Anyhow, I decided to join you all since you have all been super helpful in my vaping trip.


I do have a question tho. TOday i got a message on my mod
"check battery"

i rarely take it out... its my only battery and i only charge it in the mod.
(i just bought new batts thanks to the awesome guides in here and a nitecore charger)
Last time i took it out last week it was pristine, now how ever it does worry me a bit

the cap looks like this:

after i took it out i tried to clean the battery.... the smudge wont come off, from either.

i've never really noticed issues with the battery before, not even getting warms. My RBA coils are .4ohms at 55 whats almost always, but i did short out the base a lot while learning to build it (would get a lot of alerts from the mod, to not abuse protects) but i dont know.


I have put it back in the mod and it seems fine but i dont know. Opinions? I know that battery is bad, i am getting better ones but they are on their way here.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Mike McVape]

Welcome to the forum. Using a battery you believe is bad, well I wouldn't... I'd pick one up locally while waiting for the bats on order to come in the mail. (Actually I will likely never be in that predicament, believe in having backups of anything and everything and started that way from the git go vaping.)

 

[Max Molina]

Welcome to the forum. Using a battery you believe is bad, well I wouldn't... I'd pick one up locally while waiting for the bats on order to come in the mail. (Actually I will likely never be in that predicament, believe in having backups of anything and everything and started that way from the git go vaping.)

this brand where the only batteries my vape shop had at that moment, :/ by bad i meant bad brand quality, but 2 months of medium use shouldnt break this battery. Unless i shorted it too much? I did drop the mod yesterday but it was ever so slightly higher than 30 cm of height. and it has never gone above 15 amps...

 

[Gramdogg]

What kind of battery is that? Dont look like any I'm familiar with.

 

[Garden gnome]

Welcome to forum.. I agree with mike mcvape, safety is number 1 priority

 

[Bunnykiller]

its not a smudge... its an arc spot. This is seen quite often in mech mods running very low ohm builds. The contact point is small and all that current is forced to travel thru that tiny little point thus causing an arc which pits the metal of the cap and battery...

altho I am concerned as to why the wrapper on the battery is missing...

 

[Max Molina]

What kind of battery is that? Dont look like any I'm familiar with.

It is the MXJO "35" amp rated one. I know it is bad muju so i bought it out of no other choices. I just want someone to tell me if they believe this is battery leaked/gave up to throw it away. I dont want to since it is my only battery for now and i have no access to other bats.

 

[Bunnykiller]

also, it looks as if the machining job on the inside of the cap isnt as clean as it should be.. possibly a "nipple" was left during the turning of the cap leaving a raised bit of metal causing a small contact point with the battery...

 

[Max Molina]

its not a smudge... its an arc spot. This is seen quite often in mech mods running very low ohm builds. The contact point is small and all that current is forced to travel thru that tiny little point thus causing an arc which pits the metal of the cap and battery...

altho I am concerned as to why the wrapper on the battery is missing...

Wait... this had no wrapper? -_- isnt that unsafe? i thought this thing come with the wrapper on it? they guy at the vapeshop said it was good to go.

 

[Alter]

Buying batteries in a vape shop is taking a big risk that its a clone or fake. Even if the shop says its genuine, they are maybe taking the word of their supplier or knowingly buying cheap batts. Getting only a couple months is a signal that you bought clone, off make, 2nds or fake. They should get 250-300+ charges off a battery before it starts becoming tired. There are reputable battery vendors so research them out in this forum. I see also no wrapper and thats mighty dangerous to use and the pit on the bottom just adds to the danger. Battery wraps are cheap and simple to put on so having some in hand will save the battery from arcing then venting inside the hitter.

 

[Bunnykiller]

Wait... this had no wrapper? -_- isnt that unsafe? i thought this thing come with the wrapper on it? they guy at the vapeshop said it was good to go.

the whole battery should be covered in a plastic wrap, only the top and bottom should be exposed...

 

[Alter]

they guy at the vapeshop said it was good to go.

The guy at the vape shop is a idiot then. STAY away from that shop cause if they sold you that battery and said it was good then they have no clue.

 

[Mike McVape]

Is there only 1 vape shop in your town? I would NOT use that battery!

 

[Max Molina]

Not really, it was just my first stop at buying a mod and getting set up. I've been to several other shops by now but i am buying online. I never went back to that vapeshop but the mod and bat came from there. Are you sure this MXJO battery doesnt have the plastic wrap around it off the box? it does look like thatg to me. I can buy the wraps they are cheap.

 

[Bunnykiller]

this is what a fully wrapped battery should look like...

 

[Bunnykiller]

dont think I have ever seen a clear plastic wrap on a battery...

 

[Topwater Elvis]

That is an mxjo yellow/silver wrap battery.
There are at least 3 versions of mxjo 35a yellow/silver wrap, all falsely rated lower quality cells under the wrap.

 

[Max Molina]

This is the battery. it clearly has a transparent plastic surrounding almost the whole battery except the poles. You know more than me though.

 

[bsidb]

those wraps are half clear

 

[Max Molina]

I do have the queston: is the arc spot then any bad? should i just throw this one away? You all know safety and all.