18650 Battery dead every morning
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I does sound like it is time for a new battery. I feel like batteries are the most vulnerable safety point in our gear and personally I never hesitate to replace them if anything is off.
The bad part is its only about 6 months old-but a new one is less than $10
Cheaper than plastic surgery if it blows up!
Cheaper than plastic surgery if it blows up!
6 months is not old unless its your only battery and you're only using that one everyday!
I have 8 batteries in rotation, I can easily use them for to 2 years!
I have 8 batteries in rotation, I can easily use them for to 2 years!
What kind of battery in specific? The fact that it's not holding charge after 6 months is a bit disconcerting.
If you haven't done so already (was this just this morning?) leave another, known good, battery in the Kanger just to eliminate that it may have an unexplained drain.
If it doesn't, and the problem is the original battery, even if it's only 6 months old, find a battery recycler's bin... and drop it in. Simples.
If it's the Kanger... well, that's another thread.
Your other batteries charge in the same mod successfully and work when left overnight? If so, your battery is just old and won't hold a charge any longer.
Six months of daily use--figure 180 charges--is kind of low, but not terrible depending on how much you stress it. Using that many batteries in that many mods, however, implies that it got a lot fewer charges than that. It probably wasn't a great battery to begin with, unfortunately.
If other batteries also drain out overnight when left in the Kanger, something's awry in the mod. Maybe you can fix it, but you'll probably have to replace it.
Six months of daily use--figure 180 charges--is kind of low, but not terrible depending on how much you stress it. Using that many batteries in that many mods, however, implies that it got a lot fewer charges than that. It probably wasn't a great battery to begin with, unfortunately.
If other batteries also drain out overnight when left in the Kanger, something's awry in the mod. Maybe you can fix it, but you'll probably have to replace it.
I'm always amazed on ECF at all the different replies on things to try to specifically target the problem!
This is an awesome forum in case anyone didn't noticed.
This is an awesome forum in case anyone didn't noticed.
We're just bored. We'll get back to takin' the piss in a minute.
For example... that shirt you're wearing. Seriously? You go out in public like that?
For example... that shirt you're wearing. Seriously? You go out in public like that?
I have heard some mods have a "heart beat" that can drain batteries if the device is left on. I am not sure if the Subox is one of those mods or not.
That's generally a TC function where the current coil resistance is needed, so it "polls" the atty regularly.
That usually stops after ten or fifteen minutes of inactivity.
An exception would be the DNA (SX too ?) which will continue for up to an hour as it cools, to get a true "room temp" res. That's part of its "refinement" function.
The VTC (other JTechs too ?) will also refine, but I don't think the "heartbeat" goes on that long.
That usually stops after ten or fifteen minutes of inactivity.
An exception would be the DNA (SX too ?) which will continue for up to an hour as it cools, to get a true "room temp" res. That's part of its "refinement" function.
The VTC (other JTechs too ?) will also refine, but I don't think the "heartbeat" goes on that long.
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