510 battery issue, solvable?

[Skag]

I find myself posting here again because of another battery issue. In my few weeks of vaping everything is going great except for the batteries, these things are a real pain in the ....

The Story: One of the batteries in my starter kit was bunk so I sent it back to altsmoke (who have excellent customer support) and they sent me a new one, an even fancier looking one but probably the same thing. My new order of e-juice and cartomizers came yesterday and it was my first time using cartos. Topped one off and screwed it into the new battery, it seemed as though there was a some resistance to screw it in. Vaped all day and was satisfied, till last night I threw the new battery on the charger and it won't charge all of a sudden, but if I take the charger in one hand and the battery in the other and sort of press them together (not very hard) it will charge but I can't let go or the light goes green again. My older battery charges fine though, did the carto ruin the threading? Any solutions? I already tried cleaning the contacts and it didn't work.

 

[dormouse]

Did you buy auto batteries? You can damage them or kill them with juice leaks, especially carto leaks since they aim right for the hole in the auto battery.

Did you screw anything in HARD? Doing that can depress a center post. Compare the height of the threaded end center post of the battery that charges and the one that won't. If the problem one's post is lower, try lifting it gently a little tiny bit. Do not stick anything in an auto's posts' center hole. Things should only be screwed in just enough to work, never hard.

Did you check both the end of the battery and the charger for juice residue? I always wipes the threads and post of a battery with tissue before sticking it in a charger.

 

[Skag]

No I have manual batteries so the juice leak can't be the issue. Now that I think of it the first time I put a carto on the new battery I did screw it in hard but only because there was resistance, but only enough to make contact with the battery. Is there a way to fix the post with the manual batteries? Also, I always wipe these things down, I just used alcohol to see if that would work.

 

[GIMike]

If you look in the center of the battery connection, there should be a thing sticking up that looks like the top of a AA battery. That's what dormouse was saying could have become pushed into the battery. You should be able to find something: tweezers, needle nose pliers or hemostats, to pull it back out again.

 

[Skag]

Aha! It worked, thanks a lot guys I really appreciate the help.

 

[mostlyclassics]

Skag, you also may find that some brands of cartos won't work on some brands of the fat batts. They'll screw in, but when you press the button on the battery you get no joy. The cure is the same: lift the center post on the battery a tiny bit. Problem solved!

 

[GIMike]

Aha! It worked, thanks a lot guys I really appreciate the help.

Welcome


One of my ego batts has got something wrong with it to where whatever screws into it, isn't in line with the battery. Like it screws in cockeyed. I can push on it lightly and make it straight. Never had any problems with it though. Just looks funny