510 Battery Life (this also applies to others)

[Raynen]

My 510s have been dying a lot quicker than they should. I didn't exactly know what to do, so I just cleaned the threads of the battery and all of my atomizers with juuust a hint of rubbing alcohol (the solution recommended here). I thought all was well and they started acting up a bit.

I put a batt in my PCC and the light starting flickering and going crazy! It was laying completely still and just flickering. My PCC will be a solid red light, then it'll start to blink slowly until it just shuts off, so this whole flickering thing when I just put in the battery was new.

I took out the battery and looked in my PCC. Whoa! I never cleaned it, but I didn't think I had to, for some reason. I took a dry cotton swab and cleaned out the charging port for the battery and I was shocked as to what came out. Dark, brownish-black crud was stuck to the charger! Yuck! I put the battery back in and VOILA! Stable red light! Once it was done charging, I was happy! It didn't take three clicks to get the LED light on ( don't ask, this all relates to the PCC ). My batteries are now lasting as long as they did when they were brand new!

Lesson learned: Clean your battery and atty threads, but DON'T forget about cleaning the PCC!

 

[WomanOfHeart]

My 510s have been dying a lot quicker than they should. I didn't exactly know what to do, so I just cleaned the threads of the battery and all of my atomizers with juuust a hint of rubbing alcohol (the solution recommended here). I thought all was well and they started acting up a bit.

I put a batt in my PCC and the light starting flickering and going crazy! It was laying completely still and just flickering. My PCC will be a solid red light, then it'll start to blink slowly until it just shuts off, so this whole flickering thing when I just put in the battery was new.

I took out the battery and looked in my PCC. Whoa! I never cleaned it, but I didn't think I had to, for some reason. I took a dry cotton swab and cleaned out the charging port for the battery and I was shocked as to what came out. Dark, brownish-black crud was stuck to the charger! Yuck! I put the battery back in and VOILA! Stable red light! Once it was done charging, I was happy! It didn't take three clicks to get the LED light on ( don't ask, this all relates to the PCC ). My batteries are now lasting as long as they did when they were brand new!

Lesson learned: Clean your battery and atty threads, but DON'T forget about cleaning the PCC!

+1 for solid advice regardless of the device. Take care of your hardware and it'll take care of you, just like your car. It only takes a few minutes to wipe off your connections and clean your threads.

Vape your head off, Raynen! You really are becoming a pro and your posts and blogs are really helping others! Go, girl!

 

[Raynen]

+1 for solid advice regardless of the device. Take care of your hardware and it'll take care of you, just like your car. It only takes a few minutes to wipe off your connections and clean your threads.

Vape your head off, Raynen! You really are becoming a pro and your posts and blogs are really helping others! Go, girl!

Thank you WoH! You have been such a big help, too!! If it wasn't for you and many others here at ECF I probably would have given up on vaping!

...I'm still shocked that I never thought to clean my PCC! I definitely know now!!

 

[Dob_Bobolina]

Yeah, also clean your wall charger too, this happened to me with me eGo's.... I was really mad for about 3 minutes until I looked in there... whoa... it was filthy

 

[Raynen]

Yeah, also clean your wall charger too, this happened to me with me eGo's.... I was really mad for about 3 minutes until I looked in there... whoa... it was filthy

Yes yes! I'll be getting a wall charger soon, probably next week! I'm so happy!

 

[typocinnamongrl]

lol I JUST sent you a msg pertaining to the exact same issue Raynen.... and yep. I did the same cleaning on batteries and charger and got a bunch of black gunk.... both batteries charging now... hopefully they'll last more than an hour!!

 

[Raynen]

lol I JUST sent you a msg pertaining to the exact same issue Raynen.... and yep. I did the same cleaning on batteries and charger and got a bunch of black gunk.... both batteries charging now... hopefully they'll last more than an hour!!

I just replied to the message but yeah worked like a charm!