510 pcc doesn't measure charge anymore.

[Hubby]

Hello,

after not using my ecigs for a few months I had to pick it up again(Happy to have it available!), but as it turns out, my pcc doesn't charge my batteries anymore.

A regular plug-in-the-wall charger charges the batteries fine, but when I put a battery in my PCC the light on the end of the battery blinks a few times as usual, but my pcc doesn't show the charging light at all, though occasionally it will blink a few times and then go off, as it would do when you put in a battery that's nearly completely charge.

Charging the internal battery of the pcc still works fine, it was of course completely empty after being in my drawer for a few months, so the first thing I got to do was charge the thing. When I put it on the charger now the light comes up as normal and will eventually go green to show me that the internal battery is full.

I would have to conclude that the pcc doesn't correctly measure the charge of an inserted battery anymore, and "thinks" they are full, even though they are empty.

Any suggestions? I opened it up and couldn't find anything obviously wrong in there either, except for that I now probably voided any warranty I may have had and should kick myself in the .... for taking out the screwdriver before even considering that the device is less then a year old.

 

[Kurt]

Perhaps the terminal in the PCC that connects to the PV battery is dirty or corroded. I have not had this problem with my PCC, but I have had this problem with wall chargers. Other than that, and if the PV batteries do charge well from the wall charger, perhaps it is time to replace the PCC. It could be the PV battery terminals are not clean enough for the PCC too. Or the voltage-sensing circuit has died. I personally would just get a new PCC, as well as some new batteries, and celebrate the return to vaping!