Anyone else had a battery die like this?

[jonsnoo]

I was sitting at my desk vaping with my spare ego pass-through in my case. I start to hear an atomizer sputtering and at first I thought it was the one I was using, but it was the one lying in the case. I notice the button is blinking erratically. I quickly removed the cone and disconnected the atomizer and waited for the battery to die, hoping that it might return to normal after charging it back up. As soon as I plugged it back in it began doing the same thing. I was able to get it to stop a couple times by pressing the button, but as soon as I reconnected the atomizer it started sputtering and flashing again.

It's a case logic hard drive case. The band does go over the button and I had juice bottles in the netting on the other side. Does this sound like something that might happen from the button being inadvertently pressed? The only thing that makes me think this is not the case is that, like I said, the atomizer wasn't ruined and the case was open when the atomizer started firing.

I guess I was lucky to have had the case open and been within earshot of it when this happened, I could have ruined an atomizer, or worse?

One more question about pass-through batteries. Do they ever continue to work while plugged in after the battery loses its ability to hold a charge? I have had cell phones in the past that wouldn't hold a charge but would operate as long as they were plugged in and I'm wondering if the same might apply to these.

 

[Astatine]

wooooh! Hope it never happens to me!

I've had only one batt die on me and it went quietly Don't know enough to be helpful here

Wish you better luck...

 

[AttyPops]

ONE possible answer out of several: If juice gets in the button (or if an auto, into the battery through the little hole in the connector), it shorts out and goes rogue. Happened to a 5 volt USB passthru of mine (wet button).

EDIT: Also, people have reported that the 1.5 ohm atty/carto on eGo type units cause them to fry sometimes. Over stresses the circuits. IDK if this erratic behavior is a symptom of that or not (fried MOSFET), but I'd stay at 2.0 ohms or higher with them.

 

[dormouse]

You can get a button protector - they are hard to position on Rivas but Egos have a recessed metal band around where the button is so it is easier to position the protector.

Scroll down to Button protector
Electronic Cigarette - Batteries - Joye eGo

 

[CBB]

There is a small logic circuit in eGo style batteries that prevent it from overcharging over discharging and turn it off if shorted. It sounds to me like the circuit may have failed in some way allowing it to provide constant power to the terminals regardless of the button being activated. I would not use that battery any more and take it to a place that reclaims Li-ion batteries to be recycled.

Shops that deal exclusively in batteries will gladly take almost any kind of old battery to be reconditioned or recycled. I take my used batteries from cordless tools and the battery from an old UPS there. Li-ion batteries are not good landfill fodder.

 

[jonsnoo]

Juice in the button may have been the problem. I am/was fairly new to vaping, so there have been a few times I flooded the atomizer or accidentally unscrewed it etc.

I actually have a couple of button protectors. I bought the case because I find them annoying and I still have to worry about leaning into something at work and popping the drip tip off or just leaking juice in my pocket.

Does anyone know if there will eventually be a pass-through ego-t or a 650 mAh pass-through with five click protection?