AW Batts not charging

[RIMP]

I just got my 1st set of AW batts and am confused. I have a trustfire charger and I put a pair of aw IMR 16340 batts on to charge. The light turned green on the charger. I take the batts off, put them in my mod, get 2 puffs and the batts quit? Tried charging the batts again and got the same result. What am I doing wrong? My trustfire batts charge fine and power my mod great. Is there a trick I need to know or are my batts bad?
RIMP

 

[ancient puffer]

My (Ultrafire) charger lists what it will charge on the back: 14500, 17500, 18500, 17670, and 18650. No 16340
Does your trustfire have a list on back?

Edit: I just checked at overready. They sell an adapter you can use to charge the 16340 here.

 

[RIMP]

My (Ultrafire) charger lists what it will charge on the back: 14500, 17500, 18500, 17670, and 18650. No 16340
Does your trustfire have a list on back?

Edit: I just checked at overready. They sell an adapter you can use to charge the 16340 here.

I have the T-oo1 and it charges the ultrafire 16340"s?
RIMP

 

[AttyPops]

On my charger, the light goes RED when it's charging. Green is no connection/charged. Also, when there is no battery in it, it is green. I've heard of people using a few dimes as spacers, but I'd get a better solution asap.

 

[VpnDrgn]

Are the ultrafire batts IMR? Maybe that's the problem.

edit - have you got something else you can try the aw's in? I think IMR's tend
to be a little off in size, maybe they are not making good contact in your mod.

 

[RIMP]

Are the ultrafire batts IMR? Maybe that's the problem.

edit - have you got something else you can try the aw's in? I think IMR's tend
to be a little off in size, maybe they are not making good contact in your mod.

I'll try em later in my lil chuck I'm sure they're making contact though. The light on my charger is red when first put them in, then shortly after the light turns green. Put the batts in my joker and get 2 puffs and nothing I'm at work right now I'm getting a case of the ..... I bought them special for the varivolt. Could the varivolt be doing something?
RIMP

 

[bornagainst]

If your AW's are flat top, put a magnetic spacer on the top, then put it in the charger.

Fixed it for me.

 

[AttyPops]

Well, sounds like ur correct, it's making contact and it thinks they are charged.

Yes, the circuit could be tripping, either on the mod or on the protection circuit in the batteries........... so it's a cutoff/cutout type of thing.

 

[RIMP]

If your AW's are flat top, put a magnetic spacer on the top, then put it in the charger.

Fixed it for me.

They have the little "nipple" thing
RIMP

 

[AttyPops]

Oh, and just to eliminate the obvious/easy stuff 1st, clean the contacts on the atty and the mod. Sometimes juice/gunk can act like a short. It won't hurt to clean em anyway. Same is true for the atty... switch it with a spare in case it is shorted too. These situations can trip protection circuits. You press the button, and "boink", protection kicks in.

Probably not it......however sometimes it's best to eliminate the easy stuff 1st. Kinda like the "Is is plugged in?" thing. lol. Don't want to offend, but thought I'd mention it.

 

[AttyPops]

They have the little "nipple" thing
RIMP

It's a button top, but I like your description better.

 

[RIMP]

It's a button top, but I like your description better.

I know I just couldn't think of the word
RIMP

 

[Java_Az]

Personally i like The word nipple Better

 

[AttyPops]

Did you get them working? Or do we need to dig in further? (Hate unsolved mysteries) Did post #10's stuff work?

 

[RIMP]

Did you get them working? Or do we need to dig in further? (Hate unsolved mysteries) Did post #10's stuff work?

It's sorted out now Thanks Attypops
RIMP

 

[bmwjen]

if you don't have spacers, put a few dimes in there.

 

[AttyPops]

"A strange silence on the exact nature of the problem endures forever".......... lol.

Glad to hear you got it solved tho.