I thought I was having this issue too, but I think it comes down to the battery charges much faster than I'm used to, and lasts much longer as well. I used my Bartleby for 8 hours at work, plugged it in when I got home, and went to take a shower. Half an hour later the light was still on (first time I've seen it stay on for more than a minute or so), but it went off about 10 minutes after that. Used the same battery all day yesterday, then switched batteries. Plugged the first one back in before I went to bed, and the light was on when I went to bed. Woke up in the morning, light off, battery charged.
Here is what I asked Cybervex, and his response. If this doesn't help with understanding the charging cycle, I apologize: (this is from email conversation, but I put it into vB quotes for ease of reading)
CTdopeLove said:
Is the red LED supposed to stay on when it's charging, or does it just stay on for 10 seconds or so when you plug it in and after you push the button? If it's supposed to stay on, I'm having some weirdness with the box when plugged into the car adapter or even when plugged directly into my USB (so nothing to do with the underpowered AC adapter), however it seems to be charging properly because I haven't run out of power yet. ~Joe
Cybervex said:
Red light (Charge status) while plugged in:
- ON = charging
- OFF = Fully charged or not plugged in
- While plugged in and fully charged the Red light will come on when you
vape. Depending on the length of the hit the red light may stay on to
replenish the draw on the battery.
I had a hard time believing my batteries were lasting as long as they are and charging as quick as they do, but I think it comes down to the fact that it's just a great device, and as others have experienced with PCC's, USB charging works much quicker than a wall charger.
However, if your red LED never stays on, and only flashes, you may want to look at what voltage is going into them. Maybe there's a problem with the cable you're using (a built in resistor or something) that is lowering the voltage to below 4.35 volts, which would be the same problem I had with my AC adapter, in that it wasn't high enough voltage to charge the Bartleby. I had the same flash of the red led and then nothing when using that AC adapter, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's that.
If your battery is fully charged, it also flashes when plugged into a properly working USB port. As far as battery staying on to recharge after one draw, I've never experienced that, it seems to charge faster than I can vape, as the only time the light stays on is when I've had it unplugged for a while. The only other thing I could think of is not likely, but if both your computer and your friend's computer are set up to only provide USB power to installed devices or something like that (ie plugging in the Bartleby doesn't initiate any installation on the computer, so no power is provided to the port). I say this is probably unlikely because I have a brand new Asus laptop running Vista 64-bit, and I've never experienced this on it or any other computer (although I never used too many uninstalled usb devices).
~CTdl
I love mine!!
