Batteries getting hot using a regulator

[magscredit]

I just hooked up a twin pack of 3.6v lithium baterries and ran it through a 5v regulator.
My atomizer was getting plenty of juice but the batteries were really getting hot (very quickly). I removed the connection to the atomizer but the batteries continued to get hot. Needless to say I disconnected everything at that point.
My question is this. Was it foolish to even try and use a regulator, or could there possibly be a short somewhere and the regulator will work if I can correct the shorting problem.

 

[kinabaloo]

Doesn't sound right. The regulator should draw very little current with no load connected. What regulator is it?

 

[Cellmeister]

I just hooked up a twin pack of 3.6v lithium baterries and ran it through a 5v regulator.
My atomizer was getting plenty of juice but the batteries were really getting hot (very quickly). I removed the connection to the atomizer but the batteries continued to get hot. Needless to say I disconnected everything at that point.
My question is this. Was it foolish to even try and use a regulator, or could there possibly be a short somewhere and the regulator will work if I can correct the shorting problem.

1st Things 1st:
- Check & Double Check All Wiring
- Check & Double Check How The Volt Reg Is To Be Wired in
- Draw Yourself A Simple Schematic To Refer To
- Use A Meter & Check For Shorts, Wiring Errors & Measure Resistance On The Atom, Etc.
- If You Don't Have A Volt / Ohm Meter Get One
- Post Your Wiring If U Want So It Can Get Looked At

Hope That Helps

Never Give up!

 

[magscredit]

Thanks for the replies. I was mounting this on an altoid tin. Everything was working until I fastened the unit to the tin. What happened was the tin was acting as a ground after I hooked up the regulator and I was shorting out with one of my positive wires. As Dustin Hoffman was told in the Graduate. Think plastic.

 

[Cellmeister]

Thanks for the replies. I was mounting this on an altoid tin. Everything was working until I fastened the unit to the tin. What happened was the tin was acting as a ground after I hooked up the regulator and I was shorting out with one of my positive wires. As Dustin Hoffman was told in the Graduate. Think plastic.

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