Battery LED vs. atomizer power

[testerjtester]

In general, if the LED on the end of the battery is lighting up, can it be assumed that the atomizer is getting power as well?

I have a penstyle problem that I wondered might be due to a sticking battery switch, but the light is coming on, which I'd guess would rule that out...

For reference, I get no vapor and a cold atomizer but a lit LED, then occassionally after I blow the battery and atomizer out with canned air, I'll get vapor for a couple of drags, then it goes dead again.

Thanks!
Tim

 

[strayling]

One thought is that you're getting a partial contact. The circuit might close enough to trigger the LED but not enough to heat the atomiser properly.

 

[taz3cat]

I have two battery's that are good for night lites. They don't power anything but the LED. I have one battery that the LED don't lite up but will power anything that gets partly attached.These batterys are adventure. You always got to keep an eye on them.

 

[Darth.Vapor]

I've got a couple of M201's batteries with the same problem...LED works great but no vapor or heat... They are being replaced with my next order so happy enough... When I get some time, I think I will try to open these dead ones up and see if I can spot anything obvious...

 

[testerjtester]

Yeah, it just occurred to me that I could suck on the battery without the atomizer even attached and get the LED to light up.

By the way, I got mine working, not sure what I did, but it may have involved blowing out the atomizer and into the battery hole with a can of compressed air. Must have gotten some liquid into somewhere it wasn't supposed to be?

 

[Houdini]

Another reason is the battery contact isn't connecting with the atomizer contact when they are screwed together.

 

[Parallx]

I've ripped these things apart, and one thing that is certain, is that you CAN get a light with no power to the atomizer. This has to do with the way they are wired.

If you twist the gold contact (from the end of the battery) loose, chances are you will eventually snap off the tiny wires that give that connector power. The LED will still light, since it is wired at the top. I can, and have fixed several 901 batteries and atomizers by resoldering, or sometimes just fiddling with the wires until they make contact, but its extremely tedious. Also, I don't feel good about inhaling anything I've just soldered, so I don't usually use them for anything other than last resort backups.

 

[500KV]

I posted this in another thread but it might be worth a repeat..

Kicking around some of the problems people have, as well as my own experiences and observations, I have found the following will really help minimize some of those "weak atomizer" problems:

A good battery, i.e. fully charged, is a must for good vapor production.

Good connection between the battery and atomizer is also essential to prevent a voltage drop at that point.

A pencil eraser is mildly abrasive and can be used to clean the battery/atomizer contacts.

I use a small piece of "3M Scotch-Bright". Nothing too coarse; you only want to burnish the contacts.

And while atomizers are a weak link in our vaping process, and do fail outright, I think a lot of the "weak atomizer" problems we experience are simply a result of bad battery to atomizer connection.

 

[testerjtester]

I posted this in another thread but it might be worth a repeat..

It was, thanks! I don't know how many times I've struggled to figure out why I'm not getting good vapor, and found that the battery was almost dead, or the connection had wiggled a little loose.

Thanks to everyone for the replies, it's good to have a definitive answer to the question so I can check off one more thing that I don't need to wonder about...

 

[tribalmasters]

I want to use mine as light lights but the *ehhem* auto cutoff activates and needs a shake!