battery or atty?

[sixofusernames]

i think my batteries may be bad, i have 3 of them, trustfire 18650, and they are all brand new, and supposedly fully charged. my 510 atty makes almost no vapor, but when i throw in my disposable 123's that i use just for diagnostics, the atty works spectacularly. could all my batteries be bad? or is the atty bad, and just doesnt work with the 3.7v volts for some reason? the atty is only about a week old. any suggestions?

 

[rob33]

Charge the batteries, if you haven't already and check the voltage with voltmeter. Hard to get 3 bad batteries.

 

[gashin]

It's guaranteed to be the batt - 510 atty failing in a week? Unheard of!

i think my batteries may be bad, i have 3 of them, trustfire 18650, and they are all brand new, and supposedly fully charged. my 510 atty makes almost no vapor, but when i throw in my disposable 123's that i use just for diagnostics, the atty works spectacularly. could all my batteries be bad? or is the atty bad, and just doesnt work with the 3.7v volts for some reason? the atty is only about a week old. any suggestions?

 

[Col. Gaunt]

Do you have a charger that can condition them by fully discharging the bats and then charging them? If not you might want to consider in investing in a Pila charger. They are $45.00 and only work for 3.7v ones but they are supposed to be the best chargers.

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[reeds101]

For me the larger batt(3.7v) takes at least double the hit to get anywhere near the vapor of using the two cr2's(6v.) That is why I just can't go back to 3.7v.

If that is not the case, then I have heard that an atty on it's way out can work fine at high voltage. The only way to be sure is to test it all.