blinking ego passthrough
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It's probably too much for the bat, but I'm not sure. What volts your bat? Cause if it's not high enough, it's going to drain the power pretty quick. But what do I know, someone else might be able to elaborate more.
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Does it just blink a couple of times when you hit the button? If so, the dual coil is probably tripping the protection circuit. What Ohm of dual coil are you using? If you have a multimeter, you should check the resistance on the carto to make sure it is not defective and shorted. I have been using the dual coils regularly on eGos and Rivas and so far have had only one clone battery that didn't like them and blinks a few times if I try to use one.
It will blink continuously while plugged in to the computor and hitting the button but when i plug it into a wall charger for a while it will start working again. I am using the mega dual coil cartomizers approx. 1.6 ohms.
You might can try getting some new bats if you want to stick with the DCCs. I think before I invest in on a DCC myself I'm going to get a bat with a higher volt just to play it safe.
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Higher voltage by itself actually would make things worse, due to higher current draw; you are likely running into limits on the electronics surrounding the battery. You are most probably right on the edge of what that particular device can drive. Bumping up to something closer to 2 ohms would likely work. (When I used Rivas I stuck to 2 ohm Boge single coil cartos.)
You know, you're right about that. Sorry for the misleading information.
*facepalmself*
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sounds like a fried mosfet to me. or at least that's what i have been told. i have had two eGo passthrough batts that have done the same thing. i thought initially that it died and that was the reason for the blinking, but then after i charged it, it did the same. mine blinks forty times any time i press the button and won't function as anything other than a strobe light for smurfs. from what i'm told, this means the end of the line for the batt.
I only had this passthrough for about 3 months and i love the mega dual cartos and i think that you can only use them on an ego bat. Would the bigger ego battery work better for these cartos?
It might, but the blinking is due to the circuitry surrounding the battery, not really the underlying battery cell. At least older eGos used a MOSFET that was rated at 2 amps nominal, some would handle a bit more current, some less, but it was a crap shoot what would happen as you approached 2A draw. Whether they have actually changed to a higher rated MOSFET beats me (I use a VV mod now), but as you get around 2A draw you could be either over-stressing the MOSFET (possible premature failure) or tripping protection circuity.
It sounds like that particular battery still works OK with higher ohm cartos/atties. I'd stop trying to use cartos/atties that are making it unhappy, so you don't actually end up breaking the battery.
(I know people use LR on stock eGos/Rivas, but it's buyer-beware at that point -- things may work well, they may not.)
It sounds like that particular battery still works OK with higher ohm cartos/atties. I'd stop trying to use cartos/atties that are making it unhappy, so you don't actually end up breaking the battery.
(I know people use LR on stock eGos/Rivas, but it's buyer-beware at that point -- things may work well, they may not.)
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