Bloog Maxxfusion Battery Problem - help?

[brokensoldier]

Hi Guys:

I'm hoping someone can help: theres something wrong with my new black 78mm battery.

When I hold it perpendicular to the ground, LED up, it ignites: the LED lights up and the carto sizzles.

When I hold it perpendicular to the ground, LED down, it shuts off.

Rotating it LED up then LED down is like an on/off switch. Gravity is my on/off switch. When I turn it slowly it does not do this. When I remove the carto it still fires up when perpendicular, LED pointing up and shuts off when i point the LED down.

How did i find this out? I went out for a vape, put it in my pocket, and the thing burned my leg after i went back to my office and put my feet on my desk. (LED was pointing up.)

Do I have an incredibly sensitive battery? Can I RMA it?

Thanks

 

[beachpuff]

Definitely sounds defective. I've never had one do that. You should contact them & I'm sure they'll take care of you.

 

[starsong]

Agreed, definitely get it replaced ASAP. I don't know what RMA means. It should only be sensitive to airflow, not motion or position. That's not safe. Hopefully you still have the packing list it came with, return to that address then send an email letting them know it is coming and why. There are no black 78mms available as of today, but maybe by the time it gets to them they'll be in stock again.

 

[slim66]

Is it safe to mail this battery back? I'm afraid the package will catch on fire or something.

 

[Frick]

I wouldn't think it would produce any heat without a carto, but better safe than sorry. Maybe let it drain first.

star, RMA = Return Merchandise Authorization, basically permission from the originating company to return an item.

 

[starsong]

Thanks Frick.

Good point Slim, guess we'll have to wait and see if the LED lights even without a carto. If so, then yeah, that is too dangerous to mail, and maybe even illegal.

Do you think if a bit of juice got down in there that would cause this?

 

[brokensoldier]

Aye, the LED lights up even when a carto is not attached. I suspect it sends power to the carto socket when the carto is not attached, but since the circuit is broken it will not arc. However, since it is a potential fire hazard i will make sure the battery is fully drained until I put it in the mail. Imagine what would happen if it ended up next to a parcel of fireworks or something equally dangerous!!



I hope it wasnt juice inside that caused it. I have read up on the issue and juice tends to lock the switch in place because it is sticky. In this case the switch turns on and off by merely rotating the device on its long axis (gravity) which tells me it is not stuck in place. IMHO the opposite has happened - the switch is so smooth that gravity affects it.

I ordered it from a company here in Canada. I'll see what they have to say about sending it to them vs back to bloog...

 

[starsong]

Yeah, you might have better luck getting a replacement sooner from the company you bought from if they still have stock. Was that from HappyVapor?

 

[brokensoldier]

Yes, HappyVaper, and Rob there has been absolutely fantastic about it. Great customer service there.

I posted a youtube video of the thing in action. (It's unlisted so only people with the actual link can see it):

Bloog Battery

Note, the speed of rotation matters - when you do it slowly it has no effect.

 

[starsong]

Wow that's wild. Excellent idea making the video to demonstrate rather than trying to explain.

 

[leaford]

The bizarre part is that the switch is supposed to be an acoustic switch, not mechanical, so gravity should not affect it at all. I'll ask our engineer about this, and thanks for the video, BS!

 

[brokensoldier]

The switch is supposed to be an acoustic switch, not mechanical

Well that blows my theory out of the water ...

Leaford, when you talk to your engineer please pass on my thanks for this device. Thank You to you as well, Leaford.

It is of excellent quality, and i honestly believe it saved my life. (Pack a day for 20 years = doom)

 

[leaford]

My pleasure, BS, and great to hear!

 

[n00b]

Yes, HappyVaper, and Rob there has been absolutely fantastic about it. Great customer service there.

I posted a youtube video of the thing in action.

ooooo. MAGIC BLOOG BATTERY.

Am I the only one that wants one now?

 

[MoonDance]

Bloog the Magic Battery lived by the sea, and frolicked in brokensoldiers pocket, in a land called NoCigs4Me.

/to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon

 

[pmos69]

I'm starting to think I may have overdone my 555 dosage...

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[starsong]

Bloog the Magic Battery lived by the sea, and frolicked in brokensoldiers pocket, in a land called NoCigs4Me.

/to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon

very nice

now that will be stuck in my head for awhile

 

[leaford]

Well, I showed the video to our engineer and a couple other guys, and we kicked around ideas. One possibility is that the switch is bad and is activating far too sensitively, as evidenced by the switch activating only when you rotated it fast enough. But, bearing in mind that it still wasn't moving very fast so there couldn't have been much airflow at all, we're thinking it's gravity based. A broken piece of wiring or solder or a loose drop of liquid or something moving into and out of position, forming and breaking a circuit. IOW, either user damage or assembly error. We'll err on the safe side and take it back. As if that were ever in question.

 

[CemeteryMan]

All 3 of my batteries started doing that within a 24 hour period

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlMsba3VuSM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_MDXIEtdU0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA5Npm0E7po

 

[starsong]

Interesting that you also bought yours from HappyVapor (I assume that's who Happy Jack is). So there's something wrong with the batch they were sent perhaps?