Broke my battery charger, need help

[PuffinStuff]

I'm SAD... I was bending the prongs on my battery charger and one snapped off.

Is there any way I can fix this thing until I can order a new one? Any help or suggestions very much appreciated.

 

[Johnny 5]

Aw, that sucks. I'm sorry to say I don't have any advise for fixing it, but thank you for posting it. I'm going to have to order a backup, just incase. Something I didn't really think of when ordering extra batties and atties.

 

[Liscab]

There should be someone near you with an extra you could borrow, let keep the post alive.
can you give us more details about you brand of e cigs,

 

[PuffinStuff]

I am using a Prodigy with the Tenergy RCR 123a batteries.

Gosh, wish there was anothe e-smoker around somewhere that I could borrow from! I am so far in the boonies here that they have to pipe in sunshine. LOL.

I was hoping maybe I could use something to hold the battery in the charger like, foil?, a tiny washer of some kind? I have no understanding of how this charger works.

Can I charge one battery at a time or do both have to be in for it to work? Thanks.

 

[Twister]

I'm SAD... I was bending the prongs on my battery charger and one snapped off.

Is there any way I can fix this thing until I can order a new one? Any help or suggestions very much appreciated.

I don't know what your charger looks like but many temporary fixes have been done with tin foil and paper clips.

 

[Liscab]

I don't have any ideal how that charger looks like, but there should be an easy temporal fix, we just need someone reading this

 

[Liscab]

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I don't know what your charger looks like but many temporary fixes have been done with tin foil and paper clips.

We were writing the same at the same time.............

 

[Johnny 5]

Hey, I never thought of that Puff, but you probably can charge just one at a time. If so, you can limp through one at a time until replacement arrives. Let us know if it works.

 

[Liscab]

well we are getting somewhere, before midnight you should be vaping againg

Please more help for the Grand mother

 

[LifeLongJoyRide]

Same thing happened to mine. The chargers for these batteries are super cheaply made and you constantly have to bend the prongs back in place. If you bend anything enough times, it eventually breaks.

Yes you can charge one battery at a time using the side that hasn't broken. As ghetto as it sounds, foil does the trick for the broken side so you don't have to charge one battery at a time. Just ball up a big enough piece and cram it in where the prong used to be. It has to be big enough to touch the metal that the prong used to be attached to and the middle of the back of the battery.

 

[PuffinStuff]

Thanks so much for all of the help. I have been charging one batt at a time and will try the foil. I dont care how it looks as long as it works until my new one gets here!!

Now I know to keep a spare charger along with my batteries.

 

[LifeLongJoyRide]

Another quick foil fix. When I got my second charger, I put a little foil ball behind each prong so that they wouldn't bend out of place and I wouldn't be fiddling (and breaking them) again.

 

[PuffinStuff]

Another quick foil fix. When I got my second charger, I put a little foil ball behind each prong so that they wouldn't bend out of place and I wouldn't be fiddling (and breaking them) again.

Thanks very much. Another great idea! my new charger should be here by Saturday. I will be super careful with it and I am gonna use the foil underneath to keep the pins in place.

I hate bending them but they loosened up so much my battery wasnt getting a good contact for charge. Hopefully, the foil will keep them in place so I dont have to bend at all!