Chrome end caps

[BuzzKill]

Make sure you are getting a full charge on the batts ! 3 hours at least , I pull them and put them back in just to make sure .

Also make sure the WF-138 charger is set to 3.7 volts !!!

 

[markfm]

For kicks I think I will run these until they need a recharge. Got a second 6 ml bottle with my menthol 1 blend.
Oh, the lengths I'll go for science!

 

[sashwa]

I knew about the 3.6 setting and set the charger on that but didn't know about the 3 hours. I just through them on the charger and as soon as the light went green, I took them out. I'll make sure to leave them in the charger for at least 3 hours even if the light turns green before the 3 hours.

 

[tallyn]

well the thing that had me kinda concerned was when i swapped to the 2nd set, i put one of the batteries on the DMM to see if i had run em flat, and it was still showing 3.6
so not sure, this charge seems to be holding out a whole lot better, will let ya know

 

[markfm]

Turns out I made under 5 ml. Batts had gone through a full charger cycle.
I metered both. One was 3.35, the other was flat, 0v.
Starting pair 2. Both had been on the charger hours, then sitting in my car today. They meter 4.09.

 

[BuzzKill]

A fully charged battery ( ours ! ) will be 4.2 volts ( +/- .05 volts or so ) a flat battery will be around 3.6 volts .

They are protected so IF the protection trips they go to 0 volts like Marks did , we are going to let it sit a day or 2 and see if it can be recharged ( they come back some times ) .

 

[sashwa]

I've gone through 2 sets of batts. I am finding that the batt nearest to the top goes down to 0 and the bottom battery goes to 3.7 or 3.6 or so. Masybe that's normal. I've never used a mod that took 2 batteries before.

 

[Lazerrred]

Been steady vaping for 6 hours now and probably 4 or 5 MLS of juice. Still going strong. So far soooooo good.

 

[Rosco]

I've gone through 2 sets of batts. I am finding that the batt nearest to the top goes down to 0 and the bottom battery goes to 3.7 or 3.6 or so. Masybe that's normal. I've never used a mod that took 2 batteries before.

I've noticed that as well, at least sometimes.

 

[BuzzKill]

I've gone through 2 sets of batts. I am finding that the batt nearest to the top goes down to 0 and the bottom battery goes to 3.7 or 3.6 or so. Masybe that's normal. I've never used a mod that took 2 batteries before.

Mark them next time TOP and BOT or ?? and see if it changes next time . new batts can do weird stuff at first .

 

[Wharf Rat]

The top Batt always works harder, that's why they recommend 1a and 1b or such. I mark mine and I think it would work but I can't remember if a or b was top last time

I don't think one should be at 0 and the other at 3+ though, from what I've read.

 

[GMoney]

The top Batt always works harder, that's why they recommend 1a and 1b or such. I mark mine and I think it would work but I can't remember if a or b was top last time

I don't think one should be at 0 and the other at 3+ though, from what I've read.

I had marked mine with magic marker, but by the time I needed to look the markings had wiped off, lol.

The "0" battery isn't really at "0", at least it shouldn't be , it just tripped the protection circuit on the battery. So, it is more like Battery 1 = 3.6V, Battery 2 = 3.4V but tripped protection so it reads 0V.

 

[jdubious]

I've gone through 2 sets of batts. I am finding that the batt nearest to the top goes down to 0 and the bottom battery goes to 3.7 or 3.6 or so. Masybe that's normal. I've never used a mod that took 2 batteries before.

sounds like its tripping protection in the battery. That is what mine has been doing. I'm getting like an hour tops on a fresh set, using two different chargers. My old buzz would do that before I repaired the wire. Hope it works itself out because as soon as the pro arrived today I removed the guts of the old buzz to polish the tube(I've been planing this for months).

I found the wire had unscrewed itself from the top cap on mine. Not sure if this was the problem tho.

Also mine arrived with the top cap o-ring above the little washer. It should go o-ring, washer then screw. If yours is like this it could cause problems as the screw can get pushed off to the side.

I'm having problems with my chrome caps as well. I ordered two sets, one bottom cap has bad threads that will not screw in and one top cap has rough 510 threads. I'll send 'em in when my polished buzz gets new internals.

 

[BuzzKill]

Mark the top s of the battery that way the mark stays there , It seems that some of the batts protection is kicking in now ??? keep an eye on them , if need be we will replace them .

JB I will make sure that they test the caps in the future when extras are sent , New product and production run these things POP up from time to time but we will take care of it for SURE !

 

[jdubious]

JB I will make sure that they test the caps in the future when extras are sent , New product and production run these things POP up from time to time but we will take care of it for SURE !

I know you will, you've taken excellent care of me in the past.

Didn't intend to rant in the above post, overall I'm thrilled my Pro arrived today

 

[BuzzKill]

Ok Cool Jb ! , like I said we never had this happen in all of the Beta testing so ?? I am going to send a unit to my batt. MFG and have them test a bunch for me to see what is going on , IF they will do it ??

 

[jdubious]

Mine seems to be working flawlessly over the last few hours. It was most likely the wire a bit loose causing resistance under load(I had been messing with the cap). In other words, my own dang fault.

F.Y.I. in this scenario your volt meter will lie to you and try to fool you into thinking nothing is wrong.

 

[Nitroturtle]

Also mine arrived with the top cap o-ring above the little washer. It should go o-ring, washer then screw. If yours is like this it could cause problems as the screw can get pushed off to the side.

Okay, so on mine when I look down in the atty connector, I can see a screw with an o-ring directly below it. Is this not correct? From what you're saying, it sounds like I should see a washer, which I do not.

Also, none of the three IKV 306 atties I've been rotating will fit on this. They start to screw in but only get a few threads down and completely bind up.

 

[sashwa]

Mark them next time TOP and BOT or ?? and see if it changes next time . new batts can do weird stuff at first .

I've been keeping track and rotating tops and bottoms and still seeing the same thing - top one discharging before the bottom one.

Edit: I start keeping track at what the bottom battery is coming out of the Buzz when the top one is 0.

 

[tallyn]

ok, just died on me again, whats going on is its draining one of the batteries flat, the 2nd still has 3.3, so the red light stays on, but does not hit
so tripping the protection on the battery somehow3.3