Dead Tirton Battery? Blinks 15 times

[Preluder77]

I have a 650 Mah triton battery and it is 2 months old. Worked fine but now just blinks 15 times when i press the button and when i plug it into the charger the charger light stays blue as if it is charged or just not making a connection. Any ideas ?

 

[BigBen2k]

Center post is out of position, causing a short.

 

[Seapup]

.....or it could be gunked up with juice and crud. Try cleaning the center post, surrounding well and threads with a q-tip, a paper towel or TP and isopropyl alcohol before you declare it deceased.

 

[mikep]

I was going to post about a bad battery then I saw this thread so, I guess I need to give that a try also. I have a 650 that when pushing button it turns blue but, thats all. I tried different tanks thinking that was the problem but all tanks didn't vape. Charged battery and it indicated it was charged. All tanks worked on the other battery. It worked fine when I went to sleep and when I woke up it wasn't working.

 

[Preluder77]

Sounds like your center post is not touching the contact on the tank make sure it is not pushed into the battery more then your other tritom battery is.

As far as my problem I cleaned it and my center post looks fine but still just blinks 15 times if I click the button

 

[AngiBe]

If its the center post pushed down, be sure to not screw on the tanks too tight..it can push down the center post.

 

[Boston Vapah]

It seems with everything as it applies to Halo's Triton the keyword is "Snug".

 

[BigBen2k]

If its the center post pushed down, be sure to not screw on the tanks too tight..it can push down the center post.

Specifically, if you were in the habit of screwing down the tank real tight, you may have crushed the isolating ring under the center post.

You can try to raise it with some kind of pick, and maybe move what's left of the isolation back under the post.

On the other hand, if it's been heavily used for 2 months (charged over 300 times) then maybe it is past its useful life.

 

[AngiBe]

^^^^^what he said!^^^^^^^

 

[DaveOno]

Try cleaning around the center post. Use a thin 1 ply paper towel or tissue and a Drinking Straw. It should fit into that circular valley. Mine had all sorts of scrunge and fungue in there.

Any foreign matter might cause a voltage leak, and the battery's circuitry might perceive this as a short. (It is a short, but a small one, a short short?) There always seems to be something in there, and it gets wet from drops out of the center post. (condensed vapor, maybe juice getting around the wick...)

Then do the "5 quick presses" to shut it off, then try a charge. I had the 15 blinks, and i did the above, and now it's all good...