Ego batteries dying - need advice

[blackwalk]

In the past 2 weeks, my wife has killed:

3 standard ego batteries purchased from Cignot.
2 XL ego batteries purchased from Tasty Vapor.
2 XL ego batteries purchased from Cignot.
1 mega-xl ego battery purchased from Cignot.

Five of the six deaths she was using a Bauway LR atty, the other one was a standard Joye atty. What happens is the batt will not turn off and the atty will begin to fry. No matter how fast she catches it and takes the atty off, the batt no longer works. The batt has a strong smell of burnt plastic.

We both share the same equipment, so I do NOT think this is a product issue. After she killed one batt tonight, I gave her a mega-xl batt that I had been using this this afternoon. Five minutes later, the exact same thing happened.

The differences I see in our vaping is that she does not use the cone, she tends to take a series of short puffs while holding the button constantly. Her attys do get very hot while vaping.

Is she getting the atty hot enough to melt something inside the batt? If so, what is the best solution? Since this has happened with a regular atty as well, I'm not sure if just taking away the LR attys will solve the problem.

Any thoughts?

 

[LowThudd]

Probably some debris on the battery conection. That is what it turned out to be w/ my eGo that fried(and stunk). I believe when the batts are shorted(like conductive debris in the terminal), the IC goes caput and stays on and eventually trashed the cell. This seems to be pretty comon unfortunately. What I do now is clean both the atty and batt terminals every time I charge. Haven't had the problem since.

 

[Liv2Ski]

LowThudd is right. Check the atty. There is very little clearance between the +/- and it only takes a small piece of metal to create a short. I had a bad connector on an eGo charger conection (small piece of solder flash) and it cooked a brand new battery. Is you wife really cranking down on the atty? It does not have to be really tight. Did all batts fry w/same atty? Look at the atty I bet there is something touching acrossed the o-ring gap.

 

[Mr.Self_Destruct]

Could be the button sticking. maybe the way your wife presses the button, makes it stick.

 

[blackwalk]

Thanks for the advice. I have the atty she used last night to kill two batts on my desk at home, I'll check it tonight.

So I understand, I should be looking for debris on the connection side of the atty?

 

[LowThudd]

Yep........

 

[DigDreams]

I just killed an Ego battery with a Bauway LR Carto. I purchased a pack of 5 from Mad Vapes and all 5 do the same thing - they randomly TURN ON THE BATTERY all by themselves. I didn't catch it and the carto melted in to the battery.

Now some people will say "It's your battery" - this IS NOT the case. My batteries never stick with other cartos or attys. These Bauway's even cause my PASSTHROUGH to "stick on", not to mention they can shock you as well. Luckily the passthrough I use (MadVapes 5v) has a very good protection circuit, which the Ego does not. If it sticks on the passthrough the power to the carto is cut off and the light just stays on, with the battery it keeps it hot (until it melts). All you have to do to turn on the battery is screw in the carto - no button press needed with these pieces of junk.

I will never buy a Bauway atty or carto again.

 

[lrd3]

dont use non joye lr on your ego.... sorry you didnt catch the other threads about this....

 

[lrd3]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/battery-issues/122480-ego-batt-vrs-lr.html

 

[lrd3]

there are mixed feeling about this problem..... but fact is joye seas lr are for use in high mah 3.7 mods onely.........and warrenty reflects that. i buy 90% of my suplies from cignot. and vicky is aware of this problem. facts are though if your useing LRs that are not joye u are going to fry your batts. i learned this one the hard way.

 

[classwife]

Pre LR atty usage...lost 3 eGo batts in 2 weeks.....Juice in the button will eventually short out the battery...it comes on by itself...flashes .... off and on till it dies...It will take a recharge and do the same thing....used only joye attys.....