eGo Batteries... WHAT DID I DO! :(

[JohnnyCool]

So, I got some new XL atomizers for my eGo kit. Love 'em. Much flavor and vapor.

Yesterday, I was vaping moderately and set it down. Picked it up a few minutes later and notices that the threaded end between the battery and the atty were quite hot (after 5 mins of non-use). Quickly unscrewed to prevent damage... battery blinked a few times and now has a slight odor. It wont take a charge... it's done.

Now there was no light on on the battery and there was no way that the button could have been pushed in accidently while it sat.

So I thought, darn, I guess that is what happens when the battery dies... but prolly not.

Put the atty on another battery... after about an hour of normal vaping... same thing happens to my second battery!

So... my finely tuned powers of deduction tell me that I have an atomizer problem? Atomizer is killing batteries? Any way to test this theory without sacrificing more batteries? Is there any way to resurrect a battery?

 

[LowThudd]

Check the batt conection. Whewn my eGo batt took a dump, there was a peice of debris from a badly killed carto shorting out the batt. It could be that there was some debris in the atty instead.

 

[DaveP]

Strange, but I think that either the switch stuck or the voltage regulator chip on the circuit board inside the battery locked on, shorted, or experienced a failure mode of some sort. I've had the switch get pressed in my jeans pocket, but you can feel the atty getting warm pretty quick and stop it before melt down.

 

[lmrasch]

oh nos...so sorry Johnny! I had the same thing happen to 2 Riva batts the other day, I'm pretty sure the atty caused the issue. Thank God I had a warranty...got my replacements in the mail today, yippee! Vapor Junction ROCKS!
I asked Vapor Junction if there was a way to tell if you have a bad atty and they said there really wasn't other than if one starts acting out of the "norm" and a battery dies while using it, not to put it on another battery , got that one figured out now, lol!

 

[classwife]

Or...have you gotten juice in the button ??? I have lost 3 eGo batteries (a week ago) due to juice...and the light flashed on and off...was a sad death....

 

[Richie G]

Put the atty on another battery...

And THAT would be your mistake. As my friend Switched points out, every vaper should have a multimeter. That atty should have been tested immediately before screwing it onto another battery. The evidence points to a shorted atomizer but do yourself a favor and pick up a multimeter, even an inexpensive one can handle a vaper's needs. JMO, natch...

 

[IndieVisible]

And THAT would be your mistake. As my friend Switched points out, every vaper should have a multimeter. That atty should have been tested immediately before screwing it onto another battery. The evidence points to a shorted atomizer but do yourself a favor and pick up a multimeter, even an inexpensive one can handle a vaper's needs. JMO, natch...

This is good advice but this would also be a good place to include what the reading should be and how to do the test because even tho all that is no doubt in other threads a link to one would be helpful for every one

 

[Richie G]

This is good advice but this would also be a good place to include what the reading should be and how to do the test because even tho all that is no doubt in other threads a link to one would be helpful for every one

Perhaps a point to a thread that discusses atty resistance is in order but I disagree about specifics.

There's no way of knowing what the OP is using as his question was battery related with no mention of atty type. We can't assume that he is using a standard Joye 510 and relay that the proper resistance should be about 2.2 ohms. If he's using an LR it would only serve to confuse, ditto if he is using a Bauway or some other atty of varying resistance. If another poster is reading the thread and is using a cartomizer the specs change yet again.

Prior to all that, the OP would be best served to reading the thread on how to use a multimeter in the first place and even how to purchase one that best suits a vaper's needs.

So, all in all, I stand by my short answer to what was a short question. =)

 

[sjohnson]

Even a shorted atomizer cannot produce heat unless a source of electricity is present and being supplied to that atomizer. Something's up with the battery component - most likely the switch or switching circuit, and the resistance of the atomizer is a separate issue.

 

[KYFlyer67]

Even a shorted atomizer cannot produce heat unless a source of electricity is present and being supplied to that atomizer. Something's up with the battery component - most likely the switch or switching circuit, and the resistance of the atomizer is a separate issue.

I would probably agree with this if not for the fact that I've also fried an eGo battery with a bad atty. A multimeter confirmed that the atty was shorted. The circuit protection in the eGo batteries leaves alot to be desired in my opinion. These batteries should be able to deal with a shorted atty, but sometimes they just don't. Also, a MM won't necessarily reveal a bad atty if the short is intermittent. I've burned out a bunch of eGo & Tornado batteries - most with no known reason.

Indie - Most LR atties should read around 1.5 - 2 on a MM. Standard atties should read 3.2 give or take. If you see a crazy-low reading like .3, you've got a short. If the MM display doesn't change when you probe the atty, you've got an "open" (burned out atty).

 

[Libertysf]

I have one of the mega eGo batteries that quit working. When you press the switch nothing happens, no blue light. It feels as though the battery inside the case is loose when I shake it. Maybe the battery inside the case has become disconnected.

Does anyone know how the eGo battery comes apart so I can check? I assume that it is pressed together and because it is no good as it is I am going to take it apart but would like to do it so maybe I could fix it.

 

[tarheeldan]

The silver band around the button actually has a hollow cylindrical protrusion into the battery. It has a serrated texture and is glued in. Heating the glue is an idea, but you might well damage the button or the innards (any experiences y'all?). I pried a couple apart that had died, but couldn't find one of the terminals to connect to and didn't have a schematic to go by so I gave up. I'm sure you can do better than I though, Libertysf, I'm no electrician.

 

[Libertysf]

Thanks for your reply. I am no electrician either but I might as well try to pry it apart. I have a few regular eGo batteries and have had no issues with them so I probably won't order anymore of the big batteries.

 

[tarheeldan]

I ordered a couple knock-off mega's and the guts just weren't housed very well...I could feel them moving around too. But the Joye ones I got are solid, just like the normal 650's. Good luck!

 

[Libertysf]

Yea, this was a knockoff I got from Tasty Vapor so I won't buy anymore of those. You are right, it feels like the battery is sliding back & forth in the case and no power to the switch or atty.

 

[tarheeldan]

Those are exactly the ones I had trouble with Nothing against TV though, great juice and customer service on the issue was awesome. I got the Joye 900mAh battery I'm using from Litecig and it's great...lasted me from 5:30AM to around 4:00 PM vaping almost non-stop (I had an irritable morning and early afternoon lol). Plus, free shipping and 14 day warranty to boot.

 

[Libertysf]

Oh No, nothing against TV from me either I love TV juice. I have been using Geoff's juice exclusively since I started last January.

 

[KYFlyer67]

I think the sliding battery is normal in the big one. I have one and it does that and works fine. By the way, it's pretty easy to get them apart. Just clamp it in a vice - gently - with the connector facing up. Don't clamp over the silver part, leave it sticking out the top. Don't squeeze the vice too hard or you could damage the battery - just tight enough so it doesn't fall out of the vice. Screw in an atomizer, preferably a dead one. slide in a dowel or metal tube. A tube is better because it will go in further because it will go down over the bridge. Rock the dowel/tube back and forth until the silver connector separates from the battery. It comes apart easily - no heat needed. I bet you'll find a burnt spot on the battery's circuit board. That's been the case on every one of mine that has failed.

 

[sjohnson]

I would probably agree with this if not for the fact that I've also fried an eGo battery with a bad atty. A multimeter confirmed that the atty was shorted. The circuit protection in the eGo batteries leaves alot to be desired in my opinion. These batteries should be able to deal with a shorted atty, but sometimes they just don't. Also, a MM won't necessarily reveal a bad atty if the short is intermittent. I've burned out a bunch of eGo & Tornado batteries - most with no known reason.

Indie - Most LR atties should read around 1.5 - 2 on a MM. Standard atties should read 3.2 give or take. If you see a crazy-low reading like .3, you've got a short. If the MM display doesn't change when you probe the atty, you've got an "open" (burned out atty).

But did it fail through overheating while just lying on the table (OP's situation)?

 

[KYFlyer67]

But did it fail through overheating while just lying on the table (OP's situation)?

I don't remember where it was lying, but it did do it on its own. But then again, not really on its own. I think what happened was that the electronics locked on after I last pressed the button, which made it appear that it fried all by itself.