ego battery flashes green and red when charging...

[Zodas]

...its mostly red but every five seconds it flashes a green blip.

This isnt normal as it usually stays red if its charging and green when it its done.



Please say this isnt my battery telling me its dying.

 

[Nails]

I assume it is the LED on the charger that flashes green/red, not the one on the battery. Ego chargers are known to flash during charging but if yours didn't behave like this before it is probably a sign of a problem.
First thing to do is check if battery and charger contacts are clean. The other common problem is the center post sinking, do a forum search on how to correct it, proceed with caution.
If above does not help, what I would do next is try the charger with another battery and vice versa, this battery on another charger to see which one is the trouble maker.

 

[Bozzlite]

...its mostly red but every five seconds it flashes a green blip.

This isnt normal as it usually stays red if its charging and green when it its done.


Please say this isnt my battery telling me its dying.

For Ego batteries, this is normal. The charger will blink very quickly every 5 seconds or so. It is a very short and quick blink.

It also does that with my SmokeTech batteries.

With Riva batteries, the charger does not blink. Remains steady red until the batts are charged, then goes green.

 

[spider362]

For Ego batteries, this is normal. The charger will blink very quickly every 5 seconds or so. It is a very short and quick blink.

It also does that with my SmokeTech batteries.

With Riva batteries, the charger does not blink. Remains steady red until the batts are charged, then goes green.

Yes, this is normal with the eGo batteries. The charger blinks green when it's checking the battery voltage to see if it's charged yet.

It does this on my 808-D1 batteries, too.

As for the Riva batteries, I have some 650's and if you look real close at the charger's LED I think you'll see that it blinks green too, but it only stays green for a very short amount of time and is barely noticeable unless you look for it. At least it does on mine when using the eGo charger.

 

[JGD]

Yes, I've noticed a tad of green blinking now and then one my Riva batteries. I charge using my USB cable... I have about 5 Riva batteries and a Riva Firefly and I've only noticed it a handful of times but it does happen occasionally. Is it true that it's crucial that one screws the battery into charger BEFORE plugging in your USB cable and unscrewing your battery AFTER pulling out the USB cable once battery is charged? I've always done this as I've heard doing otherwise can ruin your batteries and/or charger. I think I killed my wall charger that way..... unscrewing the batt while it was still plugged into the wall. I like the USB charger better anyway. Using wall chargers is tricky with a toddler in the house (unless I do it at night when she's asleep). Sorry, I got WAYYYYYYYY off topic there.

 

[DaveP]

It's normal and there are many posts about this. The eGo chargers flip modes every few seconds to check the voltage (green), then revert back to charging again (red). It's a good feature that prevents overcharging. When the charger senses 4.2v, it stays green and charging is complete.