Have an Apollo eGo battery (it's their Apollo 900mah eGo-T lithium battery) and the on/off light keeps flashing when you push it in. What have I done and is it fixable?
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3 flashes is the typical error message to indicate a shorted battery. The outer ring of your carto is touching the center contact of the battery. Try pulling gently on the center contact of the atomizer to bring it out slightly from the outer ring. Twisting the atomizer/carto/tank too tightly drives the center contact into the tank allowing the outer contact ring to touch the center contact on the battery.
This is a common problem. You can use a paper clip with one leg straightened and a tiny right angle bent on the end as a tool to work the center contact out a bit. Stick it into the gap between the center contact and the outer ring and work your way around the center contact a little at a time to make the center contact protrude just a hair beyond the outer ring.
When you install a carto or tank on the battery, stop when you feel it bottom out and then go just an eighth of a turn past that. Don't force it.
This is a common problem. You can use a paper clip with one leg straightened and a tiny right angle bent on the end as a tool to work the center contact out a bit. Stick it into the gap between the center contact and the outer ring and work your way around the center contact a little at a time to make the center contact protrude just a hair beyond the outer ring.
When you install a carto or tank on the battery, stop when you feel it bottom out and then go just an eighth of a turn past that. Don't force it.
This is a multiple flash, not just 3. But I will give your suggestion a try. Thanks much...
This is a multiple flash, not just 3. But I will give your suggestion a try. Thanks much...
More than 3 flashes usually indicates a battery that needs to be charged, as Factor said.
It may have been a combination of things. I took you advice and worked on the center pole. Got the flash to stop. Put it in the charger and the light turned red to indicate charging. Before I'd worked on the center pole the charger light would stay green to indicate a fully charged battery. So will wait and see how it works after it's fully charged -- if it does...
My eGo charger is a piece of junk. The battery was probably dead, and the charger was the problem. Try wiggling where the USB cord plugs into the wall adaptor. Sometimes I have to unplug it, then plug it in 3/4 of the way so the contacts are mated tighter.
It's still doing it! Once the batt is depleted and starts to flash it starts going into the multi-flash mode when I try to turn it off. If I fiddle with the center pole a while (using the paper-clip) I can get it to stop, kinda, and take a charge. Is the battery futzed or what?
Mine was doing this to I don't remember how many times it flashed, it was a bad head in my tank changed it and it works great.
Am I missing something here?
eGo batteries are all supposed to flash when they are dead, this lets you know it's time to charge them. There is also a cut-off if you fire the button too long, again it will flash, and it's completely normal. What other behavior is happening to indicate that there is anything wrong with the battery?
Depending on what specific battery and head you are using, there could also be the simple problem of the center pin not being high enough. If the battery's center pin is squished down too far, it won't make a connection with the charger, so the charger won't recognize it until you pull the center post enough for it to make contact.
Usually this is a result of some head you are using having a longer than normal center pin. When you screw this down on a battery, it squishes down the center post. Everything works fine so you don't notice. But if you use a different head on the same battery, and that head does NOT have the long center post, it won't make contact with the battery, and won't fire. Then the same thing will happen with the charger as I already mentioned.
If the thing is flashing, 99% of the time it just means your battery is dead, so charge it. If the charger doesn't recognize it and begin charging, pull the center post on either the battery or the charger, whatever is easier for you. If it still doesn't charge, and pulling the post doesn't allow it to fire your carto/atty THEN you know you have a problem.
But with the provided information (very little) really the only obvious thing is that you need to charge your battery. They don't last forever.
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One more thing:
You weren't clear on what exactly you were doing, but just in case: DO NOT PRESS THE FIRE BUTTON WHILE FIDDING WITH THE CENTER POST. If you are using a metal instrument, or if you are moving the center post around and it touches the negative terminal while you are pressing the button, this will short out your battery. When post pulling it is best to turn your battery OFF, if you can.
eGo batteries are all supposed to flash when they are dead, this lets you know it's time to charge them. There is also a cut-off if you fire the button too long, again it will flash, and it's completely normal. What other behavior is happening to indicate that there is anything wrong with the battery?
Depending on what specific battery and head you are using, there could also be the simple problem of the center pin not being high enough. If the battery's center pin is squished down too far, it won't make a connection with the charger, so the charger won't recognize it until you pull the center post enough for it to make contact.
Usually this is a result of some head you are using having a longer than normal center pin. When you screw this down on a battery, it squishes down the center post. Everything works fine so you don't notice. But if you use a different head on the same battery, and that head does NOT have the long center post, it won't make contact with the battery, and won't fire. Then the same thing will happen with the charger as I already mentioned.
If the thing is flashing, 99% of the time it just means your battery is dead, so charge it. If the charger doesn't recognize it and begin charging, pull the center post on either the battery or the charger, whatever is easier for you. If it still doesn't charge, and pulling the post doesn't allow it to fire your carto/atty THEN you know you have a problem.
But with the provided information (very little) really the only obvious thing is that you need to charge your battery. They don't last forever.
EDIT:
One more thing:
You weren't clear on what exactly you were doing, but just in case: DO NOT PRESS THE FIRE BUTTON WHILE FIDDING WITH THE CENTER POST. If you are using a metal instrument, or if you are moving the center post around and it touches the negative terminal while you are pressing the button, this will short out your battery. When post pulling it is best to turn your battery OFF, if you can.
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