Ego_T mega battery and new cartomizer

[InTheCity]

I just put a new cartomizer on my battery and noticed it wouldn't fire up. The Ego-t will flash 3 times as if its giving me sort of error message (?). With all the recent talk about batteries acting up I'm wondering what this is and if its safe to continue usage.

Edit.
When screwed too tightly I get the tripple blink. When on almost loose, it works fine. Still has me a little paranoid.

 

[Rocketman]

I believe the triple flash indicates a SHORT.
Screwing a atty or carto on tightly can compress the insulator in the front cavity of the ego, or

it will push the center pin in the carto up into the carto allowing the shell of the carto (threaded part of the 510 carto to touch the center pin of the eGo connector. Look closely at the carto for any nicks or dents in the bottom edge of the thread. This could be where the short is occurring.


Ignore any advice to pry up on the eGo center pin. Play with the carto.

 

[Rocketman]

double post

 

[InTheCity]

Battery short?
It works fine with other carts/atty's.

There's definitely something wrong with the cartomizer, because it was vaping for a while on an old 510 battery and all of sudden stopped entirely.

Thanks for the response.

 

[Rocketman]

Two connections are being made:
One is the shell of the carto to the shell of the eGo (Negative to Negative)

The other is the center pin of the carto to the center pin of the eGo. (Positive to Positive)

Contact from the shell of the carto to the center pin of the eGo can happen if cranked down tightly (Negative to Positive). The diameters of the parts are similar. If that happens, it is a short



(insert standard recommendation to get a meter)

 

[InTheCity]

Ok, lifted up the pin in the cartomizer and now it works fine. It wiggled a lot though, almost to the point where the contacts are touching all the time. So I took one from an old carto and now it's a tight fit.

If the contacts aren't being met or it shorts as you say, can it cause damage to the battery?
Or is the blinking a warning that something is wrong and the battery is doing its job?

 

[Rocketman]

The eGo detect a short and shuts off current to protect itself/Flashes to tell you to stop.

It will do this about 10 times, then die.




Joking, it will do this until it dies, might be more than 10 times, or less than 10 times.s

 

[Rocketman]

If the bottom most edge of the carto shell is dented it gets very close to the center pin.
Look that edge over closely.

 

[InTheCity]

The eGo detect a short and shuts off current to protect itself/Flashes to tell you to stop.

It will do this about 10 times, then die.




Joking, it will do this until it dies, might be more than 10 times, or less than 10 times.

Dies without incident or is there potential for explosion with shorts?
That's really what I'm trying to get to the bottom of here.

If the cartomizers can potentially be defective and battery shorts increase the likelihood of fires, then people need to be educated about performing routine checks. Most people obviously don't, they just vape and take this thing for granted.

Joye Tech are one crap company. Their chargers are almost always faulty, crappy wiring that sometimes only work if they're lying on a certain angle, threw those out, bought more and more. I'd been getting piss poor 510 atomizers for the last 2 years. And finally I move to a device I like and carto's that actually vape and now all this b.s about batteries setting fire to my f'in home.

 

[Rocketman]

Two systemic problems with eGo type e-cigs.
Low resistance cartos (1,5 ohm) put a heavy load on the electronic components inside the eGo.
or a short circuit puts an even heavier load on it. The protection inside tries to protect itself, but eventually it will fail.
It might fail to vape, no current to carto. Done deal.
It might stay on and not shut off, heating up the carto.
I'm not aware of an eGo blowing up in mid-vape.
But if stuck on, will overheat a carto.



The other problem happens 'almost only' while on charge. The eGo overheats, the shell gets hot, and vents, sometimes violently.

Look over the cartos closely. Don't crank them down. Be alert. Try and stay away from 1.5 ohm cartos. 1.7 ohm are sort of OK, unless you are a real heavy vaper. 2.0 is safe for the eGo.

CHARGE IN A SAFE LOCATION THAT WON'T CATCH FIRE, AND CAN CATCH A ZOOMING BATTERY.
Maybe get a charging bag (Google Li-po charging bag)

 

[Rocketman]

If the cartomizers can potentially be defective and battery shorts

most shorts at the battery/carto connection are user created.

 

[InTheCity]

Still and I appreciate all your quick feedback. Not everybody knows how tight to screw in a carto, how to check for malfunctioning components that could cause a short, and one thing is clear, the manuals for these devices are for ..... This stuff is not adequately explained unless you go digging for info.

Ego-T's seem to be prone to failure. I'm almost too afraid to put it in my mouth half the time.

 

[Rocketman]

Agree, not enough easy to find info. That's why this place is so great.
Most kids that start smoking, experiment for awhile, few get it right the first pack.
It's a leaning experience, and a bad start turns some off to vaping.
Go slow, be careful, spend a little time learning how these things work, what kills them.

You wouldn't think in a millions years that something as simple as a e-cig would require as much reading and practice as learning how to drive or to use an iPhone. Over 3 years vaping, and I'm still learning.