Freaky Batt

[RanVapor]

So I have this 2 week old manual regular batt that had kind of a psychogenic fugue today. Would start cooking carts without the button pressed, LED coming on at odd times, the button even did the opposite of what its purpose is - would stop heating the cart and turn the LED off.

It happens, bad internal switch I assume, not throwing a fit or anything since I have spares. I am curious, though, if anyone else has seen a batt do what it is doing now, which is a tad more concerning:

...It is sitting on my desk, no cart on it, staring at me with that steadily glowing red-orange LED. Nothing I have tried will turn that LED off or make it cook a cart again.

So I sit and wonder as I stare back: Is it is about to go off like a bottle rocket, or will it eventually fade out, like a lilliputian HAL 9000, into darkness.

Maybe it will sing to me....

 

[Garblesnarf]

Yea there's another thread on the same page with the same issue:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/vapor4life/76377-burn-my-lips.html

bummer. V4L will probably get ya fixed up.

 

[Katya]

So I have this 2 week old manual regular batt that had kind of a psychogenic fugue today. Would start cooking carts without the button pressed, LED coming on at odd times, the button even did the opposite of what its purpose is - would stop heating the cart and turn the LED off.

It happens, bad internal switch I assume, not throwing a fit or anything since I have spares. I am curious, though, if anyone else has seen a batt do what it is doing now, which is a tad more concerning:

...It is sitting on my desk, no cart on it, staring at me with that steadily glowing red-orange LED. Nothing I have tried will turn that LED off or make it cook a cart again.

So I sit and wonder as I stare back: Is it is about to go off like a bottle rocket, or will it eventually fade out, like a lilliputian HAL 9000, into darkness.

Maybe it will sing to me....

What color is it? I got a new new black reg man with a really sticky switch that doesn't retract properly. I have to dig it up with my fingernail. It also heats my cartos in no time flat--I have to put it down every couple of puffs. Our sweet Val said she'd replace it, but if the problem is widespread, I don't want another one that might malfunction. Should ask for an XL instead? What do you think?

 

[impcat]

I had an XL auto do the same thing. Leaford said that it was a faulty vacuum switch. I don't think that the manuals have a vacuum switch, so it could just be a faulty switch.

My XL LED would suddenly light up without a carto attached to it. The only way I could turn it off was to lightly blow into the battery/carto opening. The only way I could get it to work with a carto attached to it was to lightly blow into it and then inhale--after inhaling it wouldn't turn off until it timed itself out.

Customer service very kindly replaced it for me.

 

[RanVapor]

It's a black regular size manual. It has worked great since I got it a couple Saturdays ago, good button response and all. I have a reg chrome manual that I got the same order, and it is working fine; but I have not used it a whole lot yet. I am getting an XL manual this week, so that will be my first experience with one.

I understand these things can be finicky, I was mainly wondering if anyone has seen the LED on one stay lit for...5 hours now? It will not turn off, so I reckon I'll just wait it out until the batt dies.

If I screw a cart on, nothing happens, so that part of it is probably shot.

 

[jjujju]

So I have this 2 week old manual regular batt that had kind of a psychogenic fugue today. Would start cooking carts without the button pressed, LED coming on at odd times, the button even did the opposite of what its purpose is - would stop heating the cart and turn the LED off.

It happens, bad internal switch I assume, not throwing a fit or anything since I have spares. I am curious, though, if anyone else has seen a batt do what it is doing now, which is a tad more concerning:

...It is sitting on my desk, no cart on it, staring at me with that steadily glowing red-orange LED. Nothing I have tried will turn that LED off or make it cook a cart again.

So I sit and wonder as I stare back: Is it is about to go off like a bottle rocket, or will it eventually fade out, like a lilliputian HAL 9000, into darkness.

Maybe it will sing to me....

I have NO answers for you but this post was quite amusing! Crazy stuff, man. 8-o

 

[Belletrist]

I *believe* the fix for the batts that won't turn off (and hopefully someone will chime in and correct this) is to let it die on its own (sans carto), and then recharge it. It may not fix it, but that's the best chance. I don't know if that applies to manuals/autos/both, but I do remember that being suggested in the past...

 

[PRboy25]

 

[RanVapor]

Thanks Puff, that's what I am going to try before laying it to rest for good

 

[RanVapor]

PRboy, I read your thread about the batt that stays on until the cutoff. That's freaky, too man. I think your batt may benefit more from a complete drain and recharge, as Belle suggested, maybe it will "reset" itself.

...or the black batts are starting to think for themselves...I for one would not particularly welcome our new black batt overlords.