GG Maintenance & General User Advice

[tribalmasters]

Maybe the charger isnt the best but its not totally useless. You must be lucky sometimes. I havent made a search for charger, it was the last thing that concerns me. But Tribal made a search for us.

Try it Tribal and please tell us the results. I dont like to have stupid charging problems

I'll let ya all know how I get on with it when it arrives, its quite promising, I think Frog has one and he said it was great!!

Ohh and do you like my avatar!?!?

 

[tribalmasters]

Wegster, I will still keep looking for the one you recommended, I dont really want to send to USA.

However, as Im a numpty who just doesnt understand anyway, maybe £6.99 is enough to throw away....hahahaha..

At least Im showing willing at giving this a go...lol

But thats all it is...hahahaha

Its worth a shot, my friend has a really old huge digital multimeter, it has all the twiddly knobs the £6 ones do and he said it was cheap!! Its over 10 years old! If it doesn't last 10 years its only £6 lost!

 

[frogbmth]

Nice avatar tribal!

This is the charger Tribal is talking about
DealExtreme: $11.54 UltraFire 3.0V/3.6V CR123A Charger

The Ultrafire charger requires spacers to fit the CR2 cells, I use 6 of these on the + end
DealExtreme: $2.36 Super-Strong Rare-Earth RE Magnets (8mm 20-Pack)

It charges at 250ma, its very well made and has the handy kettle-style lead socket like other e-cig chargers. If you dont like fiddling with magnetic spacers, its not for you but I hear Ultrafire are about to relese a special adapter for it.

The batteries charge fast but do come out warm, I find they run warm in the GG too.

Andy

 

[tribalmasters]

Is that 6 magnets per battery!? I only ordered 10 I think 8-o

--EDIT-- ohh and sorry I stole your picture for my avatar is that OK!? I should have asked first hehehe my camera is rubbish!

 

[frogbmth]

Yes I use 6 per cell

 

[tribalmasters]

Uh ohh! I had better order some more quick! I wonder if DX can add it to my order if its not shipped yet!

 

[tribalmasters]

https://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3461 I am guessing these are not the right ones to have hehe!

 

[frogbmth]

I just tried, 5 magnets will just work, a little loose

 

[tribalmasters]

Yayy!!!! I just ordered the pack you suggested the 10 should get me going for if they arrive before the 20 pack Thanks Frog!!!

 

[frogbmth]

https://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3461 I am guessing these are not the right ones to have hehe!

They should be ok, might be tad large to put on the + end, but there is always the other end! They might be slightly thicker too, not sure

 

[CatVTTV]

For once I have done something right, I already have that charger and ordered the spacers along with spare batteries yesterday.

 

[frogbmth]

Second thing right, the first was coming here

 

[tribalmasters]

Nah the first was ordering the GG, second coming here, 3rd ordering a truly superior charger and the spacers to go with it

 

[frogbmth]

I hope I dont blow my house up with this charger now you are all buying them 8-o

 

[tribalmasters]

If there are too many spacers to use, one assumes you can stick notes to the fridge with them!

 

[tribalmasters]

I think I will stay with the charger when it comes the first few charges so I can prod the batteries regularly to see if they are getting hot! Its got 2 LED lights for each battery now that is handy!!

 

[CatVTTV]

hee hee... yes I won the GG... thats what I did right...lol

I ordered that charger ages ago for hubby to use with his SD batteries, but the light goes green after an hour and the batteries dont last more than 30 mins after using it...so he went back to the original charger, which is slooooowwwww.

So I will give this one a try.

So can I use Fridge Magnets instead of the spacers then???

 

[CatVTTV]

We hope the same thing frog...cause our houses will be next !...

 

[imeothanasis]

I'll let ya all know how I get on with it when it arrives, its quite promising, I think Frog has one and he said it was great!!

Ohh and do you like my avatar!?!?

Tribal, yesterday you stole my avatar, now I will steel yours! I like it friend very much

Maybe I will do something like this

 

[wegster]

Wegster, I will still keep looking for the one you recommended, I dont really want to send to USA.

However, as Im a numpty who just doesnt understand anyway, maybe £6.99 is enough to throw away....hahahaha..

At least Im showing willing at giving this a go...lol

But thats all it is...hahahaha

I gave a link earlier to a reasonably priced one, this is the lowest priced one I'd buy on amazon UK, that I've at least googled a few comments on the 'draper' brand from people who *do* use 'real tools' and haven't discarded it as utter crap..
Draper Autoranging Digital Multimeter: Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools