help!!

[lisey]

I just got a joye 510-t starter kit from litecigusa and the batteries were not charged . the kit did not include a manual so i figured i would use the wall charger it came with. when i plugged it in the led was red . after about an hour the led light on the charger still being red, the battery started melting very badly .. it was sizzling loud. so i took the batery out. only thing i could think of that went wrong was maybe that i plugged the wall charger into a extension cord? or it was over charged? i dont know how it would be overcharged tho because the light was still red..

should i even try to charge the other battery but plug it into the wall this time? does anyone know what happened or what i did wrong?

thanks

 

[TonyTT]

what is the voltage on your wall-charger?, I think either you didn't get the right charger...or your battery is deffective

 

[theDukeofTank]

Contact litecigusa and tell them about the problem... It might be a defective battery or a defective charger so I wouldn't try charging the other battery.

 

[rtrain99]

It could just be a bad battery

 

[DaveP]

My guess is that sent you an eGo charger for your 510 battery. That will do it anyway. Can you post pictures of your battery and charger? Put a quarter in the photo so we can judge sizes. A 510 charger like a 2" square with a rounded end, making it almost 3 inches in length. The eGo charger is more square, like an inch by an inch and a half.. The wall adapters look about the same.

An eGo charger will burn up a 510 batt.

 

[dormouse]

Sounds defective. It happens occasionally. They are a good vendor - they'll take care of you. I would want the wall charger, charger cable and the battery replaced. The same problem can happen if they gave you a real 510-T auto charging cable and a normal 510 battery. The auto 510-T charging cable does not know when to stop charging normal 510 batteries and has even killed some Ego batteries.

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And for future reference - a real Joye 510-T auto battery charging cable is different and can damage any normal 510 or Ego batteries. However, the auto 510-T battery can be charged in normal 510 chargers and PCC's.

One other note - Ego chargers (also 510-threaded) put out 420mA of power vs the 150-250mA the slim 510 chargers put out. An Ego charger will damage slim 510 batteries (but in my experience, slowly)

Also never ever use random 510-threaded charging cables on 510 batteries - some 510-threaded models (like FS510 or Blu or Trio or Volcano's "Volcano" model) are reverse electrical polarity and their chargers will fry a 510.

 

[AttyPops]

Addendum/note: And DON'T TRY TO USE THAT E-CIG OR CHARGE IT AGAIN. Just contact the vendor. Put it in a metal container (not sealed... like a metal bowl) until you get instructions from the vendor. Put it somewhere safe from fire/venting dangers.