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[torozzgrl]

Yesterday there was a DOA SmokTech dual coil in my pack. I tried a suggestion to push the post down. Didn't work. So I opened another one and used it instead. My eGo T battery ran low (flashing light etc) so I removed the dual coil and and put the battery in for a charge. I put the same dual coil on a charged battery and the SmokTech was dead. Nothing. I thought what the heck is going on! First a DOA and now this?

I let it sit for a good 5 hrs and thought I'd try it again. I put it on a freshly charged battery and now it works! What could cause this? Did I just end up with a bad package of dual coils?

 

[Vanisle]

Sound like the center post on the one battery is not making proper contact with the dual coil. You can gently raise the post on the battery or the dual coil. Hopefully someone else may have a better idea as to what is going on.

 

[Justice]

Which mah batt are you using ? The lower mah batts probably can't power the dual coils. I did use them on my 1000 mah batt when I had one altho even then it was probably hard on it.

 

[BCman]

Dual coil cartos will run on any mAh of battery. Although it is not recommended to use them on any battery 480mAh or lower(they will still work but puts too much stress on the smaller batteries or so "they" say).
A larger mAh battery is simply just more time in-between charges, has no effect on the Atty or carto being used. Voltage of the battery and resistance of the Atty/carto is where things change, mAh is just the run time of battery life before needing charging.
Your problem was likely as described above, poor contact between the battery centre post and carto centre post, adjusting one or the other should resolve the problem.

 

[cobaltblue]

I keep 510 to 510 extensions around to use when things like this happen. Sometimes they bridge the odd gap between the carto and center post.

 

[torozzgrl]

Thanks for the replies everyone! The weird thing is it works on one battery but not on another. Very odd. Anyway as far as my batteries go, they are just the standard eGo T batteries and I've found they drain pretty quickly so I ordered a couple of 1000's and we'll go from there.

 

[Concat]

If it's not the post, it could be the protection circuit. What kind of Ego is it? Is it a knockoff? If you use LR atties, it might not fire because the battery thinks there's a short.

On my Ego LCD, my LR atties don't work... but one battery will let them fire for a short while. The other doesn't at all. The circuit and ohm ratings for atties seems inconsistent a little.

 

[torozzgrl]

If it's not the post, it could be the protection circuit. What kind of Ego is it? Is it a knockoff? If you use LR atties, it might not fire because the battery thinks there's a short.

On my Ego LCD, my LR atties don't work... but one battery will let them fire for a short while. The other doesn't at all. The circuit and ohm ratings for atties seems inconsistent a little.

eGo T, not a knock off, with the smokTech dual coil. Either way it is driving me insane. Works on the black eGo T's no problem. Will NOT work on the blue eGo T's at all.

 

[Concat]

Have tried prying up the post on the Ego ever so slightly?

 

[denali_41]

same thing happened to me,,,and i have 5 ego batt,,,smok dcc would only work on one of the batts and of course it was the dead one

do the post thingy

 

[torozzgrl]

Yep, tried the post thing and didn't help.
Arg

 

[Concat]

What's the Ohm rating of the cartos?

 

[torozzgrl]

I'm not sure but here they are
Blank (empty) Dual Coil Blank Mega Cartomizers (5-Pack) for the Happy eGo e-cigarette.

 

[BuzzKilla]

definatly a contact issue from my personal experience.
I would always push the center post in on the atty's. noticed it when switching from my precise to my ego. scared the hell out of me the first time it happened.

AND i call shinanigans on the LR on a small ego myth.
i've only used Cisco 1.5ohm attys on my 650mah ego-T batteries, and still vaing strong after 6 months.
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