thanks for clicking I just need help with my 1 of my 18650s in my joy tech cuboid. So yesterday day my cuboid came and I have these efest 18650s and one of them has electrical tape on the positive side and so I put that side facing down into the mod and now I can't get it out to charge , I've tried hitting the top of the mod and knock the battery out but it's not happening. Any suggestions? Thanks vapesters
Hi I need help but it may sound stupid
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There's never a stupid question.
I don't have a joyetech Cuboid, but from pictures (see above), it appears that it is a two battery mod, and that one battery is inserted positive down while the second battery is inserted positive up.
I'm assuming that you placed electrical tape around the positive end of the battery to help identify it as the positive end. And now you have found out that the tape is just thick enough to change the girth (diameter) of the battery enough so now the battery is stuck. Marking the positive end with a magic marker, in hindsight, would have been a wiser idea.
Unless someone else comes up with a better plan, you will have to find some type of "tool" to slide between the battery and the battery sled in the mod to tease or pry the battery out. This will likely damage the protective plastic covering of the battery, known as the insulating wrap. DO NOT USE THIS BATTERY if the protective wrap is damaged in any way, its there for an important reason. Either have the battery re-wrapped or use a new battery in its place.
Sorry for not having a better answer to your problem. However, I felt it important for you to not use a battery with a damaged wrapper.
A tool that has a sort of "hook" might be what you need, like what some Swiss Army Knives have. Not sure if there is enough room to slide this tool into the battery chamber.
Or, a seafood pick might work. Again, you don't have much room to slide between the battery and sled.
I don't have a joyetech Cuboid, but from pictures (see above), it appears that it is a two battery mod, and that one battery is inserted positive down while the second battery is inserted positive up.
I'm assuming that you placed electrical tape around the positive end of the battery to help identify it as the positive end. And now you have found out that the tape is just thick enough to change the girth (diameter) of the battery enough so now the battery is stuck. Marking the positive end with a magic marker, in hindsight, would have been a wiser idea.
Unless someone else comes up with a better plan, you will have to find some type of "tool" to slide between the battery and the battery sled in the mod to tease or pry the battery out. This will likely damage the protective plastic covering of the battery, known as the insulating wrap. DO NOT USE THIS BATTERY if the protective wrap is damaged in any way, its there for an important reason. Either have the battery re-wrapped or use a new battery in its place.
Sorry for not having a better answer to your problem. However, I felt it important for you to not use a battery with a damaged wrapper.
A tool that has a sort of "hook" might be what you need, like what some Swiss Army Knives have. Not sure if there is enough room to slide this tool into the battery chamber.
Or, a seafood pick might work. Again, you don't have much room to slide between the battery and sled.
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although I don't have a solution to your current predicament for future references you should get a pack of these battery wraps to use instead of electrical take and you won't have any problems. For the price they are definitely worth it.
$1.56 18650 Battery Sleeve PVC Heat Shrinkable Tubing (50-Pack) - 72*30*0.08mm / green at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
$1.56 18650 Battery Sleeve PVC Heat Shrinkable Tubing (50-Pack) - 72*30*0.08mm / green at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
Welcome Robbie and glad you joined.
Might take it to a local vape shop and let them look at it first or as a last resort.
And when you get the Efests out, I'd keep them out and replace them with decent ones that aren't rewraps of 2nd tier cells, like Samsung 25R/30Q or LG HG2.
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