Intermittent problem with my ego v

[Josh419]

So I've had my ego v (I think it's v2,it has the led screen that displays voltage 3-6 volts, puff counter, and remaining battery, it also charges via pass-through) for about 2 months now and just recently I've started having issues with it. Every now and then it cuts out in the middle of a hit or just randomly shut off when I press the fire button. When it cuts out the button will flash a few times and I'll have to press it 5 times again to turn it back on (sometimes only 3 turns it back on) . Sometimes I'll press the button to take a hit, it'll flash, not fire but then I press it again and it fires like normal. Other than that issue it seems to be working just fine, and it doesn't do it all the time, sometimes I'll get through a few vape sessions with no problems. Other times it cuts out every other hit it seems. It doesn't seem to matter which tank I am using, my aerotank, mini protank, vivi Nova, evod or t3 it does it with all of them. I have no idea what is going on its just really annoying. I already have a vamo v5 on the way but right now this is my only battery, my ego c is broken at the moment and I would like to keep this one around as a back up for a while if I could. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated

 

[Sthur]

Hello, I would try and clean the battery connector with a cue tip and see if it helps. If the doesn't resolve it I would check online for ego center pin fix. Possibly the center is not making great contact.

Hope you get your problem resolved.

 

[Josh419]

thanks for the reply, but yeah I constantly clean the connection and threads of the battery as well as threads of my tanks, I try to take good care of all my equipment to try and get the most out of them. I have also tried the center pin fix, originally thinking that may have been the problem but it didn't seem to make any difference. I've been beginning wondering if it could be some sort of internal connection issues or something along those lines. Which in that case I'd probably be out of luck I'd assume. Any other ideas?

 

[shaunzy74]

I owned two of them and found them problematic

What ohm coil are using?

If its 1.8 or lower, then make sure you use the correct voltage.

Can't remember, what the recommended voltage us for 1.8 or whatever voltage your using, but I would start there

 

[Josh419]

I use different tanks with different resistance coils and different voltages depending on the tank or juice. Mostly I use my aerotank with 2 ohm dual coil at about 4 volt, aspire et with 1.8 ohm at about 3.8 volts or my protank mini with 2.2 ohms at 3.8 volts. It doesn't seem to matter what I use or what voltage it is at, it just happens at random times for random amounts of time for seemingly no reason I can see but who knows there's still a lot I don't know about the vaping world.

 

[shaunzy74]

I think your OK on the volts. The 1.8 if I remember caused me some problems. I usedstardust tanks at the time, and it would short out. The 1.8 gave me problems I think

 

[Josh419]

Yeah at first I wasn't sure about the voltages I was using at first with certain coils so I tried running it a little lower but like I said it didn't make much of a difference with the problem I've been having so I think it might be likely to be able to rule that one out.

 

[shaunzy74]

Hate to say it, but mine went in the trash. Made no sense to me. I went as far as thinking the coils weren't touching the battery. For some reason, if I used a specific stardust tank it would work. Then I could use a different one for a few hit, then out again. You might try a drip tip setup if you have one, just to see if the coils turn red or not. The led was weird too. It would look like it was hitting, but nothing

 

[edyle]

So I've had my ego v (I think it's v2,it has the led screen that displays voltage 3-6 volts, puff counter, and remaining battery, it also charges via pass-through) for about 2 months now and just recently I've started having issues with it. Every now and then it cuts out in the middle of a hit or just randomly shut off when I press the fire button. When it cuts out the button will flash a few times and I'll have to press it 5 times again to turn it back on (sometimes only 3 turns it back on) . Sometimes I'll press the button to take a hit, it'll flash, not fire but then I press it again and it fires like normal. Other than that issue it seems to be working just fine, and it doesn't do it all the time, sometimes I'll get through a few vape sessions with no problems. Other times it cuts out every other hit it seems. It doesn't seem to matter which tank I am using, my aerotank, mini protank, vivi Nova, evod or t3 it does it with all of them. I have no idea what is going on its just really annoying. I already have a vamo v5 on the way but right now this is my only battery, my ego c is broken at the moment and I would like to keep this one around as a back up for a while if I could. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated

One likely source of the problem is the insulator material around the center pin.

If the center pin shorts out while you're firing, the electronics cuts off; then you have to turn back on.


My vamo had a similar problem after 3 months use; used my batteries on my zmax instead while I fiddled with the vamo; eventauly manged to get the pressfit cap off (yanked the wires in the process and had to resolder) and replaced the insulator with a grommet from a protank.

On those ego type batteries the pin is usually smaller and harder to deal with though, but yu could risk taking the top off; but only do that if you have a multimeter to check for shorts; also bear in mind to work on that you have a live battery inside there whereas in a mod you can take the battery out and work safely.

 

[Josh419]

Mines slowly working it's way towards the trash too if it keeps this up. I absolutely loved it for the first month but now it's becoming a hassle. I don't own any drip setups but I can say that when it works it still gets the job done. It's not like I push the fire button and it doesn't heat the coils, it's when I push the fire button sometimes it'll flash like I've just turned it off and then I either have to click it 5 times to turn it back on or for some reason ill push the button once, it'll flash a few times and it'll be back on until it does it all over again. I apologize if I'm not explaining this in a clear enough way

 

[Josh419]

One likely source of the problem is the insulator material around the center pin.

If the center pin shorts out while you're firing, the electronics cuts off; then you have to turn back on.


My vamo had a similar problem after 3 months use; used my batteries on my zmax instead while I fiddled with the vamo; eventauly manged to get the pressfit cap off (yanked the wires in the process and had to resolder) and replaced the insulator with a grommet from a protank.

On those ego type batteries the pin is usually smaller and harder to deal with though, but yu could risk taking the top off; but only do that if you have a multimeter to check for shorts; also bear in mind to work on that you have a live battery inside there whereas in a mod you can take the battery out and work safely.

Thanks for the advice, I think I'll try and take a closer look at that once my vamo arrives so I'm not stranded without a vape if I make a mistake..with what you said in mind, my girlfriend and I were "wrestling" once and my battery happened to be on the bed and got rolled on top of and the top had separated from the battery tube.I looked at the wires closely to see If anything looked damaged and as far as I could tell everything was fine,then I carefully pressed it back together.I wonder if something I didn't see may be shorting out as a result of that.

 

[edyle]

Thanks for the advice, I think I'll try and take a closer look at that once my vamo arrives so I'm not stranded without a vape if I make a mistake..with what you said in mind, my girlfriend and I were "wrestling" once and my battery happened to be on the bed and got rolled on top of and the top had separated from the battery tube.I looked at the wires closely to see If anything looked damaged and as far as I could tell everything was fine,then I carefully pressed it back together.I wonder if something I didn't see may be shorting out as a result of that.

Ahhhhhhh!! Well, once it's alrady been opened up it makes it easier you should be able to open it up again and have alook see. If you try to rock it loose the problem is it's easy to pull too hard and end up bursting the wires.

 

[Oiisu]

My V3 died after just 2 or 3 weeks, the button won't light up and it does nothing when plugged in to charge. Its a shame, I really liked having the vw, the battery indicator, pass through, battery life, and form factor maybe I'll look into a v4 if they come out with that, but I'm done with Egos for a while, had 2 die on my after only weeks of use

 

[Josh419]

Yep it really is a shame. I was always a fan of the idea of having all those options on such a somewhat small device so when my ego twist broke on me and my local vapor shop offered to let me trade it in for credit towards the ego v I was very excited. I could just never see myself carrying and vaping something that that looks like a flashlight at work and out in public. Although I did cave and order a vamo the other day, I still would want something less cumbersome to use out and about and at work.

 

[Josh419]

Yep it really is a shame. I was always a fan of the idea of having all those options on such a somewhat small device so when my ego twist broke on me and my local vapor shop offered to let me trade it in for credit towards the ego v I was very excited. I could just never see myself carrying and vaping something that that looks like a flashlight at work and out in public. Although I did cave and order a vamo the other day, I still would want something less cumbersome to use out and about and at work.

 

[edyle]

Well there are 14500 sized mech mods (14mm diameter - same diameter as ego batteries)
Trouble is, I don't think yu can get a kick or a fuse for them.
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[Josh419]

I definitely wouldn't mind having something like that, I would probably miss the adjustable voltage, battery gauge and passthrough but as a secondary vape at that price I'm sure I could deal without. What exactly would a kick/fuse do for me? I don't exactly know what they are, although I'm guessing it has something to do with short protection?

 

[edyle]

what does a kick do:

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[Josh419]

Oh wow thanks for the info, that seems like a handy little piece of equipment. Sorry for the laziness I guess I could have Googled that myself. On another note, I was thinking about your previous post saying my center pin could possibly be causing a short on my battery. Don't most ego batteries blink 3 times and cut out when they detect a short?I think I remember reading that somewhere. I've been trying to pay attention to that when mine cuts off and it seems like it is still blinking the full 5 times and shutting off.

 

[edyle]

Oh wow thanks for the info, that seems like a handy little piece of equipment. Sorry for the laziness I guess I could have Googled that myself. On another note, I was thinking about your previous post saying my center pin could possibly be causing a short on my battery. Don't most ego batteries blink 3 times and cut out when they detect a short?I think I remember reading that somewhere. I've been trying to pay attention to that when mine cuts off and it seems like it is still blinking the full 5 times and shutting off.

well the question seems to be about the difference between 3 times and 5 times, and the difference between "cut out" and "shutting off".
There's different manufacturers producing these batteries; they aren't all going to follow the exact same behaviour.

Some ego type batteries output a voltage from the battery that drops off with time;
some output a constant 3.7 volts;
some older ones output 3.3 volts;
I recently read someone here saying they have batteries that have 2 settings; one where it gives a voltage that drops off, and one where it is constant;

so I expect there's diffreences also among ego type batterries in the way the behave with shorts, charging, led blink codes etc.