Keep Having Trouble With Auto eGo Batteries

[9CLINE]

I started out with 510 auto batteries so when I decided to move to bigger batts I went with the eGo.I have a 1000mAh manual passthrough and 2 1000mAh auto batteries,problem I am having is that the autos quit working on me after about a week of use.They will charge to green but then do nothing when I use the atomizers even though the attys work on the passthru.I ordered them thru Cignot who have been nothing but outstanding with their warranty. Vicki says that autos are sensitive to liquid getting inside them and shorting out. Could someone please help me to increase my time out of these batts as I love them to death, I just hate that I obviously don't get along with them.
Nina

 

[dotma]

Could you just get the manual batteries? I have an ego with a manual and i am constantly having juice all over the place and they have always been fine (the manual batteries are sealed and the autos are not).

 

[Michael Curry]

Never saw an automatic eGo battery in the flesh - hoping someone who has looks in. The battery contact might have gotten pushed down when you were cleaning it, so now it doesn't make contact. With other batteries, you can bend it back up a tiny bit and it will work again.

Not having seen the battery though, I don't know if this will be of any help to you. Just kinda responding to bump this so someone will see it.

 

[dormouse]

Autos are too easy to damage or kill with juice leaks. Your experience is not unusual. Use manuals. Ego manuals are totally sealed on the threaded end. Juice cannot get into the battery.

 

[GiddyLydia]

One thing to try with your non-charging batteries:

It could be that the contact has been pushed down, happens sometimes if they are screwed in too tightly. Using one side of a pair of tweezers, gently pry the little button that is down in the screw-on part of your battery, working your way all around it. It moves fairly easily, doesn't need a lot of force. Once it has been raised a bit it might take a charge. Good luck!

I agree with others than manuals are the way to go. Some Ego T batteries even have an on and off so they can't turn on in your purse.

 

[Michael Curry]

Just to add - if you're using anything metal to adjust the battery tab - keep well away from the power button to avoid shorting it.

 

[JD1]

I haven't tried to deal with an auto battery for over a year, but if it was me, I would try squirting some wd40 or contact cleaner down the hole, then either blow from the led end or spin it out by centrifugal force.

The wd40 and blowing from the led end worked once for me with a small cig2o battery. I quickly moved to 510 manuals though.

 

[Michael Curry]

But the big question is, does WD-40 have good vapor and TH?

 

[GiddyLydia]

Just to add - if you're using anything metal to adjust the battery tab - keep well away from the power button to avoid shorting it.

Never even thought of that, (doh!) , guess I've just been lucky.

 

[JD1]

But the big question is, does WD-40 have good vapor and TH?

Absolutely and positively NO! (voice of experience, sad to say).

 

[Michael Curry]

Yuck. Sorry to hear that...

Guess the importance of blowing it out real good can't be overemphasized?

 

[wv2win]

Now you know why so few people us auto batteries. Manuals just perform way better and are sealed so there is no problem of getting liquid in the battery compartment.