KGO Dying After 3 Months

[VidaOptimista]

I've had 4 KGO 1100mAH batteries over the course of my vaping, and the functionality of all of them has seemed to drop off around the 3-month mark, and I'm wondering why. My understanding from the reading I've done on this forum is that the average KGO battery will last for approx. 360 charge cycles, and being that I typically charge each one about once a day, I'd think that these should each last for nearly a full year. Imagine my dismay when I started noticing that the power of my vape was dramatically lessened after just 3 months in use! I'm wondering if it was caused by juice leaking from my cartos onto the battery. I'm usually very diligent about using a tissue to get down into the battery connection point and wipe it clean, but it's nearly impossible to get everything out of there due to the small size. I'm not aware of any tools that exist to specifically clean 510 batteries, either.

So do you think this would have caused the decrease in functionality? I hate that I've had to go through so many batteries in such a short time, and I'm getting frustrated. I definitely don't want to go back to analogs.

 

[hausmouse]

Maybe try cleaning the connection with a q tip and some rubbing alchahol. It's helped mine a few times

 

[pkj]

Perhaps cleaning your charger with a qtip and rubbing alcohol will help too. Maybe you transfered juice from your battery to your charger connection. Just a thought.

 

[VidaOptimista]

Thanks for the replies! I guess what I'm trying to ask is if it's too late for me to save these batteries because I didn't clean them right away with a q-tip and alcohol. My opinion? The power that they're putting off is so weak, I think they're toast.

Or, do any of you out there think that there could be some other cause that made these batteries decline in performance quality so quickly? Anyone else with a KGO having this issue?

 

[WillyB]

from the reading I've done on this forum is that the average KGO battery will last for approx. 360 charge cycles

You've always got to take stated "charge cycles" with a grain of sand, they don't just stop one day, they gradually get there. They are usually based on still having a capacity of 80%.

Note this Panasonic chart for their stated 500 charge cycle rating. Sounds a lot better than it looks.

In a single cell unfettered PV it's not just the mAh that drops, the initial loaded volts will too.

 

[AlB53]

I've got 4 kgos. my blue one is 1 year old, just check it 4.05v. I did have one after 4-5 months just wouldnt hold a charge.