KGO flashing button HELP

[Mrephunk]

My KGO has been great and working fine for weeks, until today. I have a Vision Clearomizer plugged in that wont fire, when I hit the button it just blinks a few times and then shuts down. The same thing also happened to a C8 Cryptonite, but it works if I use a fluxomizer I have. I have tried pulling up the center pin on the battery and on the vision but it didn't help. So what exactly does the blinking mean, and does it mean that the cartos have gone bad, should I just trash them

 

[Mrephunk]

Nobody wants to help me

 

[Rader2146]

If you have a multimeter, check the resistance on your carto's. Could have got a bad one or abnormally low resistance that is tripping the protection circuit. Flashing light is indication of a protection fault, either under voltage (charge battery), over-current (short-circuit, too low resistance)

 

[wizard10000]

edit: Oops. Saw you already tried raising the center post

 

[DaveP]

3 blinks is a short indication. Cranking down too hard when installing an atomizer or carto can drive the center posts down even with the outer ground connection. When you install it on a battery, you get grounding of the outer ring to the center post.

That you have one working, I'd suspect the others to be causing shorts. If you look at the connectors, you should see a slightly higher center post protruding above the outer ring.

 

[kmk]

My daughter had a shorted carto cause that, ended up frying the protection circuit before she could get it off