mini pcc?

[clamman]

hi i bought a mini pcc a few months ago the one with the push in connectors and now half of the time its not charging is there anything i can do or do the only last a few months? I tried cleaning the connectors already.
thanks in advance

 

[redempti0N]

Did you contact CS?

 

[clamman]

Did you contact CS?

no i just checked when i got it almost 5 months ago so its past replacement time so im out of luck is there is any other thing to do to try and get it working

 

[clamman]

Did you contact CS?

should i will they help even though its 5 months old?

 

[amnesiac]

The pins in mine get gunked up sometimes and don't make good contact with the battery. When this happens I usually dip a q-tip in some rubbing alcohol, shake off some of the excess, and give them a good cleaning until the pins move in and out freely.

I know you said you cleaned them already, but check to make sure the pins move unrestricted in and out of the case. They may still be a little gunked up.

 

[clamman]

The pins in mine get gunked up sometimes and don't make good contact with the battery. When this happens I usually dip a q-tip in some rubbing alcohol, shake off some of the excess, and give them a good cleaning until the pins move in and out freely.

I know you said you cleaned them already, but check to make sure the pins move unrestricted in and out of the case. They may still be a little gunked up.

i tried that but will try again and see what happens thanks

 

[Kemosabe]

how many times should the PCC charge a dead battery before the PCC itself dies? im getting 2 charges. its mine performing correctly??

 

[amnesiac]

how many times should the PCC charge a dead battery before the PCC itself dies? im getting 2 charges. its mine performing correctly??

If charging a 65mm battery I usually get about 3 charges out of it. 2 sounds about right if you're using 78mm batts, but I can't confirm that as I have the old threadless model which doesn't accommodate the 78's.

 

[leaford]

That would be correct, 2 charges for 78mm, 3 for 65mm.

 

[Kemosabe]

thanks leaford and amnesiac. the product manual said differently so i just wanted to confirm.

 

[leaford]

The manual was written based on 65mm, because it was all that it fit at the time. I'll change that for the future.

 

[Frick]

The center pin on mine fell out completely. I kept putting it back in with tweezers, but now a small spring fell out of the same hole, and it's pretty much impossible to get it back in there. I did get a good 10 months out of it, which I suppose is fair for the price, but the pin design seemed destined to fail from the start, and I never even got to the point of having to replace the onboard battery. The screw-on design, while it may take a second longer to attach a battery to, seems like it should last significantly longer.

 

[leaford]

The center pin on mine fell out completely. I kept putting it back in with tweezers, but now a small spring fell out of the same hole, and it's pretty much impossible to get it back in there. I did get a good 10 months out of it, which I suppose is fair for the price, but the pin design seemed destined to fail from the start, and I never even got to the point of having to replace the onboard battery. The screw-on design, while it may take a second longer to attach a battery to, seems like it should last significantly longer.

Yeah, sorry about that. Some ideas work out very well in short term testing, but over long term use problems show up.

 

[popeye79]

I've been using my ego style more often than I'd like just becuase my pcc is having this same problem. maybe I should just man up and buy a new one.

has the cleaning actually helped in a significant way for others? Mine pin still seems sticky.

 

[amnesiac]

has the cleaning actually helped in a significant way for others? Mine pin still seems sticky.

It's helped mine. I've had it since May. I first experienced the problem about 6 weeks ago. After the first cleaning everything worked fine for about a week and a half before the pins were gunked up again. I was a little more thorough on the second cleaning and haven't had any problems since. I imagine I'll be cleaning it again in the future, and if/when I can't get it to work, or if I kill it using too much alcohol, I'll have a good excuse to buy the threaded one I've been wanting.