My husband's eGo exploded!
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I have emailed the vendor, as they did not answer the phone today, though I did call during normal business hours. I have not had any response yet, so it will likely be Monday.
Like I said before, we thought the previoius 3 batteries that lasted just under a month had stopped functioning due to a carto. It is not LR, but we have used ressurectors (as they were recommended to us by several on the boards) on our batteries as well. 2 of those were my batteries, and were only charged on my charger. We still have 1 of the original JoyeTech batteries still functioning, which has always been charged on his charger and has had resurrectors as well as the same model of cartomizers that we thought might have been the reason for the previous malfunction. We threw that carto away, and have had no other issues out of that model. (eGo Clearomizer from esmokeytreats). <<<Is not the vendor we got our batteries from.
At this time, I am opting not to list the vendor involved, as I do not know what all may transpire with them, or my insurance company, or any legal reprocussions. I don't want to be accused of slander. I highly doubt they sold me defective products on purpose, but it does seem that they are selling products of inferior quality.
WHAT?!?!? I have the USB adaptor that came with the charger/starter kit, but as I work from this computer, I always just charge it here. Well, there goes that. Is nothing sacred??? LOL. Seriously though, thanks for the heads up.
Actually, I can't say for 100% certainty, but it did not seem that this battery had taken an abnormally long amout of time to charge. Our VV 900 mAh ego batteries, actually seem to take longer than the amount of time this one had been on the charger before explosion. The VV are easier to monitor, as the batteries have an LED indicator with bars on the end of them that show how much they are charged, and how much is to go...
Yeah, I knew you weren't going to like hearing that. I'm sorry but you need to know as much as you can about everything related to ecigs. Just get a USB adapter and you will be fine. Make sure it is rated at at least 2 amps. They're cheap.
Ok, all, I am calling it a night...but I look forward to more of your advice/suggestions/comments tomorrow. I'm not trying to flood the page with comments, but it is easier for me to quote and reply to what was posted in a particular thread so that I can keep track of the issues/questions identified. I have found when reading through forum posts, this also helps me understand the flow in the conversation rather than skipping down 3-4 posts and seeing someone respond to a post, without quoting that was posted several comments earlier, and the discussion had since changed some and was on a different thought. Again, it's late for me and ^^^ may not have made any sense whatsoever, but I tried. 
I am not an expert by any means. I do know that each battery type should have it's own charger. I have read that not all ego are created equal and I have a feeling that the charger was not designed for the battery you used. I have seen many battery chargers looks alike but actually not compatible the genuine joye and the fakes are not supposed to share the same charger. I'm sorry this happened to you I had a charger short and fry last night but it was a ultra fire charger for rechargeable batteries but I know the reason for the short.
Typos and grammar is due to my iPhone. My pc isn't working due to the short I had last night. Sorry if this post was hard to read
Typos and grammar is due to my iPhone. My pc isn't working due to the short I had last night. Sorry if this post was hard to read
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I don't think this has been mentioned yet but if you decide to go with a mod, you should have a multimeter and check the voltage when you take the batteries off the charger and know what the max. voltage off the charger should be. Most 3.7v rechargeable batteries for mods come off the charger at around 4.23v. If it's higher than that toss the battery. I would be concerned about the charger too if it over charged. I do this routinely and it's become a habit and simple to do.
Just wanted to hop over to the vendor's site and see what is listed in the description of the batteries we purchased, and they list it as a Joye eGo-T. I am going to copy and paste the description here. These batteries do not have the Joye Tech marking on the end cap as our previous ones did though and only say eGo-T on the side. I did not think anything of it before, but I do now, and will forever! So here's the description...
Joye eGo-T 900mAh Battery (w/5 click function)
[JEGOT900B]
*900mAh Rechargeable Joye eGo-T Manual battery(White LED) 1pc
*5 click on/off type (Great built in pocket protection!!) click button 5 times to deactivate battery, 5 times more to reactivate
Works with any eGo products, not just eGo-T
Size:
*Length:86mm or 3 and 3/8 inches
*Diameter: 14mm
Note:Joye eGo Mega Powered USB Charger is necessary for this battery!
Joye eGo-T 900mAh Battery (w/5 click function)
[JEGOT900B]
*900mAh Rechargeable Joye eGo-T Manual battery(White LED) 1pc
*5 click on/off type (Great built in pocket protection!!) click button 5 times to deactivate battery, 5 times more to reactivate
Works with any eGo products, not just eGo-T
Size:
*Length:86mm or 3 and 3/8 inches
*Diameter: 14mm
Note:Joye eGo Mega Powered USB Charger is necessary for this battery!
Actually it's not the vendors fault. In the past 6 months, I've read a bunch about eGo's failing...not so much exploding like yours did but failing in general. China's quality control has gone down the drain. I have an ego set that is 18 months old and well used. Still run like champs.
madvapes.com sells the 2amp wall adapters...please invest in a couple if you charge more than one battery. Please price check around.
Sorry for derailing your thread earlier about the battery bag but it wouldn't hurt to get yourself one of them also. A little pricey but can save your family and house. Mine is a Lipo-Safe...got if off eBay as they were the cheapest.
madvapes.com sells the 2amp wall adapters...please invest in a couple if you charge more than one battery. Please price check around.
Sorry for derailing your thread earlier about the battery bag but it wouldn't hurt to get yourself one of them also. A little pricey but can save your family and house. Mine is a Lipo-Safe...got if off eBay as they were the cheapest.
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One more note. I looked at the description for the VV eGo, and found it to say this (pasted below), however they do not have any chargers listed that match the description that they say it should charge with. Any advice on this? (please reply with quote).
How to charge:
Screw the battery into an eGo USB charger
Charge it on a USB port of your computer or on a universal AC-USB adapter
*This battery is recommended to charge on its original match 450mA eGo USB charger and can not be fully charged by Joye eGo USB charger.
How to charge:
Screw the battery into an eGo USB charger
Charge it on a USB port of your computer or on a universal AC-USB adapter
*This battery is recommended to charge on its original match 450mA eGo USB charger and can not be fully charged by Joye eGo USB charger.
Hmmm. That note at the bottom is curious. I have an ego charger and an ego-T charger and the output on both are exactly the same but I charge the ego-t on the ego-t charger anyway.
No worries about derailing...I've never heard of a battery bag. I will look into them.
This stands out to me. If you have the same chargers you started with when your three 600 mahs died, and then exploding your replacement, it sounds to me your charger is the culprit for all the issues you've had.
Possible, but more likely the charger that your ego exploded on.
It just seems you have had a very abnormal experience with 3 dead batteries and 1 exploding. Do you know if you charged the ones that died on the charger that blew up your replacement?
By the way, I don't personally own an ego, so I'm just working with my limited knowledge. Hopefully you can figure this out with someone who knows a lot about the technical aspects of the ego. Sorry about your problems, and glad it wasn't even worse!
I think this is a separate issue. She found her cartos to kill her batteries and didn't you say you charged them in yours also? It sounds like the charger was not compatible with the battery you used. Also ego-t logo can be a genuine joye battery. Not all of them say joye on it.
Sorry if my replies sound harsh they are not supposed to be. I am not use to typing on my phone, and wanted to make sure that the compatible charger was not overlooked. When I started vaping I always purchased starter kits when I purchased a different type of battery for safety. I had a 510 then purchased a 510-t and they both used different chargers. It's similar concept to ego and egoT and the vv if I'm not mistaken is not made by joye
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Couple of things here, first off almost every vendor in China calls there Battery an Ego accept for the Riva and a few others that are a bit different in there connections, there are also a few different manufacturers of these type of Batteries. The VV Charger that you are referring to ( 450mA eGo USB charger and can not be fully charged by Joye eGo USB charger ) is made especially for these VV Batts, . So there for I believe you where in fact using the wrong charger for these VV Batteries by using your regular ego charger from your original purchase.
Could you please look at the charger you do have an tell us Exactly what it says on the back of it ? like is it a " Desan " brand name DCV5V 500mAh output DC4.2V 420mAh or is it a no name brand that just says USB Charger DC5V 500mA output DC 4.2V 420mAh ? Do they both have the CE with a house and a square on them ? please describe the charger you have Now, I dont think it is the correct one for your VV Batts and this very well could be your issue at hand.
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