OEM EGO battery not lasting long

[Walleye05]

My EGO is only like a week or so old and yesterday I noticed that the battery cuts off at 6-7 seconds after freshly charged overnight. Same thing this morning. Gets shorter and shorter everyday and does not last all day like usual anymore.

Is there a specfic way to charge this for longevity? Because i know for some batteries like for phones or remote control cars, its best to drain til dead then charge full. I'm not sure what battery is in the EGO. I know Its different for lithium batteries, they can only be drained to a certain level then recharged.

Any suggestions?

 

[Morandir835]

Walleye (sir or Ms.?) few questions-

How are you charging it, slim line or via another charger?
Are you sure the post is making good contact with the charger?
When you say it cuts off at 6-7 seconds as in it needs to be recharged at that point, or it just keeps flashing? The cut off on these usually is in the 8-12 second range, so at 7 seconds could be the cut off kicking in.

No ecig battery the market benefits from a full discharge (certain mod batteries can benefit, but they are not lithium based cells, just like almost every cell phone uses lithium based batts which means they too fall under the same rules). Lithium-ion batts no matter what the chemistry do better not being fully drained, though since the batt is only a week old do not even think deep cycling comes into play on this one...

 

[K9Luvr]

Walleye, I'd contact CS and speak with them. Sounds like you got a dud.

 

[Walleye05]

Walleye (sir or Ms.?) few questions-

How are you charging it, slim line or via another charger?
Are you sure the post is making good contact with the charger?
When you say it cuts off at 6-7 seconds as in it needs to be recharged at that point, or it just keeps flashing? The cut off on these usually is in the 8-12 second range, so at 7 seconds could be the cut off kicking in.

No ecig battery the market benefits from a full discharge (certain mod batteries can benefit, but they are not lithium based cells, just like almost every cell phone uses lithium based batts which means they too fall under the same rules). Lithium-ion batts no matter what the chemistry do better not being fully drained, though since the batt is only a week old do not even think deep cycling comes into play on this one...

Its a Sir

I am using the black slim line charger that came with the EGO kit. both contacts are clean.
What I mean is that when i take a draw, It will only let me hold the button for 6-7 seconds fully charged then blinks. So i can't get full long draws like I used to when it was brand new.

 

[Morandir835]

What carto are you using on it, specifically what ohm sir? Have a theory....

 

[BHam]

Walleye. Like K9 said feel free to PM me because I haven't run into this issue. If Morandir's fix doesn't work for you I'll handle it.

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[Walleye05]

What carto are you using on it, specifically what ohm sir? Have a theory....

the mega EGO carto from V4L

theyre 1.5ohms dual coil

 

[Morandir835]

Have you tried a cool cart, wow carto, or a different carto on it sir?

 

[SnowDragon]

+1 Morandir...thinking the same thing...might be a 1.4X thing.

I'm also thinking that it might not have had a good contact with the recharger post. Basically it might be an issue combination vaping on a drained batt.

 

[Walleye05]

Have you tried a cool cart, wow carto, or a different carto on it sir?

Yes still same 6-7 seconds with a blank cool cart filled with my juice(100%vg)

 

[Walleye05]

+1 Morandir...thinking the same thing...might be a 1.4X thing.

I'm also thinking that it might not have had a good contact with the recharger post. Basically it might be an issue combination vaping on a drained batt.

How would I ensure it is having proper contact? I clean both contacts yesterday before I went to bed. I turn it until the button light flashes, then I stop there.

 

[Morandir835]

Well that shoots down that theory, though brings up another. Would contact BHam or cs, have a feeling it's one of three things......

 

[SnowDragon]

How would I ensure it is having proper contact? I clean both contacts yesterday before I went to bed. I turn it until the button light flashes, then I stop there.

I just got one of the logo'd Ego batteries and got a false positive on the charge. I initially screwed it in, then attached the charger to a socket and the charger went from no LED to a red LED as it should. After 5 hours I went to check on the battery, it was still charging, so I backed the battery out of the charger, after turning it a half turn out the LED changed to green. Gave it another half turn back in and the LED changed from green to red.

That being said, I am the first one to advise others not to crank a battery onto a charger. A cartomizer might be rated at 1.5 ohms, however there is a reason for the .2 +/- variance because the 1.5 Ohm rating is actually a range. So if your 1.5 Ohm Mega Carto is actually 1.49992 it might not trip the circuit protection initially, hence you get a quicker cut-off than 8-12 seconds.

This is why Morandir asked if the cut-off time seems any longer using a standard single Wow (2.2) or Cool (3.3 Ohm) cartomizer. If the cut-off time is longer using a different carto, then it is an issue with your Mega carto. If not than the only alternative can be issue in the switch and you would need to contact CS.

 

[BHam]

Walleye, I PMed you earlier this morning regarding your issue.