Old Goat Mods 5 volt illuminated bottomfeeder sale

[Pneathery]

That sucks man!

BTW, you mention you talked to others and they said protected batteries would have done the same thing. I thought that the protection circuit is supposed to prevent a high drain situation if there were a short, at least that's my understanding.

Which part of the mod fried if you don't mind my asking...and was your battery that you were using still ok?

Good luck with all this!

ice

Well the type of battery is used caused a high drain instantly, a protected battery still would have caused the same problem. There was a short in the mod somewhere. So as soon as electricity was applied something went zap. Its just that mine did a far better job of frying the mod then the other one would have. It was like the positive and negative terminals were connected together, that would cause a problem no matter what was hooked up to it (I don't know where or what the short is/was I don't have any way to test it)
All I know about where it is broken, is when I put a battery in it, and a carto, and push the button nothing happens. Nothing ever happened. It never worked.
When I first turned the switch from off to on, there was a green led that lit up, after I pushed the button, the green light never lit up again. I tried three different batteries, all of them same thing, it doesn't work. I'm currently using the carto in my ego, so it isn't the carto. I think the battery is still ok, but I won't know till I put it in the REO Grand that I'm now going to buy. I now know that it is worth the difference to buy a mod that doesn't even have one piece of soldier in it, nothing to go wrong anywhere. That's what I'm going to save my money and do, I just wish that these people would make this right. Either fix the mod that they sent me, replace it, or refund me my money.
They sent me a mod that didn't work once.

 

[Dee74]

Ok, I just today received my big box mod and glad I read this first as I too have AW IMR 18650 batts and are what I use in all my large batt mods. So this should not be used in OG mod?? Would hate to just toss the $$ so what batt do we use, specifically with a link to one if possible please.

 

[silentt]

Glad i read this. This type of customer service is disgusting. Spend wisely.

 

[icemanx3]

Glad i read this. This type of customer service is disgusting. Spend wisely.

I'm thinking we should all refrain from commenting until old goat gets this mod back and figures out the root cause. There are many variables within a mod, any of which could be the issue.

My opinion.

ice

 

[Pneathery]

I'm thinking we should all refrain from commenting until old goat gets this mod back and figures out the root cause. There are many variables within a mod, any of which could be the issue.

My opinion.

ice

I don't think you understand. He won't take it back, he didn't ask to see it, he won't help me in any way. I told him what happened when I pushed the button to VAPE, and he blamed it on the batteries, and told me that all he is willing to do is give me a discount on another mod. He didnt even offer to troubleshoot it via email.

 

[Rosco]

Then wait for your response from ECF Mod's and refrain from continuing here. It's getting you nowhere.

 

[dokebilee]

Then wait for your response from ECF Mod's and refrain from continuing here. It's getting you nowhere.

I believe Pneathery has the right to back up and clarify his claims, so I wouldn't say that it's getting him "nowhere."

 

[Rosco]

Seems very clear to me.

 

[sheryder]

Unnecessary post....

 

[silentt]

If this is resolved it would be great and I might reconsider purchasing a mod. However how this was handled I probably will remove it from my bookmarks. Also i will comment as i want in this situation, you can opt out if you please. (as polite as can be)

 

[gramakittycat]

I don't think you understand. He won't take it back, he didn't ask to see it, he won't help me in any way. I told him what happened when I pushed the button to VAPE, and he blamed it on the batteries, and told me that all he is willing to do is give me a discount on another mod. He didnt even offer to troubleshoot it via email.

Just reading this and the thread over on Reo and have to share my IMR high drain battery incident .I too had a battery "meltdown" a short time back and it was an IMR from the same company you got your batteries from.Luckily i did'nt get injured and it was only that the mod I had put it in I was holding at the time(NOT one of old goats mods). I was able to remove it quickly enough. You said you have no multimeter("no way to test") In my case the mod worked as it should afterwards when I put a different battery in it but the BATTERY was toast. Have you considered that you have a bad battery?. Just a word of caution to everyone these IMR batteries do indeed get hot FAST and get hot enough to melt plastic .In fact I could observe the plastic battery covering melting it stayed hot for several moments after taking it out. Like I said the mod I had was working fine before and after with a different battery but I wont use IMR's ever again! You may have left it in to long thus causing more damage inside ,Like I said I was just lucky to notice quick enough to avoiddamage to the mod! I am sorry you had this happen but considering what I had happen It very well could be from using the IMR battery and not any fault in the mod.I think I would look at all angles of possibility before putting blame on a possible short in a mod rather than a defective battery.JMHO Sue aka gramakittycat

 

[Rosco]

I remember that incident Sue. A thread on Reo too....sheesh. It's amazing how the reason has positively been deduced.
I never wanted any high drain battery, nor any pv that required them, because this certainly is not the first, second, or third time things like this have happened.

Still glad you were so lucky too, cuz we all need gramakittycat here.

 

[sheryder]

Deleted due to redundancy.

 

[Mudflap]

AW IMR batteries are awesome. I'd tell you exactly why, if I actually knew. I know just enough about electricity to (hopefully) not electrocute myself someday.

 

[gramakittycat]

Dee, there are many venders that sell protected batteries both here on the forum and on line.With so much of overseas knockoffs being sold cheaply its tempting to save but you run the risk also of getting defective and /or counterfit products.In general I'm comfortable with purchasing from forum suppliers and I would check around as some are a bit less costly than others.

 

[oldgoat]

If you go back and re read the post you linked, I followed what they recomended. I used safe chemistry batteries, otherwise known as aw imr, batteries.
It says to use protected batteries, OR...........
What it lists as the r is the type of battery I am using, that whole post talks about the release of chemicals, or the batteries actually exploding, not the batteries working as designed.
The mod that I received had a short in it when it arrived. He even admitted that in two posts now.
I followed the advice I had received on the forum regarding what batteries to use, thanks for linking to that though. It says what I have been saying.

I am so sick of Pneathery's saying I said the mod had a short..in no way did I say it had a short...what I said was there was a short...which could have been in the cartamizer he was using...If he was useing protected batteries which I recommend this would have not have happened.



We test every mod before they are shipped to the customers.

 

[oldgoat]

Glad i read this. This type of customer service is disgusting. Spend wisely.

I don't know you and you have no right talking about my customer service unless you have talked with all the customers who are very satisfied with the service that I have provided them...I am not responsible for one person melting a mod when it is plainly stated through out my web page that you need to use protected batteries.

Old Goat Ron

 

[oldgoat]

My reply to all of this...If he wants to send the mod back I will take a look at it and try to find out what caused the problem, but it will be hard because of the extensive damage done that he has described.

I would like to say again this would not have happened if he was using a protected battery...the battery will kick off just like the circuit breaker in your home if the is any kind of short. Not only in the mod, but in the battery, atomizer, or cartomizer.

I feel bad about what has happened and feel I have provided good customer service to everyone...what I offered was a discount on a replacement...he never even inquired about how much I was going to charge.

People that know me know I would have replaced it very reasonable, the cost of parts...but I feel I did not have to take total responsibility for using unprotected batteries.

I again would like to state that the website clearly stated what battery each mod uses and they are all protected, I also mentioned in a p/m to him that the use of unprotected batteries is at his own risk when talking about the cr123 3 volt battery.

I hope this helps clear the muddied waters stirred up here tonight.

Thanks Ron Old Goat

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[Dee74]

Dee, there are many venders that sell protected batteries both here on the forum and on line.With so much of overseas knockoffs being sold cheaply its tempting to save but you run the risk also of getting defective and /or counterfit products.In general I'm comfortable with purchasing from forum suppliers and I would check around as some are a bit less costly than others.

Have bought all my batts at Lighthound, so far so good. I don't know enough about the different types either just show me what i am supposed to get and I will be fine!

 

[Rosco]

Do some research and see if aw imr 18650 is a protected battery(these are red label) or if it is not a protected battery.
Do not confuse these with aw batteries. What was used was -- aw imr 18650. Protected or not?