Problem with my Kensington USB Power Pack

[Curtis]

Last night, I was happily vaping away on my Puresmoker Pass with the Kensington. Last I checked I had a full charge, but all of a sudden it went completely dead. I pressed the button and none of the lights lit up. I thought this strange, but plugged it in to charge. Nothing happened for a minute, then the Kensington came to life, with 4 led's lit and one flashing.

This confused me even further, so I took it off the charger and plugged the passthrough back up. It vaped fine for a few minutes then died again. I put it back on the charger and left it until it read a full charge.

I left it alone until this evening, then plugged up the passthrough. Once again it vaped fine for about a half hour then died in the same way. No led's. This time I plugged it into my laptop, and again it came back to life. I tried the passthrough again with the same result. Worked fine for a few minutes and died.

I just bought it two days ago, so I intend on exchanging it tomorrow. I just wanted to post here to see if anyone else has had a similar experience.

 

[framitz]

It is protecting it's self by shutting down. Putting in on charge resets it. Mine has done this, but only when I had a short circuit. It may be defective, but you should double check the pass through to be sure it's not shorting out.

 

[Curtis]

Thanks framitz. I'm noticing that there's some fluid build up between the atty and the connector/adapter. I've cleaned it up and given it another shot. So far it seems to be working okay. Do you think this could be causing the Kensington to go into protect mode?

 

[breakfastchef]

This happens to mine periodically. I agree with framitz that the pack is getting overloaded and just shuts down. It is not a documented feature, but it happens. This is my second KPPP; the first one did it too. Using the KPPP for vaping is significantly more stressing than recharging an mp3 player or cellphone.

 

[framitz]

You got me interested... so... I just checked the resistance of e-juice and am surprised by the results!

I placed 2 drops on the bottom of a pill bottle in the little well and measured the resistance with my probes about 8mm apart. The resistance varied between 9 and 80 ohms, which might be low enough to bring it to overload. The atty alone is usually around 3.5 ohms, so it shouldn't make that much difference, but the little bit of heat might decrease the resistance further.

Before actually testing it I was asuming I would see around 500 ohms.

Please let us know if it keeps happening.

 

[Curtis]

Will do, framitz. Cleaning up the liquid seems to have solved the problem. We'll see how it goes.

Thanks to whomever moved this thread to the tech issues forum. My apologies for not starting it there.

 

[Curtis]

So far, so good. As long as I keep the connections clean and liquid free, the Kensington works just fine. Thanks again folks.

 

[quovadis]

Last night, I was happily vaping away on my Puresmoker Pass with the Kensington. Last I checked I had a full charge, but all of a sudden it went completely dead. I pressed the button and none of the lights lit up. I thought this strange, but plugged it in to charge. Nothing happened for a minute, then the Kensington came to life, with 4 led's lit and one flashing.

This confused me even further, so I took it off the charger and plugged the passthrough back up. It vaped fine for a few minutes then died again. I put it back on the charger and left it until it read a full charge.

I left it alone until this evening, then plugged up the passthrough. Once again it vaped fine for about a half hour then died in the same way. No led's. This time I plugged it into my laptop, and again it came back to life. I tried the passthrough again with the same result. Worked fine for a few minutes and died.

I just bought it two days ago, so I intend on exchanging it tomorrow. I just wanted to post here to see if anyone else has had a similar experience.

SAME IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH MINE.
GRRR !!! these prodigy issues are starting to overwhelm me.
Other than that the Pass through works great...

 

[quovadis]

Actually
i tried the Kensington last night with the prodigy PT and 10 different 801 atty's.
Some atty's simply make the kensington trip and some do not.
The janty kissbox titanium atty made the kensington trip every time.

 

[Gibby]

Hmm, thats interesting. It was about the time i switched atty's that my kensington stopped working, dang. I probably threw it away for nothing. haha.

Oh well, i need a better solution anyway. Anyone got any ideas?

 

[rfw2003]

The issue wouldn't be more resistance it would be a lower resistance seen at the atty to cause the Kensington to go into protection mode. The main issue is, it's barely able to handle the output as it is, since the max output is 1.5 amps. at 3.2ohms which from what I've read is the nominal resistance of most atty's and at 5 volts, the atty is wanting to draw 1.5625 amps so if the resistance of the atty is lower then 3.2 ohms it's definatly going to be drawing more current and causing it to go into protection mode and shut down.

R.F.

 

[Vapinginmyboots]

Last night, I was happily vaping away on my Puresmoker Pass with the Kensington. Last I checked I had a full charge, but all of a sudden it went completely dead. I pressed the button and none of the lights lit up. I thought this strange, but plugged it in to charge. Nothing happened for a minute, then the Kensington came to life, with 4 led's lit and one flashing.

This confused me even further, so I took it off the charger and plugged the passthrough back up. It vaped fine for a few minutes then died again. I put it back on the charger and left it until it read a full charge.

I left it alone until this evening, then plugged up the passthrough. Once again it vaped fine for about a half hour then died in the same way. No led's. This time I plugged it into my laptop, and again it came back to life. I tried the passthrough again with the same result. Worked fine for a few minutes and died.

I just bought it two days ago, so I intend on exchanging it tomorrow. I just wanted to post here to see if anyone else has had a similar experience.

Im having a very similar experience, starting 2night. The kensington with Puresmoker PS just "freezes" up on me sometimes, randomly. I push the button, no lights at all. I plug it into the charger to charge, even for 1 second, it unfreezes it. I have not had this problem before with the Kensington. I Hope this issue doesnt kill the powerpack. I was just about to start a post on this but found this one instead

 

[Mikie Likes It]

Does anybody know, besides the protection mode, does the Kensington Power Pack have a kill switch, where it shuts down if not used for 15-20 minutes?

I have an APC and it is really annoying having to keep pulling up the pack and resetting it every 15 minutes.