I'm seeing some pretty weird behavior from one of my iStick30s, which I really can't explain, so I thought I would ask the battery experts.
I have 2 iStick30s; one of them works perfectly, no issues of any kind -- though I dropped it twice on ceramic tile the first day I owned it!
The other one... has never been dropped, nor abused in any other way. Mainly it's sat on my counter for some months, as I've been using my CF4s pretty much all the time. But lately I took a notion to use this particular iStick30 -- and found it had discharged almost entirely (though I hadn't been using it at all for quite some time). But I'm aware that batteries can slowly discharge over time, so I didn't think much about it, just plugged it in and let it charge, then used it just for a few test puffs of a new mix. Then it sat there for a couple weeks, not being used... and this morning, I discovered that once again it had discharged almost completely. Again, I plugged it in and let it charge, and it seemed to do that normally, but at this point, my puzzlement has a tinge of concern, because I know this is not normal behavior.
Any ideas of what could be causing this? Any ideas of, is this battery safe to use? At +/- $30, back in April, I won't be crushed if the general opinion is that it's totally fubar and shouldn't be used at all, but I'd just like to know if anyone can help me understand what's going on with it.
thx much!!
Andria
I have 2 iStick30s; one of them works perfectly, no issues of any kind -- though I dropped it twice on ceramic tile the first day I owned it!
The other one... has never been dropped, nor abused in any other way. Mainly it's sat on my counter for some months, as I've been using my CF4s pretty much all the time. But lately I took a notion to use this particular iStick30 -- and found it had discharged almost entirely (though I hadn't been using it at all for quite some time). But I'm aware that batteries can slowly discharge over time, so I didn't think much about it, just plugged it in and let it charge, then used it just for a few test puffs of a new mix. Then it sat there for a couple weeks, not being used... and this morning, I discovered that once again it had discharged almost completely. Again, I plugged it in and let it charge, and it seemed to do that normally, but at this point, my puzzlement has a tinge of concern, because I know this is not normal behavior.
Any ideas of what could be causing this? Any ideas of, is this battery safe to use? At +/- $30, back in April, I won't be crushed if the general opinion is that it's totally fubar and shouldn't be used at all, but I'd just like to know if anyone can help me understand what's going on with it.
thx much!!
Andria