smokymizers killing ego batts. Why?

[erinspeed]

I have lost two 650 mAh eGo batteries die on ce3's. I really liked the flavor, vapor, and all-day quantity of juice. I am okay with the rubber stoppers, but I am mystified as to the cause of the dead batteries. They totally fried the electronics with a burnt smell that a month later still stinks. i saved them because the batteries themselves are probably fine, and might use them in a mod sometime. I have switched to boge's and kangers since then.

Back to the original question: WTH is the deal w/ the ce3's killing eGo batts?

 

[mynameisrob]

What ohm are they?

 

[erinspeed]

I don't remember the exact number, but I was pretty noob when I bought them. I didn't know about LR vs. HR, so I bought whatever was the "mid-range".

 

[erinspeed]

I got them from "MYVaporStore.com" and they replaced batteries and ce3's without any comments. Now I have a box of 2.4 ohm ce3's that I am afraid to use.

 

[sumoman25]

THEY KILL EGO BATTS

Every time, don't use them on egos. I don't know if they'll work with mods or anything, because I haven't tried.

I'm sad, I loved ce3's. But, I love my batts more...

 

[brandondparris]

CE3s were my favorite also. But I have lost 2 1000 mAh eGo batts to them too. I have switched to Kangers now and sadly will not use CE3s anymore...

EDIT: Mine were 2.8 ohm CE3s, so I know that was not the problem.

 

[erinspeed]

Does anyone know why they are ego killers?

 

[Pammers]

I wish I'd known about this weeks ago. I've been using the Smokymizers, also from MyVaporStore, exclusively over the past few months and I'm now sitting here looking at 4 Ego batteries and one Ego passthru that no longer work. I feel really dumb but it never occurred to me that the ce3's were at fault. I'm not sure my batteries can't be revived though. They still charge and light up, but as soon as I put a carto on them they start blinking as if the battery needs charging - which it doesn't. Is there any hope?

 

[erinspeed]

Send all that stuff back to the vendor. I was kinda ...... about the apparent incompatibility issues. myVaporStore exchanged my stuff, no questions asked. I think they know that there is a problem.

 

[Devonmoonshire]

Wow, this is complete news to me. I have been using the smokymizers I got from both Hitliquid and from Discountvapers on my ego batteries for some time now and I have not had a single ego battery die on me or even show any signs of failure. I would really like to know more about this though should they find a root cause of this happening.

Great thread Erinspeed and lets hope someone can figure this out;
Nate aka Darth Vapor

 

[StotheK]

I remember Totally Wicked recalled their first batch of Smokymizers because some of them were found to have a defect that shorted out their version of the eGo. It sounds like there was a short in them somewhere that seemed in particular to blow out the switch in eGo batteries. I don't know how widespread it was, nor if it should happen in the most current batches of the devices.

 

[pyro13g]

Had mine for months. No issues on ego, 510 150MaH, or 5v pass throughs. 2.4 and 2.8 ohm

 

[wfx]

interesting. i'd be interested to know the problem also. microcig must have an idea. ce4 is directed at ego specifically.

 

[hairball]

From what I read about them causing shorts, it's due to the posts on them protruding too far out. You screw it on which presses the center post of your battery in too far causing it to short out. I may be wrong about this but that's what I've read. I've never tried them and don't have a desire to do so because I got tired of the ce2's and all the tinkering so the ce3's didn't appeal to me. I'll stick to my boge and dual coils. Boge for the ego's.

 

[Kelemvor]

i had a 5 pack of CE3 and my eGos blinked sometimes with 3 of them, there were parts of threads between the silicon washer and the positive contact. my eGos survived, the CE3 went into the bin.

 

[Eliteedge_7]

I lost 2 ego batteries as well, caused by a ahort in the ce3. Miss them.... lol now I stick to mods


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[martinc]

So,if its just (hopefully) a center post problem,how about using them with a 510/510 adaptor?

Anyone has a donor batt to try?

510-510 <-- like this

 

[erictho]

i've been using ce3s with my ego 1100mah batteries for a bit over a week now, and i love the bottom coil. i haven't had any issues with them so far, and i'm hoping that i won't encounter any. i really dislike how ce2s has that burning plastic taste, and find the ce3s to be overall more consistent.

 

[brandondparris]

I really, really like the CE3s. I do like my batteries more though. I can say it is the switch going out, not the battery. I dissected both batts I fried, they were several months old and pretty rough looking from carrying them to work. So I figured why not? I already bought back-ups awhile back. The internal batteries both read good on my DMM and the PCB where the switches are mounted are visibly burnt. Funny how a $2 part can ruin a $25 battery, huh?

 

[erinspeed]

So... Is there a way to tell if my new box of ce3's are going to kill by battery? If I knew what to look or test for...