Something is wrong with my BuzzPro

[minx]

Something is wrong with my BP, it is tripping the protection no matter what atty or carto I put on it (all checked before trying and meter around 3 ohm). When I check my voltage on my Buzz w/ my little meter it is measuring as it should from 3.4 - 5.6. I changed batteries and gave it another shot (batteries checked on meter before inserting), I got about 4 puffs and it tripped the protection, I pulled the batteries and rechecked them on my meter, one had drained the other was still full. I put a new set of batteries in, and again the protection tripped. I haven't emailed Mike yet, was hoping me may see this, or someone may know what is wrong. Is this something an alcohol bath will help? or is something really wrong here.

 

[BuzzKill]

It sounds like the batteries are not charging , you might have a bad charger ??

check the voltage on the charger contacts they should read 4.2 volts

 

[minx]

Hmm ok I checked my chargers, my little ultrafire one that I got when I ordered my BP measures in at 5v not 4.2v this bad?
I also checked my other charger that I can charge different size batteries in, it has 4 slots, 2 of them are reading too low, so this may be the culprit. So just so I understand this, even though the batteries I had in there were metered at 4.2 v prior to putting them in my BP, they may not have been charged right?
<sigh> Why oh why did I take home ec. in school and not something like shop, where I may have learned something about ohms and volts and .....
I did put another pair of batts. in and seems ok now... I suppose I may have charged the other 2 sets in the bad charger.
Thanks for the fast reply Mike! Hopefully this is what the problem was.

 

[BuzzKill]

Sounds like it Minx . let us know if you have any other issues

 

[minx]

So far so good, and thanks again Mike.

 

[FranC]

Fingers crossed for ya Minx.

 

[minx]

Thanks Fran, so far it's back to normal. I'm recharging all my batteries seeing I found a bad charger. Figures it was the one I bought that accommodates all my different sizes. I'd rather reorder a charger and some new batteries than send the BP in for a checkup.

 

[FranC]

You got that right!!