the spiteful Hand of god....

[centurian]

OK so this story begins yesterday.
Just getting to work, geared up with two freshly charged batteries , four freshly filled carts and two freshly cleaned out and primed atomizers. enough to last that six hour shift. and hour drive.
so as i am getting settled, puffing away, something happens... oh no.... the atomizer went cold. dont really think anything of it, this atomizer had been about 2 months old... surprised ive had it that long... so i switch it out with my other.. thinking oh this sucks to have just one all day... but oh well... get everything all together and go to take a puff... oh no.... this ones cold too....
so switch out the batteries,... this will work im saying... oh no...the atomizers must be dead!
ok i say. only 6 hours plus the half hour drive to get home to my spares.
so after that painful day of no vape i get home and eagerly get to my stash of 5 new atomizers....
prime it up, put a cart on and ...
oh no...
dead...
the next...
dead
and so on.
Dead Dead Dead!!
Well WTF??! im yelling. all five fraking atomizers dead??
neither my manual battery or white auto battery are firing them up... these were charged for at least eight hours....
so
i find my other auto i had that wasnt behaving and threw an atomizer on it... it worked... slightly...
so i throw that on the charger...
and wait... four Fn hours.
yes that is now about ten hours with no vape.
couldnt even think straight.
and yes.
had an analog.

ok now. after four hours i go to try the auto battery that had fired the atomizers up a little... and now..... wait for it...
NOTHING.
DEAD DEAD DEAD!
so im guessing that this could either be that
A.) all seven of these atomizers died simultaneously.
B.) the batteries are dead
C.) the charger is broken
D.) god hates me

im resting on answer D. but it is more than likely B or C. curious what you guys might think is the culprit.
thankfully im being hooked up with two new batteries and a new charger so ill be able to see what is actually wrong... but that wont be here till wednesday. 8-o
dammit.

and the real ball kicker of this story is, i have two new kits on order just so i would have a ton of spares and back ups laying around just in case this happened...
but they wont be here till friday or saturday.
so yes. OF COURSE this happened BEFORE i got them.

any thoughts?

oh BTW im using a 510 Yeti....

...

had the 901 as a backup but thought i was being clever and sold it to buy the two new kits.... ugh.

and yes i know i have to rest that fraking counter.

 

[Doc]

charger.....and god

 

[chingachgook]

What kind of e-cig? I had something similar to that happen to me, but I found that some kind of film (probably excess liquid) had been forming on the connection between the battery and the atomizer and fouling the connection. I was essentially carrying the film from one part to the next, in succession, as I tried all my puzzle pieces with the next thing that didn't work. To resolve, I gave each a thorough wipedown on the connection surface with a clean cloth and a little rubbing alcohol and they were all as good as new. If that doesn't work, I would tend to think you're probably looking at C being the most likely problem

 

[centurian]

yeah i wipped everything suuuper clean with alcohol... using a 510.
i do have new batteries and a new charger on the way to see what the problem is... but like i said wont be here till wednesday

 

[gnsmith]

charger.....

 

[ccure]

Well, I think you can try this:

I have a power supply (input 110 - output 4.5v/500mA). What I do, is similar to a cleaning process that was described in this forum somewhere.

I connect the atty directly to the power supply. If the atty is working it will Hizzz and get red and hot. As a matter of facts, I do vape that way from time to time. Just drip a couple of drops, put the empty cart and drag! A lot of Vapor!

Try it! Maybe your attys are not dead after all.

 

[AGNES PEACOCK]

Hello Centurian:

Sorry to hear of your flustration. Just one of the trials with vaping it seems, as it is just a matter of time before it happens to everyone. This is probably the biggest motivator that has most of us with an arsenal of different models in our kit. You need to just go through the process if elimination with each part to find the problem.

Throwing up my hands up a few times motivated me to just buy 2 screwdrivers and pack them around with me in my day pack, along with a couple of tested atomizers, charged batteries and liquid (just in case). I just love the screwdriver and have found it to be the most trouble free so far. (never have had to use the 2nd one so far). The batteries last me over a day and I just love that. Yes I have other models that I use at home and out on a short jaunt. The screwdriver just saves me time, money and flustration, and not to mention alot of stressssss

Hope you get it all worked out soon and are able to return to your daily routine soon. I would suggest you pretest your extra atomizers and batteries from time to time if not the night before, when you know you will not be able to easily return home for more.

Hope you are easily able to work out another plan of action for your daily vaping and schedule. I'm wishing good luck to you, and better days.

 

[booboo]

d is usually my first theory, lol!

 

[centurian]

thanks for all the response.... a friend of mine had a SE so im using that temporarily....go these suck... but yeah ill have the replacement chargers and batteries soon. dont think its the atomizers... but you never know...
ccure- i tried putting the atty to the charger no go. although i am thinking the charger may be bust...
reason i don think its the attys, is i have an njoy npor battery and if i hold the 510 atomizer tight enough and take a good draw it does produce a little vapor and fires the attys (all 7) up

 

[breakfastchef]

So much mayham in one day is insufferable. It would be way against all odds to have all of your atomizers die simultaneously.

A multimeter (cheap ones can be had at WalMart) can help you track down the problem if you are so motivated. You can check the atomizers for continuity and the batteries and charger for proper voltages. I am thinking the charger might be the problem.

 

[centurian]

thats what im thinking too breakfast.... friend has avoltometer gonna borrow it.
should have a new charger and some batteries on wednesday... so... until then my friend also gave meback my first kit a smoking everywhere.. so im vapin again... not happily though ... meh