This ever happened to you?

[incantius]

the only problem i've had is when the carto "feels" like it's totally screwed on but it's not. (the XL batt i have had some "burrs" on the threading) i sanded down the burrs and now no prob on the cartos. before i sanded previously i just "eye-balled" the gap between the batt top & the carto bottom and kinda forced it to screw down further & that fixed it. i'm sure that the threading issue could also be on the cartos same as the batts

 

[Morandir835]

So far I've been abel to isolate the issue on Ms. Katydid's problem. I had a harder drawing cool carto of Smilin menthol that worked great on all my king diamonds save the one with the occaisonal sticky switch. After a few whacks on the edge of the desk, got it to work with it.

Jmpublius sir, sadly no progress yet... Have another 14 batts left to try though...

 

[Davo]

I occasionally have this problem with auto batts and it is that the center posts aren't making contact, there's no other explanation. If the LED lights the battery is on but there is just isn't an electrical connection with the carto. On manipulating the center post of batteries, I'm not keen on that. It will allow for an electrical connection but doing so repeatedly eventually breaks the internal connection to the center post and thus renders the battery useless. And that is going to be after the warranty period has expired. If I get a battery with that problem, I'd contact CS for a replacement; I've recently killed 2 batteries for that reason... arggg.

 

[jmpublius]

This is probably gonna sound even more odd, but it may shed some light on what was going on. When my blue batt died this morning, I used my wall charger to charge it. It's been working fine all day.

Yesterday, I used my USB charger to charge said batt. I know it doesn't make much sense, but the only anomaly in the equation is the different chargers.

 

[Morandir835]

That helps sir. I haven't given up on it, but so far can't recreate the situation...

 

[katydid]

Thanks Morandir... a gentle tap on the table did the trick

 

[Morandir835]

No problem Ms. Katydid, glad it worked.

 

[Morandir835]

Jmpublius sir I was finally able to recreate it this morning.... Used a chrome regular manual, drained it completely, put it on the usb charger, and hit the button while it was on the charger a few times.... Caused the light to turn be like it was charged, but when I tried using it, nothing.... Plugged it into the wall charger and let it charge, working like normal again... Only theory, the switch got stuck or was somehow pressed while charging.... Hope this helps sir.

 

[phishtraveler]

jm. I'm getting a similar issue on a white auto battery someone gave me. The battery seems to work perfectly for *one* long drag/pull, then the switch gets stuck on and stays on until it hits the "cutoff" time of 13 seconds (stays on even after the drag is done). Once it hits the cutoff, I get 3 blinks on the LED. Then if I try to drag it again...nothing. no LED, no vapor. I can unscrew the carto and re-attach it after a few seconds and the process starts all over again.

Does this sound anything like what your manual battery is doing? (when you move it to green LED battery you are removing and re-attaching the carto, right?)

 

[jmpublius]

Thanks Morandir, you rock. That sounds like what may have happened, since it seems to be working better now. I'll have to make sure I don't accidentally hit the switch when charging, or just blame it on my wife.

Krazie, I'm not entirely sure what happened, or even how it happened, or if it will happen again. think I went into panic mode cause I only have two batts at the moment. That'll all change this week when I get my new stealth and new black manual.