Unsure of riva batt prob

[DaDuke]

I got my riva about 6 weeks ago. There were several faulty components that were doa or failed within 24hrs. They were replaced and have had no probs since with the exception of the atty's whcih would fail within a week or so and most generally had a bad taste and didn't seem to wick well.

I decided to try a 901 atty on them so ordered a 510 batt to 901 atty adapter. A few hours of usage later and the vapor production dwindled. I switched back a 510 atty and same low vapor production. When one of the batts needed charging it wouldn't turn the light red. I also noticed that the batt light would come on when i depressed the button even though it wasn't hooked to a charger.

The other batt started activating the atty without the button being pressed and without the batt light coming on. I quickly inscrewed it. After careful examination with a magnifying glass of both batts i could not see anything inside the threaded contact area that might cause a short. I always wipe dry both the batt and charger or atty every time i charge a batt or hook it to an atty. I'm actually pretty obsessive about that. I did however forget to wipe down the new 510-901 adapter prior to use but didn't see anything on it afterwards.

I have a new ego clone on the way but before i try it out i want to try and prevent blowing those batts out too... not rich. Keeping in mind that the batts didn't completely fail til after they worked on the 510 atty what would be the most likely cause? I'm also unsure if it's just a bad batch because the items seemed to be poor quality due to my initial experience with them although both going out on the same day after 6 weeks of use seems to be too coiincidental.

The 510-901 adapter, the 901 atty or the 510 atty? Also, what would cause this from any of the suspects? As stated i didn't see anything that could cause a short like metal shavings or anything for that matter. I'll have to read up on how to test these things to help prevent future problems. Just seems a like a lot of work to have to test everything several times a day to try and catch an atty that suddenly wants to short your batts (if that's even the problem).

Edit: Ps- I remember that the atty flooded with the adapter on and i took it aprt to wipe it all down. Was thinking that maybe that could've caused the short. Whatcha think?

 

[fly poster]

I got my riva about 6 weeks ago. There were several faulty components that were doa or failed within 24hrs. They were replaced and have had no probs since with the exception of the atty's whcih would fail within a week or so and most generally had a bad taste and didn't seem to wick well.

I decided to try a 901 atty on them so ordered a 510 batt to 901 atty adapter. A few hours of usage later and the vapor production dwindled. I switched back a 510 atty and same low vapor production. When one of the batts needed charging it wouldn't turn the light red. I also noticed that the batt light would come on when i depressed the button even though it wasn't hooked to a charger.

The other batt started activating the atty without the button being pressed and without the batt light coming on. I quickly inscrewed it. After careful examination with a magnifying glass of both batts i could not see anything inside the threaded contact area that might cause a short. I always wipe dry both the batt and charger or atty every time i charge a batt or hook it to an atty. I'm actually pretty obsessive about that. I did however forget to wipe down the new 510-901 adapter prior to use but didn't see anything on it afterwards.

I have a new ego clone on the way but before i try it out i want to try and prevent blowing those batts out too... not rich. Keeping in mind that the batts didn't completely fail til after they worked on the 510 atty what would be the most likely cause? I'm also unsure if it's just a bad batch because the items seemed to be poor quality due to my initial experience with them although both going out on the same day after 6 weeks of use seems to be too coiincidental.

The 510-901 adapter, the 901 atty or the 510 atty? Also, what would cause this from any of the suspects? As stated i didn't see anything that could cause a short like metal shavings or anything for that matter. I'll have to read up on how to test these things to help prevent future problems. Just seems a like a lot of work to have to test everything several times a day to try and catch an atty that suddenly wants to short your batts (if that's even the problem).

Edit: Ps- I remember that the atty flooded with the adapter on and i took it aprt to wipe it all down. Was thinking that maybe that could've caused the short. Whatcha think?

O.K, finally figured out the problem with Riva batteries, took some figuring out, 4 batteries of mine have all failed in sucession. Look in the top of the battery, you see the bit that looks like a slotted screw? well the atomiser pushes down on this, so that after a few charges it cannot reach the connect in the charger. It's a simple design fault. I suspected that, so I measured the distance from the edge, to the inner bit on an unused battery, verses a bust one, a fraction of differnce, but enough, then I took apart my charger, and very carfully used the wires to connect to the middle and the edge, it began to charge. I soldered back together my charger, then using a match head, prised up the slotted bit in the battery, plugged it in. and it charges. dunno about your atty problem though. hope that helps.

Continuiung to do this rather annoying proceedure with batteries that won't turn the light red on the charger, eventually ruins the battery. Makers of Ria! sort it out. A suggestion would be to lighty as possible screw in your atty, until it just connects.

 

[DaDuke]

One is definitely fried. It smells bad. The other the light comes on when you push the button even if no atty is connected even though i cant see anything making a short between threads and center post on the batt.

 

[Abe]

Cheers DaDuke, I've added your findings to my list of Riva battery/charger fun knowledge!