Ok so last night my e cigg isnt holding a charge. I did what Saw said and that was to soak it in rubbing alchol. Still nothing. Any way to try to save it?
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I hope it was a manual you soaked. How long did you leave it on the charger? Sometimes it turns green right away but if you leave it there it will turn red after 5 minutes or so.
No it was an auto... Its charging now, the batt is lighting up. but still not producing vape and ty for the link
Well its like I said charging and lighting up now. I just gotta try to see if it will actually start producing vapor.
Make sure that the center post in the battery isn't depressed. When that happens, it won't make contact with your charger. I have a wall charger that sometimes refuses to cooperate with some of my batteries. Sometimes it needs another turn, sometimes it just won't do it. But all my batteries always work with my USB charger. Good luck, Kiddo.
Ok update: blinking when going on charger, Been on for 20 minutes and not producing vape. When its taken off the charger its sometimes glowing red for 5 seconds then blinks, when I throw a carto on and inhale it doesnt light up
Going to work Ill check posts on my fone
Going to work Ill check posts on my fone
I learned from Adrenalynn that you can safely immerse it in alcohol for about 15 min, but not too deep, about 1/4". Just above the thread, below the top of V4L logo is your safe zone. Now, if you soaked the whole battery, you're probably in trouble. Let it dry, give it a gentle blow through, and pray.
Ok update: cig on charger blinks normal times when i take it off it stays lit for 5-7 seconds, I took it off and I inhaled and it doesnt light up. Im going to work so I will check posts on my fone or when i get home
I did it with a half of a full shot glass. and Saw said to do it over night.
I concur with Katya's description.
But 20mins isn't enough time to put any kind of charge on it. Not having the power to drive a carto but lighting up the LED is a pretty telling symptom.
Your impatience is doing nothing but destroying the battery forever.
Put it on the charger, walk away, come back in four or five hours and try again.
If the LED doesn't flash, LEAVE IT ALONE. When your back is turned twenty or thirty minutes later it will probably have rested long enough to come up to an acceptable charge level. The LED will quietly flash a few times and then start charging. At just 20mins in to a very dead battery, you've probably put something very close to zero charge on it. You keep putzing with it like that and it's going to drive it far below safe charge and it won't recover to the point where it can even be charged.
[edit since you were posting] And half full is faaaaaaar too much.
But 20mins isn't enough time to put any kind of charge on it. Not having the power to drive a carto but lighting up the LED is a pretty telling symptom.
Your impatience is doing nothing but destroying the battery forever.
Put it on the charger, walk away, come back in four or five hours and try again.
If the LED doesn't flash, LEAVE IT ALONE. When your back is turned twenty or thirty minutes later it will probably have rested long enough to come up to an acceptable charge level. The LED will quietly flash a few times and then start charging. At just 20mins in to a very dead battery, you've probably put something very close to zero charge on it. You keep putzing with it like that and it's going to drive it far below safe charge and it won't recover to the point where it can even be charged.
[edit since you were posting] And half full is faaaaaaar too much.
Yeah, but "half empty is faaaaaar to far from empty" just doesn't read as well. 
Since it was placed so deeply into the alcohol, you ultimately may have to set the battery aside in the open air and not connected to the charger. Allow some time for any residual alcohol to evaporate. How long will this take? I don't know, as I've never done this to a battery. Alcohol evaporates rather quickly, but if the alcohol is way down deep in the battery, it might take some significant time. You might also try standing the battery on the thread end to let any remaining juice / alcohol / other moisture drain.
Doing a "thermometer shake" on the battery might also help to remove any moisture from inside. I think the patience factor may be the big issue here. Wait for it to dry out completely and wait for it to charge up completely. Start eliminating possible issues that way.
Doing a "thermometer shake" on the battery might also help to remove any moisture from inside. I think the patience factor may be the big issue here. Wait for it to dry out completely and wait for it to charge up completely. Start eliminating possible issues that way.
I think most claim to be half full type of people when in fact they are really half emptyers.
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