Vaptio S150 ATC Kit Contest: looking for TC device testers—Part 2 Officially started

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Kaezziel

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did you drain the batteries fully when testing?

I did. I let them run down until the mod wouldn't fire anymore, then plugged in the USB. Popped 'em out after it finished charging and checked the voltages with a Fluke. Readings were 4.18 and 4.16, IIRC.
 
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I did. I let them run down until the mod wouldn't fire anymore, then plugged in the USB. Popped 'em out after it finished charging and checked the voltages with a Fluke. Readings were 4.18 and 4.16, IIRC.
try the same thing after running that cycle multiple times and see if the readings come up the same.
 
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Decided to give the ATC coil one more try today, popped in a fresh pair of married HE4's and nothing, the unit would not start, popped in my second set of married HE4's and nothing again..

Mine is officially a brick/broken..

There is no physical damage to the unit must be something internal...
 
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Decided to give the ATC coil one more try today, popped in a fresh pair of married HE4's and nothing, the unit would not start, popped in my second set of married HE4's and nothing again..

Mine is officially a brick/broken..

There is no physical damage to the unit must be something internal...

Did you put the batteries in backwards? :p
 
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No but I tried them inside out just in case. too bad nice looking mod in the trash :(

That sucks!.

I mentioned backwards, because I installed mine in reverse order one day while
in a sleepy/drowsy stupor.
 
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That sucks!.

I mentioned backwards, because I put mine in reverse order one day while
in a sleepy/drowsy stupor.

I've had some time to think about it and I noticed the last time I used it, I was using it for about an hour on and off and the battery indicator wasn't going down at all, though maybe I was just using less juice because I went from a .2 build to a .3 build but when I switched my batteries to my other mod they were at around 80%, so I'm thinking it fried the previous time I used it and I just didn't notice until I tried it a couple days later...

bummer though I like the looks of it, maybe they should send me a free shipping envelope and I can send it to them to see what caused it, I'd hate for them to send out faulty units..

I'll pull it out of the trash can and try to contact them unless @AlmightyEvan you want to?

I have a feeling it has something to do with the internal charger since our experiences with it are varying...
 
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It ruins batteries?
I don't know about directly ruining batteries, but the internal volt meter/balancer is definitely off with mine. It will display full even if the batteries are down to 4.07 volts, and it charges the batteries unballanced (on mine)...which in time would ruin the batteries by putting much more strain on one of the pair.
 
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I don't know about directly ruining batteries, but the internal volt meter/balancer is definitely off with mine. It will display full even if the batteries are down to 4.07 volts, and it charges the batteries unballanced (on mine)...which in time would ruin the batteries by putting much more strain on one of the pair.

Thanks you guys! I reported it!
 
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I use the S150 with the Smkon Triangle Tank in VW mode. This is that tank that should have come with it.
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