Volt X2 turning on all by itself....

[cindyincocoa]

I have a Volt X2 manual 900 mAh battery. I had it sitting on the table next to me and all of a sudden it turned itself on. I could hear the hiss....had a clearo attached....and the button was lit up. I thought maybe I had layed it down on the button...I had that happen once before. Nope. I picked it up and it was still on...hissing away. I pressed the button and it went off. Thought maybe the button was stuck. It seems fine. I haven't spilled anything on it or in it. I stood it up on end without the clearo attached and it lit up again. If I press the button it goes off but in less than a minute it turns itself on again. Kinda freaking me out now. Just since I have typed this it has gone on about 7 times....yikes!!

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?

 

[CatLady007]

Your batt is malfunctioning. Contact CS (they should be open till noon). Whatever you do, don't put a carto/clearo on it and leave it unattended.

 

[cindyincocoa]

I contacted SI and I am going to send it back. I am trying to wear down the charge before I ship it. Any idea how I can do this safely? I am repeatedly pressing the manual button on and off but this is going to take forever seeing that this battery has almost a full charge.

 

[kia2]

Wow, I've heard of this happening with other batteries of this type, but this is the first with the X2. I'm not sure how you could discharge it completely doing anything different that what you are now, unfortunately. Hopefully someone else can chime in with a suggestion here.

 

[Imagine]

You do not have to send it back... Just let them know I said so ...just dispose of it in a safe way

 

[-Optics-]

You do not have to send it back... Just let them know I said so ...just dispose of it in a safe way

Infinite Cosmic Power!! Imagine you have it!

 

[Wuzznt Me]

Put it in a metal can out in the yard and come back in a few days to see if it's discharged. Whatever you do PLEASE don't put it in the mail.

 

[Uncle]

It Never Fails - Whenever YOU ARE REALLY NEED - There You ARE

You do not have to send it back... Just let them know I said so ...just dispose of it in a safe way

 

[cindyincocoa]

Thanks Imagine. I was really leery of sending it through the mail. I have it outside in an old coffee can. I will let Tom at customer support know.

Thanks again

 

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[rosepetal]

This is so weird! I had the same problem yesterday! It was really freaky and scary at the same time. I sent an email to Customer Service yesterday.

 

[Konstantine]

Relax probably the mosfet has a problem, throw it like a handgrenade to someone you don't like.
Without load the battery won't discharge that fast, but even if you had a load (like a carto, a lamp etc) the asic has a 3.2V cut off voltage so it will stop the potentially dangerous discharge of the battery without damaging itself or the neighbours house or the whole neighbourhood.

 

[cindyincocoa]

I just received an email from Tom at customer support and he said that a new battery is on its way. I am one happy camper. It's really nice to know there are still companies that care about their customers. Thanks again Imagine , Tom and the whole SI crew!

 

[rosepetal]

Relax probably the mosfet has a problem, throw it like a handgrenade to someone you don't like.
Without load the battery won't discharge that fast, but even if you had a load (like a carto, a lamp etc) the asic has a 3.2V cut off voltage so it will stop the potentially dangerous discharge of the battery without damaging itself or the neighbours house or the whole neighbourhood.

Being confined to a wheelchair with a high above the knee amputation and the other leg with a total knee replacement that is having problems, I worry about safety a lot more. I am thankful for SI taking care of this situation for me.

 

[MegaBee]

This made me laugh out loud so hard!!!

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[Xaria]

Had this happen with blue manual 1300 today. At first it would not work at all and now it is just randomly firing. I put in ticket for it on the website.


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[-Optics-]

This actually happend to me briefly today. It was when I was going to plug it in and had the USB cable upside down. The contacts touched the X2's input of it and you could see the button light come on. I've seen that multiple times when the USB is upside down (50/50 chance right?!) So it didn't seem odd to me. The contact causes the light to show so no biggie only this time I heard the hissing of it turning on! I just removed the contact of the cable and pressed the button and it stopped. Plugged it back in the correct way and turned out fine.

Not planning to send it in for a replacement or anything unless it becomes a problem but could just be the contact of the cable when people are going to plug it in that causes it.

 

[Ralikar]

This sounds like an unsafe piece of crap product. Thanks forum! I just came here to look up the X2 but it sounds unsafe and dangerous!! Glad I didn't buy one! TY!

 

[CatLady007]

This sounds like an unsafe piece of crap product. Thanks forum! I just came here to look up the X2 but it sounds unsafe and dangerous!! Glad I didn't buy one! TY!

Bye!
+10tinychar

 

[Konstantine]

Unsafe? Can you tell us how you decided that?