Weird opperating issue 2x18350's

[daveymist]

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and take my battery's off the charger and install them. The screen will not flash and I cant turn on the device. I can unstack the battery's and it works fine with either one. I can switch back and forth till it starts to work stacked. Once I got fed up and left the battery's stacked and put it on the desk, about 3-4 min later i noticed out of the corner of my eye the screen flashed and it worked normal. Well earlier this evening my mod fell over on the table (from standing up to laying down) and wouldn't fire or turn on. It would work with one battery but not stacked. I fiddled and fiddled with it then about gave up till I got a crazy idea in my head. I took the battery's out unscrewed the atty then installed the battery's VOLA!! it worked! I've only tried it one time so I don't know if that will work around the issue I have been having. I cant remember if the times i didn't have the problem if the atty was on or off when I installed the battery's. To make things harder to troubleshoot it works fine after it starts working. Maybe the battery's have to be out for a while I guess.

 

[zapped]

Perhaps its fates way of telling you not to stack batteries?

 

[kiwivap]

Hi Davey. its not recommended to use batteries straight off the charger.

Rest batteries after charging
One commonly-reported factor in almost all the incidents we hear of where batteries failed violently while in use is that they were taken directly off the charger and then used immediately, at which point they failed.

Because of this, we think it may be a good idea to rest batteries after charging them. This advice will not be found in the usual 'reference bibles' on batteries, but we see more and different reports than others. Therefore we now advise:

Do not use batteries directly after charging them. Use a battery or batteries you previously charged, and that have rested for several hours. This is especially important if using a stacked pair for higher voltage, as statistically the risk is far higher.

From here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecf-library/129569-rechargeable-batteries.html

Also, you didn't say what kind of batteries you are using. They should be IMRs.

 

[daveymist]

Oops sry yes I am using IMR's.

 

[unloaded]

They could be a bit over charged coming straight off the charger, it might be some kind of over voltage protection preventing it from powering up. I've seen specs for for low voltage cutoff but not sure what they are for top end.