What is it with faulty batteries of late

[Trilly]

As the title suggests, is there problems with batteries of late or am I just having a run of bad luck?

I have KR808's and eGo's, never had any problems other than one that was DOA. Well, as always I never leave them unattended when charging and am thankful of that, put one of the 808's on charge this morning, since its a new one this will be its 10th or so time, as always I have cleaned the charger and battery connection first, went back less than 20 minutes later and the battery is red hot, I mean, too hot to touch, I pulled it from the mains (And yes I was using the chargers that were supplied with the battery) and have left it on a plate to cool (and away from anything ignitable).

I've stopped using the eGo's recently since they are starting to run a little warm but I suspect they just need replacing.

I told DH when he called after I unplugged it and he wasn't happy at all but has never been a fan of things with internal batteries. I've also never seen anything on here about this problem with 808's, reat about eGo style batteries going (some rather spectacularly). Just put me a little on edge.

 

[Malduk]

Its the nature of the beast. Toss and replace.

 

[DaveP]

The charger always becomes suspect when something like that happens. Chances are it's just a bad battery, but keep a close watch on the next one you put on that charger.

 

[Trilly]

I tend to buy kits (have extra chargers then along with cartos and what not) so won't risk that charger again anyhow.

As I said, just a little unnerving

 

[DaveP]

I don't know how the eGo electronics work during charging, but normal operation senses a short and shuts down the circuit. You get 3 flashes when that happens. During charging, that may not work the same. 20 minutes charge on a dead battery should not be long enough to overcharge and fail to shutdown. If I had to bet, I'd say that the eGo battery electronics failed and presented a short to the battery here. That's just my opinion and can't be taken as truth, though.