Whew! Thought it was a gonner!

[JenJen]

I have this extra long battery that doesn't seem to hold a charge as long as the others. Still longer then the regular but not quite up to scratch. I was vaping on it this morning and it died on me, so I put it in the charger - no blinking, and the charger light stayed green. I knew it wasn't charged so I took it out and put it in again. Same thing. So I unplugged the charger for a few minutes and tried the process all over again. Still green and no comfirming blink of the LED on the batter, but I thought, oh well, might as well leave it on and see what happens. Well, left the room and came back in and noticed the charger light was now red - so it is charging! YAY! Moral of the story... Electronics can be tricky animals!

And I know people say they don't let their batteries completely discharge, but seriously - I can't tell when they are weak. It is like I am vaping happily away and all of a sudden wham - just the blinking and no vaper. It never seems to be getting weaker, vaper is still great. Am I missing something?

 

[Ghetto_Cowgirl]

I had this happen to mine, what I noticed was, if I put it in the PCC for about 2 mins THEN on the wall charger, it starts charging as per usual. IMO, the battery is dead dead and the PCC can start it charging quicker than the wall charger....I could be totally wrong and probably am but I did notice it started charging on the PCC then the wall charger np's

 

[Scottbee]

As a gentle reminder, don't forget to occasionally check the condition of the contacts on the battery and the charger. They can get a coating of e-liquid on them which can cause erratic charging, or no charging at all.

A quick cleanup with a Q-tip and things are usually back to normal!

 

[JenJen]

As a gentle reminder, don't forget to occasionally check the condition of the contacts on the battery and the charger. They can get a coating of e-liquid on them which can cause erratic charging, or no charging at all.

A quick cleanup with a Q-tip and things are usually back to normal!

Good tip! *tries to remember the last time she cleaned her batteries and gasps as she realizes she has NEVER done it!*

 

[keyzygirl]

Im glad you got it working.yay!!!!

 

[~Gazoo~]

Not sure what is happening here but it could be the charger was applying a trickle charge until the battery reached its charging voltage. Or the battery recovered enough voltage so the charger would charge it. However, the circuitry built into the battery should not allow the battery voltage to get that low. I will test it out when I get the long battery...I decided to get it but I want to see if Steve gets blank carts in next week. I know it can be difficult to tell when the battery is starting to get low. But they will last much longer if you don't run them down completely.

 

[PhoenixRising]

It's funny to read this. I once had a similar problem from another vendor. I had 3 batteries fail on me out of 4! I was irate to say the least. Then it dawned on me - it was the charger! All three batteries had been charged on the same one. I promptly tested my theory, and yep, all three batteries were just fine on the other charger. Go figure.

 

[Moonstruck]

Glad you solved the problem, JenJen.

Good tips here -- maybe I need to clean my charger, too. It seems that my batteries lately never get a full charge. The light turns green after only 15-20 minutes, and it seems to me it should take way longer than that to charge them up.

I'll try the cleaning tip and see what happens.

 

[JenJen]

Charger is working fine. I think Gazoo has nailed it. I think this battery is just a bit off, none of the other batteries have done that. But the battery is fine over all, still puts out a lot of vapor, just a bit quirky I guess.

 

[kc0cmp]

I have this extra long battery that doesn't seem to hold a charge as long as the others. Still longer then the regular but not quite up to scratch. I was vaping on it this morning and it died on me, so I put it in the charger - no blinking, and the charger light stayed green. I knew it wasn't charged so I took it out and put it in again. Same thing. So I unplugged the charger for a few minutes and tried the process all over again. Still green and no comfirming blink of the LED on the batter, but I thought, oh well, might as well leave it on and see what happens. Well, left the room and came back in and noticed the charger light was now red - so it is charging! YAY! Moral of the story... Electronics can be tricky animals!

And I know people say they don't let their batteries completely discharge, but seriously - I can't tell when they are weak. It is like I am vaping happily away and all of a sudden wham - just the blinking and no vaper. It never seems to be getting weaker, vaper is still great. Am I missing something?

Ive been doing some experimenting with this very thing. I've noticed that if you put one of those "dead dead" batteries in the PCC it'll charge (but no confirmation blinks) and after it charges up so far, you *then* get the confirmation blinks (while its still screwed in charging lol) and it starts charging normally. it's a matter of the protection circuits being in disagreement. it lets you vape too long (longer than the prot circuit likes) but then when you put it on the charger the prot circuit decides its too dead (and the charger agrees)...however..it does in fact charge and is in fact charging even though the light is green..then it'll do the blinks after a few minutes and the light will go red (AC charger) and the battery will do the confirmation and all is again right with the universe.

Those protection circuits are designed to err on the side of caution..and some are a little more cautious than they should be.

I have a few that are hair triggered...and are still vapin great when the blinkie lights of doom (charge me) occur...and i have a few that run down till your makin your face collapse tryin to get some vapor and *then* they whine they need charged. I think this is what happened to that one battery i had that died in the beginning, i think it over discharged several times and thats why it quit takin a charge..but it was an extreme case..i have one or two others from other manufacturers and one VK that does that..and it keeps commin back for more.

Moral of the story: it's not dead till its on the pcc and dead (after like 5 hours)....if pcc wont bring it back...its a goner. Usually the wall charger will ..but sometimes the prot circuit waits so long that the AC charger is scared...oh yeah, and the USB will usually charge one that got confused too btw...same reason that the PCC will, less complicated charging circuit