Worried for nothing?

[tiburonfirst]

ok, so i finally got the black satin provari mini with green led - i think in the rush of ordering, lest they sell out, i completely forgot the recommended high drain batteries.
and never gave them a thought till the mini arrived. since i really wanted to see the green display and since i had regular 18350 batteries from my vv gripper i decided to give it a try. i attached no atty or tank, i just wanted to duplicate the first steps on pbusardo's video and i sooo wanted to see the green!
but i got nothing the batteries work fine in the gripper .............. so, should i be worried?

 

[Stef64]

Are they flat-top batteries? Flat tops won't work, you need button tops.

 

[tiburonfirst]

they are button tops .........

 

[nvmedjpain]

What brand... AW...

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[tiburonfirst]

as i explained above, the batteries are regular run-of-the-mill 18350s which came with my gripper. and i'm not trying to fire up the mini, no atty or carto is attached. all i wanted was a look at the green led display but i got nothing ..............

high drain batteries are on the way ........

 

[sawlight]

Provari's are VERY finicky about batteries! They are flat designed to use AW's IMR's, I've heard the EH brand batteries and some of the Eftest batteries MAY work, but it's not a guarantee.
The tops probably don't stick up enough to make contact on the terminal board. Prvari states you shouldn't use anything but IMR batteries because of the load required by them.

 

[nvmedjpain]

Provari's are VERY finicky about batteries! They are flat designed to use AW's IMR's, I've heard the EH brand batteries and some of the Eftest batteries MAY work, but it's not a guarantee.
The tops probably don't stick up enough to make contact on the terminal board. Prvari states you shouldn't use anything but IMR batteries because of the load required by them.

Couldn't have said it better... That's why I asked about the brand.

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[tiburonfirst]

i hope that's what is! i shall see when the imrs get here. i'm still puzzled though that the button didn't even light up. how much of a load could be required to light up the led display?

 

[sawlight]

Not much, but if the button isn't hitting, it wont do anything! The way the board is designed it must be a high center post battery to even contact it.

 

[tiburonfirst]

the first imrs arrived and all seems well!

 

[sawlight]

Glad to hear it!

 

[samwest]

Pictures! or it didn't really happen.