Burn Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Ran into a pretty devastating issue yesterday and I am interested to see if anyone else has run into this. I take my eGo on the road with me when traveling, using low res attys. I wanted to switch over to low res cartomizers to leverage my new found worship of cartos. The low res cartos arrived yesterday and performed like a dream until...... eGo Battery #1: The Ego battery stopped shutting off, the light wasnt on so I didnt notice it but I did smell the burning plastic. The button itself was melting due to the heat. O.k. bad battery eGo Battery #2: Once again, started out great but them wouldnt shut off, I could only stop the current by unscrewing the carto eGo Battery #3: grabbed a new regular res carto and worked with it a while, worked great, put on a new low res carto and then the light came on but wouldnt perform. I put the low res carto on a different device (wetbox) and it worked GREAT! The eGo battery still wouldnt work with ANY atty/carto eGo Battery #4 (my last one): I am pi$$ed at this point and then tried another low res atty, great, reg rest atty, terrific, Reg res carto, excellent. New low res carto from a different box.... yup you guessed it, hosed the battery in less than a minute. All 4 of my eGo batteries are now bricked...the low res carto experiment has been a battery slaughter... Anyone have a similar experience? Anyone want 4 dead ego batteries for parts or attempt to repair? You pay postage, they are all yours..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 if i had money in my paypal i would snag those up, i need more battery connections. the problem with a lr is that they let to much back current (best way to explain it) into the system. i haven't heard of anything like that before but i do know that they kill batteries faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaHodgehound Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Man that sux burn!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Burn, Bring them w/you to the beach and I'll see if I can do something with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreakingBad Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 I would be pi$$ed also. Batteries aren't cheap! I was going to buy some of these because I love the lr atty I am using but I have to reconsider that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 Burn, Bring them w/you to the beach and I'll see if I can do something with them. O.k. done, should have thought of that first. I will bring them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTJoe Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 I think it was roober who had a similar issue...personally I can't believe you kept trying, that's persistence!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 I think it was roober who had a similar issue...personally I can't believe you kept trying, that's persistence!! In hindsight, me too but I was at first trying to locate the cause, didnt think it would be permanent condition and the last battery, I was just furious and knew I would have to buy some more anyways. $14 each from TW (5 pack) is reasonable, I guess. Pretty big loss that a $2 carto caused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTJoe Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I think roober donated one to jolly for mad scientist work. I didn't realize they had 5 packs of ego batteries. Should be another sale coming up soon, maybe get them down to almost $10 a battery for an tornado battery is awesome. You know, I think it was a tornado roober had. I was going to find the post but I'm too lazy. Here is one(mine): http://www.vaportalk.com/forum/forum/forum/topic/6691-ego-led-constantly-flashing/ And roober's http://www.vaportalk.com/forum/forum/forum/topic/6751-2nd-time-this-week-a-tornado-batt-freaked-out/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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