ISSUES VAMMO V2/BATTERY

[nom]

My batteries bought with the vamo kit from china were okay with the charge in them but would not recharge, bought new batts and all is fine...process of elimination.. good luck

[Karma]

Feb 2, 2013 20:38:54 GMT maccafan said:

Are you trying to charge the battery in the Vamo through a Ego charger?

I sincerely hope not

[chrisjw]

Feb 2, 2013 21:06:40 GMT Karma said:

Feb 2, 2013 20:38:54 GMT maccafan said:

Are you trying to charge the battery in the Vamo through a Ego charger?

I sincerely hope not

As if anyone would be that silly......... ???................

[womble]

#icon_rofl#

[bomberharris]

Thats a 1st, omg never heard of anyone trying that.

[Karma]

Feb 2, 2013 21:26:36 GMT bomberharris said:

Thats a 1st, omg never heard of anyone trying that.

Really ???

Happens all the time, not looking at Chris

[womble]

No one EVER looks at Chris, it's a sort of sideways glance, with a quick tipping of the head.

[bomberharris]

Feb 2, 2013 21:28:07 GMT Karma said:

Feb 2, 2013 21:26:36 GMT bomberharris said:

Thats a 1st, omg never heard of anyone trying that.

Really ???

Happens all the time, not looking at Chris

[beerme]

Disappointing........

So, I can ascertain from the above posts that;

A) Li-Ion batteries cannot be trickle charged from a 4.8 - 5V supply @ appx. 420mA

and

B) ....well, I WAS going to have a rant here, but I cannot be bothered; plus, as some of the posts above indicate, quite obviously I am a bit fick and therefore anything I have to say is irrelevant.

My apologies for wasting your time, your superior intellect is wasted on me!

As I said; "Disappointing".

[bomberharris]

I honestly havn't seen anyone charge there vamo with an ego charger,this can not be done, what you need for your vamo batterys is one of these
www.vapeescape.co.uk/xtar-wp2ii-charger~408

[Tom]

Feb 2, 2013 20:36:34 GMT beerme said:

OK, I can't tell if it is the batt or the Vammo, but something is seriously wrong...if it is connected to USB for charging and the Vammo is turned off by using 5 cliks of button, this instantly bricks whatever computer it is connected to! This has happened 3 times now, with my laptop, I have to disconnect the power and battery for about 10 seconds before I can turn it back on.

I know connecting to PC USB is not ideal for charging, but this should NOT happen.

I have another batt on the way to me, I will test with it when it arrives and so should be able to pin the problem down to one or the other...

I will update when I know more.

Are you connecting you're usb from your computer to the top thread of the vamo?

If you are - do not do this 1 more time.

The batts need charging in a special dock such as this..

www.vapeescape.co.uk/xtar%2Dwp2ii%2Dcharger%7E408

youtube a few things before diving in...

[DiscoDes]

YOU CANNOT CHARGE THE BATTERIES IN A VAMO/PROVARI/ZMAX/LAVATUBE ETC WITH THE BATTERIES STILL IN IT WITH A EGO TYPE CHARGER. YOU WILL DAMAGE YOUR CHARGER/E-CIG/BATTERIES!!
The batteries need to be removed and charged in a "Stand alone" charger like a X-tar WPII or Nitecore etc....

[Tom]

And I hadn't thought of doing it this way but I can see how you might of arrived here.

People have made worse mistakes.

Dont worry - you're not going to prison.

The reason they put erasers on pencils?... People make mistakes.

Good luck Pal.

[Chrissie]

Feb 3, 2013 0:30:23 GMT beerme said:

Disappointing........

So, I can ascertain from the above posts that;

A) Li-Ion batteries cannot be trickle charged from a 4.8 - 5V supply @ appx. 420mA

and

B) ....well, I WAS going to have a rant here, but I cannot be bothered; plus, as some of the posts above indicate, quite obviously I am a bit fick and therefore anything I have to say is irrelevant.

My apologies for wasting your time, your superior intellect is wasted on me!

As I said; "Disappointing".

Beerme, people were just trying to help you. If you are trying to charge your vamo batteries via an ego type charger hooked up to a USB port on you PC, you also stand a good chance of frying your motherboard.

[maccafan]

Feb 3, 2013 0:30:23 GMT beerme said:

Disappointing........

So, I can ascertain from the above posts that;

A) Li-Ion batteries cannot be trickle charged from a 4.8 - 5V supply @ appx. 420mA

and

B) ....well, I WAS going to have a rant here, but I cannot be bothered; plus, as some of the posts above indicate, quite obviously I am a bit fick and therefore anything I have to say is irrelevant.

My apologies for wasting your time, your superior intellect is wasted on me!

As I said; "Disappointing".

a. Li-Ion batteries can be trickle charged at 420 mA. But not in electronic mods that take stand alone batteries. You do no have a reverse path for the current to get to the batteries and pushing the button will try and output voltage and current at the connector end. That's why you PC is locking up because you are pushing voltage and current into your laptop. You have to take the batteries out and charge them in a Li-Ion charger.

b. Your attitude sucks! Big time. Learn to laugh at and learn from your mistakes and be thankful nothing serious happened.