help! ego batteries not holding charge

[bernardscott]

Hi guys I have a little problem my ego batteries, they are not holding charge, I let them charge all night and when I go to use them they are lasting for less than an hour, also the light on the charger doesn't turn green, it just stays red when I screw in the device to the charger

1 x 650Mah
1 x 900Mah


Any help you can provide would be appreciated

Many thanks

[kirrielad]

How long have you been using them as it sounds like they may be near the end of their life? Have you tried the usual, raise the centre pin and all that?

[Karma]

It's best not to leave your baterries on charge overnight.

Have you cleaned the connectors on both the batteries and the charger?

the centre pins could have dropped

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/10754/raising-battery-connector-pin-riva?page=1&scrollTo=223101

[bernardscott]

Jun 22, 2013 18:59:31 GMT kirrielad said:

How long have you been using them as it sounds like they may be near the end of their life? Have you tried the usual, raise the centre pin and all that?

I've been using them for nearly two months, charging both every other day, then down to once a day the last few weeks, it flashes 10 times or so like if the battery has ran out, im not sure how to raise the centre pin tho, thanks

[Super-Shiny]

[VE Jason]

If they have both appeared to pack in at the same time - it's much more likely to be a charger problem.

Also, give the battery centre pins and charger centre pin a really good clean with tissue paper or alcohol wipes.

[bernardscott]

Cleaned both battery connections, attached pro tank and it fires fine, just doesn't feel like there's much power, will get a new charger soon

[OneDay]

Try lifting the centre pin on the charger a mm or so, as per the vid above

[bernardscott]

Jun 22, 2013 20:28:23 GMT OneDay said:

Try lifting the centre pin on the charger a mm or so, as per the vid above

Ok will try that now thanks

[bernardscott]

Just lifted them slightly seems to be making contact, charger changes colour when I plug the device in too but doesn't turn to green

[OneDay]

The charger should show a red light while it's charging and it will turn to green when fully charged

[bernardscott]

Jun 22, 2013 21:02:25 GMT OneDay said:

The charger should show a red light while it's charging and it will turn to green when fully charged

It doesn't turn to green, even after about 12 hours charging :/

[OneDay]

Are you charging from a PC USB socket or a wall charger?

[Cheralynn]

I'd say it was your charger too, it's happened to me quite a few times over the years, batts don't last as long as they should, sometimes the charger stayed on red, sometimes went 1/2 green 1/2 red, so, time to throw it. I'd advise you to buy 2 chargers, as a backup, they don't last forever, but at least you'd have another waiting in the wings.

[womble]

Always have a spare charger, nothing worse than being in the situation when a charger won't work, you have no charged batteries.... and suddenly you are in the crap.