Battery problem

[Saturnalia]

Hi all,

I chucked my battery and charger in my bag this morning and on getting to work, found out I had forgotten to switch it off. It now has its light on for 3 seconds, light off for 2 seconds, 3 quick flashes, light off for 2 seconds then on again for about 6 seconds, in a cycle. 

I've tried putting it on charge and it appears to charge as normal, but the problem persists when taking it off charge.

Pressing the button myself doesn't do anything and I can't turn it off. 

I take it the battery is broken beyond repair, but what to do with it now? It isn't making any heat while the light is flashing, should I leave it to drain itself of power before disposing of it?

[4madcats]

Since the 3 flashes is the confirmation for on/off sounds like you may have damaged the switch connection, the wire & solder connections inside an ego are ridiculously thin & delicate.

Any sign that a battery is mis-behaving & I personally wouldn't want to use it, but before you bin it if it isn't too old you could try contacting raid2506 if he can't fix it he might be able to break it down & make use of the component parts.

& as a note to totally discharge any lithium battery leave them in a concentrated salt solution for a few hours before binning them.

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Feb 17, 2014 13:29:37 GMT 4madcats said:

Since the 3 flashes is the confirmation for on/off sounds like you may have damaged the switch connection, the wire & solder connections inside an ego are ridiculously thin & delicate.

Any sign that a battery is mis-behaving & I personally wouldn't want to use it, but before you bin it if it isn't too old you could try contacting raid2506 if he can't fix it he might be able to break it down & make use of the component parts.

& as a note to totally discharge any lithium battery leave them in a concentrated salt solution for a few hours before binning them.

Good tip 4madcats - I have a few batteries that have reached the end of their useful life and was wondering how best to dispose of them as the battery boxes in the local supermarkets don't want lithium batteries (probably a safety issue) - if I followed your tip would it be safe to then just put them in the general household rubbish bin (although I hate the thought of not being able to recycle them)?

[4madcats]

Feb 17, 2014 13:40:20 GMT @yinyang said:

Feb 17, 2014 13:29:37 GMT 4madcats said:

Since the 3 flashes is the confirmation for on/off sounds like you may have damaged the switch connection, the wire & solder connections inside an ego are ridiculously thin & delicate.

Any sign that a battery is mis-behaving & I personally wouldn't want to use it, but before you bin it if it isn't too old you could try contacting raid2506 if he can't fix it he might be able to break it down & make use of the component parts.

& as a note to totally discharge any lithium battery leave them in a concentrated salt solution for a few hours before binning them.

Good tip 4madcats - I have a few batteries that have reached the end of their useful life and was wondering how best to dispose of them as the battery boxes in the local supermarkets don't want lithium batteries (probably a safety issue) - if I followed your tip would it be safe to then just put them in the general household rubbish bin (although I hate the thought of not being able to recycle them)?

All batteries are considered to hazardous waste & should therefore be disposed in the correct manner, but the problem with lithium batteries is they are more hazadous then normal because of the internal chemistry.

The other problem is that virtually no battery not even alkaloid or nimh is fully discharged when it's thrown away so chucking a lithium battery with a partial if not workable charge in the general population is not a good idea.

So the best way is the very salty (sorry no measurements here for how much salt, but I go for the cloudy water look) water soak overnight, & if it's an ego type take it apart first, it's easy enough to do cos the connector is just press fit & will pull off with a bit of brute force & pliers. If you have a multi-meter you can check the battery is actually dead by using the DC volts setting, if not a bit a electrical/gaffa/strong tape to cover both ends to be sure (& satisfy any internal paranoia) & you should be OK to throw them in the battery bin.

[Karma]

Feb 17, 2014 13:40:20 GMT @yinyang said:

Feb 17, 2014 13:29:37 GMT 4madcats said:

Since the 3 flashes is the confirmation for on/off sounds like you may have damaged the switch connection, the wire & solder connections inside an ego are ridiculously thin & delicate.

Any sign that a battery is mis-behaving & I personally wouldn't want to use it, but before you bin it if it isn't too old you could try contacting raid2506 if he can't fix it he might be able to break it down & make use of the component parts.

& as a note to totally discharge any lithium battery leave them in a concentrated salt solution for a few hours before binning them.

Good tip 4madcats - I have a few batteries that have reached the end of their useful life and was wondering how best to dispose of them as the battery boxes in the local supermarkets don't want lithium batteries (probably a safety issue) - if I followed your tip would it be safe to then just put them in the general household rubbish bin (although I hate the thought of not being able to recycle them)?

The Battery boxes in Lidl say that you can put lithium batteries in

[Saturnalia]

Aargh, after this one going bad, my rainbow spinner is going the same way!

I can keep it on the charger all night and the light is still red in the morning. Then after about 2 hours of use, it dies. Charging it for an hour provides about another 15 minutes of use. It is a 1300 mah and up until a couple of days ago, it would charge fully in about 3 hours and last the entire day. I know batteries don't last forever, but I expected more than 5 months out of it. For the record, the other battery that died this week was a £7 Paradise Vape starter-job, bought around the same time as the vision spinner. Not good.

I've tried everything: different chargers, different usb ports/wall sockets, tightening and loosening it on the charger, scrubbing the contacts until they shine. But nothing is working.

Just hoping it keeps limping along until Friday as that's when I get paid and it's been such a tight month I can't afford a replacement until then! icon_shoppingm Consoling myself by window-shopping for replacements. The iTastes look good and have good reviews, as well the vision spinners have dropped in price from when I got mine.