batts and atty testing

[ragjoy]

whats the best way to test atties and more so batts.
my first 2 batts from tw and 2 orange ones from china are a few months old, im finding they are not putting out the power they were, but this can be a in the head thing, so how can i test them easily to see if my brain aint tricking me.
raggy

[Chrissie]

Raggie, you need a multimeter to test them. Lol, that's all I can tell you as i've never bought one myself

[ragjoy]

thanks chrissie, i will find out what one of those is.
i do have a meter in a kit, with a soldering iron and other electrical bits, maybe thats a multimeter.
raggy..............

[Chrissie]

Raggie, heres a link to a multimeter recommended on ECF. OK it's a link to a USA seller, but it should give you an idea what you are looking for :

www.harborfreight.com/7-function-multimeter-98025.html

[ragjoy]

thanks chrissie.
raggy

[ragjoy]

that looks like what i have in the garage, just got too figure how you test batt and atties
raggy..................

[jimmybat]

LOL i got one of them too I only use them to see whether My microphone cables are working after fixing them ......like raggy will need to find out what setting and so on .....if you find out how to before I do let me know
James

[jaki]

There is a very good guide for testing batteries here www.ladyada.net/learn/multimeter/voltage.html

[jimmybat]

ty so much that is very informative just what is needed
James

[Chrissie]

Thanks you from me as well Jaki

[ragjoy]

thanks jaki, i will have a look.

[Chrissie]

Raggy, you might find this thread on ECF about how to test atties useful as well :

www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecigarette-technical-issues/26396-how-see-if-your-atomizer-truly-dead-voltmeter.html

[ragjoy]

Jun 19, 2010 16:04:00 GMT Chrissie said:

Raggy, you might find this thread on ECF about how to test atties useful as well :

www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecigarette-technical-issues/26396-how-see-if-your-atomizer-truly-dead-voltmeter.html

thats as clear as muddy water now ???

[Chrissie]

Oops, sorry Raggy n;D

[ragjoy]

it was really helpful chrissie, its just they all seem to contradict one another.
i get the gist of it but they all sort of say something different.
do you know how often (compared to normal atties) i would change the batteries using LR attties.
im still rotating my first 4 batts (mid February) i have 6 new ones but i only ran them through once just to test.
im not sure whats happening, either there knackered or they need changing more often, any clues peeps.
raggy........