is it ok to put batteries in upside down in a mech?

[davetherayon]

VapingBad Nipples on bottoms... upside down kicks... that is kinky

[hijack]

Aug 6, 2014 12:48:38 GMT geordie_vaper said:

no positive up and nothing, i thought it might of been cause they are flat top batteries but then if that was the case they wouldnt work the other way round, confusing

You may need a battery magnet to give the positive a nipple. Like on my sony flat top.

Because of the indent in the bottom switch flat tops wont make contact.

[scaffman69]

I got same problem with my hammer clone mech mod , they work upside down but not what i`d call the right way up. Is it safe to add my kick on the bottom of the battery in this case would any peeps know ?

[charliehorse]

Aug 6, 2014 17:22:29 GMT hijack said:

Aug 6, 2014 12:48:38 GMT geordie_vaper said:

no positive up and nothing, i thought it might of been cause they are flat top batteries but then if that was the case they wouldnt work the other way round, confusing

You may need a battery magnet to give the positive a nipple. Like on my sony flat top.

Because of the indent in the bottom switch flat tops wont make contact.

So would this be the only reason to use a button top rather than a flat top, or is there any other particular reason why you would need or favour one style over the other ?
Kind of confusing that both styles are sold but never anything to say use this style of battery for mod types a,b & c and the other style for mod types x,y & z ?

[geordie_vaper]

Aug 6, 2014 17:22:29 GMT hijack said:

Aug 6, 2014 12:48:38 GMT geordie_vaper said:

no positive up and nothing, i thought it might of been cause they are flat top batteries but then if that was the case they wouldnt work the other way round, confusing

You may need a battery magnet to give the positive a nipple. Like on my sony flat top.

Because of the indent in the bottom switch flat tops wont make contact.

the flat tops are working fine the other way round quiet confused how but they are working

[hijack]

As far as I can tell it just depends on the contact design. The stingray is the only mech ive come across so far that needs a button top to make contact, but there may be others that are type specific.
It certainly would help if they said what battery type you need to use.
A pack of those magnets will let you use what you like, you can even put them on the bottom of the battery so you can use it the other way around.

Edit: That's good then geordie_vaper it must be making contact on some part of the metal, you got lucky.

[geordie_vaper]

very lucky were do you get those little magnets, the flat top batteries work upside down but with only one of my two kayfuns, both clones but one has a longer 510 the shorter 510 kayfun dusnt work with them

[maccafan]

Just don't do that if you are using a kick type device.

[charliehorse]

Aug 6, 2014 17:44:52 GMT hijack said:

As far as I can tell it just depends on the contact design. The stingray is the only mech ive come across so far that needs a button top to make contact, but there may be others that are type specific.
It certainly would help if they said what battery type you need to use.
A pack of those magnets will let you use what you like, you can even put them on the bottom of the battery so you can use it the other way around.

Edit: That's good then geordie_vaper it must be making contact on some part of the metal, you got lucky.

It would be a great idea if they would state what style of battery lol.

Unless of course it doesn't make too much difference after all.

It's just something I've been pondering and it seemed like a good time to ask. Cheers.

[enjay]

The sony vtc's work spot on in the stingray, I'm not getting what the actual issue is that anyone needs to stick them in upside down

[geordie_vaper]

i dont know, i put the battery in positive up as normal and nothing, flip battety round and it works

[VapingBad]

Aug 6, 2014 23:39:17 GMT geordie_vaper said:

i dont know, i put the battery in positive up as normal and nothing, flip battety round and it works

Does the heat shrink on the battery go too far into the centre stopping the metal making contact?

[hijack]

Aug 6, 2014 19:26:58 GMT geordie_vaper said:

very lucky were do you get those little magnets, the flat top batteries work upside down but with only one of my two kayfuns, both clones but one has a longer 510 the shorter 510 kayfun dusnt work with them

I got mine from FT, but a better place in UK is guys magnets. The 5mm x 1mm areonly £1.76 for 20 and the postage is free.

TBO I didn't try the sony without the magnet as my other flat top didn't work in it, so when I got the sony's I just put the magnet on without bothering to see.

[geordie_vaper]

Aug 6, 2014 23:53:22 GMT VapingBad said:

Aug 6, 2014 23:39:17 GMT geordie_vaper said:

i dont know, i put the battery in positive up as normal and nothing, flip battety round and it works

Does the heat shrink on the battery go too far into the centre stopping the metal making contact?

i just cut off the top part of the heat shrink off and when i went to put the battery in it hit against the side of the mod and a spark come from somthing and the battery shorted

[VapingBad]

Aug 7, 2014 15:19:37 GMT geordie_vaper said:

Aug 6, 2014 23:53:22 GMT VapingBad said:

Does the heat shrink on the battery go too far into the centre stopping the metal making contact?

i just cut off the top part of the heat shrink off and when i went to put the battery in it hit against the side of the mod and a spark come from somthing and the battery shorted

I just suggested that the circle of exposed metal on the bottom maybe smaller that the screw at the top of the switch, so exposing a little more would fix it if that was the problem. Not taking all the heat shrink off the bottom, I hope you didn't get hurt and it didn't damage the mod.

Did you cut it all the heat shrink off the bottom?
Which way up was the battery when this happened?
Was there an atty on it?

You should be aright as long as the sides of the battery are completely covered.