E-Grip Battery Problem..........

[chrisjw]

I charged my e-grip yesterday morning, but didn't use it......This morning, it needed charging again, so there is obviously a problem.........Has anyone had one of these apart, as I want to know if I can replace the battery?


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[Deleted]

Ha ha youve put me right off these!

[chrisjw]

It is a shame..........blakey has a nest of these mods & loves them.........I may have got the runt of the family with this one, but now I've got it up & vaping properly, I'm determined to get use out of it.............Hopefully, the one that's due to drop on my doormat any day now will prove worthy.


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[phtumshk]

Much disasembly involved, shit loads of hot glue to pull out to get at innards.
batteries are the same as the vaporshark and are around £1.85 from hobby king.

[chrisjw]

Mar 26, 2015 10:04:23 GMT phtumshk said:

Much disasembly involved, shit loads of hot glue to pull out to get at innards.
batteries are the same as the vaporshark and are around £1.85 from hobby king.

Well, I certainly won't be tackling it.....I don't mind dismantling it, it's the putting back together that p**s*s me off....My soldering also leaves a lot to be desired.....(apart from that, I seem to recall the soldering iron getting lobbed out of the window).........




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[phtumshk]

i took mine apart to have a look at the battery in advance of it going fizz.
Will be a bit easier when I do have to replace it as theres not half as much hot glue to get out.
If you wanna flog yours when the batt finally gives out drop me a PM.

[Perpetua]

Mar 26, 2015 9:17:13 GMT @spikeyfridge said:

Ha ha youve put me right off these!

He's put me right off even opening the box of mine.

[chrisjw]

Mar 26, 2015 11:25:34 GMT Perpetua said:

Mar 26, 2015 9:17:13 GMT @spikeyfridge said:

Ha ha youve put me right off these!

He's put me right off even opening the box of mine.

As I said in my above post Perpetua , blakey has 7 (greedy sod) of these & he loves them & has had no grief whatsoever, so I think I was just unlucky with it.....I'll know when the other one arrives............Don't be put off, they are a great little mod (once you get it up & running correctly......... )




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[chrisjw]

Mar 26, 2015 11:00:33 GMT phtumshk said:

i took mine apart to have a look at the battery in advance of it going fizz.
Will be a bit easier when I do have to replace it as theres not half as much hot glue to get out.
If you wanna flog yours when the batt finally gives out drop me a PM.

Being of the ilk that I refuse to be beaten by anything when it goes "lady bumps upwards", it will see the light of day again, if it does die on me.............It'll take more than a duff battery for me to give up.............




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[phtumshk]

Mar 26, 2015 11:39:51 GMT chrisjw said:

Mar 26, 2015 11:00:33 GMT phtumshk said:

i took mine apart to have a look at the battery in advance of it going fizz.
Will be a bit easier when I do have to replace it as theres not half as much hot glue to get out.
If you wanna flog yours when the batt finally gives out drop me a PM.

Being of the ilk that I refuse to be beaten by anything when it goes "lady bumps upwards", it will see the light of day again, if it does die on me.............It'll take more than a duff battery for me to give up.............




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No worries, Ive got that vibe too.
 Rebuild, re use, refuse to lose lol.

[blakey]

Only you chrisjw
only you

.
Mine are fine, not even a dribble as far as leaks go and batteries get charged each night ready for next day
I trust mine so much that I'll even walk out the door with just one e-grip and no back up
Just a spare rebuildable part should it be needed.
I take 3 too work, one full of Cocomel- one full of vanilla slice & one full of blakeys ethol maltol mix.
When I go out on my 5 mile walks I take one full of blackcurrant or one full of joyetech strawberry
I have one in the car full of vanilla fudge
and two spare units that have been put away for blakeys 2015 holiday
and yes chrisjw if you do your adding - that makes 8

[dave]

Well I finally got around to having another go with the re-buildable base; following the advice of blakey I stuffed a lot more cotton in to cover the airholes. The result was - no airflow at all

I pulled the cotton out and cut about 2/3 mm off and re-stuffed it. It now works fine and after keeping it stood up all day, just the tiniest dribble of juice. A major improvement

Actually I had no problem at all with it using the stock coil, but the re-buildable is much better if you can stop it chucking juice out. Worth persisting with.

I did find some info about taking it apart chrisjw

Post #122 here:
allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/46760/egrip-joyetech-hd-slideshow?page=9

[blakey]

Mar 26, 2015 20:34:36 GMT dave said:

Well I finally got around to having another go with the re-buildable base; following the advice of blakey I stuffed a lot more cotton in to cover the airholes. The result was - no airflow at all

I pulled the cotton out and cut about 2/3 mm off and re-stuffed it. It now works fine and after keeping it stood up all day, just the tiniest dribble of juice. A major improvement

Actually I had no problem at all with it using the stock coil, but the re-buildable is much better if you can stop it chucking juice out. Worth persisting with.

I did find some info about taking it apart chrisjw

Post #122 here:
allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/46760/egrip-joyetech-hd-slideshow?page=9

You need to make sure that the cotton stays away from the sides of the coil to avoid blocking the path of the air coming from beneath. I just use a small screwdriver to push the cotton back a bit after it's juiced.

[chrisjw]

Mar 26, 2015 20:34:36 GMT dave said:

Well I finally got around to having another go with the re-buildable base; following the advice of blakey I stuffed a lot more cotton in to cover the airholes. The result was - no airflow at all

I pulled the cotton out and cut about 2/3 mm off and re-stuffed it. It now works fine and after keeping it stood up all day, just the tiniest dribble of juice. A major improvement

Actually I had no problem at all with it using the stock coil, but the re-buildable is much better if you can stop it chucking juice out. Worth persisting with.

I did find some info about taking it apart chrisjw

Post #122 here:
allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/46760/egrip-joyetech-hd-slideshow?page=9

Yeah, I read that before, but thanks for giving me the link dave .......Unfortunately, it doesn't explain how to get the battery out, but I did find this on YouTube...............shame it's in Swahili.................







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[chrisjw]

Mar 26, 2015 20:52:05 GMT blakey said:

Mar 26, 2015 20:34:36 GMT dave said:

Well I finally got around to having another go with the re-buildable base; following the advice of blakey I stuffed a lot more cotton in to cover the airholes. The result was - no airflow at all

I pulled the cotton out and cut about 2/3 mm off and re-stuffed it. It now works fine and after keeping it stood up all day, just the tiniest dribble of juice. A major improvement

Actually I had no problem at all with it using the stock coil, but the re-buildable is much better if you can stop it chucking juice out. Worth persisting with.

I did find some info about taking it apart chrisjw

Post #122 here:
allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/46760/egrip-joyetech-hd-slideshow?page=9

You need to make sure that the cotton stays away from the sides of the coil to avoid blocking the path of the air coming from beneath. I just use a small screwdriver to push the cotton back a bit after it's juiced.

I followed blakey 's destructions instructions regards this & I hate to must admit, it worked......




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