Riva help

[richdude]

Hi,

One of my Riva batteries is acting strange!!!

It keeps randomly flashing, like when its turned on, but slower. This can happen when its left on its own doing nothing, even if its turned off! It still works, although sometimes I have to press the button a few times to get it to fire as first press can make it start flashing.

It is fully charged, never been dropped or got wet or anything. The other one I got in the kit is fine and so is my river kit and all are charged the same way with the same stuff.

Anyone got any ideas ???

Cheers

[chrisjw]

I was gonna say lack of charge, because mine do that when they're low, but obviously it's not the case with yours rich, so someone else will help I'm sure.............

[richdude]

Yeah that was my first thought, Then I charged it fully and it still did it! I can still get a few hours out of it as well, didnt want to try more than that so its been demoted to my last resort, emergency vaper!!

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

I have read somewhere that the Riva when it is flashing could mean that it is shorting out. It might be juice in there or that the wires inside have gotten so hot that the insulation had melted. it might be random if the wires or juice are causing a short.

[richdude]

Ive always cleaned cartos before putting them on to make sure there is no juice. How would I check this?

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

In this video it shows you how to take an eGo apart. as they are very similar you would be able to take the top off and check

[chrisjw]

Make sure there's no juice on the battery connection too rich............

[richdude]

there is no juice on the connection end.

Thanks Batty ill have a watch of that on my lunch break

[richdude]

cheers for the video batty, although it was almost tourture listening to him go on about whats hes going to "sodder" lol!!

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

Yer tha accent does get to you after a bit. but at least you know how it is done now. I found out the hard way by having a giantmizer attached to mine and dropping it. it hit the wodden chair on the way down and took the top off easily. infortunatly it also shorted out the circuit board inside making the battery usless. Though I now have some replacement parts from LF to repair it

[richdude]

Yeah I will rememember how its done for if it gets any worse! Nice to have it as an emergency back up, although my other Riva has become a backup since I got the kit of River! cool let me know how you get on with the repair, id like to know how to fix it when I end up breaking it as I take it apart!! lol!!!

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

I have some parts on their way from HC that will allow mw to convert the ego into a 18650 battery powered mod. it means that I can use the ones from my bike lights to also power my eGo lol