Button flashing when battery is not low

[jonnyblatt]

Hi Everyone,

Recently I have been having issues with my two 18350 batteries. I have noticed that the button starts flashing before the battery is at 3.4V. Today the button was flashing and I checked the battery with no atty on it and it said 3.9V.

I took out the battery and put it back in and now it's not flashing. This battery was freshly charged to 4.2V use a Pila charger before I started using it this morning. I only used it for maybe an hour before the Provari started flashing saying it was a low battery. This happens to both of my 18350 batteries(Both bought at the end of May). I have not seen this issue yet with my 1849 battery, which I don't use as much.

 

[MonsterKenny]

Jonny, see if the battery is making a proper connection. Do you feel any movement around inside of the provari?
If you want to you can stretch the spring out just a smudge. Do not pull the spring too much. Just enough to compress the battery a little.
You can also check to see if the battery +/- ends are clean.
Hope this helps,
Ken

 

[jonnyblatt]

Thanks ken.

I will try pulling out the spring a little. It seems like it is making a good connection but I will try what your recommended. At first I thought my batts were going bad dying too fast ... But this doesn't seem to be the case.

 

[narcosleepygirl]

Hi Jonny,

I would also recommend cleaning the contacts on your ProVari.

This can happen if the contact pin down inside the unit is dirty and not making a good connection to the battery.

You can clean this pin with a long q-tip and some isopropyl. Just wet the q-tip with the Isopropyl and rub the pin for a good 15-25 seconds to get it nice and clean. You can also clean the top of the battery as that might help too.

We also have a video showing how to do this here: ProVari Electronic Cigarette Maintenance - YouTube

 

[tgcrna]

I'm glad to see this post! Mine is doing the exact same thing! I bought new batteries, and a new charger, but am continuing to have the problem. I will try the suggestions given. Thanks!

edit: One thing I tried which seemed to help for a while was to clean the threads where the endcap screws on. I thought I had the problem solved but it started doing it again

 

[tgcrna]

EEK! I cleaned it as in the video, and now am getting Error messages. First E4, then E8 Any suggestions??

 

[Str8V8ping]

Did you let it fully dry before using it

 

[tgcrna]

Did you let it fully dry before using it

I thought I had but I left it alone for a few hours and it seems to be doing fine for now
Thanks!