e cig battery question?

[tom5170]

I have an orbit cannon vape pen. I believe it's 510 style.

I bought it 5 months ago. I just got around to using it. You press the button 5 times, and it turns on, press it 5 more times and it shuts off. The light also indicates the battery voltage. It turns white when fully charged, and then blue, and then red when it's almost dead. There is also a light on the charger that is red while it's charging and then it's supposed to turn green when it's done charging.

Well, the e cig battery light stays white for a short while, and then turns blue. It used to stay white longer. It's like after a short bit of usage, it goes blue. The red light on the charger also never turns green no matter how long it stays plugged in.

The e cig stayed in the box, and the battery was depleted. I picked it up a few days ago and put it on the charger to start using it and noticed this.

Does it sound like the battery is messed up? Last night I charged it 3 hours and the red light on the charger never turned green so I unplugged it. The light on the battery was white. Today I went to use it, and the light was blue - I never used it and the e cig itself was turned off.

 

[Ou2mame]

It sounds like you should let it charge longer. It's not uncommon to have 5-6 hour charge times.

 

[tom5170]

Is there a way I can use a volt meter on the battery to check the volts after it stays charging for a hour or so?

 

[Ou2mame]

Sure line up the leads carefully on the threads and the positive pin with their respective leads and push the button. Just don't short it out. I've done that to test batteries before.

 

[defdock]

while charging, the battery button LED may indicate white(more then half way charged) but it does not mean that it is FULLY charged.

when the light on the battery turns off, it indicates it charged fully.



note: by math a 2200mah ego should charge in about 5.2 hours - BUT it takes around 7-8 hours. once the battery reaches around 4-4.1 volts, the charger limits the current supplied and slows the charge cycle down so it can "accurately" reach 4.2 volts safely


as stated above, let the battery charge longer.

 

[tom5170]

it's still on the charger. it measured 3.80v 2 hours ago, and it's still measuring 3.80v. The light on the charger is still red (hasnt turned green yet) and the battery feels rather warm.

 

[defdock]

its going to measure 3.8 on output, due to the chipset. it regulates the output to 3.8 for a "consistant" vape experiance as the battery dies.


warm is ok, but when it gets uncomfortable thats when you should worry.

 

[Ou2mame]

Watching a battery charge is about as fun as watching paint dry

 

[edyle]

I have an orbit cannon vape pen. I believe it's 510 style.

I bought it 5 months ago. I just got around to using it. You press the button 5 times, and it turns on, press it 5 more times and it shuts off. The light also indicates the battery voltage. It turns white when fully charged, and then blue, and then red when it's almost dead. There is also a light on the charger that is red while it's charging and then it's supposed to turn green when it's done charging.

Well, the e cig battery light stays white for a short while, and then turns blue. It used to stay white longer. It's like after a short bit of usage, it goes blue. The red light on the charger also never turns green no matter how long it stays plugged in.

The e cig stayed in the box, and the battery was depleted. I picked it up a few days ago and put it on the charger to start using it and noticed this.

Does it sound like the battery is messed up? Last night I charged it 3 hours and the red light on the charger never turned green so I unplugged it. The light on the battery was white. Today I went to use it, and the light was blue - I never used it and the e cig itself was turned off.

Not surprising for a 5 month old battery.


They're supposed to be good for about 300 recharges.

 

[Rickajho]

I have an orbit cannon vape pen. I believe it's 510 style.

I bought it 5 months ago. I just got around to using it. You press the button 5 times, and it turns on, press it 5 more times and it shuts off. The light also indicates the battery voltage. It turns white when fully charged, and then blue, and then red when it's almost dead. There is also a light on the charger that is red while it's charging and then it's supposed to turn green when it's done charging.

Well, the e cig battery light stays white for a short while, and then turns blue. It used to stay white longer. It's like after a short bit of usage, it goes blue. The red light on the charger also never turns green no matter how long it stays plugged in.

The e cig stayed in the box, and the battery was depleted. I picked it up a few days ago and put it on the charger to start using it and noticed this.

Does it sound like the battery is messed up? Last night I charged it 3 hours and the red light on the charger never turned green so I unplugged it. The light on the battery was white. Today I went to use it, and the light was blue - I never used it and the e cig itself was turned off.

Without having the manufacturers specs on this one, the top and bottom 10% of the battery charge are represented by white and red. The majority of the time you are using it it will be in the "blue" range - which is normal.

When you take an eGo type battery off a charger that has a "click on/off" feature it's normal for the battery to some times default to being in the off mode.

Is there a way I can use a volt meter on the battery to check the volts after it stays charging for a hour or so?

Again, not knowing exactly what this one is - no. Not if it's an eGo type battery with a PWM chip in there regulating the voltage. The DC voltage is a digitally pulsed signal and a standard voltmeter can't give you a true reading of the output voltage, because most DVM's don't sample a PWM signal correctly.

it's still on the charger. it measured 3.80v 2 hours ago, and it's still measuring 3.80v. The light on the charger is still red (hasnt turned green yet) and the battery feels rather warm.

Can you provide a link to what you bought? At this point guessing about what it's doing or not doing isn't going to help. Generally these batteries should not be feeling "rather warm" when charging. I would like to see what type of charger came with the battery.

 

[Ou2mame]

My gf's spinner 2 gets warm when it charges. Not like ow! hot, but warmer than cold.

 

[tom5170]

it says on the box, "orbit cannon mini x9". It looks exactly like this one; Mini X9 Electronic Cigarettes Bottom Heating E Cigarette Vaporizers Wholesale - Buy Mini X9 Electronic Cigarettes,Mini X9 E Cigarette,Mini X9 E Cigarette Wholesale Product on Alibaba.com

I bought this 5 months this ago for my mom. It was used literally for 2-3 days and put up. She wanted to try it this past week so that's when I went to get it charged up for her and noticed.

 

[Ou2mame]

Charging time says 4 hours if i'm looking at the right one. Your link doesn't work for me. It's a 650mah battery right? Anyways, have you tried just letting it charge longer?

 

[tom5170]

yeah it's 650 mah