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smokex.ie charger fail

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  • 17-10-2013 12:40am
    #1
    souter
    Registered Users Posts: 634 ✭✭✭


    Hi, impressed with this e-cig, even got grudging "not bad" from my pack-a-day- father.
    But it needs to be fool proof:
    The smokes I got from starter pack were fine for several days till the battery ran out so I stuck it in a socket overnight.
    Since then the yoke gives me less than 1 nights worth of puff before conking out, so I checked out the (sparse) documentation regarding said yoke.
    Which says something along the lines of "battery may be damaged if overcharged", so I'm presuming the battery is knacked now.
    Come on - is it so hard to put safeguards in the charger?


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    #2
    grindle
    Registered Users Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭grindle


    Short answer: No, it is not so hard to put safeguards in the charger.

    Long answer: Even though what you've bought would be well-placed on our "do-not-buy" list and you've overpaid for the pleasure, yes, ecigs in general need more advancements re: fool-proofing.

    There are better devices out there that do have safe chargers and batteries but you have to know what to look for to avoid cowboys like smokex (most companies touting those cig-sized ecigs at inflated prices are - surprisingly - not the least bit interested in vaping, they just want fast cash for four-year-old tech).
    Luckily you're on a vaping forum filled with vaping nerds! If you need any advice on what to buy so you don't get stuck with a sack of shït just ask.


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    DublinCJM
    Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭DublinCJM


    grindle wrote: »
    If you need any advice on what to buy so you don't get stuck with a sack of shït just ask.

    +1 :D

    That gave me a laugh grindle.


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    souter
    Registered Users Posts: 634 ✭✭✭souter


    If only I'd known about this forum first. Anyway, at least I won't be throwing good money after bad.
    Thanks


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    #5
    was.deevey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭was.deevey


    FYI, its not nessesarily overcharging was the problem, simply vaping it to death can kill cig-alikes as well. You can sometimes recover lithium batteries by doing a full charge cycle, unplugging, fully charging and repeat 3 or 4 times.

    However some of the small 510 chargers have an overcharge protection which prevents a fully charged battery charging a second time round thus preventing recovery.

    But as they guys above said - they are pretty much junk ecigs compared to whats around elsewhere these days.


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