And another exploding ecig

[Lockett]

I'm talking about the the little ego usb chargers that you screw your ego battery into. For some strange reason, using an Ego charger to charge my Ego batteries,just seemed to make sense. I also use a nokia charger to charge my nokia phone.

To quote from the article - “We are investigating whether a device of ours was involved. The fire service is echoing the clear advice in our instructions that e-cigarettes should only be recharged using the charger supplied.”

Which just about covers all of the where's and whyfors, imo.

The little eGo dock isn't usually the issue, although I have read and heard about really badly made and dodgy as hell ones which basically have just a +ive and -ive wire from the USB connector to the eGo threaded section with no circuit between. No regulation what so ever. The issue mainly lies with the power source.

But indeed you are correct, just read the instruction people, if in doubt, look online.

 

[Huggett]

There is no authentic one. The ego charger is a USB charger. Which leaves you with the problem of where to plug it in to. If you have an iPhone the USB plug would be the most obvious thing. Trouble is, most are not genuine. Not only egics explode, peoples phones and laptops do as well.

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I meant an authentic branded charger...

Sadly most aren't, go to a reputable dealer. Speaking of fake exploding chargers it was on Fake Britain today

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[twoeyedbob]

Hopefully just to set things straight incase people need to know what is required to charge an eGo.

eGo batteries should be charged at DC 4.2v - 420mA.

For a charger you would require one that outputs DC5v at as close a number to 420mA. A lot of USB wall chargers will state on that label there specs. Typical example would be 5v at 0.5A (500mA)

The actual piece you screw into your eGo battery, the charging dock, lets say, requires DC5V input and will have some form of regulated circuitry that will lower the current to the required output, this is usually given off thermally. 0.5A is perfect for this as its only 80mA higher then is required and thermally will hardly be noticeable and will not stress the charging dock. You start to go higher, things start getting VERY warm.. It is easily possible to damaged the circuitry thus regulating of current will fail and this usually results in the eGo battery to experience 'Thermal Runaway' when a much higher current is being pushed to it.

Here are some examples of outputs from common devices:

PC USB Port: 5v at 0.5A (Perfectly fine)
iPhone charger: 5v at 1A (over double an eGo charger requires, the charging dock is now trying to regulate 580mA more then it needs, more then enough for things to get bad, quickly)
iPad Charger: 5v at 2.1A (4x the current required, now you're in trouble, the charging dock will likely fail very quickly)

So in conclusion, common sense prevails. If you know what your requirements are when charging a device you should then know what you need to use to deliver that current correctly.

Remember, most of the eGo charging docks are small and won't handle higher input currents well as the circuit inside is not designed to dissipate excessive current.

Recommended Charger: Nitecore USB Charger

just noticed that the wall plug supplied with my wifes ego kit has a 1 amp output....the ego adaptor says 500ma input..
all good quality vaporized branded gear...still wrong though.
the only 500ma wall plugs i've got are cheap and nasty things..
so do i use good quality stuff, almost certainly with protection circuits (but the wrong output),
Or cheap stuff with debatable circuitry but the right output ?

Beginning to understand why vaporized incl a charge safe bag.

 

[knome]

just noticed that the wall plug supplied with my wifes ego kit has a 1 amp output....the ego adaptor says 500ma input..

As long as the ego charger/adapter does its job the 1 amp output from the wall plug is OK. If the ego charger/adapter and/or battery develops a fault then you could be in trouble. Can you get back to Vaporized and ask why they've supplied a 1 amp output wall plug?

 

[Chegs]

TBH,I think the media use iPhone descriptions as a way to have a dig at Apple too (and not just e-cigs) as the term Smartphone is applicable to any brand of mobile phone.

 

[twoeyedbob]

As long as the ego charger/adapter does its job the 1 amp output from the wall plug is OK. If the ego charger/adapter and/or battery develops a fault then you could be in trouble. Can you get back to Vaporized and ask why they've supplied a 1 amp output wall plug?

i may send an email to vaporized head office..
and i'll make sure my missus never uses any apple stuff to charge it.

 

[anthonyb]

I think this post has become distorted a little. This one wasn't an ego that vented, it was reportedly an e-lite (lookylike).

And note the first line.

Last night a spokesman for manufacturer E-Lites said all of its products come with a charger.

He said: “We are investigating whether a device of ours was involved. The fire service is echoing the clear advice in our instructions that e-cigarettes should only be recharged using the charger supplied.”

So if e-lites come with their own charger.

On the ego sideline, just checked my wall plug adapter, and that has got a 500mah output.

 

[Motorheaded]

If outputs were standardised, or user-changeable, there would be less of an issue.
By using USB, chargers have to take responsibilty for circuit protection, as the format is capable of massively exceeding the device limits.
The same reason we have differently rated fuses in plugs, or in the case of 16Amp and 32Amp 110V equipment, different sized plugs (to prevent a high-load device operating on an incapable circuit), means we can assume the socket can safely provide a set power supply, what we plug into it has to take responsibility for fault and overcurrent protection.

There seems to be a gap in the market for an adapter to provide this protection, but the uninformed will still see a square peg/square hole justification for using any USB combination.
The manufacturers will have to take responsibility, now, or when they are inevitably forced to.

 

[silentoz]

cheap china shit some vendors well most likely market stall traders will never learn untill they burn some cunts house down n kill some poor bstrd


im on about the charger not the elite im willin to bet she lost her original charged n baught a £ 1 one off ebay or some shit says used i phone charge well last i new i phones aint 510 connection ,,,

 

[Huggett]

Is that a dig at Market Traders silentoz?

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