Conanthewarrior Posted May 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Hi everyone. I have another issue with a DNA200, this time the battery reading- it will not charge. I have checked the Li-Po, and it is OK, it is just when connected to the mod it is reading like this, and will not charge. This happened before, and I needed a board replacement. Here is an image of Escribe- it is very erratic. Any ideas what I can do to sort this out? Why am I so unlucky with Evolv , out of 49 mods, 4 out of 5 Evolv mods have now failed, and only one other mod has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conanthewarrior Posted May 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Ok well the battery is now stable, and the mod is showing as charging. That was very odd, and I hope it isn't a sign the mod is going to fail soon. I will keep updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayneo Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Well, those cells look/looked imbalanced. Battery issue. Keep an eye on that, or try charging till they're all the same value, or recovery charge which takes a long time. Isn't that the mod with those easily replaceable lipo battery packs? Post another screen shot, same as before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black lace Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 I would allso change your cable and charger or alternative usp port, if your connecting it up and seeing intermitant charging, ive buggered a board up through using a bad charger.. also if you've resurected the mod after months of no use because of using all your other mods i cant see a problem with the battery just needing a freshen up charge and ballance, so no issue .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conanthewarrior Posted May 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 The mod is fine now I am glad to say The mod does use special removable Li-Po packs- the only problem is you can't seem to get them now. EDIT: Or you can, but they are around £40 on gearbest. The DR200 is the one with the easy to replace Li-Po- I think the V1 and V2 DX200 I have were kind of Beta models that were sold to the public, and the DR200 is the final product. I do have one other Empty housing, from a damaged pack, which I can solder a new pack into when this one needs replacing, and also another pack as I have converted my other Hotcig to use dual 18650's. The numbers for each cell were jumping around very erratically, from 0V up to 5.6V, multiple times a second, which is shown in the graph. It just stopped doing it all of a sudden. I hadn't used the mod properly in a few weeks due to all of the others I have, it is being used today though and is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black lace Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 Doesnt that sound like a bad contact, (contact) being a word covering anything from a broken wire to simply fluf, grease, juice in/on a usb socket or male end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conanthewarrior Posted May 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 black lace said:Doesnt that sound like a bad contact, (contact) being a word covering anything from a broken wire to simply fluf, grease, juice in/on a usb socket or male end.It does actually, fingers crossed it was simply some fluff or similar on the USB male end, and not something like a solder joint or wire, or a failing USB on the actual mod. It is still working as it should be, so it seems this is likely. I actually forgot how much I liked the little hotcig, a very nice size and the 900MAH battery is plenty for my usual vaping style, around 30W with a quick 50W preheat.EDIT: Wow, I only just noticed the puff counter- for the time I have had these mods, I have hardly used them at all! I think my highest puff count is around 9000 on my Wismec or Efusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conanthewarrior Posted May 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 black lace said:I would allso change your cable and charger or alternative usp port, if your connecting it up and seeing intermitant charging, ive buggered a board up through using a bad charger.. also if you've resurected the mod after months of no use because of using all your other mods i cant see a problem with the battery just needing a freshen up charge and ballance, so no issue ..I only just noticed the mention that you have buggered up a mod with a bad charger- I have changed the USB cable now. I always use a 1.3A supply from the wall to charge when not using Escribe- I prefer to use a supply that is rated slightly more from a good brand (samsung), as I found that the 1A ones seem to get very warm. This isn't just with my DNA200's, everything that charges at 1A, so I use the 1.3A. I know that this is OK as the device will just draw what it needs. How did you damage a device with a bad charger? Sorry to hear that happened too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black lace Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Yes i allso use the samsung chargers, (better the charger gets warm than mod) i bought a generic twin 1amp charger, i can only guess it must have shorted somehow and blew/burned somthing on the 200 board charger end, allso the only time i have ever blown a fuse is when using a cheap charger and vaped as a pass through and popped a fuse, twice over on different mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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