gorman Posted August 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Out of the blue this is happening. I left the mod charging on my bedside table tonight, woke up in the middle of the night (it happens quite often) and unplugged it. This morning I started vaping and I saw charge at 20%.Since I had to travel all day, I put the mod away and used a different one.Came back home now, attached it to Escribe and Escribe sees it. Now the battery is at 13%. You can see my monitor diagnostics below. I tried different cables and different chargers. What I notice is that:a) The three cells seem balanced.b) There is a *very* little charge coming through the USB cable (0.015A instead of the usual 0.5A). This is not enough to make the bolt appear but it's enough to stop the display from turning off (it sees the connection).I now detach it while waiting for some help. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwcraig1 Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Under the "Diagnostics" tab of Device Monitor there is "Reset USB Current Limit", have you tried that?I didn't know if the setting was made to EScribe or the mod so I set mine to charge at 0.15A and moved it to a stand alone charger and it would only charge at 0.15A.Mine did show the lightning bolt at 0.15A BTWOh, I see that you said 0.015A, I'll try it again.Edit: no lightning bolt with 0.015A on mine as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorman Posted August 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 I tried that. To no avail. I disassembled the box and from the side of the board I can access without desoldering everything seemed in order. I'm left with no action save hoping to find a local repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwcraig1 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 I was hoping for a different answer, I'm sure you were too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spector NS5 RD Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 is the usb socket loose on your vt200? with 35,xxx puffs on the device i'm going to say your usb port has seen a lot of use. could be that the charging circuit isn't receiving the needed current from the usb cable due to a weak connection (usb port) or it's dirty. the lightening bolt will appear at .10 amps and up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorman Posted August 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Yeah, it might be that. It's just that I don't know how to fix it. I'm looking for local repair solutions here in Milan, Italy. As sending the box to Hcigar in China... no, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisss Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 weird, my vt200 has just done the same!it has had 49000 puffs mind you!mine has the lightning bolt but is only charging at 0.15A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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