kangertech subox mini scare

[XXGI JOHNNYxX]

I wrapped a .51 ohm coil and installed it on the rda section of my subtank. I then pressed the fire button for a few seconds to heat the coil up after which I compressed the coil with my ceramic tweezers. I pressed the fire button a second time and the coil began to heat up then stopped. The display screen read high temp then shut off. At which time I noticed smoke coming out of the device. I ran outside and pulled the battery out and sat everything outside to cool down. The battery had not vented and the smoke was coming from inside the kangertech subox itself. any ideas on what happened? This is not my first time building on the rda section and I always test the resistance of my coils on a ohm reader and the subox before firing them.

 

[stormjib]

sounds to me like something burned out in the mod, the kbox mini...is it toast? my guess is it is. i have not heard of this issue, mostly just about the firing pin not making contact once a person uses an rda on it.

 

[dcfluegel]

yeah - have not heard of that being an issue - does not sound like a good thing... glad you are okay and battery was not venting

 

[WillieB69]

It's an electronic device. While not common, electronics can and do fail. If you just purchased it recently, I'd see if Kanger will make good on their warranty or contact the seller about what happpened. One or the other should make good.

 

[Dan011z]

Get it replaced.

 

[Two_Bears]

sounds to me like something burned out in the mod, the kbox mini...is it toast? my guess is it is. i have not heard of this issue, mostly just about the firing pin not making contact once a person uses an rda on it.

Sounds like you had the subox in Temperature control mode and the convenience l got too hot or something on the board failed.

 

[SUPER K]

Sounds like you had the subox in Temperature control mode and the convenience l got too hot or something on the board failed.

No TC mode on Kanger products. ( yet )

 

[Two_Bears]

No TC mode on Kanger products. ( yet )

Thanks for the info brother..

 

[Two_Bears]

I have to say I am surprised that Kanger doesn't have TC.

Even Asolo is making mods that are trying to do taste Control on Kanthal to prevent from burning the wick.

 

[XXGI JOHNNYxX]

Ya the subox is toast. I'm contacting the seller after work today to get a replacement. It was only a month or 2 old so it should be covered. Really scared the wife when I flew off the couch and ran outside.

 

[Pairrate]

Oh boy... I have an RDA ordered and I am going to use it on the kbox mini. Wish me luck lol
Do you have any idea about what went wrong?

 

[XXGI JOHNNYxX]

This was the tank rda but u shouldn't need to worry Pairrate it was a malfunction in the subox it's self not from using a rda.

 

[Pairrate]

Oh! Nice, thanks
Lets see how it goes

 

[XXGI JOHNNYxX]

I used one on mine sometimes .3 ohms is the lowest you can build on it.

 

[Pairrate]

Yeah, I am aware of it. Already gone 0.3ohms on the little rba on the subtank mini. Was quite enjoyable actually but went back the the 0.5 OCC coil because those things are so great and hassle free.

 

[Shelbey Champagne]

Scary! Contact kanger and see if you can get a replacement!

 

[SUPER K]

I have to say I am surprised that Kanger doesn't have TC.

Even Asolo is making mods that are trying to do taste Control on Kanthal to prevent from burning the wick.

The soon to be released NEBOX will have TC according to Kangertech.

 

[RandyF]

Did the RDA have a 510 pin that extended out? The KBox Mini's pin isn't spring loaded, so if you screw on an RDA with protruding 510 pins you can easily force the pin on the Kbox down into the mod, I know, I did it when I used my Velocity on mine. It didn't cause any issues for me, but I can see how it might.

 

[edyle]

I wrapped a .51 ohm coil and installed it on the rda section of my subtank. I then pressed the fire button for a few seconds to heat the coil up after which I compressed the coil with my ceramic tweezers. I pressed the fire button a second time and the coil began to heat up then stopped. The display screen read high temp then shut off. At which time I noticed smoke coming out of the device. I ran outside and pulled the battery out and sat everything outside to cool down. The battery had not vented and the smoke was coming from inside the kangertech subox itself. any ideas on what happened? This is not my first time building on the rda section and I always test the resistance of my coils on a ohm reader and the subox before firing them.

So were you compressing the coil while firing the power?

What kind of battery was it and was the battery hot or not?

 

[Two_Bears]

Ya the subox is toast. I'm contacting the seller after work today to get a replacement. It was only a month or 2 old so it should be covered. Really scared the wife when I flew off the couch and ran outside.

Very sorry the Subox died.

Sometimes vaping can get interesting.

I heard recently about a Mech mod blew up on someone. Don't know if that happened or just a scare tactic of the anti-vaping guys.

Hope that the vape shop will take care of you.