I Dropped My Mod! Battery Contact is Depressed, I'm so bummed!!

[diabolique]

So I dropped my Cloupor Mini Yesterday and it just flew apart when it hit the ground.
The top of the battery compartment dented in so the battery won't make contact with the metal.
I am so bummed , no mod.
The tank stayed together fine, but the battery is loose now and just won't fire.
Can the insides be taken out of the mod and that little tab with the bubble on it be replaced? or is there another way...

Besides tossing it and buying a new one... otherwise if that the only option then so be it.

 

[edyle]

if it were me i'd just bend it back, but if you didn't think to do that yourself, maybe you shouldn't be attempting it.
plus i have my multimeter to check for short circuit before I attempt to put battery back in.

 

[diabolique]

I can't bend it back. its a little square tab with a bubble at the top and the bubble is depressed.

 

[jrenae4]

Same thing happened to me. At least it was the one I won here, so thankfully I didn't waste any money (can't really afford to these days). I just chalked it up to the mod being done-zo. Sorry it happened to you too

 

[WharfRat1976]

Owned three cloppers. Dropped three cloppers. One time just on its side on a granite counter. All three cloppers in the garbage. You can pull it apart for spare parts if you need wires, clicky buttons n such.

 

[diabolique]

Same thing happened to me. At least it was the one I won here, so thankfully I didn't waste any money (can't really afford to these days). I just chalked it up to the mod being done-zo. Sorry it happened to you too

So sorry , guess it happens a lot...

 

[diabolique]

Owned three cloppers. Dropped three cloppers. One time just on its side on a granite counter. All three cloppers in the garbage. You can pull it apart for spare parts if you need wires, clicky buttons n such.

guess it's pretty common huh... so sorry... guess it's time for something else...

 

[WharfRat1976]

guess it's pretty common huh... so sorry... guess it's time for something else...

I loved the little things. They worked great until the dreaded drop. The old 510 pins also broke or became inoperable.

 

[Bunnykiller]

if you press a button to make it work, what do you do to make it not work? do you unpress the button, depress the button or repress the button? I figure if you unpress the button it will get wrinkley, if you depress the button it will get sad, if you repress the button it will get mad and revolt and quit working?

 

[crxess]

Own 2 and never an issue. Dropped plenty of times. Guess it depends on the landing...... with ANY Mod.

The Battery is in a Skid. Yes, it can be disassembled and repaired.
Can you do it? No clue.
Could I do it. Yes
Ground Tab must be de-soldered from the outer chassis.

 

[Bunnykiller]

Vamo's are a prime canidate for the dreaded drop and die situation.... get an SVD

 

[Elizabeth Baldwin]

So I dropped my Cloupor Mini Yesterday and it just flew apart when it hit the ground.
The top of the battery compartment dented in so the battery won't make contact with the metal.
I am so bummed , no mod.
The tank stayed together fine, but the battery is loose now and just won't fire.
Can the insides be taken out of the mod and that little tab with the bubble on it be replaced? or is there another way...

Besides tossing it and buying a new one... otherwise if that the only option then so be it.

I guess I'm a tinkerer. I have dozens and dozens of mods... so I would have just found the piece that's compressed on another mod and repaired my Clouper with it. Or I would have taken the Clouper apart and taken something and undented it. Trust me, it can be knocked back out! Or flip it around. Just make sure there's no sharp points against the battery. Safety ya know?

If you do decide to work on it. Be sure to use safety first. Check with a meter to ensure you don't have any shorts or anything when you are done!

 

[Ryedan]

guess it's pretty common huh... so sorry... guess it's time for something else...

IMO tossing it is your safest bet.

 

[beckdg]

Send your battered babies to a loving home.

I will pm my address to any member who would like to provide a long, fulfilling life to their distraught, dimpled children.

Free of charge.

Tapatyped

 

[sonicbomb]

For the work involved in fixing it, and the nagging worry that you may have not done it safely, I say bin it and buy another as they are relatively cheap.

 

[bussdriver]

Same thing happened to me and my Vaporflask. To fix, I did what everyone says is a no-no. I put a 10mm diameter x 2 mm thick magnet on the negative end. Filled in the space and it's as good as new.

 

[WattWick]

Nothing quite as sad as depressed bubbles...

 

[diabolique]

it's in the trash bin...

 

[sonicbomb]

Good one, it's also an excuse to buy new shininessnesses

 

[mattiem]

Sadly we live in a disposable world now Things used to be made to last. The world we live in now is make it as cheap as possible so it had to be tossed and replaced. As heavy as these Cloupers are you would think it could handle a drop but apparently it can't

The only regulated device I have dropped is my pretty purple MVP. I had it sitting on the hood of our pick-up. Went to pick it up and missed. It slid down to hood and hit the ground. It didn't even get a nick in it. I just picked it up, dusted it off and vaped. Seems that wouldn't be the case if the same thing happened to my Clouper mini. GV has the 20watt MVP's listed in their black friday sale for just under $20.00. I think I will pick up a couple more Innokin knows how to build a solid device and I don't need more than 20 watts.