Provari Classic battery terminal broken

[iBloke]

WOW!

To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement..

I own 3 mods. All Provari's.

I quickly learned soon after giving up the stinkies to spend my $ on quality vape gear and so I moved on from my short lived Kanger Kbox mini to ProVape products.

My absolute favourite daily mod, a beautiful Provari Classic (mistakenly fitted with a P3 board) took a dump today.
Put a fresh AW 18490 in (the battery supplied by ProVape when I bought this mod directly from them) and it stopped working completely.

Unscrewed the end, removed the battery, and part of the positive battery terminal fell out

This renders my 5 month old Provari useless, unless I can figure out a way of pulling it apart so I can fix it (very possible, and doable for my relatively adept mechanical skills)..

Or spending a small fortune in shipping costs sending it to "Bill" for warranty repair from Australia (WAAAY too expensive!)

I'm a bit stunned to say the least that something like this could happen..especially to a high quality mod that has never been dropped or mistreated in any way

....looks like even the "best stuff money can buy" can break prematurely.....VERY PREMATURELY!

Sad

 

[iBloke]

I have a generic drill press like this buried deep in one of my sheds (11+ sheds) that I used decades ago for my corded drill.
It would be the perfect bit of hardware to mount the correct negative contact thread, and P3 thread to be able to pull the top out of my broken Classic, and then reverse the procedure to press the P3 connection back in.

My brain is going 100 mph trying to figure out the best way to approach this conundrum...

The end result could be that I could help local Aussie Provari users with simple repairs like mine.

I'm absolutely NOT an electronics technician.
Haven't got a clue about that stuff...

But I've been blessed with an ability to figure out mechanical stuff...

Stay tuned LOL

 

[ENAUD]

Sorry to read this Bloke, I'm going to go digging for a vid to share with you...BRB...

 

[ENAUD]

and...here you go:
? for ProVape, is it possible to adapt the tapered ProVari to P3 threading?

just click the linky and watch the Zenmeister at work

a couple notes, the endcaps do have a hole in them, so they can be secured to a plate...

the specs for the 510 can be readily found, and there are sources for the taps and dies in that pitch / dia. you'll need a die

There must be some crafty electronics repair guys down your way? someone adept at soldering boards and tiny things? I'm guessing you will be successful in reviving this mod. Good luck!

 

[iBloke]

and...here you go:
? for ProVape, is it possible to adapt the tapered ProVari to P3 threading?

just click the linky and watch the Zenmeister at work

a couple notes, the endcaps do have a hole in them, so they can be secured to a plate...

the specs for the 510 can be readily found, and there are sources for the taps and dies in that pitch / dia. you'll need a die

There must be some crafty electronics repair guys down your way? someone adept at soldering boards and tiny things? I'm guessing you will be successful in reviving this mod. Good luck!

Thanks mate

I'll go watch the video now

Cheers

p.s. I just sent an email to "Bill" so I'll be interested to see what he has to say

 

[iBloke]

I reckon I could make one of those topcap removal doohickeys

 

[ENAUD]

I reckon I could make one of those topcap removal doohickeys

Yeah, I figgered the Sam when I watched the vid, I'm betting laminated birch plywood could be used, all you need is three pieces of threaded rod and some nuts & washers. Anchoring the device to the jig will is what you'll need to work out....maybe turn down an oversize bolt and then use the die to make the 510 threads to attach to the top cap. Then that bolt could be secured to the top plate of the jig.

 

[ENAUD]

PS...I was thinking about aircraft grade laminated ply, hobby stores for radio control nuts carry this in the builders secltion.

I suppose some thick aluminum, steel , heck even lexan might work.

 

[Katdarling]

Oh Blokey!! I feel so so bad for you for this! My suggestion would have been to contact Bill for repair advice, but I see you've already done so. Needless to say you'll keep us posted on this?

E., you made some great suggestions!!

 

[AstroTurf]

I fear that the removal of a P3 board may be difficult.

 

[Tomasius74]

I feel really bad for you mate. I hope you can get it fixed.

This thread makes me wonder If we should start buying some mechs just in case all the provaris fail (hopefully in a very distant future)




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[classwife]

Oh noooo !
Your special treasure !
I hope you can manage to fix it !

 

[ENAUD]

I fear that the removal of a P3 board may be difficult.

I seem to remember a post by 360 that said they designed a carrier for the board when they went to the P3, which IIRC eliminated the need for the " glue dots" to hold the board in place. I'd bet that once the top cap is off the board will slide right out.

I haven't had the need to find out for myself if this is the case, but I am prepared to if the need ever arises.

 

[r77r7r]

dang Murphys law! Wait'll GP finally closes and my Paps goes and breaks! And yeah, seen more mechs breaks on here than Provaris.

GL, OP

 

[AstroTurf]

I seem to remember a post by 360 that said they designed a carrier for the board when they went to the P3, which IIRC eliminated the need for the " glue dots" to hold the board in place. I'd bet that once the top cap is off the board will slide right out.

I haven't had the need to find out for myself if this is the case, but I am prepared to if the need ever arises.

My fear is a snap in cartridge board carrier type of thing...

 

[ronmack]

WOW!

To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement..

I own 3 mods. All Provari's.

I quickly learned soon after giving up the stinkies to spend my $ on quality vape gear and so I moved on from my short lived Kanger Kbox mini to ProVape products.

My absolute favourite daily mod, a beautiful Provari Classic (mistakenly fitted with a P3 board) took a dump today.
Put a fresh AW 18490 in (the battery supplied by ProVape when I bought this mod directly from them) and it stopped working completely.

Unscrewed the end, removed the battery, and part of the positive battery terminal fell out

This renders my 5 month old Provari useless, unless I can figure out a way of pulling it apart so I can fix it (very possible, and doable for my relatively adept mechanical skills)..

Or spending a small fortune in shipping costs sending it to "Bill" for warranty repair from Australia (WAAAY too expensive!)

I'm a bit stunned to say the least that something like this could happen..especially to a high quality mod that has never been dropped or mistreated in any way

....looks like even the "best stuff money can buy" can break prematurely.....VERY PREMATURELY!

Sad

How about contacting provape, purchase a terminal or a few and have someone solder it in locally?

 

[WillyZee]

contact a watch repair guy ... he might have a fix.

 

[DPLongo22]

Oh, Phil....

 

[Katdarling]

How about contacting provape, purchase a terminal or a few and have someone solder it in locally?

ronmack...... hate to be the bearer of bad news......... but Provape is out of business, so I'm not quite sure that idea will be possible.

 

[iBloke]

PS...I was thinking about aircraft grade laminated ply, hobby stores for radio control nuts carry this in the builders secltion.

I suppose some thick aluminum, steel , heck even lexan might work.

I live part time between my beautiful Lady's home, and my brothers dairy farm.
The dairy farm has all kinda stuff I can use to cobble together pretty much anything.
I can weld, engineer, work with wood, mechanical stuff, jack of all trades LOL so as long as I can get my hands on even basic tools I reckon I'll be able to build a simple doohickey

Oh Blokey!! I feel so so bad for you for this! My suggestion would have been to contact Bill for repair advice, but I see you've already done so. Needless to say you'll keep us posted on this?

E., you made some great suggestions!!

Thanks Kat.
Yeah it hadta be my most favouritest dinit!?

I fear that the removal of a P3 board may be difficult.

G'day Astro, Yeah I've been wondering about that too....but as ProVape made their devices to be serviceable I'm hoping it won't be "too" difficult .. *fingers crossed*

I feel really bad for you mate. I hope you can get it fixed.

This thread makes me wonder If we should start buying some mechs just in case all the provaris fail (hopefully in a very distant future)

Thanks mate.
Nah I think I just got unlucky with this one.
Still got 100% faith in my other two

Oh noooo !
Your special treasure !
I hope you can manage to fix it !

My Special Treasure it certainly is!
...and when it arises from the ashes I think I will name it "Phoenix"

I seem to remember a post by 360 that said they designed a carrier for the board when they went to the P3, which IIRC eliminated the need for the " glue dots" to hold the board in place. I'd bet that once the top cap is off the board will slide right out.

I haven't had the need to find out for myself if this is the case, but I am prepared to if the need ever arises.

My fear is a snap in cartridge board carrier type of thing...

I just had a look inside the end with a flashlight and it looks like the board is held in place with a two part moulded black plastic "carrier" and I can see no sign of hot glue anywhere.
Snap/slide in hopefully means snap/slide out.....

How about contacting provape, purchase a terminal or a few and have someone solder it in locally?

Unfortunately ProVape closed their doors a few weeks ago

contact a watch repair guy ... he might have a fix.

I can solder reasonably well....when my hands aren't shakin' all over the place lol

Beer steadies 'em though

Oh, Phil....

G'day Dave..yep ..I know....