808 top cap

[cosmic charlie]

Just got my IP with 808 top cap in blue! I am used to the 510 connection so I need help it seem if I tighten an Atty or carto like I normally would it shorts out (no blue light) I have to leave them loose enough they wobble a little. It doesn't matter if I use a 901, 808, or 510 with a connector. I removed the top cap and the screw connecting the red wire was really loose so I snuged it back down and it made no difference. Is this just how they are with the 808? Thank you in advance and happy new year!

 

[cosmic charlie]

Almost forgot!

 

[Bovinia]

Hmmm Stan, I don't have much experience with an 808 but hopefully someone without a hangover will be along soon to help you LOL

Your IP sure is handsome tho...love the new blue!

 

[Ruppy]

Did you take the O ring off

 

[cosmic charlie]

No i did not

 

[BuzzKill]

Take off the O-ring and try it , that is for a 901 atty @!

 

[cosmic charlie]

Nope still shorts out without the oring.

 

[BuzzKill]

Are you using an adapter ? I have never had shorting issues with the 808 before .Unless it is missing a part ?? I had a friend ( bad IDEA ! ) make some top caps up and they were not so good ! one would have the right stuff the next not !

 

[cosmic charlie]

I have a 901 atty and it shorts i have a 901-510 connector and it shorts. The top cap has a screw a black washer a clear tube a second clear tube with a "t" a brass piece and another screw.

 

[5cardstud]

It should go together the same as the Buzz top cap. Check that all the parts are good not cracked of mis-formed. Also you will have better luck with the slotted screw (-) instead of the Phillips screw (+). Last but not least the center post on adapters has a large and small end. I turn the center post around so the small end is facing the PV. It gives it more clearance.

 

[BuzzKill]

That all looks right ! Humm weird ??? what MFG of atty ?

5CS has it right

 

[cosmic charlie]

The top screw is a sloted type it was torked down tight enough i had to use forceps to hold the brass connector to loosen it. The "t" shaped insulator I had to work at, it was stuck in there quite tightly none of the parts seemed cracked. Since this happens with or without the connector i dont think that is it but I did pop the center pin out and inspect the silicone insulator on it. I have never taken the top cap apart on my BP as it has always worked, it is a 510 connection

 

[cosmic charlie]

One i got from you when I had my OI changed from a 510 to a 901 whatever brand that is

 

[Bovinia]

Put her back together and see if it works now. Could be something was so over tight that it was squishing the o-ring out of place?

 

[cosmic charlie]

I put it all back together and it works pretty much the same. I did wonder if it somehow pushes the positive terminal assembly over enough to contact the lip in between the two clear insulators?

 

[Bovinia]

Bummer Stan And I'm guessing that you have tried more than 1 atty since you mentioned an adapter that didn't make any difference? Do you have a volt meter to test it without an atty on it?

 

[cosmic charlie]

A couple of attys e2's dc's 901 510 301. The adapter itself wont short out and it works fine as long as I keep whatever loose. Its not like I have only one

 

[Bovinia]

I figured you had tried others, it's just one of those annoying troubleshooting questions that had to be asked

I don't have an IP and never had the cap off my original Infinity, but have been under the hood of my OB, BP and changed the top cap on my BP beta. Frustrating to know it's probably a simple fix.

 

[cosmic charlie]

Yeah i cant seem to keep my fingers out when things don't work. About ten years ago my dad sent his rototiller up for me to use and the damm thing wouldn't shift gears I called him up to ask if i was doing something wrong and I wasn't then he informed me he had the service manual but didn't send it up so I sent him a picture of his rototiller completely disassemble and spread out on the floor of my garage! Told him to keep the manual

 

[Bovinia]

Hahaaa! Yup, I'm Ms. Fixit around the house...keeps my mother in law happy