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donnah

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So I was running out to work this morning and changed batts in my metal grand. It didn't fire. It fired fine before I changed the batt. So I put a fresh batt in it and it still wouldn't fire. I was in a hurry so I put it down, picked up another mod and ran out the door. Well I'm home now and started investigating the problem. I took the reomizer off and put it on a provari and it fired. I put a pheonix in the reo.. pushed the button and the spring collapsed in a puff of smoke :glare: The phoenix wasn't shorted because I just put it on a provari and it fires fine.. it there was a short in it the provari would let me know.

So now I need a new spring. I looked on the site but the only replacement spring I see is for wood mods. Can someone point me to the right replacement spring to buy and does anyone have any ideas on what might have happened?
 

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So I was running out to work this morning and changed batts in my metal grand. It didn't fire. It fired fine before I changed the batt. So I put a fresh batt in it and it still wouldn't fire. I was in a hurry so I put it down, picked up another mod and ran out the door. Well I'm home now and started investigating the problem. I took the reomizer off and put it on a provari and it fired. I put a pheonix in the reo.. pushed the button and the spring collapsed in a puff of smoke :glare: The phoenix wasn't shorted because I just put it on a provari and it fires fine.. it there was a short in it the provari would let me know.

So now I need a new spring. I looked on the site but the only replacement spring I see is for wood mods. Can someone point me to the right replacement spring to buy and does anyone have any ideas on what might have happened?

What ohm coil do you usually run in your RM2? Did you Noalox your firing contact point? If running coils around 1 ohm you might experience misfires due to a slight build-up on the firing contact point. It might need filing and Noalox to stop the misfires.

Sometimes the bottom center pin on a atomizer, or RBA can stick out too far and cause a short. Check the center pin on the Phoenix and see if it is sticking out some and not flush with the bottom.
 

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Hmmm... I've only had it a couple weeks. The coil is .9Ω and I did put noalox on the firing contact point but it's been a week or so. The 510 connection looks like I think it should and I don't think I screwed the atty on too tight.. snug but not tight. Even if I get a new spring and install it I'm kinda afraid to use it now. Should I just send it in and have it looked at? I don't particularly want to spend another $23 plus shipping to get a repair kit when it's under warranty.
 

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If this is a older phoenix with the center post that moves this is what caused the short . I have seen this many times with that atomizer . The center post on reos is larger then most mods .

It wasn't an older phoenix but it's a cheap one and the center post does move up in the device if it's screwed on too tight.. but I was careful not to screw it too tight.
 
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