An Affordable RBA, turn key & safe for our mods
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Crap. Put on a brand new reomizer. It wouldn't fire. Foolishly pulled out my newly acquired Short Stop and fired again. Goodbye spring.
I should have known better. It ohm'd out at 2.25 though. When I took it off it looked like this:
Any ideas on what was wrong. The gap looks suspect. Crap; $46 down the drain w/ the cost of a spring and I'm not using this rba anymore
Sticking a carto on for the rest of the night. The is the first problem I've had in two years of owning Reos.
I should have known better. It ohm'd out at 2.25 though. When I took it off it looked like this:
Any ideas on what was wrong. The gap looks suspect. Crap; $46 down the drain w/ the cost of a spring and I'm not using this rba anymore
Sticking a carto on for the rest of the night. The is the first problem I've had in two years of owning Reos.
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Crap. Put on a brand new reomizer. It wouldn't fire. Foolishly pulled out my newly acquired Short Stop and fired again. Goodbye spring.
I should have known better. It ohm'd out at 2.25 though. When I took it off it looked like this:
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Any ideas on what was wrong. The gap looks suspect. Crap; $46 down the drain w/ the cost of a spring and I'm not using this rba anymore
Sticking a carto on for the rest of the night. The is the first problem I've had in two years of owning Reos.
How disappointing. I've had decent luck with my Reomizer....knock on wood. The gap does look a little wonky. Isn't it funny that cartos were just fine until we ran across these rbas. Now a carto seems like a big step down.
The carto is unacceptable. I'm too tired and bummed out to rig up a different rba or put on an atty. I just want to kick myself. When it didn't fire right away - I should have known. Oh well...
I have three reomizers. I've previously only used one of them. I should have looked closer when I received them. That's a bad habit of mine - not inspecting stuff when I first receive it. It did give me an excuse to go ahead and pull out the locking pin, put something under my delrin button and wash everything up.
I have three reomizers. I've previously only used one of them. I should have looked closer when I received them. That's a bad habit of mine - not inspecting stuff when I first receive it. It did give me an excuse to go ahead and pull out the locking pin, put something under my delrin button and wash everything up.
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Crap. Put on a brand new reomizer. It wouldn't fire. Foolishly pulled out my newly acquired Short Stop and fired again. Goodbye spring.
I should have known better. It ohm'd out at 2.25 though. When I took it off it looked like this:
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Any ideas on what was wrong. The gap looks suspect. Crap; $46 down the drain w/ the cost of a spring and I'm not using this RBA anymore
Sticking a carto on for the rest of the night. The is the first problem I've had in two years of owning Reos.
Wouldn't hurt to send Rob a PM he's a very reasonable guy
but they are what the are modded cheap Chinese knock offs when you say you checked the ohms did you check them from the top 2 posts or at the bottom connector?
Crap. Put on a brand new reomizer. It wouldn't fire. Foolishly pulled out my newly acquired Short Stop and fired again. Goodbye spring.
I should have known better. It ohm'd out at 2.25 though. When I took it off it looked like this:
View attachment 188218
Any ideas on what was wrong. The gap looks suspect. Crap; $46 down the drain w/ the cost of a spring and I'm not using this RBA anymore
Sticking a carto on for the rest of the night. The is the first problem I've had in two years of owning Reos.
Wouldn't hurt to send Rob a PM he's a very reasonable guy
but they are what the are modded cheap Chinese knock offs when you say you checked the ohms did you check them from the top 2 posts or at the bottom connector?
Yup, all the young'uns love their little plastic guns, (usually 'cause it's what they grew up with), till we start shooting 100 and 200 yard steel. All of a sudden their 25 cent trigger jobs aren't as good as they bragged about.
Of course long range pistol shooting allows me to supplement my vaping budget... it's easy when you shoot against a bunch of flatlanders.
Jack
Now, now... let's not jump to to conclusions and assume that I'm some kind of a new wave, plastic lovin', wet behind the ears, yuppie gentlemen
My all time FAVORITE is John M Browning's 1911. I was weened on a WWII series 70- nearly forty years ago. That doesn't, however, change my mindset that Gaston's plastic utilitarian pieces stop short of near perfection- in terms of indestructibility. "Reo Glox"
A couple Era questions for the pro's so I dont do anything stupid.
I am finding the draw a bit tight on the Era compared to the Reomizer which I am now accustomed to so I was thinking of drilling out as many have mentioned. So am I correct with drilling out the side hole with a 1/16 bit ?
Also in comparison to the Reomizer I am finding the flavour a bit muted on the Era have tried several diffrent wick and coils as a starting point but Can this also be contributed to the lack of draw ? Actual vapor production is great.
I am finding the draw a bit tight on the Era compared to the Reomizer which I am now accustomed to so I was thinking of drilling out as many have mentioned. So am I correct with drilling out the side hole with a 1/16 bit ?
Also in comparison to the Reomizer I am finding the flavour a bit muted on the Era have tried several diffrent wick and coils as a starting point but Can this also be contributed to the lack of draw ? Actual vapor production is great.
No pro here, but I would start in minimal increments, not go straight to 1/16".
I would also suggest you use it for a day before doing anything - you may get accustomed and actually prefer it as is. That happened to me.
Lastly, assuming you aligned the airhole over the coil? Where does the airhole line up when holding your REO with the button side pointing down?
Shot thru cyberspace with my iGun
Turn the center post 1/4 turn to the right . This will tighten the gap in the atomizer . chances are when you threaded it on the mod the post just touched the atty cover .Crap. Put on a brand new reomizer. It wouldn't fire. Foolishly pulled out my newly acquired Short Stop and fired again. Goodbye spring.
I should have known better. It ohm'd out at 2.25 though. When I took it off it looked like this:
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Any ideas on what was wrong. The gap looks suspect. Crap; $46 down the drain w/ the cost of a spring and I'm not using this RBA anymore
Sticking a carto on for the rest of the night. The is the first problem I've had in two years of owning Reos.
Good idea on upping size slowly.
Actualy been using it solid for a cpl days now
Yes airhole is directly in front of coils I am an index finger user so air hole is facing button so that it is pointing up.
My ERA's and Hornet are all drilled out to 1/16" there is a drill bit 1 size smaller you could try first and as others have said air hole pointing at the coil and the ceiling
Crap. Put on a brand new reomizer. It wouldn't fire. Foolishly pulled out my newly acquired Short Stop and fired again. Goodbye spring.
I should have known better. It ohm'd out at 2.25 though. When I took it off it looked like this:
View attachment 188218
Any ideas on what was wrong. The gap looks suspect. Crap; $46 down the drain w/ the cost of a spring and I'm not using this RBA anymore
Sticking a carto on for the rest of the night. The is the first problem I've had in two years of owning Reos.
I doubt that your coil is a problem. I have a theory though. Meter it on the connector side, with and without the cap. That gap between the post holder thingy and the connector is confusing me. It looks tilted to the side, if the post touches the cap, that will short. So, the theory is that it's shorting against the cap.
Another advice -- I have a very simple mechanical tube mod I made that takes protected batteries. I build and test my RBAs on it, before putting them onto a Reo. And by "test", I mean vape them a few minutes.
I'll try messing with the cap, after I tighten up the center post. I think I'll use a multimeter to check for continuity between the cap and the two little posts. I originally checked the resistance with one of the little black plastic ohm meter boxes. The coil looks fine...
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Took out the center post. Made sure the little silicon(?) bushings were seated correctly. Put the center post back in. Still a gap. Took it back apart and when reassembling pushed the little posts down on my work surface while screwing in the center post. Gap is gone now and it seems more solid.
The beveled insert that slides into the top of the cap was most likely touching one of the little posts. It stills looks very close. The machining on that insert looks a little rough where it would be touching the posts. I'll caliper measure against my others and maybe cut it down a little. Couldn't hurt...
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Took out the center post. Made sure the little silicon(?) bushings were seated correctly. Put the center post back in. Still a gap. Took it back apart and when reassembling pushed the little posts down on my work surface while screwing in the center post. Gap is gone now and it seems more solid.
The beveled insert that slides into the top of the cap was most likely touching one of the little posts. It stills looks very close. The machining on that insert looks a little rough where it would be touching the posts. I'll caliper measure against my others and maybe cut it down a little. Couldn't hurt...
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...and replace it with "temperature"? That would be sweet!! "Ya, this new juice sings on my 542deg BI (built in) coil Man!"
OH! Is that the the door bell?? There's the mailman with my new "old school" Reo Grand!! Thanks Rob, gotta go!
Just got my hornet in
Took no time to get a 1ohm coil rocking, so much easier than my genesis rbas. Thanks for this guide it made getting the right thing super easy.
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Took no time to get a 1ohm coil rocking, so much easier than my genesis rbas. Thanks for this guide it made getting the right thing super easy.
Sent from my Nexus 4
Crap. Put on a brand new reomizer. It wouldn't fire. Foolishly pulled out my newly acquired Short Stop and fired again. Goodbye spring.
I should have known better. It ohm'd out at 2.25 though. When I took it off it looked like this:
View attachment 188218
Any ideas on what was wrong. The gap looks suspect. Crap; $46 down the drain w/ the cost of a spring and I'm not using this RBA anymore
Sticking a carto on for the rest of the night. The is the first problem I've had in two years of owning Reos.
That's the kind of gap mine has always had. I just pinch it together and it's fine. It's never failed to work for me. I've been using it since January.
Ok it's Sat
time to find out if Jack was yankin our chain
This is scary for my bank account.
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