Are Provari tube mods that good ?

[VNeil]

It got about four years of hard use, it mostly had a dripper with a 1.2-1.4 ohm coil and was used while at the computer or watching tv.

Which begs the question, how many Provis does it take to get past 20 years of vapocalypse?

 

[Rickb119]

In reference to Enaud’s post:
How many have had Provaris that have died ?

 

[ENAUD]

Which begs the question, how many Provis does it take to get past 20 years of vapocalypse?

Far less than I have currently

Part of my decision to not send it to Bob the repair guy was based on that fact...id rather let somebody else get the parts for theirs...

 

[coldgin96]

Thanks, guys. Known quirk. And I stretched the spring out. It was fairly well compressed.

ProVape recommended changing those once a year while stretching as needed. They recommended changing the P3/Classic springs every 6 months.

 

[coldgin96]

In reference to Enaud’s post:
How many have had Provaris that have died ?

Jackie used a V2 Mini exclusively for 4 years before having to send it in for a loose board. That girl vapes like a steam train so it was 4 years of hard use.

 

[ENAUD]

ProVape recommended changing those once a year while stretching as needed. They recommended changing the P3/Classic springs every 6 months.

And to anyone who doesn't have backups of their springs, ProVarifuel still has them available, it's a good idea to have a few on hand.

 

[Hobbs]

Not too worried about springs. More concerned about Radius bottom plate retention screws. Had one I thought was tight and it backed off and fell from the Radius. Luckily found it in the console of my Jeep. Check 'em now more often.

 

[Katdarling]

I was into modeling in the 60's with my brother and dad.

You KNOW what *I* thought (hoped)...

 

[ENAUD]

Not too worried about springs. More concerned about Radius bottom plate retention screws. Had one I thought was tight and it backed off and fell from the Radius. Luckily found it in the console of my Jeep. Check 'em now more often.

Springs are cheap, .95 cent each, eventually the silver coating wears off and they can get wonky with time.

I took my Radius screws off and hit them hard with a six inch buffing wheel to get rid of the sharp edges, now I really need to get a fingernail in there to break them free, but they never loosen, not even a little bit.

 

[ENAUD]

I did read a story hear some time back about a guy that actually managed to smoke his Provari. He was using flat top batteries in his P2.5. He added a magnetic button top adapter to his flat top battery (this is specifically warned against in the P2.5 manual). Except he put the adapter on the negative end and put that end in first. It did not blow up or explode, just smoked. And the board was destroyed of course.

For those that do not know, the P2/P2.5 versions used a mechanical form of reverse polarity protection, where the positive contact point is embedded back in the board slightly, so that only a button top positive side can hit the contact. Putting that button top adapter on the battery, on the wrong end, defeated all that. Which is why Provape said Just.Don't Do.That!

That was a sad one because it was his Original ProVari, and yeah, he said it literally smoked

 

[Rickb119]

Not too worried about springs. More concerned about Radius bottom plate retention screws. Had one I thought was tight and it backed off and fell from the Radius. Luckily found it in the console of my Jeep. Check 'em now more often.

My fingernails aren't strong enough so I use a small flat blade screwdriver. It gets em in there tight.

 

[jwbnyc]

Which begs the question, how many Provis does it take to get past 20 years of vapocalypse?

I've got Fourteen, and use about Three at a time, so I'm going with Fourteen.

 

[jwbnyc]

Far less than I have currently

Part of my decision to not send it to Bob the repair guy was based on that fact...id rather let somebody else get the parts for theirs...

You are a better man than I am.

 

[ENAUD]

You are a better man than I am.

I need a practice unit for trying my hand at disassembly, now If I can only find somebody who can de solder the switch and re solder a remote switch onto a board, I'll be in business

 

[AzPlumber]

I need a practice unit for trying my hand at disassembly, now If I can only find somebody who can de solder the switch and re solder a remote switch onto a board, I'll be in business

Solder? I can solder. No guarantees it will work but it will be water tight.

 

[ENAUD]

Solder? I can solder. No guarantees it will work but it will be water tight.

I'll keep you in mind

 

[ENAUD]

You are a better man than I am.

I have a lot of ProVari's

 

[VNeil]

ProVape recommended changing those once a year while stretching as needed. They recommended changing the P3/Classic springs every 6 months.

I hope that's a wildly conservative and pessimistic recommendation. For someone with 3 or 4 Provaris in rotation, they will need an awful lot of springs to go even 10 years.

 

[Hobbs]

Maybe my Billet Boxes will outlast my ProVaris. No silly springs. Between the two, I should be okay. OH ... and I have several high performance ProVari end caps. Good luck replacing the springs in those.

 

[ENAUD]

Maybe my Billet Boxes will outlast my ProVaris. No silly springs. Between the two, I should be okay. OH ... and I have several high performance ProVari end caps. Good luck replacing the springs in those.

Those are pretty cool, the springs are hard wired to the cap with a jumper lead, should be good for years and years...