Battery issues with mechanical mod

[13Rubles]

Hi,

I have recently been experiencing some battery related issues with my Infinite Brass King V2 clone w/ Aspire Atlantis.

I have been using Sony VTC4 batteries, however, just recently, all but one of my batteries seem to have stopped functioning properly with this mod. While one fires great and provides warm, thick, vapor, the others seem to work as if their voltage has dropped and barely provide any vapor, even when fully charged.

I went to my local shop (where I have purchased all of my batteries) and purchased a brand new VTC4. I charged the battery to full in my NiteCore i2 charger, but it still doesn't seem to work correctly in my King V2.

All of my batteries still seem to work just fine in my smok Magneto II

Any ideas on what the issue could be? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[sonicdsl]

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Simple Solutions is for basic beginner equipment only.

 

[towelie]

Clean your mod?

 

[rolygate]

What voltage are all these cells when they come off charge? Then after 2 hours?

What voltage do you get with the cells when in the APV and the button pressed? (You set your meter to Volts DC then put the red probe on the centre pin of the 510 connector, the black probe on the outer screw thread, then hit the actuator.)

Make sure you don't short out the probes/connector when doing this! Make sure you don't have the meter set to Ohms. The APV will need to be held securely for this test. If you are new to this kind of stuff then you'll need a helper because YOU MUST NOT short out the top end when doing this.

If it's a bottom-end actuator button on the APV then I'd do it by getting a dishcloth and a mug, rolling the APV in the cloth then placing it in the mug, then pressing down on the APV when the probes are up, being careful to avoid the probes slipping, and reading the meter result. You may be better off with help.

If you don't have a meter then you have to pay someone else to solve your problems. That's OK if you can afford it and have no practical ability and don't want to get involved anyway. If you own an APV (anything with a removable battery) then you are in meter-needed country otherwise it's impossible to know what's going on. A cheap multimeter is around $10 or even less.


Tell us all these values and we can tell you what the problem is. You might be able to figure it out anyway once you have a meter. Either the cells are dead or there's a battery connection issue.

 

[drunkenbatman]

Since it's a brass mod, you probably need to clean your contacts (aka towelie's 'clean your mod' suggestion). Brass, copper, etc will oxidize & tarnish -- so google up how to clean your mod contacts.

 

[wheelie]

You have to clean all threads on the mod. Take bottom switch apart and clean them. I use a little emery cloth and lightly sand all connectors on the mod. Put it back together and all mine work gr8 again. CHEERS!

 

[Warpigs]

I would also suggest cleaning all contacts and threads.

 

[towelie]

The thread to nowhere leads to me.

 

[sailor75]

When this happened I cleaned all contacts and adjusted the mod again fired great. Got to do a little maintenance to keep this firing good

 

[towelie]

I take mine apart and set it in a bowl of ketchup once or twice a week. Leave it in there for an hour or so and just rinse it off with tap water, works well.

 

[13Rubles]

Thanks for the advice everyone!
It was indeed a cleaning issue. Though I had cleaned most of the threading before, looks like I had neglected a part of the firing button assembly where I found some gunk built up. Cleaned everything with some vinegar & baking soda and my mod works like a charm once again!

 

[Luke Miller]

Make sure your pins in your Brass King v2 are making full contacts with the battery.