Cant inhale after screwing on battery, help?

[serenity21899]

It's a Vision Vivi Nova. I used them but it's been so long I forgot how they actually work.

Here are some pictures of what the head look like, etc. (Won't let me copy/paste).

GotVapes VISION ViVi NOVA™ 3.5ml V2.5 REBUILDABLE TANK [gv-VIVINOVA-TANKV2.5] - $12.95 : GotVapes.com, E-cigarette Supplies - Atomizers Cartomizers Mods Juice and more

 

[waspelectra]

Yep thats what I put in my OP.

Not sure if/how that was supposed to help me with my problem though.

 

[klynnn]

If that is the cap that sits on the stem of the vivi nova it is missing the small metal insert that goes inside. I can't tell from the pix ..do you have a picture of the head by itself.

 

[edyle]

Its a rubber tube that looks like this:

Can you cut that in half with a razor blade?
I think it's too long and it's blocking the airholes.


Even slicing 10% off the end should do it.
the thinner end.

 

[waspelectra]

This isnt the top rubber part that has the metal piece inside that sits above the wicks this is on the other end.

 

[waspelectra]

I have the tools to cut it yes. I suppose I will try that. Cut it so that it will sit right below the cut out that is on the inside tube correct?

 

[serenity21899]

Yep thats what I put in my OP.

Not sure if/how that was supposed to help me with my problem though.

It was for others to see what it's suppose to look like vs what you posted.

 

[edyle]

It's a Vision Vivi Nova. I used them but it's been so long I forgot how they actually work.

Here are some pictures of what the head look like, etc. (Won't let me copy/paste).

GotVapes VISION ViVi NOVA™ 3.5ml V2.5 REBUILDABLE TANK [gv-VIVINOVA-TANKV2.5] - $12.95 : GotVapes.com, E-cigarette Supplies - Atomizers Cartomizers Mods Juice and more

that link has a half hour tutorial on cleaning the vi nova

 

[klynnn]

I am trying to figure out where that piece goes. I use vivi's everyday for the last 2 years and i don't have that piece on mine. Maybe it's a new type that I haven't seen.

 

[waspelectra]

I watched the tutorial and it never shows the part I need to see, so I still dont know if that rubber piece is supposed to be there.

 

[waspelectra]

If yours looks the same as mine and it works without this rubber bit then maybe mine would be okay with out it too. (i really dont know )

 

[klynnn]

On the base of mine I have no silicon adapter. The metal screws into the 510 connection. All I can figure is you have an old v1 vivi nova that had air holes on the 510 connection and were a big problem. That is why they came out with the v2.

 

[edyle]

If yours looks the same as mine and it works without this rubber bit then maybe mine would be okay with out it too. (i really dont know )

I think that rubber piece just makes sure the end of the center pin cant come into contact with the sides - that would cause a short;

but it's probably too long and part of it is blocking the airholes; chopping it in half should fix the problem.

 

[klynnn]

Try screwing the metal base into your battery and see what happens.

 

[waspelectra]

Try screwing the metal base into your battery and see what happens.

I dont know what youre asking me to do here. Do you mean without the rubber part I've been talking about?

 

[waspelectra]

Okay ill try cutting it down and giving it a go.

 

[edyle]

Okay ill try cutting it down and giving it a go.

I'm sure it will work without it, but from the shape of it, it is clear to me that the purpose is an electrical isolator grommet to prevent the pin in the middle from touching the sides.

 

[klynnn]

Does the base 510 connection of your vivi have threads on it? Usually you fill the tank and then screw the whole tank onto the battery 510 connection well. I still can't figure where your part goes. I screw my vivi in metal to metal in the 510 connection. Am I missing something here>?

 

[HughDaHand]

That is a insulator to keep the center pin from shorting out against the 510 threaded side. If you look at the threads of the 510 connector there will be 2 air holes right above the threads. That insulator need to be inserted into the center of the connector and pushed up until it is above those air holes, otherwise it blocks the airflow when you attach it to your battery. If you need to you can pull out that center pin (it is just held in by that insulator and sometimes another one at the top right under the coil) put in the insulator and push the center pin back through.

 

[waspelectra]

I fill the tank and then put the tank on the battery as well. So just to break this down, I have the battery, I have the metal base of the tank that directly screws into the battery and in between the metal part that has the threads that screws into the battery and the tube which allows for air movement is this rubber gasket, then there is the plastic tank walls (the tube), then the wick which has its own rubber part that has a metal piece inside of it, then the metal tank top, then the mouth piece. Maybe this will help.