Fired up my KTS a bit a go and almost immediately felt extreme heat on my hand coming from the vent holes. Believing I knew what was happening I sat it down quickly and moved away. A couple minutes later, believing possible danger was passed I retrieved the KTS and removed the Phoenix rda from it. Feeling sure there had to be a short in it I checked it with my multimeter but found it to be fine. I then concluded somehow the KTS must have shorted so I put it on the multimeter and it too was fine. At this point I'm a bit confused as it is certain there had been a short. I then put the Phoenix back on the top piece of the KTS and checked it that way on the multimeter and a short was confirmed.
I took the Phoenix back off and examined it and the KTS and confirmed again that each piece separately did not show a short on the meter. Looking at the center post in the KTS and comparing that to the center post in the Phoenix I realized they are about the same size leaving very little tolerance to keep a gap between the positive post on the KTS and the negative enclosure on the Phoenix that is screwed down in to the opening on the KTS.
It appears obvious to me that the KTS would benefit from a smaller diameter on its positive post. If I could get it apart I could file it down and correct the problem but don't know if it's possible to remove the center post. ANY IDEAS?
And by the way, it is back together and working. For a temporary fix I pushed the positive post on the Phoenix down a bit so it makes contact with the positive post on the KTS without the negative part of the insert touching but I know this is rather tenuous and leaves me apprehensive every time I push the button. Any help at a permanent fix would be appreciated.
I took the Phoenix back off and examined it and the KTS and confirmed again that each piece separately did not show a short on the meter. Looking at the center post in the KTS and comparing that to the center post in the Phoenix I realized they are about the same size leaving very little tolerance to keep a gap between the positive post on the KTS and the negative enclosure on the Phoenix that is screwed down in to the opening on the KTS.
It appears obvious to me that the KTS would benefit from a smaller diameter on its positive post. If I could get it apart I could file it down and correct the problem but don't know if it's possible to remove the center post. ANY IDEAS?
And by the way, it is back together and working. For a temporary fix I pushed the positive post on the Phoenix down a bit so it makes contact with the positive post on the KTS without the negative part of the insert touching but I know this is rather tenuous and leaves me apprehensive every time I push the button. Any help at a permanent fix would be appreciated.
