Hey guys, I'm new here and I need help ASAP. I've been vaping for just over a year now and I've got the hang of it down pretty well. I recently bought a kangertech tech turbo clearomizer and I used it with my itaste 134. Everything was fine for about a month, then it started to shock my lips, now when I try to use it the coils don't fire it just emits a high pitch squealing noise and shock me if I put my lips to it. Can anybody tell me why this is happening and if I can fix this? Thanks in advance.
Clearomizer Shocking me
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Something is most likely wrong with your coil wiring, and is turning your clearomizer into part of the circuit. That's not good.
Have you tried using a different/new coil and it does the same? Have you recently broken down the tank for cleaning?
Have you tried using a different/new coil and it does the same? Have you recently broken down the tank for cleaning?
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/rebuildable-atomizer-systems/440399-why-do-my-coils-wicks-pop-crackle-like-crazy-mini-explosions.html
Hope it helps, if not I am sure someone will. That is just how it is around here. Like family. So make yourself at home.
D'oh, I'd do what he said too for initial trouble-shooting -- though it'll need to be a conductive tank, not a plastic evod or something. And his advice offers cash-back.
Hi, nemiez and welcome to ECF!
My guess is that the coil (or at least one of the coils, if there's more than one) is either shorted to the wall of the Turbo or extremely close to it. The high-pitched squeal may be the result of some arcing.
Hope you find the cause.
Happy Vaping!
Hey, thanks for all the quick replies, so I tried some of the advice. I had just recently taken apart the tank and cleaned it. So I thought it might have been the coils. The strange thing is I tried to fire it on a little ego battery and it worked fine, no noise or anything. I put it back on the itaste though and the same thing happened, so this kind of confused me. If it was the coils it wouldn't work period. And I've tightened them many times to make sure nothing was wrong with the fit. Could it be that the itastes higher wattage is some what to blame here? Also I've tried a different clearomizer on the itaste so I don't think it is the problem. Oh well let me know what you guys think, thanks.
Have you verified that there is no water/liquid in the base (afc) of the tank. This could be shorting out the atty head and account for the issues you've described. Wrap the tank base in a tissue and with the tank base's air holes toward the floor and blow into the drip tip. If liquid is getting on the tissue repeat until it stops.
DC/DC converters tend to squeal and generate high voltages when the output inductor fails open-circuit. Check the center pin in the atty and on your mod, try lifting the center pin on the mod by lightly prying it up just a bit and see if that helps. If not, I think you'll be needing to buy a new one.
Got an update, managed to get the clearomizer to fire, not 100% what fixed it but I took the coils out and cleaned them again, this time though I noticed some dirt where one of the coils screwed in. I cleaned that out and it's working now. I also noticed the wicking on the coils had actually fallen out of the assembly. So either of those could be the problem. I've ordered a set of new coils to test it out. I'm really hoping that this is the problem. Really not wanting it to be my mod.
That isn't good to dead short the system, but..riddle me this.
If say that the entire system were electrically charged, wouldn't that put the resistance too high for the mod to handle. It should (In theory) shut down the system long before you even noticed a shock at all. I'm starting to wonder if it wasn't hot sputter that may be to blame. I could be wrong as I'm not well versed in electrical but just a thought.
Either way, replace that cleromizer asap as there is no need to put anything in the danger zone or possible failure point.
If say that the entire system were electrically charged, wouldn't that put the resistance too high for the mod to handle. It should (In theory) shut down the system long before you even noticed a shock at all. I'm starting to wonder if it wasn't hot sputter that may be to blame. I could be wrong as I'm not well versed in electrical but just a thought.
Either way, replace that cleromizer asap as there is no need to put anything in the danger zone or possible failure point.
This happened to me yesterday with an old aerotank mow. Dirt was shorting the thread on my VAMO. If it is useful for someone I thought I'd post it here.
It's prolly the coil shorting therefore making some sparks through your body to ground the excessive charges.
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