Collapsed my first spring!

[tmel]

Here I am messing with a 510 adapter that I took apart to make my Mad Modz Reactor work on my regular grand and I heard a sound I've never heard before and bye bye spring!

I have stretched the spring out and using my RM2 again, it'll fire and works as it did before. Should I be concerned about the VTC5 that I was using, did I damage the battery?

Aside from the spring never collapsing again, is it safe to use it as stretched out until my new spring arrives? Or, should I use my silver spring from before the SO kit?

 

[Filthy-Beast]

When it collapsed it protected your battery but that's a one time shot. So now that you've stretched it you have no protection. I'd switch to the silver for now so you still have protection.

 

[tmel]

Thanks FB, I was more worried about damaging my battery with continued use then anything.

I trust the hell out of my trusty RM2 and it had nothing to do with my spring collapse, so I think I will forgo the silver spring, it would probably mean I'd have to build a higher ohm coil.

 

[B2L]

Welcome to the club

I've fried 2 of them. The first time I threw out the battery just to be safe. The second time, I tested the voltage and all was well, been using it since with no issues. The collapsing spring prevented any damage to the battery, as far as I can tell.

As far as the spring, I would stick to the old silver spring. If you reuse the fried one, it may not give you any protection in the event of another short.

 

[tmel]

OK OK, I put in the old spring, lol.

I am now once again reminded just how much difference that gold spring really made....

 

[ed101z]

I know of two ways a short can occur on mechanical mods.

1) Accidentally pressing the fire button while working on a coil. (I know. You should always remove battery)
2) The coil touching the cap, posts, or bowl edge.

... what other ways can a short occur??

 

[supertrunker]

broken gasket in the 510...

T

 

[tmel]

The short occurred at the 510 connection. The adapter I was using was a "modders" adapter, so it easily came apart. I took it apart and put it back together out of curiousity and I made just to be extra careful around the silicon insulator and the pin, it looked good and was center. However, the bottom part of the pin (the part that connects to the Reo) was not straight, it was at an angle which caused it after being screwed down to come in contact with the wall of the 510 connection. aaaaand boom

 

[Filthy-Beast]

you could always go with 10amp car fuse mod until the new gold spring arrives

 

[tmel]

I could...but thats a lot more work! I can barely be bothered to rebuild my coil

 

[ed101z]

you could always go with 10amp car fuse mod until the new gold spring arrives

Sounds like something future mechanical mods will have.

 

[tmel]

Always wondered about that fuse...is 10A the max you can push on it?

 

[Rickajho]

The short occurred at the 510 connection. The adapter I was using was a "modders" adapter, so it easily came apart. I took it apart and put it back together out of curiousity and I made just to be extra careful around the silicon insulator and the pin, it looked good and was center. However, the bottom part of the pin (the part that connects to the Reo) was not straight, it was at an angle which caused it after being screwed down to come in contact with the wall of the 510 connection. aaaaand boom

This could quite possibly be the reason(s) why Rob is not in favor of using extenders or adapters on a Reo.

 

[tmel]

Yup...it is risky business

 

[FACE MEAT]

Get yourself a LP grand, tmel. Chowderhead's nodded Reactor is pure bliss.

 

[tmel]

I'll be sending my grand in really soon! I got a random PM from someone last week offering to send me an OG Mini Reo for free as long as I pass it on to someone when done.

Gonna use that, send my Grand in and then pass the Mini away to someone else.

Maybe I'll send it in or get a rebuild kit for it!

 

[tmel]

Get yourself a LP grand, tmel. Chowderhead's nodded Reactor is pure bliss.

I've got a 0.24 ohm 24G dual coil in it right now and omg the flavor flavor flavor!!!!

 

[Filthy-Beast]

Sounds like something future mechanical mods will have.

Actually it's a mod we did while waiting for the gold plated beryllium copper contacts. Allowed us to go to lower ohms and reduced the voltage drop.

Always wondered about that fuse...is 10A the max you can push on it?

Yes you can go higher, it takes it longer to blow so pulling higher than 10 amps for the short time we have the fire button pushed does not blow it. But a hard short will blow it right away.

 

[tmel]

Ah, that makes sense...thanks FB!

 

[Filthy-Beast]

Sounds like something future mechanical mods will have.

here's a pic to give you an idea, the new spring performs much better and is now in this mod instead.