Ha. Ha. We gotcha! Now you know......
Love your new avatar, by the way. Looking good.
Convince me Reoville is the place I should call home.
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Ha. Ha. We gotcha! Now you know......
Love your new avatar, by the way. Looking good.
LOL. Guess what? Yes, you guessed it right! (Maybe) I collapsed my spring, and I forgot to order some thinking it would not happen at least for the time being. How? Well, I checked the RM2 and it's working fine, also checked the battery and it's fine. I *think* as I was learning how to use the multimeter I accidentally knocked the battery out of the pin as I was firing the REO, and bam, spring collapsed.
Truth be told I'm also new to mechs so it's been a lot of info to take in and try to put in practice. I'll have to wait for the new spring to arrive, but at least I nearly vaped 2 ml of juice off it so I'm already under its spell lol.
Also, here's a pic of the fire pin, I heard about how a short can cause troubles on that, but I'm not sure if it's ok or not since I didn't quite take a look at it before the spring collapsed. How is it?
Man, so glad the waiting is over, my nerves were getting frayed! Congrats jcalis, enjoy. Waiting for my first Reo so can't help you on the spring/firing pin question. But you gave me courage for that first coil build.
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Where were you putting the leads of the multimeter when testing? Were you measuring ohms? Please let us know how you were using the MM. Sorry this happened.
I did measure ohms, but when this happened I was measuring voltage drop between the 1600 mAh AW IMR and the 2000 mAh one. I was doing it by putting the leads on the RM2 posts, but then in a tutorial video it also showed sticking them in the battery pins while they were working. That's where it went wrong.
Also is there any part at all I can't replace with the repair kit?
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Could you point me to that video tutorial?
Your firing pin looks OK to me. If the firing button isn't melted then you probably only need a spring. The repair kit will replace all the parts except the pressed in connector which has the female threads where you screw your atomizers in.
Your firing pin looks OK to me. If the firing button isn't melted then you probably only need a spring. The repair kit will replace all the parts except the pressed in connector which has the female threads where you screw your atomizers in.
jcalis! Darn it!!! No....there's really no part you can't replace, but I think all you need is the spring. Your button looks fine. When you get the springs in (order a couple/three while you're at it,) just unscrew one and put on another. Don't take the REO all apart....sometimes you can damage the screw that holds the delrin cover on and it's not worth it. The only thing you need to replace is the spring.
Rob sells rebuild kits, and somewhere way, way down the line you MAY need to, at some point a LONG time from now (hopefully) either rebuild the Grand or send it to Rob to be rebuilt, but for now, for general usage/purposes, you don't need to take it all apart. Don't.
I'm not very mechanical, but I know that messing with a multimeter and firing the REO at the same time.....somehow you can get the wrong lead in the wrong place at the wrong time so that if you fire your battery, it'll cause a short. It happened.
Well....you vaped enough on it, and held it and looked at it and played with it enough that you're hooked. LOL This is the perfect example of why we all want at LEAST two....and usually more: backups for our backups. If you had a backup REO, you wouldn't mind waiting another three days for a new spring.....you'd have a REO you could be vaping while you wait AGAIN for the mailman!
So......when you order the springs, you might as well go ahead and get that second REO......I'm just sayin'........
Jan
Rob sells rebuild kits, and somewhere way, way down the line you MAY need to, at some point a LONG time from now (hopefully) either rebuild the Grand or send it to Rob to be rebuilt, but for now, for general usage/purposes, you don't need to take it all apart. Don't.
I'm not very mechanical, but I know that messing with a multimeter and firing the REO at the same time.....somehow you can get the wrong lead in the wrong place at the wrong time so that if you fire your battery, it'll cause a short. It happened.
Well....you vaped enough on it, and held it and looked at it and played with it enough that you're hooked. LOL This is the perfect example of why we all want at LEAST two....and usually more: backups for our backups. If you had a backup REO, you wouldn't mind waiting another three days for a new spring.....you'd have a REO you could be vaping while you wait AGAIN for the mailman!
So......when you order the springs, you might as well go ahead and get that second REO......I'm just sayin'........
Jan
Thanks. I'll try to find that video again. The firing pin edge looked curled up to me but I didn't know if that's how it came. I ordered a repair kit already so I'll see how it goes. I wouldn't mind paying and sending it to Rob so he can take a look at it but if it isn't necessary then I guess not
.Way ahead of ya, white/black wrinkle REO Grand ordered yesterday. I FELL FOR IT DAMMIT! I FELL FOR IT!jcalis! Darn it!!! No....there's really no part you can't replace, but I think all you need is the spring. Your button looks fine. When you get the springs in (order a couple/three while you're at it,) just unscrew one and put on another. Don't take the REO all apart....sometimes you can damage the screw that holds the delrin cover on and it's not worth it. The only thing you need to replace is the spring.
Rob sells rebuild kits, and somewhere way, way down the line you MAY need to, at some point a LONG time from now (hopefully) either rebuild the Grand or send it to Rob to be rebuilt, but for now, for general usage/purposes, you don't need to take it all apart. Don't.
I'm not very mechanical, but I know that messing with a multimeter and firing the REO at the same time.....somehow you can get the wrong lead in the wrong place at the wrong time so that if you fire your battery, it'll cause a short. It happened.
Well....you vaped enough on it, and held it and looked at it and played with it enough that you're hooked. LOL This is the perfect example of why we all want at LEAST two....and usually more: backups for our backups. If you had a backup REO, you wouldn't mind waiting another three days for a new spring.....you'd have a REO you could be vaping while you wait AGAIN for the mailman!
So......when you order the springs, you might as well go ahead and get that second REO......I'm just sayin'........
Jan
Indeed! Take this as a lesson! Once you've got more vapin' on the REO it's going to be a LOT harder to be without it. What if you lose or misplace your REO, or it gets stolen? You NEED a second one as a backup!
eta: Oops... beat me to it.
And you'll probably soon realize you need a backup REO for each of those two.
Even if you get a rebuild kit, get another coupla springs.
Assimilation is getting faster and faster.....we must have the hypnotism down pat.
Either that, or these things are just THAT good. Ha.
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It is possible that you touched the lead of your mm between the positive battery post and the case of the REO. That is why Dark Zero uses a copper foil to measure voltage drop. Based on what you have said, that is what I would assume. It is my opinion that all you will need is a new spring. However, one thing that I would do is pitch that battery. There probably is not anything wrong with it, but I would not trust it 6 inches from my face. I would rather spend the $15 for a new battery and not have to worry.
The firing pin has a bend in it at the tip. Its bent down toward the battery and it has a point where it makes contact with the battery. Its easy to feel with your finger. Congrats on the second Reo.
To be honest I ordered the repair kit and an extra spring, then a couple of minutes later had to go back to order another REO.
I have a tendency to push everything I get to the limits, so if anything CAN go wrong with a product, it'll probably do so early on for me. On the plus side chances of that happening again are slim. Instead of just enjoying the vape I started testing more and more things, made more coils, trying to get accurate voltage drop readings, compare the 1600 mAh to the 2000 one, etc. I did get a bit ...... at the moment it happened because, well, after a good long week I finally had gotten it and just like that, it's like gone again . But that feeling went away really fast, having tested it so extensively I already got what I needed to know. It is the end-game vaping device, and I love it.
I have a tendency to push everything I get to the limits, so if anything CAN go wrong with a product, it'll probably do so early on for me. On the plus side chances of that happening again are slim. Instead of just enjoying the vape I started testing more and more things, made more coils, trying to get accurate voltage drop readings, compare the 1600 mAh to the 2000 one, etc
. I did get a bit ...... at the moment it happened because, well, after a good long week I finally had gotten it and just like that, it's like gone again . But that feeling went away really fast, having tested it so extensively I already got what I needed to know. It is the end-game vaping device, and I love it.Thank you! And yeah since I didn't get to see it before the collapse I wasn't sure, but it makes sense.
Could be. My desk was a mess so anything could have happened. I tested the battery thoroughly as best as I could, seems to be working alright. Voltage is a steady 4.2 unloaded after charge, and have been firing it on the Provari on the meantime. Agreed with your point, better not have to worry.
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And the saga continues and starts anew! But then, my Reo has not even landed and I'm looking at colour for 2nd one - at least once a day! Ah, see you now permanently reside in Reoville
You'll get it really soonAnd the saga continues and starts anew! But then, my Reo has not even landed and I'm looking at colour for 2nd one - at least once a day! Ah, see you now permanently reside in Reoville
(and the second one too, lol) No kidding, I remember saying I was going to post pics, movies, sequels when I got mine. Well, here's the sequel.
So with this being the sequel should I make a new intro for it?
I placed the orders today at about 1 am before going to bed. If it ships today it'd be a nice surprise (ninja fast), otherwise I'll have to wait until Monday for it to ship (someone told me Rob ships Monday-Thursday) We shall see!
P.S: Oddly I find myself not wanting to vape off the Provari much less my eGo batteries even if I drip.
Oh and as far as the tests go about voltage drop, the difference between the 1600 mAh and the 2000 mAh was 0.1v. With a 1.1 ohm coil, fresh battery, the 1600 mAh was dropping to 3.8v. Pretty damn awesome! Once I get another RM2 I'll dedicate that one purely to get into micro coils. I think there was a battery that punched even harder than the AW IMR, a Panasonic but can't remember which one exactly. Someone made a test with three batteries including the AW IMR and that Panasonic, the AW IMR dropped 0.2v below what the Panasonic dropped.
I placed the orders today at about 1 am before going to bed. If it ships today it'd be a nice surprise (ninja fast
), otherwise I'll have to wait until Monday for it to ship (someone told me Rob ships Monday-Thursday) We shall see! P.S: Oddly I find myself not wanting to vape off the Provari much less my eGo batteries even if I drip.
Oh and as far as the tests go about voltage drop, the difference between the 1600 mAh and the 2000 mAh was 0.1v. With a 1.1 ohm coil, fresh battery, the 1600 mAh was dropping to 3.8v. Pretty damn awesome! Once I get another RM2 I'll dedicate that one purely to get into micro coils. I think there was a battery that punched even harder than the AW IMR, a Panasonic but can't remember which one exactly. Someone made a test with three batteries including the AW IMR and that Panasonic, the AW IMR dropped 0.2v below what the Panasonic dropped.
Nothing at all odd about that here in Reoville!
The question is whether another battery would have the same quality of contact with the REO switch. Lower internal resistance in the battery wouldn't mean (as) much if the resistance at the switch went up.
Assimilation is getting faster and faster.....we must have the hypnotism down pat.
This is one virus that just might save your life, while you're having fun doing it
It is that good 
Well we all know you can't pay shipping for just a spring
Congrats on #2!
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