I have decided that I am going to disassemble my vv gripper. The 510 connection on it sucks and I think that is why I am having a strange response to my cartomizers. Does anyone know how to disassemble the gripper without having to break the injection molded plastic case?
disassemble vv gripper
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why not just try a 510 to 510 extender first. I am not sure on the gripper but maybe that might work. I am really happy with the 510 to 510 shorty v2 madvape sells but there are tons of great options.
The vv gripper is responding very poorly to most of my cartos and the amp reading goes from 9.99 to 0 with barely any twist. I suspect it is the crappy 510 connection that is built into it. I have tried adapters and they fail. I am sure that it has to do with either the connectors or a short, but I am leaning towards the connector since it sometimes vapes or reads the ohms of my cartomizer correctly.
You could try removing the battery and gently pulling it apart from there. I read somewhere about a guy trying to force a tight fitting battery into his VV Gripper and having the two halves separate. He then just snapped it back together without any problems. Haven't had any shorting issues, but I don't care for the 510 connector either. Have had to do a lot of post pulling so my gear will work on other mods after they've been connected to my VV Gripper.
I finally got it apart. I kept on pulling on the two sides of the battery hole for a while. I got a picture of the gripper taken apart and thought that the four holes located at the corners may have glue or a connector, but it turns out the whole box is glued together at the seams. I had to pull on it really hard for a long time and it eventually came apart. I ordered a new 510 to battery connector that I intend to solder in place of the one that came in the device. The installed 510 connector is horrible and I am sure that is what has been causing me so many problems with all do my atomizers. Maybe I just got an extra bad one, but the quality is very poor. Be cautious of this if buying a vv gripper. I would advise others to plan ahead an buy a quality 510 connector for when the one that is installed inevitably has some deficiency. Thanks for the help. Maybe I will post a few pics or video of when I replace the connector.
Glad you got it apart. I'd be interested in seeing some pics of the interior. Solved my problem with post pulling by making a plastic washer out of one of those fake credit cards you get with credit offers and putting it in between the 510 connector and atty's, carto's, etc. It's a shame they had to use these 510 connectors on such a vaping beast.
Have look at this thread:http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...321386-gripper-discussion-14.html#post7290741
The same thing happened to Longhorn and he has an easy fix
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