Evod trouble

[DarkKnightZX]

Well it seems I have burnt out a coil on one of my evods with in just a few days of having them. Suddenly stopped producing vaper yesterday (tank was full). Is this normal to have such a short life with these? or is there something I should be checking that im not aware of?

 

[retrox]

It's pretty much the nature of Chinese QC unfortunately. I've got 6 eVods with about 3 weeks of heavy to moderate use on them. One popped within three or four days, another lasted a week or so, and the other ones have been cleaned/dry burned 3 or 4 times each and are still going strong. Good news is the heads are pretty cheap or, if you're the enterprising sort, they're a snap to rebuild. One of the perks of rebuilding of course, is that you can wrap a neat coil that you know will last a good long while.

 

[YKruss]

... or is there something I should be checking that im not aware of?

It should be very easy and fast to check if your Evod (atty/carto/rba) is dead with a multimeter, they are pretty cheap.
While checking you also will find out the true resistance.

And after that you can explore any other options.

 

[DarkKnightZX]

Awsome thanks!! But apparently after after taking it apart, cleaning it and some more fiddling it was tightened down on my battery to much. after backing it off just abit it works fine now. Didnt know that was possible.

 

[aheatedatom]

I see you solved it, but one thing that can happen - its three parts, the 'body', the replaceable head, and the base. Sometimes, over the course of attaching and removing, the head gets loose in the base, and you can just give it another turn to restore contact with the battery.

 

[retrox]

Exactly what aheatedatom said, and it's good to get in the habit of making sure the head is firmly screwed into the base whenever you refill or clean the eVod too. Sometimes it tries to wiggle loose.

If you're using an eGo-style battery, you don't need to screw the eVod tightly onto it... just torque it down gently until you feel resistance, give it another half-turn and then stop. For that matter, over-tightening any piece of any clearo is a bad idea, there are lots of little silicon gaskets that can get smooshed and give you problems down the road.

 

[Moses195]

I have 5 eVod's and 5 replacement heads. Some of the heads started to taste burnt and I thought they were ruined. I found that soaking them in vinegar for a few days seems to revive them? I need to post this on the other thread.


Dana

 

[cyberwolf]

One of the only issues I had with the EVOD was when the coil wire came a little loose and ended up in the threads where the head screws onto the base. It acted similar to what you described, only working when attached loosely. What I realized was that I couldn't screw the base completely onto the tank. That was because the head was not screwed onto the base tightly due to the coil wire. I tucked that back up inside and all was well.