Firing button getting hot

[TorpMan]

So I have been using The Kindred mod V2 from council of vapor and every now and then the firing button gets either instantly hot or gives me a little shock. Has anybody else experienced this or tell me what the hell is going on?

 

[ryanrokz]

Hey TorpMan!

I have never used the Kindred v2, but if it's getting instantly hot or shocking you, it would most likely be a short. I did a little reading and saw that this is a Mech MOD correct? I found that the spring to the button generally gives mech mods issues. Try taking out the spring for the button and replacing it with a small piece of rubber tubing or insulated springy material so that the metal spring doesn't interfere with the power connection. This also makes it so the voltage shouldn't drop when taking hits.

Hope this helped, Happy vaping!

 

[xtwosm0kesx]

As mentioned above almost certainly a short/resistance somewhere in the switch.

If possible, disassemble the switch mechanism completely and clean everything with 90%+ iso alcohol and see if it helps.

 

[Semiretired]

Have you contacted the vendor?

 

[TorpMan]

I have not contacted the vendor. I did see that there is a tiny retaining ring holding the firing button together on the inside. Looks like it would be a ..... to remove the retaining ring. Don't think I even have something that small to get into there.

 

[Semiretired]

I would start with the vendor before I touched it. May make things simpler... If the vendor is big on their rep - they will figure out a way to help...

 

[Baditude]

This is a sign that something is wrong with your setup, and could be potentially dangerous to you and others around you.

Do not use your mod unless you are convinced that you or someone else have solved the problem.

In a mechanical mod, hard shorts can cause a battery to go into thermal runaway. The battery becomes extremely hot, vents hot gas, and depending upon the battery chemistry can actually explode or cause the mod to explode.

What's left of an exploded mechanical mod

 

[TorpMan]

Yeah I have stopped using my mod for now. I ohmed out my atty this morning and it was sitting at .09. I quickly stripped the coils I had on it off. Could that have been the problem. I am using Electrode wire at 22g wrapped 6 times dual coil.

 

[Das Auto]

That definitely didn't help the situation any. That is Very very low resistance.

 

[TorpMan]

Any idea about the company vaping family? I e-mailed the company twice and still have yet to get a response.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

This is a sign that something is wrong with your setup, and could be potentially dangerous to you and others around you.

Do not use your mod unless you are convinced that you or someone else have solved the problem.

In a mechanical mod, hard shorts can cause a battery to go into thermal runaway. The battery becomes extremely hot, vents hot gas, and depending upon the battery chemistry can actually explode or cause the mod to explode.

What's left of an exploded mechanical mod

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this was my thought as well.

 

[Thrasher]

Cmon now, Let's not be disingenuous here,

The mod in question was modified, the switch assembly reworked and had no vent holes. And then ran at an unsafe level.

 

[Baditude]

Cmon now, Let's not be disingenuous here,

The mod in question was modified, the switch assembly reworked and had no vent holes. And then ran at an unsafe level.

How do we really know? You see what's left of the mod in the pic. The owner took off without a trace before he could be questioned.

How about this guy's story which is told in the Batteries sub-forum here on ECF? For "visual" people" : The charging and discharging process of a Lithium Ion cell.

I don't have the time to link more episodes of failing batteries and mod parts, but there seems to be a couple new ones every month on ECF.