GGTB issues

[jdvorr]

I am not the only person who is having this issue. I have heard from others that they are experiencing this as well. Since there is no need to ever loosen the positive connection bolt on the underside of the top cap, make it permanent and this can be resolved. If the weak springs are going to be used as fuses, provide extras with each GGTB & make them available cheaply from GG sellers.

 

[zerocool5878]

Perfect video JD

Many others have had problems with the spring because if you tighten it too much the screw loosens on the top cap. So there will be people that do not want to wear out the black plastic and short out there unit by under tightening.

I hope the answer this receives is not - "we have to tighten enough that it doesnt short out but dont tighten it so much that the screw backs out" because in that case we will need a torque wrench to tighten our attys.


And its great that the spring acts like a fuse BUT they NEED to be available for replacement in large numbers.

 

[imeothanasis]

jd, first of all I will say again that I made the center pin longer to fit all 901 atomizers. There are people that asking me for the bigger pins of the new GGTB batch to fit some clearatomizers that cant fit in any other cig. But your issue is not this.

Ok, to the issue now. The AFS pin has a cut as you said. Same cut exists on the GGTB connector. Those 2 pins cant meet each other in the way you said so to unscrew each other. Thats impossible. If you think a little more you will understand it

I also saw that you used pliers to tight the pin on the plastic. Be sure that you will damage the plastic soon.

You had a short so spring melted. Maybe you thought that if you screw harder you will make the contact. But spring was very short to make the contact. You kept trying until you unscrewed the whole connector. So your problem with GGTB is that you need to screw again the connector that you totally unscrew. The simple steps are:

1. You unscrew the pin
2. You unscrew the plastic
3. You screw as hard as you can the connector on the cap
4. You put plastic again
5. You put pin again

You are right about spare springs but they do exist as spares to my sellers sites



ps...... All things on every GG are easy until you can understand the problem buddy. Of course maybe this connector was not screwed as hard as it had to be screwed from me, so maybe its my mistake. But you can do it again like new by your own. Thats the beauty of GG devices

ps2..... If you dont like the long pin you can unscrew the pin, put a 3/1,5 o-ring via pin, screw the pin again.

 

[buGG]

not trying to get in the middle of this, but a friend of mine had some similar issues. while trying to troubleshoot, i had them disassemble the unit, tighten everything on the underside of the cap, put the battery in, put the atty on the top cap as they usually did and attach the top cap to the unit, and then with everything up top assembled screw the bottom cap on. it worked, and i'm thinking only because this way you get less resistance up top. usually the battery is holding the hexagon adapter pin in place while the atty is unscrewing it from the plastic above...if you put the bottom cap on last everything else is already in place and i think there may be less potential movement. maybe this will work for some others, maybe it won't. as far as the collapsing or melting of springs i have no idea what that's about.

 

[jdvorr]

Please explain to me how the bolt under the cap is being unscrewed in my video then. Then explain how it can be prevented. It seems to me, that in the future the positive post needs to be made in a non-threaded form. This would prevent this from happening.

Also can I get a couple more of the black plastic pieces? I have 2 out of four that are stripped. They are not stripped from my using the pliers, but from being turned by the AFS or atty and the pressure from the battery making them spin in place. I have never once tightened the post bolt too tight. I only tighten it until there is resistance/ The pliers are only for grip.

Just a note Imeo. If you're going to make suggestions like cutting a cartomizer condom and putting it over the sprig for support, using plumbers tape to make the black plastic fit better and adding o rings, you may want to think about altering the design, so none of those things become necessary.

 

[Deetz]

I only tighten it until there is resistance/ The pliers are only for grip.

Just a note Imeo. If you're going to make suggestions like cutting a cartomizer condom and putting it over the sprig for support, using plumbers tape to make the black plastic fit better and adding o rings, you may want to think about altering the design, so none of those things become necessary.

Even if your only using pliers for grip you will not feel the resistance as soon as you would by hand causing you to overtighten. I understand your having a problem and getting frustrated but Your experience is not the norm. I've had my unit for a long time and after having a small problem with a fuse that was easily fixed once I realized what the problem was, it runs better than anything else out there. I've tried a lot and none have satisfied me as the GG line. You also need to understand this isn't some big company that has research and development, sales, marketing, etc. that is going to do a recall or something. These are mods. Extremely well made mods by a crafty designer that learns and improves with every model he makes. He's made a "self-serviceable" unit so there is relatively low down-time should a problem occur. And when have you had this kind of customer service before? Dealing directly with the man who invents and fabricates your product? And he always makes the situation right. For the most part these things work great, better than any other pv I've seen, and they are built to last. He's made these to work with so many different Attys, cartos, batteries, etc. Is it really a big deal if you need to throw on an o-ring for your set-up?

Just saying

 

[sosolidgold]

+1 on the previous post. this is made by one person that decided to share his own vaping experience and participate in a community, a humanitarian as with other people who create and sell mods.

on a side note. never had problems with my ggtb spring just crumby batts and crumby adapters. learned real quick that if i was going to get a quality device, better to buy quality supplies

 

[imeothanasis]

thanks Dee for your post.

jd, when I told you to put condoms or someting else? If my customers has to make those "improvements" then GGTB wouldnt be what it is. It would be a silly mod.!

If I make connector non-threaded then you wouldnt be able to unscrew it and clean it easy or change it if something happens. I have think of everything on this unit. Its not a fixed unit, its not a disposable unit, its an alive unit buddy. It has no flaws, its just need to understand it.

I would like one small favor. Now that you know the issue, can you please remove the video from youtube? You did the right thing by posting it because I was able to help you immediately but its not nesessary any more if you agree

 

[K24A3]

Hi Imeo, will those longer center pins be available online?

I use Edition2 Cartomizers and Clearomizers, and many of them don't work on the GGTB unless I push the tube inside the Carto down, but this causes leaking.


@jdvorr, I can't view that video, it says it is private.

 

[imeothanasis]

thanks for removing the video jt my friend

K2, they are not available yet. I have to make AVS now and after that I wll make some things for GGTB. One of them will be the longer pins

 

[K24A3]

thanks for removing the video jt my friend

K2, they are not available yet. I have to make AVS now and after that I wll make some things for GGTB. One of them will be the longer pins

ok thanks Imeo.

 

[K24A3]

[sry double post]

 

[jdvorr]

The video was set to private per Imeo's request. The backing out of the positive post bolt turned out to not be due to the plastic peice. It turned out that the connector in the top cap was never properly tightened during initial assembly. Imeo has apologized for this. It did cause some problems with shorts and ruined a couple springs and a couple batteries. maybe a small note in the packaging with new GGTB's explaining what needs to be checked and tightened before use, would be a good idea. One of my other GGTB's had a loose positive post when I received it as well & caused similar problems. That said i have fixed the issues and do like these devices. Thanks for the advice Imeo.

This thread can be closed as I won't be posting in it again.

 

[imeothanasis]

id, if you read one of my previous posts I will make a universal cap for GGTB to fit any connector so not only this issue will get solved but you will be able to fit any atomizer there. Thanks again for your video