Having problem with my coils heating up! Desperate!

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I bought a Vanilla mod today and it was working great all day. I had the guy who worked at the store (Eastern Vapor in Brighton MA) set up my coils and wick. Its a double coil with a Tobh Atty. It was working great all day and then started getting weaker on me and now it will barely heat up. I tried cleaning every part, and new batteries as well. I am using IMR efest 18650. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
 

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Hmm, if you've cleaned all the contacts and the battery is fresh off the charger/fully charged, maybe try checking the tightness of the screws holding the coil leads, as they can sometimes loosen up causing firing issues.

Do you have access to a volt meter to check continuity on the mod/verify a few other things?
 

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I bought a Vanilla Mod today and it was working great all day. I had the guy who worked at the store (Eastern Vapor in Brighton MA) set up my coils and wick. Its a double coil with a Tobh Atty. It was working great all day and then started getting weaker on me and now it will barely heat up. I tried cleaning every part, and new batteries as well. I am using IMR efest 18650. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

put to tobh atty on a regulated mod and check the ohms.

maybe with heating and cooling the screw have come loose and need tightening.
 

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If it were me, I would start like this:

1. Check battery voltage straight off the charger with a meter. It should be right around 4.2 volts.
2. Check the RDA on an atomizer ohm meter or with a DMM

If both of those check out, see what's going on with the mech itself.

Without some sort of meter to troubleshoot with, it's difficult to help over the internet. And I'm not criticizing, but it's really not a good idea to run an RDA without some means of testing. There are a few things that can go wrong that can make your battery (and you) very, very unhappy...

Do you know what the resistance of your build is supposed to be? That would be a good starting point...
 
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