Help please!!

[RastaReed]

I just received my omega mod clone from fast tech and it worked great for a few days. Then all the sudden like on the fourth day of using it. I woke up one morning grabbed my mod threw a couple drops on it and after the second puff smoke not vapor smoke was coming out of the bottom vent hole. Of course I immediately stopped let it cool off and took it apart to find the the battery sleeve melted onto the bottom spring and the bottom spring was no longer a spring it was flat like a pancake. I think that the bottom spring was just made of a low grade metal. I had some 28g parallel micro coils on my igw-4 and it was at .8 ohms and I have the green sony imr 18650 3.7v 2100mah. I don't know what's wrong and I love this mod. Any help would be amazing! Thanks vape fam!


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[Timactionfigures]

Did you charge the battery at all during those 4 days? It sounds like you just used the mod for 4 days without ever charging the battery. If that is the case then you over-discharged the battery and it went boom!

 

[Btsmokincat]

Sounds like you had a short, like the coil was touching the side of the RDA or something. Good thing you were using a quality IMR battery, instead of smoke you might have had a big BANG or fire.

Try and see if you can find the short...

 

[Rickajho]

If the spring collapsed it appears you have/had a dead short. What are you using to test the resistance of your coil builds? Something went very bad there and you need a meter to find the source of the short. And a new spring.

 

[RastaReed]

I have two of the sony imr 18650 and when one was charging I was using the other so my battery never fully died on me. And I did a weird build but it wasn't touching any side walls or cap. And I do have an ohm reader. Is there anywhere I can get just a new spring in a higher quality material?


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[CreepyLady]

I have two of the sony imr 18650 and when one was charging I was using the other so my battery never fully died on me. And I did a weird build but it wasn't touching any side walls or cap. And I do have an ohm reader. Is there anywhere I can get just a new spring in a higher quality material?


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You dont need a different quality of spring - the battery hit the danger zone (hence why it is melted) due to a dead short. The spring collapses when this happens to STOP contact between the pos battery terminal and your mod. It collapses to stop the circuit and it saved your ..... You want this to happen.

New battery and new spring required. Also - finding the dead short in your build so that it doesnt happen again as soon as you get a new battery and spring.

 

[Rickajho]

It's not the spring. If the spring collapsed and you had so much heat going on there that the wrap on the battery melted something is shorted. That spring collapse is what saved your .... from a battery vent.

Did you check the screws on your RDA? It wouldn't be the first time they have worked loose and someone ended up with a coil leg touching something it shouldn't be touching.

 

[RastaReed]

One of my coils did have a long leg. But I took that build out and started over got plenty of kanthan i wasn't tryin blow my face up. And the battery that's green coating melted is useless now?


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[spike1484]

Ya just throw that battery out man. This also wouldn't be the first time that something from fast tech didn't work the way its supposed to. All I can say man is that sometimes its better to save up a little and get a quality mech mod. I used clones when I first started and since getting a legit Ember mod I have had no trouble with my batterys or my atomizers.

 

[CreepyLady]

One of my coils did have a long leg. But I took that build out and started over got plenty of kanthan i wasn't tryin blow my face up. And the battery that's green coating melted is useless now?


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Unfortunately yes sorry. Not sure what happened where with the build - the two 1.6 Ohm coils you had - but sumthin somewhere ended up unhappy.

 

[idoge]

I wouldn't get a Omega from Fasttech anyways. I have an authentic Omega that I got from a friend, and it's always worked like a charm. I've also used the HCigar clone before, which worked splendid. My friends however have had numerous problems with those garbage Ephro Clones from Fast tech.

 

[RastaReed]

Thanks everybody


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[RastaReed]

Can I buy a replacement spring or should just throw out conpletly


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[edyle]

I just received my omega mod clone from fast tech and it worked great for a few days. Then all the sudden like on the fourth day of using it. I woke up one morning grabbed my mod threw a couple drops on it and after the second puff smoke not vapor smoke was coming out of the bottom vent hole. Of course I immediately stopped let it cool off and took it apart to find the the battery sleeve melted onto the bottom spring and the bottom spring was no longer a spring it was flat like a pancake. I think that the bottom spring was just made of a low grade metal. I had some 28g parallel micro coils on my igw-4 and it was at .8 ohms and I have the green sony imr 18650 3.7v 2100mah. I don't know what's wrong and I love this mod. Any help would be amazing! Thanks vape fam!


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Count yourself lucky.
Don't be messing with mech mods without experience.

Mechanical Mod Proper Usage Guide

maybe get yourself a vapesafe fuse

something shorted out somewhree

 

[spike1484]

Can I buy a replacement spring or should just throw out conpletly


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Honestly buddy I would just do some research and find out what mod you like best and then save up for a real one. Believe me I know that mods can be expensive but its worth it at least to get one nice real mod instead of a bunch of clones. Building your coils at .8 ohms should be fine and a real Omega mod would never melt like that (of course given you're not running a .2 ohm with like an 18350 battery) The real deal won't let you down so long as you are careful and follow the guidelines when building ur coils.

 

[RastaReed]

What's a vapesafe fuse?


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[CreepyLady]

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Its a mechanical fuse that trips if it senses a short in the mod by shutting down the battery.