Hoping someone can help me with an issue I am having. I've had my Reo Grand for just over a week and it has developed a problem with firing anything I put on it (Carto's, Atty's, RBA's).
I bought a Kick and several 18490's, printed a "Kickstand" for it, scuffed the inside where the spring touches and it has been working fine with this setup for most of the week. Batteries last about 6-8hrs and Kick was set to 8.5 watts. I was using Cisco 301's and decided to try carto's and find them much cleaner and easier to use (blind squonk). Flavor is much better than in a tank IMHO, maybe because the bottom feed keeps the coil nice and wet. Anyways, yesterday after having the same Kicked/Carto setup I have had for the last couple days, the battery seemingly dies after about 3 hrs. I did not get the normal Shhh...Shhh...Shhh... from the Kick telling me the battery was done. So I swapped the battery anyway and while it seemed to work OK, it was a much lighter vape and takes much longer to draw enough for even a remotely satisfying draw.
Fast forward a couple hrs, and the same thing happens again, totally charged battery is seemingly dead in just 2-3 hrs. Swap the battery again and it's not firing at all. I put it up to my ear and there's a slight bzzzz bzzzz when pressing the fire button but nothing else and not even useful for vaping.
So I think the Kick died or something. I take it out and replace it, and the 18490 with a fresh 18650, carto makes a slight crackle when firing and then peters out and not enough to vape. Try a different carto, (maybe the first one died?) Nope, same thing with a different carto. <confused look> Take out the multimeter and check the following:
18650: 4.2 volts end to end (outside the Reo by itself)
Spring to center contact on Reo when firing 18650: 4.2 volts (two different 18650's)
Spring to center contact on Reo when firing Kick any 18490's: 0 volts (I think the Kick needs a load to register)
IGo-L across posts with "wet"coil installed, 18650 and 510 adapter "lightly screwed in: 3.8 volts (only thing I had that I could use to measure across a load)
IGo-L across posts with "wet"coil installed, Kicked 18490 and 510 adapter "lightly screwed in: 3.58 volts (so the Kick works)
Best way I can describe what I am seeing is while the voltage seems to be there, the amperage is not, but I have no way of testing it. It would be akin to vaping at 2-3 watts, just not enough "power" for anything I put on it.
What works: The Cisco 301's seem to be the only thing that works and only with the 18650's . (15-20 sec draw to get reasonable vapor)
Carto's don't work at all. I tried 4, (2 used, 2 new) slight crackle and then nothing.
IGo-L - in between the Atty's and Carto's - fires a little but not enough to actually vape.
So, I took the screw out of the plastic part to see what I could see and find that it has what I would consider excessive juice in it. Not flooding, but certainly more than I would have expected. I.e. zero
Given what I have documented - What's up. I was hoping this was a "bullet proof" device as the concept seems simple enough but I wasn't expecting this one week in.
Is it possible the juice under the plastic cover is shorting something or leaching power in some way shape or form?? I assumed this was a sealed area and juice couldn't get in there.
I'm totally stumped here, and of course this is my only device <double sigh>
I bought a Kick and several 18490's, printed a "Kickstand" for it, scuffed the inside where the spring touches and it has been working fine with this setup for most of the week. Batteries last about 6-8hrs and Kick was set to 8.5 watts. I was using Cisco 301's and decided to try carto's and find them much cleaner and easier to use (blind squonk). Flavor is much better than in a tank IMHO, maybe because the bottom feed keeps the coil nice and wet. Anyways, yesterday after having the same Kicked/Carto setup I have had for the last couple days, the battery seemingly dies after about 3 hrs. I did not get the normal Shhh...Shhh...Shhh... from the Kick telling me the battery was done. So I swapped the battery anyway and while it seemed to work OK, it was a much lighter vape and takes much longer to draw enough for even a remotely satisfying draw.
Fast forward a couple hrs, and the same thing happens again, totally charged battery is seemingly dead in just 2-3 hrs. Swap the battery again and it's not firing at all. I put it up to my ear and there's a slight bzzzz bzzzz when pressing the fire button but nothing else and not even useful for vaping.
So I think the Kick died or something. I take it out and replace it, and the 18490 with a fresh 18650, carto makes a slight crackle when firing and then peters out and not enough to vape. Try a different carto, (maybe the first one died?) Nope, same thing with a different carto. <confused look> Take out the multimeter and check the following:
18650: 4.2 volts end to end (outside the Reo by itself)
Spring to center contact on Reo when firing 18650: 4.2 volts (two different 18650's)
Spring to center contact on Reo when firing Kick any 18490's: 0 volts (I think the Kick needs a load to register)
IGo-L across posts with "wet"coil installed, 18650 and 510 adapter "lightly screwed in: 3.8 volts (only thing I had that I could use to measure across a load)
IGo-L across posts with "wet"coil installed, Kicked 18490 and 510 adapter "lightly screwed in: 3.58 volts (so the Kick works)
Best way I can describe what I am seeing is while the voltage seems to be there, the amperage is not, but I have no way of testing it. It would be akin to vaping at 2-3 watts, just not enough "power" for anything I put on it.
What works: The Cisco 301's seem to be the only thing that works and only with the 18650's . (15-20 sec draw to get reasonable vapor)
Carto's don't work at all. I tried 4, (2 used, 2 new) slight crackle and then nothing.
IGo-L - in between the Atty's and Carto's - fires a little but not enough to actually vape.
So, I took the screw out of the plastic part to see what I could see and find that it has what I would consider excessive juice in it. Not flooding, but certainly more than I would have expected. I.e. zero
Given what I have documented - What's up. I was hoping this was a "bullet proof" device as the concept seems simple enough but I wasn't expecting this one week in.
Is it possible the juice under the plastic cover is shorting something or leaching power in some way shape or form?? I assumed this was a sealed area and juice couldn't get in there.
I'm totally stumped here, and of course this is my only device <double sigh>
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