How long are your PT's lasting?

[JLeigh]

Could you all give me an idea of how long it takes for your passthroughs to kick the bucket? I've had two PT's die on me in the last 4-5 weeks. Is there something I'm supposed to be doing to make them sturdier? Taping the wire end or something?

 

[ALUCARD]

Yes, take a short section of the cord and tape or tie it to the base. This prevents you from pulling the cord and breaking the connection which is only held with a glob of glue. For now I just taped it, but zip ties might work better. There is a video somewhere, do a search, that shows this.

 

[ALUCARD]

Here's a recent thread on the subject

Link: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/vapor4life/45854-ok-what-am-i-doing-wrong-pass-thru.html

 

[rp_iowa]

Better safe than sorry - I have used a piece of electrical tape and secured the cord to the PT so there is no stress placed on the PT when I use it. Others have suggested twist -ties or zip-ties. I do not like these because interfere with the smoothness of the PT - the electrical tape, while it is not very pretty, is flat against the PT and at least on the black ones, kind of blends in.

 

[JLeigh]

Thanks! I'll do that with my next one.

 

[dohsma]

I have PT's that are almost 3 months old that still work like day 1. We have Leaford working on making them sturdier, as well as better quality control on everything in general. The last batch of Manual PT's we got in did have heavier gauge wire.

 

[DanF]

I put a drop of super glue right where the cord goes into the tube, now it doesn't move.

 

[JenJen]

I put a drop of super glue right where the cord goes into the tube, now it doesn't move.

I did this too, just to reinforce it...

I did this about a week ago after reading the suggestion, but it is actually the original manual passthrough I ordered when they first came out, so have had it quite a long time...

 

[plantlvr]

Mine is holding up well too. I think because I'm a lefty the way it's plugged into the usb port, I have plenty of slack. I'm just thankful my cats haven't attacked it!

 

[Pawpaw]

I had a manual PT die on me. I tore it apart (literally) to see why it failed. There were no broken wires.

At least on mine, you couldn't have broken a wire by pulling, unless you tried. There was a ty-wrap around the cord, just behind the "ashes" cap. However, there was nothing to stop it from twisting. The super glue should be a good way to stop that.

 

[leaford]

I had a manual PT die on me. I tore it apart (literally) to see why it failed. There were no broken wires.

At least on mine, you couldn't have broken a wire by pulling, unless you tried. There was a ty-wrap around the cord, just behind the "ashes" cap. However, there was nothing to stop it from twisting. The super glue should be a good way to stop that.

That's what I cound on my newer one, about 2 months old. I can't find my older one, which is more like 6 months old, or somewhere around there, to compare if it has that, too.

 

[Pawpaw]

That's what I cound on my newer one, about 2 months old. I can't find my older one, which is more like 6 months old, or somewhere around there, to compare if it has that, too.

Yea. Mine was a new one. In fact, I received it about Oct 8 and it died after 2-3 weeks.

NOTE: I'm not complaining. It was a freebie and I've already received another one as freebie. I'm just SMILIN!

Bob