I posted sometime last week about a problem I was having with my Cisco LR 306. Not that they didnt fit, but they just seemed weak as all heck. Many of you great people, including Rob, posted up some helpful info. I tried all the different suggestions, with no improvement. I think I threw out 4 attys, that worked great for about 5 hours, then just dwinddled. As a recap, I did check the attys for resistance, battery voltage, and even voltage under load- all speced out fine. I was at work yesterday, when the weak vape happened again and I actually got mad.
I work in the auto industry, so I went to one of my head electrical techs, told him what was happening and to "figure it out". He looked at the design and politely told me "Theres nothing to go wrong, youre just losing it" After a few choice words and bantering, he told me it had to be an electrical contact issue, nothing else.
We played around with it for a few minutes and found something weird. We were dry firing the atty and when we rotated the battery inside the Grand, at certain times the faint sizzle turned into a huge oil fryer type sound. I then redripped on the atty, and aside from the horrid taste it was warm and the throat hit was awesome. I told him "make it keep doing that". Mind you this guy thinks I'm nuts for vaping, but he was helping out regardless, even though he was chuckling the whole time.
After a few more hits, they went back to being cool and lack luster. We kept loooking for the culprit and found that the battery had an ever so slight sideways movement, and when it was far right(away from the bottle) is when the cool hits were happening, and at far left(towards the bottle) it was working awesome.
He wanted to run a weld bead down the one side to keep the battery far left, I not so politely declined, I dont want "pacifier" ruined. So we cut a few strips of electrical tape and placed them on the right side of the battery area to keep the battery towards the bottle side. 15 hours later and it's still perfect.
Why this all of the sudden happened after 8 months or so I beyond me. They're the same batteries I've been using since the begining, and there is no wear on the Grand at all. But problem solved!!!
Me before=
Me after=
And my tech was happy too, he got a steak dinner at Outback for his help
I work in the auto industry, so I went to one of my head electrical techs, told him what was happening and to "figure it out". He looked at the design and politely told me "Theres nothing to go wrong, youre just losing it" After a few choice words and bantering, he told me it had to be an electrical contact issue, nothing else.
We played around with it for a few minutes and found something weird. We were dry firing the atty and when we rotated the battery inside the Grand, at certain times the faint sizzle turned into a huge oil fryer type sound. I then redripped on the atty, and aside from the horrid taste it was warm and the throat hit was awesome. I told him "make it keep doing that". Mind you this guy thinks I'm nuts for vaping, but he was helping out regardless, even though he was chuckling the whole time.
After a few more hits, they went back to being cool and lack luster. We kept loooking for the culprit and found that the battery had an ever so slight sideways movement, and when it was far right(away from the bottle) is when the cool hits were happening, and at far left(towards the bottle) it was working awesome.
He wanted to run a weld bead down the one side to keep the battery far left, I not so politely declined, I dont want "pacifier" ruined. So we cut a few strips of electrical tape and placed them on the right side of the battery area to keep the battery towards the bottle side. 15 hours later and it's still perfect.
Why this all of the sudden happened after 8 months or so I beyond me. They're the same batteries I've been using since the begining, and there is no wear on the Grand at all. But problem solved!!!
Me before=
Me after=And my tech was happy too, he got a steak dinner at Outback for his help
