I keep blowing attys.

[fwellers]

Have been vaping a 3ohm bridgeless atty on a provari at 4 8 volts. Been real careful about not getting dry hits. Been turning the device off after use to avoid accidental activation. Twice now in one day I got an e1 which means a shorted atty on provari speak.
Why is this happening?

Thanks

 

[dDubs]

Maybe its a bad atty? I've gotten E1s before, usually trying to get a genesis-style setup going. Have you tried other attys?

 

[fwellers]

Maybe its a bad atty? I've gotten E1s before, usually trying to get a genesis-style setup going. Have you tried other attys?

I spoke with the vendor. Not being able to identify anythingni might be doing wrong, the assumption is that although very rare from his supplier, I must have gotten a bad batch. I have some more of the same on order. Still working on my last one now, plus I have one lr Atty left.

 

[k3vin]

e1 can also mean too much juice"power" going to atty,try turning it down and see if that helps...also,check the ohm rating through the provari,they do change as they are used..

 

[reeftivo]

+1

With a new atty or cart I always set my V2 at the lowest setting and check ohms on the atty before ramping up.

Otherwise if the atty has lower/inconsistent ohms than the rating, the initial surge will either pop the coil or weaken it before an error even registers.

just my .02