I thought 3.7v was weak on the Xhaler and i was WRONG!

[eclypse]

USER ERROR or something up with my switch. Prob needs to be cleaned hehe.

Today i was sittin on the can vaping away and noticed i was having some firing issues. Seemed i had to slam on the button to get it working good.

I was like wha? cause i cleaned the switch with polish and added some Noalox to it and it seemed to be firing perfect days ago.

So i pulled the cap off and looked in and seen a large drop of Noalox on the tube where the switch meets.

I pulled out the load test line and did a test and it was in the low 4v range.. if i slamed on the button pressing it as hard as i could it would fire at 5.35 volts.

I thought hmm.. i bet the 3.7v battery would be good now. Tried it out and at first it was in the high 2.80s and then i slamed on the button and it went as high as 3.50ish volts! Now thats more freakin like it! Should be that high as its a mechanical switch. Checked the battery dry and its reading at 4.05 volts.

So, now to figure out why i gota press so hard to get it to fire right.. its either the divit from the contact point of the switch or i gota clean it again this soon as i just cleaned it Friday when i got it back in the mail.

I'm gona clean the switch and see if that fixes it real quick and report back.

 

[eclypse]

Just got done totally cleaning it.. I completely took the switch apart this time and even took out the inner spring and cleaned inside there as well as there was some Noalox residue in there.

Shinned it up with polish and cleaned it off again with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol. Reasembled the switch and made sure to clean off the threads of the tube and adapter as well.

Test results were the same. If i just complete the circut it reads real low under load. medium press will make it run in the low 3.10-20 volt range and to get it to fire off at 3.50+ volts i need to press super hard.

Test was also done before and after the Noalox. But i'll keep my Noalox on there! hehe.

So it didnt need to be cleaned.. i guess it just needs more time for the switch to break in as in creating a large enough divit in the side of the tube housing for the pin of the switch to get a solid contact which i get by pressing really hard.

I figure with this much pressure the breakin time should'nt be that long. heh.

 

[Thulium]

Noalox it again. Also, can you make a video of how you're testing the voltage? I want to try it, but I don't have much experience using a voltmeter.

 

[eclypse]

No time to do that now as the wife is droping off my 10 month old son as she cant handle him at the stores with her as she's tring to do returns.

Heres a link showing how.. You'll need parts though like a dead 510 or whatever battery and a dead atty for the connections.

How To: Test Device Under Load -- Prodigy/Other Devices

All your doing really is just getting access to the positive wire so you can get a reading from a multimeter.. there cheap.

 

[opuscroakus]

Shinned it up with polish and cleaned it off again with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol. Reasembled the switch and made sure to clean off the threads of the tube and adapter as well.

I don't actually own an XHaler yet, but this struck me as odd. I don't think I would put polish on the inside of the tube as that would be adding a non-conductive layer that the switch has to fight through.

 

[eclypse]

I don't actually own an XHaler yet, but this struck me as odd. I don't think I would put polish on the inside of the tube as that would be adding a non-conductive layer that the switch has to fight through.

Thats to just clean any oxidation that may of happen and to get it really clean. I clean it off right away with the alcohol so theres non left and then add the Noalox.

 

[Thulium]

No time to do that now as the wife is droping off my 10 month old son as she cant handle him at the stores with her as she's tring to do returns.

Heres a link showing how.. You'll need parts though like a dead 510 or whatever battery and a dead atty for the connections.

How To: Test Device Under Load -- Prodigy/Other Devices

All your doing really is just getting access to the positive wire so you can get a reading from a multimeter.. there cheap.

Excellent! I think I can pull that off. I don't own a multimeter, but I'm betting the guys at the RadioShack (basically next door) would be willing to lend a hand and a meter for the sake of SCIENCE.

However, I just took a hit off my Xhaler with batteries fresh off the charger and it tasted fantastic...I loosened the cap and it suddenly tasted nasty and burnt...concerned that maybe the atty was just dry I tightened the cap, and the flavor returned to YUM. I still want to hook it to a multimeter just to see exactly what voltage I'm getting, but the fact that my Xhaler produces a satisfactory vape when in the "5v configuration" is all that REALLY matters as far as I'm concerned...and the ability to adjust the cap to bump up the power as the battery starts to get low is a feature that is not available on other mods.