IPV4 burnt rubber smell -HELP!

[tumaM_lE]

Hello!
New here!
Just wanted to post about something that's been bothering me recently. My current setup is:
Herakles .2 ohm coil
ipv4 w/
Samsung 25r 18650s
Yesterday I kept smelling this lingering odor of burnt rubber/burnt plastic while vaping. Turns out my mod's magnback battery door reaks of it! As a matter of fact the whole mod does. Along with that, my Herakles for some reason doesn't seem to be chucking flavor that much. It may be the online juice vendors I'm buying from, but all juices from many different vendors all taste severely muted. I changed the coil and it still remained rather muted. If anybody has any experience with these issues or can offer me some advice as to fixing them, that would amazing. Please help!

 

[suprtrkr]

You have smoked something, either in the mod or the battery or the atty. I don't know what, just yet. The burned plastic smell is not good news. The 25Rs are good batteries but, depending on the wattage you're running that .2 coil, you might need VTC4s or one of the LG 30amp parts. Another real possibility, especially at high power, is you have melted the insulator for the positive post in the atty. A lot of them are Delrin, not PEEK, and they will not stand up to really high wattages and chain vaping. What watts are you running? Does the atty leak a bit down the 510? Worst of all possibilities, you may have smoked something in the mod itself. Your IPV is a high power machine, and you probably shouldn't have. Perhaps a manufacturing defect. I think I would decommission the mod and atty and battery set until I figured it out. More info, if possible.

 

[tumaM_lE]

Yes, I usually run it at 50-60 watts and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a chain vaper. I really can't discern what the problem is and I don't want to take it apart, my vape IQ isn't high enough to be sure I wouldn't permanently damage it. Juice has run down the mod since the beginning, used to use a dark horse and them suckers gush juice! But this only recently became a problem and Ive had this mod for 2 months.

 

[dc99]

If that's the case I would guess its the mod. While I love my IPV4 I did seal up the 9v charging port with a rubber plug. Every problem I have heard of has to do with juice getting in that hole.

 

[suprtrkr]

Yes, I usually run it at 50-60 watts and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a chain vaper. I really can't discern what the problem is and I don't want to take it apart, my vape IQ isn't high enough to be sure I wouldn't permanently damage it. Juice has run down the mod since the beginning, used to use a dark horse and them suckers gush juice! But this only recently became a problem and Ive had this mod for 2 months.

Ok, that gives us something to work with. Making 60 watts, the mod is drawing 17+ amps minimum from the batteries by the time they are down to 3.5v, but it's a two battery mod and half of 17 is well within the capacity of the 25Rs. Those are good batteries (assuming they're authentic), as I said. I am not an IPV4 expert, but I think I'd listen to blogger @dc99 's advice and check the charger hole. Full of juice? If so, not a good sign. The Herakles is a removable coil tank, but I don't have one. Remove it from the mod and take a close look at the plastic insulator around the copper center pin on the bottom on the 510 connector. Does it look melted? Disassemble the tank, close the air holes completely and blow in the base. Is it leaking air? If so, there might be a bad insulator on it. If you still can't figure it out, take it to your local B&M, assuming you think the people are honest and knowledgeable, and have them look at it. I repeat I think you have a problem. Seems unlikely it will blow up in your hand. In fact, I think the likeliest failure will be it just stops working. But it might smoke or get too hot to hold. Be careful.

 

[tumaM_lE]

So upon further review, after taking it apart, I can see that there are places where rubber melted and is now cooled down and solidified on different areas of the mod. Here are some pictures.

 

[suprtrkr]

Oh, %$)^&@#. It's smoked, dude. Don't use it again. If you bought it from a dealer and have a receipt, maybe you can get it warrantied. I am very much afraid you need a new mod. If you can get warranty replacement, plug the charge port. Sorry to be bearer of bad tidings.

 

[tumaM_lE]

No worries friend, appreciate the help!

 

[dc99]

I think that's the black stuff they smear on there boards. It looks like black epoxy. Ive got a few of there boards here and they all have that on them. I would agree with suprtrkr that something is cooked. Im tempted to put a piece of captan tape across the top of my battery box. I think it was an overview by pioneer to put the charge board that close.