is it ruined

[daddyrose]

So,I am really embarrassed, but this is what happened...
One day I put my mod in my coat pocket, without locking the button.
When I came back an hour later, it had apparently been pushing the button, because it was hot, the entire mod was burning hot to where I could barely touch it.
I took it apart, and cleaned everything off and let it cool down.i have replaced the battery, and have a new atomizer. The atty is currently working greatly on an ego battery, so I know the problem is not the atty.
I had the mod firing yesterday, which was the only time since the overheat. It worked pretty well for a few hours, until the battery went low,I took it out to recharge it, and now won't fire at all, well very very lightly.
I took it apart and cleaned it.
The battery reads 4.3 volts, in the mood out reads 4 volts at the contact points, but only 2 volts on the atomizer.
I know the battery will lose voltage under load, but I feel like this is excessive, and surely the reason why it won't heat

 

[Thrasher]

Ok first what battery are you using? Almost none of our batteries charge past 4.2volts. If your charger is really doing this to a 4.2v battery this is bad, and most likely has damaged the battery, which will cause the battery to fire incorrectly.

Second what mod is it? Many mods have springs inside when they overheat you get springdrop. Meaning the spring has softened and is not as springy anymore causing a loss in conductivity.

third

The atty may not be making solid contact with the 510 pin anymore, the insulator that holds the pin can melt or get soft causing the pin to no longer stay in good contact with the atty.

Clean all the threads check all your connections a loose or dirty or oxidized contact with no load will still report voltage, but fail under load

 

[daddyrose]

Sony 2600 v2. The .3 may well be user error, it was an analog meter, it was also the first time I charged it. It came charged from the shop.
Would it really ruin it in one charge?
I don't give a .... mod. The spring definitely got toasted, and I replaced it with a chopper spring from Lowe's, not the best I know but seemed a good temporary fix, and as I said it was working well for a day
I disassembled and scrubbed everything down with toothbrush and dam, rinse and dry. Is this insufficient? I see no visible dirty/corrosion on the mod.
The contract pin sounds like a good possibility, before the overheat, the plastic that held it in place was well attached to the top piece, it now falls lose without the battery, will test it out. Any idea where I can buy spare parts?
The manufactures website seems to no longer exist

 

[Thrasher]

No batter should be fine. If the pin is falling out or that loose thats a good possibility right there.
did you mean copper spring? Mystery metal springs will def kill voltage. But copper should work well

Never heard of the mod b4, unless someone else knows where to get parts, or you know sizes not much you can do

Maybe find out the threading of the topcap/tube and find a clone on fastech for cheap with same threads and take that one.

 

[daddyrose]

Yes I meant copper the auto correct got me.
No one seems to have heard of the mod, was really hoping for a spare parts store in general
Suppose I'll go get to measuring... Actually out is not threaded on place out just presses into place, so that should make it a lot simpler, just gotta measure diameter.
I got good conductivity, around .1 ohm from the filtering on to the threads that screw the bottom into the tube.
I am no electrician, just a little freshmen year engineering classes, but everything seems good to me, I'm so lost. I suppose I will have to get a new one
The pin was not falling out but the whole plastic disk it sets in. It doesn't move around, like wobbly, it stays put in the cap, gravity just sometimes pulls it loose, ya know... Just tested conductivity from that piece to the atty, and all seems well, just under 1 ohm, the battery is on the charger now, out read at 3.7, wonder if i read the dial backwards earlier, and it was never fully charged, will try again in the am, hopefully it works, if not I'll be getting a new one soon.
I don't know about fast tech,I have a package en route that I ordered in January, may try Amazon. I'll def chalk it the forum vendors to see what I can find. Nemesis seems very popular, probably go with that, clone of course

 

[Bad Ninja]

$24.81 The Copper Style 18650 Mechanical Mod - copper at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

 

[duc916]

Got an ohmmeter? Not a 510 ohmmeter, but a multimeter with probes. Use one and you can narrow down the problem area in about a minute. It's probably an oxide layer coating your top cap parts. Extreme heat will do that.

 

[Racehorse]

Ok first what battery are you using? Almost none of our batteries charge past 4.2volts. If your charger is really doing this to a 4.2v battery this is bad, and most likely has damaged the battery, which will cause the battery to fire incorrectly.

Second what mod is it? Many mods have springs inside when they overheat you get springdrop. Meaning the spring has softened and is not as springy anymore causing a loss in conductivity.

ditto, get a good charger like a PILA or XTAR, and check your spring.

 

[daddyrose]

After careful testing with the multi meter I think it is my charger.
I got a crappy little charger, and my battery is reading the same voltage after several hours on it.
It also seems to fit since it worked till I had to recharge, then no more working. I may have read the Meyer backwards for a3.7 instead of 4.3.
That's where I'll head next.
Can I plug the volt Meyer to the charger contracts to check it, is that safe?

 

[edyle]

Yes I meant copper the auto correct got me.
No one seems to have heard of the mod, was really hoping for a spare parts store in general
Suppose I'll go get to measuring... Actually out is not threaded on place out just presses into place, so that should make it a lot simpler, just gotta measure diameter.
I got good conductivity, around .1 ohm from the filtering on to the threads that screw the bottom into the tube.
I am no electrician, just a little freshmen year engineering classes, but everything seems good to me, I'm so lost. I suppose I will have to get a new one
The pin was not falling out but the whole plastic disk it sets in. It doesn't move around, like wobbly, it stays put in the cap, gravity just sometimes pulls it loose, ya know... Just tested conductivity from that piece to the atty, and all seems well, just under 1 ohm, the battery is on the charger now, out read at 3.7, wonder if i read the dial backwards earlier, and it was never fully charged, will try again in the am, hopefully it works, if not I'll be getting a new one soon.
I don't know about fast tech,I have a package en route that I ordered in January, may try Amazon. I'll def chalk it the forum vendors to see what I can find. Nemesis seems very popular, probably go with that, clone of course

If you do get a nemesis, one of the advantages is you can order extra top and bottom caps and even extra tubes.

One downside on the nemesis (and the stingray) is the threads right at the bottom where you screw the bottom switch on;
the threads at this point are smaller than elsewhere;
if you take off the bottom switch to change the battery, the battery scrapes on the threads;
to avoid this, change the battery by unscrewing somewhere else, maybe the top or the middle

 

[daddyrose]

I will probably get me a nemesis, after all who can have just one? And I really like the idea of readily available replacement parts.
but I have determined the culprit to be the battery charger, volt meter tested it at an output of less than 2 volts. Not sure how I managed to get a4 volt reading out of the mod, but since then it has consistently been well under 4 volts, at just the battery.
Want to thank you all so much for your help trouble shooting.

 

[daddyrose]

Well a new charger seems to have fixed the issue right up.
Only problem now is that the adjustable screw on the firing pin is loose, and requires occasional adjustment, or it will back out and not make contact.
I'll have to get creative to find a way to secure it. Maybe stick a piece of vindictive write in the threads to make it fit tighter? Idk

 

[Thrasher]

You can try a few wraps of Teflon tape, that should fatten it up. Like 30 cents a roll.

 

[daddyrose]

Teflon tape...cool
I just noticed that I wrote vindictive write,I meant conductive wire,f'ing auto type
Won't the Teflon news with the current flow? I am pretty sure it is post of the circuit where the firing pin threads into the button. I'm gonna give it a shot, for sure
Thanks for the advice, then some dialectic grease for the rest, the end caps tend to get so tight I can't loosen them, and I sliced my hand all to hell trying to take the bottom of today... Bout to sand that sharp as edge off

 

[Thrasher]

If were talking about the top cap pin that's already set in nylon usually so the tape wouldnt do anything . if its a bottom pin I'm not sure how it got looser maybe find a fatter brass screw at home depot