I can't seem to get my curly oak woodville to fire. I've used 5 different cartomizers and 4.8NI-MH batts and 18650 AW IMRs. I've flipped the switch to both positions to check with each change of batts and cartos and nuttin firing. Any suggestions?
Is there any special trick to getting a woodville to work?
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inspect anything inside, wires etc. Got a volt meter? Ohm a carto, check the voltage on the batt. Even check the woodvil with just the batt. Switch to the right as you are holding it is on.
Could be the on-off switch. Could be turned off. If it's a woodvil, it's on the bottom- switch it all the way to the right. My bad- just read your post again... My mini woodvil had a bad switch, but if you take the switch and push it hard with a thumb nail, right in the middle of the grooves on it, it could restore its functioning (if that's the problem)... give it a try and see if the switch works. Otherwise, you need to check if you have voltage coming to the catch cut...one lead from a multimeter in the middle (positive) and the other (negative) on the thread that the atty/carto screws into and then hit your button and see if you have something.
If no matter what you try, it doesn't work, it may be in for a trip to Rob.
Did it ever work?
If no matter what you try, it doesn't work, it may be in for a trip to Rob.
Did it ever work?
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Wires look fine inside. I don't have a volt meter, but the batteries I checked with a multimeter and they're charged fine. Don't think it's the cartos either since I checked with 5 of them, and they all fire off fine on the grands or the vv woods.
Thanks, thought it was by those batteries.
Does the spring still push the battery up against the top? Has the spring dropped any? You would notice the 18650 might be a little loose or move slightly to the side and not make contact.
HEY! I think the thumbnail push to the switch did it! It's firing now! Thanks bunches guys!!!
Yeah, I'm glad it worked. You might have to do that periodically. Rob actually posted that solution...I had been using my mini woodvil for several months with a funcky switch on the bottom and was thinking of having to send it in- I would push it all the way to the right and then have to back it off by about a thumbnail to get it to fire and then when Rob posted that, my switch was instantly repaired by a good nudge with my thumb nail but over the next few weeks or so the same symptoms reappeared. This time I really gave it a good push and it's been working flawlessly ever since. He actually recommended using a slotted screw driver or something harder than a thumbnail to give it a good push. I think it tightens up the internal connection to that on-off switch.
The switches in my woodies are wack too lol. Never bothered me enough to complain though..
Glad you got it working!
Glad you got it working!
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