Is this mod(ification) safe?

[zmauls]

So I did this because I'm a button masher and I'm trying to prevent my spring from bearing the intense wear of my gorilla fingers.

It's just another spring. The stock spring is still in place as per normality.

I'm no electrician, but this is my assumption:

Since the additional spring isn't grounded (I think?), in the case of a short, would the stock spring not collapse within the outside spring thus preventing me from potentially harming myself along with the inhabitants of surrounding cities?

The additional spring is cut so that it holds the 18650 right on top of the stock spring. That is to say, the stock spring is suffering very little compression.

Edit: Forgot to mention, the second spring has no give whatsoever. It is incredibly stiff. That's what I meant when I said it's just sitting on the stock spring. All the stock spring is doing is making contact.

 

[stillnotsmoking]

Seems to me that would prevent the battery from dropping if the hot spring collapsed (assuming that it would in that configuration) in order to break the circuit.

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[Crash Moses]

Right...the purpose of the hot spring is to drop the battery. Another spring would just keep it in position.

I had a hard time not mashing the button when I first got my Reo (coming from a Provari which requires a bit of a press) but now it's second nature. Practice makes perfect!

 

[Raynman]

No it is not safe. Don't run that setup you have no protection from shorts. It could cause serious damage.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

I agree, not a good idea. Just go with the stock spring. If you're a button masher you don't need to worry about the spring, you'll flatten the firing pin before you cause any problems with the spring.

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

No. Not safe.

 

[zmauls]

Seems to me that would prevent the battery from dropping if the hot spring collapsed (assuming that it would in that configuration) in order to break the circuit.

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The battery would not drop, but isn't the point of the battery dropping so that you can no longer make a connection? The spring I placed on the outside has absolutely no give whatsoever, meaning if the hot spring collapsed, though the battery would stay in place, there would be no connection since the second spring is not grounded.

 

[stillnotsmoking]

What makes you think the additional spring is not part of the circuit? Looks grounded to me


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[Filthy-Beast]

If it does or if it can touch the primary spring or spring plate then it is part of the ground.

 

[johni]

The spring collapses from heat and breaks the circuit by letting the battery drop to where the firing pin won't make contact. Your setup would depend on the spring breaking contact with the battery which it most likely will not. No, not safe.

 

[zmauls]

Gotcha. Thanks!

 

[Justice]

Anodizing powdercoating etc can conduct electricity so that extra spring is part of the circuit as has been said and I assume you've got now this is not safe.

 

[redeyedancer]

Definitely a bad idea toss the extra spring

 

[Big Hitter]

If it does or if it can touch the primary spring or spring plate then it is part of the ground.

Or even the body of the mod ..... I see no way that its not grounded.

If you want to test it ...... take out the original spring and see if it vapes with just your second spring sitting there ..... bet it does.

Toss it and mash away on the button if you cannot learn a new trick .... the REO (spring) can take it.

 

[supertrunker]

I found that not using a delrin button cover lessens the button mashing too.

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