ITazte MVP Suddenly very hot when charging - USB HUB lights go off when connected - cable melted

[cconti]

I have had an Itazte MVP for a few months now and it has been working great.

Tonight I was keeping it tethered to recharge it (as I do almost every night) and suddenly I realized it was extremely hot.

I immediately disconnected it, took off the clearomizer and made sure everything it was working OK. It seemed fine but every time I plugged it in again it would turn hot again.

This time I zeroed out the voltage and watts just to make sure and it seemed to be doing fine once again.

10 minutes later I realized the the USB charging cable was melting so I immediately disconnected everything again.

Since then, I have tried a few things but one thing I noticed was that the moment I connected a USB into the Itazte, the USB Hub (powered) would have all its lights turn off. The same with a hub I have where the USB connectivity is no longer good but still recharges my phones (it's not attached to a computer, in other words).

I am really unsure what to do. This started happening totally out of the blue. I wasn't doing anything that I haven't done a million times before when I first realized the unit was getting hot.

My guess is a short circuit somehow, but before I open the unit I wanted to ask here.

Thank you for your help.

PS: I switched to using my Pass-through

 

[Baditude]

Don't know what to tell you other than neither the MVP or charger should get hot. Either one or both units are obviously defective and potentially dangerous to use again.

Except for "out of curiousity" purposes, I wouldn't bother opening the MVP. There's nothing that could be gained from this.



You need another whole new mod.

 

[cconti]

Don't know what to tell you other than neither the MVP or charger should get hot. Either one or both units are obviously defective and potentially dangerous to use again.

Except for "out of curiousity" purposes, I wouldn't bother opening the MVP. There's nothing that could be gained from this.

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You need another whole new mod.

Thank you for the reply. Since my post there have been some development.

1) I purchased another one. I was going to get it from Fasttech but then I decided to get it from totallywicked hoping I would get it sooner and the price difference was not great.

2) It stopped getting hot.

3) It also stopped charging :-(

I am not sure why you think opening it up would be a waste of time. If parts are impossible to source I would agree. But lately I have been finding suppliers for the weirdest things. Maybe there is one for this thing as well.

In any event, the price point may be the biggest case against wasting time fixing it. It's only $50.

Thank you again for replying and thanks for the pic.

 

[heateris]

Are you still within the 90 warranty?


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