Have a Kanger Aerotank that is shorting out on my Telsa. Worked great for about 10 days, tried replacing coil, cleaning entire unit along with Telsa connections. ProTank 2 works fine....
Any ideas?
TIA
Any ideas?
TIA
Kanger Aerotank Shorting Out
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Assuming it is a stock coil...
I'd say one of two things...
part of the actual wire coil inside the head is touching a side or the chimney.
the wire is broken somewhere inside
Did you try a new coil?
This is what a Aerotank coil looks like taken apart...
Edit: just had a thought that if a positive and negative lead wire is touching inside, that might cause a short?
I'd say one of two things...
part of the actual wire coil inside the head is touching a side or the chimney.
the wire is broken somewhere inside
Did you try a new coil?
This is what a Aerotank coil looks like taken apart...
Edit: just had a thought that if a positive and negative lead wire is touching inside, that might cause a short?
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I didn't think of that! The silicone grommet could be squished enough to let the pin make contact with the head causing a short!
To the OP... Don't throw away spent coils as you may want to rebuild them someday. Click on the blue "2" next to blog entries under my avatar. It's a brief two part tutorial on how I rebuild Kanger dual coils into single microcoils.
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Thanks for the replies, but, still no joy! I had already replaced the coils, cleaned everything. I have checked the pin, nothing that I can see.
Going to take it back over to the B&M where I got it and see what he can come up with...
Going to take it back over to the B&M where I got it and see what he can come up with...
Took it to the B&M today. We tried it (the Aero Tank) on another batt, same thing. Tried a new Aero Tank on my Telsa, showed "short." Tried all kinds of combinations trying to figure it out. My PT2 still works fine on it.
Ended up leaving it with him; his techie guy is coming in this afternoon and will try to figure it out.
He gave me a Vamo to use while we work on this....
Ended up leaving it with him; his techie guy is coming in this afternoon and will try to figure it out.
He gave me a Vamo to use while we work on this....
Any update? I get a "short" on my Zmax V5 if I try to screw it in too tight. It must be the center pin squishing something too much.
Similar thing happened with me on my spinner, if I tightened it too much it would cause a short. When I cleaned out my tank I spun out the coil head and pushed the center pin outwards a little, also pulled the pin on the bottom of the coil downwards a hair, reassembled it and have been careful not to tighten it too much on my battery and haven't had any problems since. Before i had to leave the aero tank somewhat loose enough on my battery that it would wobble but now it seems I can tighten it a bit more with no problems.
I was just having the same problem. Turns out I was putting the head in too tight and it was really crushing the silicone ring right by the bottom connection. I pulled the pin out a bit and re-installed without tightening as tight and so far so good.
Overtightening is a big problem with everyone. Screw until it stops, no more.
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