Legacy mysteriously stopped working

[elfstone]

This one is a little odd, I think. My Legacy stopped working.

What?... What on Earth can "stop working" inside a Legacy??! That's my question, too...

It doesn't fire at all with any carto / atty.

Switch - measures ~0.03 Ohm across from the brass screw to the threads.

Body - measures 0 Ohm across

Top cap - measures ~0.02

With the top cap off, button depressed, there is a 4.1V read across the battery nipple and top threads.

With the cap on, there is a 0.8 V read across the brass springs and atty connector threads.

It doesn't compute... What can be the problem?!!!

 

[milo hobo]

My suspicision would be that the atty/carto isn't screwing down all the way, making contact. Otherwise, Oo, I don't know.

 

[CaSHMeRe]

elfstone ...

brass springs? I assume you are talking about brass screws?

With that said -- When you are getting .8v via the adapter screw, is that with the button being pushed or not?

When you check voltage, hit the button, and tell me what the adapter is reading

Lastly - Have you tried taking a paperclip or toothpick to the center post on the atomizer/cartomizer trying to drop it down a bit?

 

[elfstone]

Sorry - springs = screws.

The 0.8 was with the button pressed. I don't understand anything, but now it vapes normally and measures 4.1 V - I randomly threw an extra washer in the switch and it works now. Doesn't make sense still - it has been working for about maybe 7 months with no issue what-so-ever, not even the slightest. (Yes, I did clean it several times along the way)

 

[CaSHMeRe]

hmmmm? LOL

1 of 2 things ...

1) Did the switch bottom out on the bottom of the tube? Thus the reason you needed a washer?
2) Did the screw somehow loosen up (either top or bottom) which would cause a decent voltage drop?

#1 makes the most sense. Are your batteries getting old & dented?

 

[elfstone]

hmmmm? LOL

#1 makes the most sense. Are your batteries getting old & dented?

That might be it. Not old, but Zenesis-ified. The switch design in that particular mod kinda makes the bottoms of the batteries a bit concave - I looked just now and it's true.

 

[elfstone]

Oh, and thanks. I had forgotten how light and neat the Legacy was. See - my wife uses it now 100% of the time. Any chance you'd branch out in genesis hybrids?