making springs for mechs

[Ryan Kelly]

so i got a copper vanilla clone yesterday. i absolutely love it but I've already collapsed the spring twice. I've just been taking apart the switch and stretching the spring back out but that only fixes the issue for a few hours. the spring that came with the clone is pretty thin and cheap. i saw someone say they made a spring for their switch out of kanthal in some video but i cannot remember where i saw that. so is it possible to use like 20 or 22 gauge kanthal to make a spring for my copper vanilla switch? or if i went to home depot and got like thick copper wire?

 

[Circa Survivor]

You seem to be breaking or losing parts to everything you get. I think you're doing something wrong lol

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[elee86]

I went to Ace Hardware to buy new springs for my Caravela mod. It actually worked better than the stock springs. I was able to sit it on the table unlock and not have it fire.

 

[sando7]

you can also go to Lowes or home depot and buy some 1mm copper wire and make your own, the tension is not on par with a spring you might be used to but they work flawlessly...yep problems seem to happen when you sub-ohm very low on mods's not built for it.

if i go 0.3 on my Akuma Cln. my stock spring collapses and the button turns into a micro-wave heat sink, with my copper spring i've had no probs.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_62938-37672...currentURL=?Ntt=copper+wire&page=5&facetInfo=

 

[Ryan Kelly]

You seem to be breaking or losing parts to everything you get. I think you're doing something wrong lol

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i mean this was a 40 dollar clone. having the spring collapse when I'm running a .1 build is not surprising. but spending 10 bucks to upgrade the switch is a lot better then spending another 150 dollars for the authentic.

 

[supertrunker]

Hope you spent the extra cash on good batteries!

T

 

[AzPlumber]

Kanthal, not a good idea. It would have resistance plus you don't need a coil attached to your battery.

 

[DetraMental]

Check here: SHOP - FatDaddyVapes.com - Home of the best vape tweaks and replacement hardware. and see if they have an upgrade or a spring for your mech.

 

[Maurice Pudlo]

I believe the spring is designed to collapse which in some mods then breaks the connection in the event of a hard short. Very low ohm builds are in effect close enough to a hard short so you are experiencing a safety feature in action. Fixing that is in effect killing the object that is intended to fail. I'm not familiar with that mods design so take this with a grain of salt as it may not apply to your situation.

Maurice

 

[KenD]

I believe the spring is designed to collapse which in some mods then breaks the connection in the event of a hard short. Very low ohm builds are in effect close enough to a hard short so you are experiencing a safety feature in action. Fixing that is in effect killing the object that is intended to fail. I'm not familiar with that mods design so take this with a grain of salt as it may not apply to your situation.

Maurice

Yes, and wether it's intended or not one should probably be happy that the spring collapses when using a 0.1 ohm coil.

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[katarax]

Go with a magnet upgrade and never look back

I did the same and have had no firing issues since, fires every single time.

 

[VapingTurtle]

Ryan, I've never said ANYTHING like this to ANYONE before, but I think you may live longer and the people around you would be a lot safer if you went back to smoking cigs.