OK, so I just received my Maraxus clone $26.32 Maraxus Telescopic Mechanical Mod - eight vent holes / floating 510 center pin at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping and am having one hell of a time getting this thing to work reliably. When I hit the fire button about half of the time the fire button actually heats up and the atomizer either doesn't heat at all or it heats only very slightly. When I first discovered the problem I dismantled the fire button section and verified that the spring and whatnot is properly insulated to reduce or eliminate shorts. Here is what I found out. if I press the fire button flatly there seems to be nowhere for the power from the battery to go but through the spring and the spring seems to heat like resistance wire.
I also observed electrical arcing from the brass button itself and the stainless bottom cap behaving just like a "Spark Gap"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spark_gap.:danger: The fire button works and there is no undue heating or sparking if, before I fire the mod, push the button over to the side so that it makes direct contact with the SS body of the mod. I need help from anyone who has experience with a Maraxus style mech or who has had this problem before. Since I am an electronics repair tech I understand a lot about electrical theory and have has some ideas as to how I can mod my mod to have the power go through the SS casing and NOT the damned spring! I also thought that maybe replacing the spring with a high amp capable conductor spring might help but the "Spark Gap" effect would not go away if that is the only thing I do to it.
Please, any help is VERY MUCH appreciated.
Thank you in advance for any insight you may be able to provide.
P.S. I also hear that this specific clone is one of the best as it perfectly resembles the original Maraxus as closely as any other and I simply can't accept that there is this large of a glaring design flaw in an otherwise .....in looking, har hitting mod.
I also observed electrical arcing from the brass button itself and the stainless bottom cap behaving just like a "Spark Gap" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spark_gap.:danger: The fire button works and there is no undue heating or sparking if, before I fire the mod, push the button over to the side so that it makes direct contact with the SS body of the mod. I need help from anyone who has experience with a Maraxus style mech or who has had this problem before. Since I am an electronics repair tech I understand a lot about electrical theory and have has some ideas as to how I can mod my mod to have the power go through the SS casing and NOT the damned spring! I also thought that maybe replacing the spring with a high amp capable conductor spring might help but the "Spark Gap" effect would not go away if that is the only thing I do to it. Please, any help is VERY MUCH appreciated.
Thank you in advance for any insight you may be able to provide.
P.S. I also hear that this specific clone is one of the best as it perfectly resembles the original Maraxus as closely as any other and I simply can't accept that there is this large of a glaring design flaw in an otherwise .....in looking, har hitting mod.
I absolutely respect that sentiment but I have also done some more research and have at least two possible solutions to the problem. And yes it IS the fact it is a cheap as hell Chinese knock off and they seem to have not installed a necessary component into the switch assembly that WAS present in the older versions of this clone.
If not then I'lll just have to return it and maybe either get a replacement or just get another panzer clone... My brother got his panzer in the same order and its amazing.
