So I got my first mechanical mod and it worked for like 3 hours and once I changed out the battery it stopped fireing. I have rebuilt the digital vv/vw zmax and vamos for the last year and just wanted something easier to maintain. What am I doing wrong?
Mechanical mod won't fire
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which mod and which atty? is the battery charged? is it in correct way? all the pins tight and making contact? all the threads clean?
few days ago, my penny clone won't fire. i took it apart and noticed that my positive pin wasn't tight. tighten the positive pin and everything is fine now. other day, my 4nine won't fire, noticed that i wasn't pushing the button evenly. now it's firing fine.would be number of small issue. once you make sure all the contacts are clean, and the battery is charged,try again.
few days ago, my penny clone won't fire. i took it apart and noticed that my positive pin wasn't tight. tighten the positive pin and everything is fine now. other day, my 4nine won't fire, noticed that i wasn't pushing the button evenly. now it's firing fine.would be number of small issue. once you make sure all the contacts are clean, and the battery is charged,try again.
Battery is fresh off the charger. The negative pin ware the button is is kinda black on the edges. so just clean it with rubbing alcohol? I got the death mod just on looks and now that I've researched it. It seems like a real hit or miss by the mfg.
How do I check to see if I'm shorting it out on the wall of my RDA? And what's an RDA
If there is any damage to the battery, it's time to toss it. If it's just dirt, that's another thing, but what you are describing doesn't sound like simple dirt.
to ecf Casey Woods. So nice to meet you and glad you are here. Is it making good contact? You can file the battery with just an emory board or I have read where people used an eraser which is abrasive to a certain degree. I'm sure others will be able to help you. Good luck to you.
Please please PLEASE tell me you meant "battery contact pins."
I am referring to what I have done to my reo. Filed, cleaned and applied Noalox to end of battery and the piece that is in contact with the battery. I could be doing something wrong and will gladly learn all I can.
While I don't have conclusive evidence that directly filing the battery is a no-no, I'm under the impression any alteration/removal of the actual casing and heads will weaken the structural integrity of the battery.
Mech mods already work the batteries pretty hard (at certain ohms), I'd rather not have you take any chances.
We're assuming you're using a rebuildable dripper (RDA). That's a type of atty. If you're using that, or a rebuildable tank, you should measure it with an ohm meter, or a digital multimeter to make sure that the coils are not shorting out. Prebuilt coils can short, too, so multimeters/ohms meters are useful to have on hand.
So, what are you using as a topper? What resistance?
Take apart the mod. Clean the entire thing. idk what the pins on your mod are made of, but clean them, too. Put everything back together. Tighten everything.
Make sure that your bottom pin is rising enough to make contact with your battery when you press the button.
Make sure that the top pin is making contact with your atty.
Make sure there's no battery rattle.
EDIT: Also, when you say the plating is coming off the pin, you mean the pin on the mod, right? Anyhow, I think that's a bit odd; I don't know what they could have plated over to get that to happen. Usually, they'll have silver or copper plated brass pins, or just solid brass pins or copper pins.
Solid copper pins will in time turn blackish with oxidation. That needs to be cleaned, as it'll cause voltage drop, could even keep the mod from firing. Brass pins take way longer to get to that point.
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While I don't have conclusive evidence that directly filing the battery is a no-no, I'm under the impression any alteration/removal of the actual casing and heads will weaken the structural integrity of the battery.
Mech mods already work the batteries pretty hard (at certain ohms), I'd rather not have you take any chances.
You are more than likely right regarding the battery. I have the old contacts so I am not sub o'ing anything but I do see what you mean. I am probably more concerned with the Nitecore charger being so tight and causing a dent in the bottom of my battery. I just ordered a new one so I would have a backup and I am hoping this one does not do it because it starting to bother me.
Thank yall very much for all your input and advice. I took that death mod back to the place I got it from and the owner messed with it for about 5 minutes and then handed me an AR031 mechanical mod. He said that the death mod has to be repinned because that made the tube way to big and the pins way to small.
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