mod help, please

[poogiecat]

I am building a mod using a 18650 battery. I have tested the voltage from the bottom of the battery through the button (switch) into the 510 atty connector and I'm getting full power (it actually reads slightly higher than 3.7v -- 4.2v). In any case I am getting no vapor (or even sound) emanating from the atty.

Does anyone have an idea as to what is causing the atty to not work given the above? I am using attys that I bought at madvapes that are "sealed" 510s.

 

[SmilingSlasher]

Could be the bottom of the atty. Ask CrashTestJeep to link you to her thread about adjusting the attys bottom connector with twezzers. This helped me when I tried to use a Joye atty on an L2 510 battery. The L2 510s use those same kind of sealed connectors.

 

[john doe]

are you getting that with the button pushed? if you are you have a bad button. check for continuity/resistance across the switch. should be infinite without the button pushed and very low (tenths of an ohm) with the switch on.

 

[poogiecat]

Tried that and it didn't make a difference.

 

[UberDuper]

Got a short? Do you measure voltage without an atty screwed in?

UD.

 

[YuckFou]

i built a mag mod and had the same problem... without an atty the led lights up when i press the button.. screw on the atty and nothin, no sound or vapor and no led... sum1 told me i had probably melted the lil silicon thing in the battery connector.. u may have done the same thing and caused a short on the connecter.. i dont kno 4 sure tho, still gotta get a new connecter and i dont wanna ruin another battery just yet but i assume thats gonna be my problem.

 

[poogiecat]

Yes, I'm getting 4.2v with the button pushed ... nothing when the button is not pushed. Also, ohms are infinite without the button pushed and .04 with it pushed.

This is my setup: positive wire from the center post of my atty connector (I know I didn't melt the rubber gasket between the center post and the connector because I disassembled it before I soldered it) to the switch, positive wire from switch to a batter connector I made (using Sir Lawrence's video instructions). My multimeter is showing continuity for all parts and I'm getting voltage so I'm not sure what the problem is. FYI, I have the atty connector seated in a brass cap but there is otherwise no ground ... could that be the problem?

Thanks all!

are you getting that with the button pushed? if you are you have a bad button. check for continuity/resistance across the switch. should be infinite without the button pushed and very low (tenths of an ohm) with the switch on.

 

[poogiecat]

I just put in a new switch and I'm having the same problem! Voltage without the atty in and with the button pushed in is still 4.2v.

 

[UberDuper]

There should be no continuity without an atty. So unless I'm misunderstanding where you're probing, I think you've got a short somewhere.

UD.

 

[crazyhorse]

If your atomizer is good it seems like you're simply getting no contact between the battery positive and the atomizer.

Edit: Not sure if I'm reading you right but your atomizer must connect to both + and -

 

[poogiecat]

There should be no continuity without an atty. So unless I'm misunderstanding where you're probing, I think you've got a short somewhere.

UD.

I've checked the continuity the entire process through. From the battery connector to the switch, from the switch to the atty connector (with button pushed ... nothing when button is not pushed). Now I've attached and atty and from the switch to the bottom bottom gold ring of my atty (with button pushed) all parts show continuity. So, it showing continuity with and without the atty attached.

 

[YuckFou]

(I know I didn't melt the rubber gasket between the center post and the connector because I disassembled it before I soldered it)

oh ok.. off topic quick question- can u disassemble 901 connectors aswell?

 

[Keegan1014]

i have this problem from time to time on my mods
its the atty conection for sure pry up the center post in the atty
works for me

 

[hoogie76]

This is my setup: positive wire from the center post of my atty connector (I know I didn't melt the rubber gasket between the center post and the connector because I disassembled it before I soldered it) to the switch, positive wire from switch to a batter connector I made (using Sir Lawrence's video instructions). My multimeter is showing continuity for all parts and I'm getting voltage so I'm not sure what the problem is. FYI, I have the atty connector seated in a brass cap but there is otherwise no ground ... could that be the problem?

Thanks all!

the outside of the batt connector has to have a path to the negative of the battery otherwise no current will flow through.. with a dvm you should have 0 ohms between the batt connector outside and ground (unless you're switching on the gnd)

hoog

 

[john doe]

could be no contact between the center posts?maybe try to put a piece of tape on one and screw them together then see if it got deformed at all by the twisting. if no deformation the center contacts may not be connecting properly.

 

[poogiecat]

I finally got it working! The washer I was using as the battery connector was touching the side of my housing causing a short! I was wracking my brain for 3 days on this ... at least I got it figured out. Thanks for everyone's help!

 

[Wireguy]

Feels good when you figure it out.

 

[UberDuper]

Wow I was talking out my ... too! 8-o

UD.