I'd be seriously ...... if mine is DOA when it arrives in 2 weeks or whenever. Best of luck with this. Please keep us posted if you figure out a fix. We may need help here too.
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@ XJ-linux: Will do.
@ gregb: Can't post until I get my activation e-mail. Thanks for the warm welcome, though.
@ gregb: Can't post until I get my activation e-mail. Thanks for the warm welcome, though.
Just got this little puppy today.
However, I can't get anything to fire in it
I tried all three of my spheroids and even a Boge cartomizer.
Tried Efest and AW batteries and messed around with the adjustment screw on the button.
Nothing seems to work.
Anybody else having firing problems?
BTW The anodizing is good. It's a little beauty.
I did have to fiddle about when I put my extender on but that was just a minor trouble. It was not make good contact with the switch contact so you might want to adjust the switch contact if you haven't already.
I know for a fact that AW 18350 batteries with the button top work well. The battery goes TOP DOWN.
Just got this little puppy today.
However, I can't get anything to fire in it
I tried all three of my spheroids and even a Boge cartomizer.
Tried Efest and AW batteries and messed around with the adjustment screw on the button.
Nothing seems to work.
Anybody else having firing problems?
BTW The anodizing is good. It's a little beauty.
The first thing you can do to get support is to write us
mini-ecig.com/contact
There are two good things about it:
- we can detect common problems earlier
- if the problem is known, you'll get a very quick tip
FAQ is here:
mini-ecig.com/faq
Currently we have 4 new MicroSticks, which are not firing. All 4 were reported yesterday, so we haven't identified if all have the same problem or different and what actually is the problem.
The most suspected is #3 below.
Here is the summary of all know problems.
The connection consists of several parts:
- Minus: battery - button - brass insertion - MicroStick's body - external part of 510 conenctor - atty body - wire
- Plus: battery - brass conductor - brass pin in 510 connector - atty central post - wire
There are several possible root causes:
1) the battery is flat
Solutions:
- charge or replace
2) the battery is too short
To check:
- Press on the button. It shouldn't go all the way down to the body. There should be a gap between the pressed button and the body. It means that it touches the battery.
Solutions:
- slightly unscrew the screw in the button
- use 18500 batteries; all 18500 batteries should be ok
- try another 18490 battery; some of them are really short
- add a magnet
3) no contact between external part of 510 connector and the MicroStick's body
To check:
- Press the button and manually connect the atty body and the pressed button. If it fires now, the problem is in the contact between 510 connector and the MicroStick body.
Solution:
- Remove the bottom cap. Take out the 510 connector (you can use GP fork for this) and check the threads. They should be clean. Screw in the connector and check again.
4) the 510 connector pin has no connection to the conductor inside bottom cap or the extender
Solutions:
- Check if the bottom cap is loose. If needed, slightly screw in the screws in the bottom cap.
- Take off the atty. Press on the brass 510 connector pin inside the MicroStick. Press just once with a screwdriver, for example.
5) atty makes no connection with 510 connector
Solutions:
- if the atty pin is sunk
Take a closer look at the atty (choose any). There is a brass pin in the connector surrounded by the insulator. The brass pin must be higher than the insulator (if you have the atty up side down while looking at it). The MicroStick has the brass pin 3.5 mm in diameter. If the pin in the atty is sunk into the insulator, the atty might work well with many other mods but not with the MicroStick, because in the MicroStick the pin in the atty doesn't touch the 510 connector pin. If possible, disassemble the atty and push out the pin or try another atty.
- if the threads are slightly mismatching
Check if the atty is fully screwed in. Try to apply slightly more force while screwing it in.
Thanks for the link. She never contacted me directly, so I didn't know and couldn't help.
Now we're in contact and I'm sure we'll fix this little mod
Thanks for the response, Little Donkey.
Well we are getting somewhere... I shorted the switch and the atomizer and got it to fire.
So, I guess we can establish that it's a problem with the 510 connection not making contact with the body.
I took out the 510 (glad to have a GP fork and my bike tools handy for the tiny allen key).
I cleaned the thread the best I could (there was a white powdery substance on the threads of the body)
However it still doesn't fire normally.
I tried all the steps of the list without luck. any other ideas?
Thanks
Oh and BTW, Hey Pep!
PS. Sent you an e-mail through your site but I'm writing this here in case others have the same problem
Well we are getting somewhere... I shorted the switch and the atomizer and got it to fire.
So, I guess we can establish that it's a problem with the 510 connection not making contact with the body.
I took out the 510 (glad to have a GP fork and my bike tools handy for the tiny allen key).
I cleaned the thread the best I could (there was a white powdery substance on the threads of the body)
However it still doesn't fire normally.
I tried all the steps of the list without luck. any other ideas?
Thanks
Oh and BTW, Hey Pep!
PS. Sent you an e-mail through your site but I'm writing this here in case others have the same problem
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Ok. 2 steps:
1) Disassemble the connector. Take out the brass pin and the deldrin. Clean all of this. Asssemble and put it back in place.
2) If you have a multimetr, can you check connection between the external part of the 510 conenctor and the brass insertion in the battery hole?
The problem should be in this contact.
Couldn't get the delrin out and didn't want to break it. But I cleaned everything else and it's working!
Thanks
Thanks
Great!
So basically you took the 510 connector out, took out the brass pin, cleared both and put it all back, right?
Thanks for help littledonkey and kl34 and Mark from POTV and all the lads over on AAEC. My little microstick is firing now. The answer came from Mark, the brass pin inside the 510 connector needed lowering a millimetre to make full contact with brass bar in base plate
I can only assume that your brass pin was moved into the right position kl34 when you were taking apart microstick and rebuilding after cleaning threads and 510 Hopefully anyone else having a problem will 'google' and see our issues and now know what to do
Thanks Everyone
I can only assume that your brass pin was moved into the right position kl34 when you were taking apart microstick and rebuilding after cleaning threads and 510 Hopefully anyone else having a problem will 'google' and see our issues and now know what to do
Thanks Everyone
Thanks for help littledonkey and kl34 and Mark from POTV and all the lads over on AAEC. My little microstick is firing now. The answer came from Mark, the brass pin inside the 510 connector needed lowering a millimetre to make full contact with brass bar in base plate
I can only assume that your brass pin was moved into the right position kl34 when you were taking apart microstick and rebuilding after cleaning threads and 510 Hopefully anyone else having a problem will 'google' and see our issues and now know what to do
Thanks Everyone
Thanks for taking the time to post your solution!
Well, I just got my microstick's today, and I guess I must be really unlucky because I can't get either of them to fire, also there is a decent knick where the anno has rubbed off right out of the package on one of them. Can someone elaborate on the bold below, I don't quite understand. "3) no contact between external part of 510 connector and the MicroStick's body
To check:
- Press the button and manually connect the atty body and the pressed button. If it fires now, the problem is in the contact between 510 connector and the MicroStick body.
Solution:
- Remove the bottom cap. Take out the 510 connector (you can use GP fork for this) and check the threads. They should be clean. Screw in the connector and check again"
Also is there anything I can use other than a gp fork? I don't have a spheroid. Any help would be appreciated.
To check:
- Press the button and manually connect the atty body and the pressed button. If it fires now, the problem is in the contact between 510 connector and the MicroStick body.
Solution:
- Remove the bottom cap. Take out the 510 connector (you can use GP fork for this) and check the threads. They should be clean. Screw in the connector and check again"
Also is there anything I can use other than a gp fork? I don't have a spheroid. Any help would be appreciated.
Sounds systemic to me. How many is this now from this batch? Send it back for repair or refund.
Yeah I'm pretty disappointed. I was so excited after waiting over 4 months. I ordered the first or second day when they announced this run. I'll admit i'm not the most technical person, but I didn't really expect to be tinkering right out of the box. To be honest I don't really want to mess around with it too much because I'm afraid I will damage the mod. If anyone has any tips or pictures I would really appreciate any help. Going to contact mini-ecig now to see what they have to say.
We have discovered a common problem.
It's described in details here:
Some new MicroSticks are not firing - Mini ECIG
And sorry, that you have to spend time on this.
Please, contact us, if you need help:
Contact Us - Mini ECIG
It's described in details here:
Some new MicroSticks are not firing - Mini ECIG
And sorry, that you have to spend time on this.
Please, contact us, if you need help:
Contact Us - Mini ECIG
I received my stick today, yippee, and I am going to use this one in extended mode! What is the size of the screw heads so that I use the exact size needed to remove the bottom screws?? Thanks
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After 4 month of waiting I got mine and it's not firing at all , very disappointed
I don't like the QC on a high end item to end up like this
I don't like the QC on a high end item to end up like this
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