Mountain Vapor Mech?

[Katch]

I purchased this a couple weeks ago:

Mountain Vaporizer 18650 Battery Tube

... when I first got it, everything was fine, vaped like a fully charged ego and lasted all day on the Panasonic CGR18650CG. Now it barely works regardless of battery charge or clearo/tank used?

Any ideas or suggestions or was this a bad purchase?

 

[State O' Flux]

I don't know your experience or history with mechanical mods - nor do I know what you budget is for vaping in general, so I'll just be honest. Yes, it's a "bad purchase". Consider it a learning experience.

Judging from the photos and complete lack of description other than dimensions... you bought a very, very inexpensive mod. I think of a cheap mod as being around $30... so I can only imagine what quality level a $17 "store brand" mod would have.

Unless there's an issue with the battery, chances are the contacts are already corroded and need to be cleaned... if you're lucky. If the resistance is high in your mod contacts, then you can easily have a "barely works" condition. Without having it in my hands, that's a hopeful assumption on my part.

I know you don't have a DMM, because if you did, you'd not be asking your questions. If you want to use mechanical mods successfully, you need to own a digital multi-meter. Without it, you have no idea of the battery condition, the continuity and resistance in your mod or the resistance of your various coils. Buy a decent DMM... even a $10 one is better than none at all.

Good luck,
SOF

 

[Harlen]

I don't know your experience or history with mechanical mods - nor do I know what you budget is for vaping in general, so I'll just be honest. Yes, it's a "bad purchase". Consider it a learning experience.

Judging from the photos and complete lack of description other than dimensions... you bought a very, very inexpensive mod. I think of a cheap mod as being around $30... so I can only imagine what quality level a $17 "store brand" mod would have.

Unless there's an issue with the battery, chances are the contacts are already corroded and need to be cleaned... if you're lucky. If the resistance is high in your mod contacts, then you can easily have a "barely works" condition. Without having it in my hands, that's a hopeful assumption on my part.

I know you don't have a DMM, because if you did, you'd not be asking your questions. If you want to use mechanical mods successfully, you need to own a digital multi-meter. Without it, you have no idea of the battery condition, the continuity and resistance in your mod or the resistance of your various coils. Buy a decent DMM... even a $10 one is better than none at all.

Good luck,
SOF

Man you hard just hard lol
But your right too

 

[State O' Flux]

Man you hard just hard lol
But your right too

Is what it is... ain't it. ;-)

 

[TheSystemHasFailed]

Aside from possible voltage loss due to a certain construction, get some Noalox from Home Depot or another hardware store.

Grease up every part that has threads.
Also, make sure some contact screw or whatnot didn't back out a little. Become familiar with how this thing works, take it ALL apart and go through it.

 

[APexchange]

It could be a problem with the trigger mechanism. Im not familiar with the mod or how the button mechanism fires but thats where i would check first. the button could be missing parts or not making proper contact

 

[Katch]

Very helpful responses, I appreciate it.

When I have some down time I will start by taking it apart and seeing how it works/what needs to be cleaned.

I figured out one fix...I finally ordered a Provari, hopefully that will work.

 

[Thrasher]

looks kind of like how a bolt is built. i would clean all contacts and threads real good then see if there is a way to get into that switch. if it is like a bolt it could very well be a bad wire to the head or a dirty switch contact. something the original bolt buttons were known for.

 

[Katch]

Thanks, I will try to get this thing apart when I get home.

 

[Katch]

Tried to get it apart last night but only the battery cap screws off. There is a seam at the top above the button where it looks like it should but it didn't want to budge...maybe vice grips will work?