My first Odysseus short

[Kim151]

Lets see, I have been using the same wick and coil I built 4 days ago. Today, when I was vaping, I noticed my button got very very hot. I immediately let go of the button and let it sit to cool down. Took out the battery and end cap off. Measured the battery and was reading 3.9 volts. On the end cap, I realized the spring collapsed all the way down and looked black.
So, I ended up cleaning up the spring and pull it out as much as I could. I put everything back together and tried again. Same thing! So this time, I researched the forum a little and saw some had same problems before and saw the thread about Ody short that could cause the problem.
I immediately made a new wick and coil and put the new one on. I did what I could with the spring and tried to fire it up again. This time, no hot button! And it vaped just like before. But I could not believe how hot the button got.
With all this, I'm wondering if I should just change the wick and coil every time I have to refill? Also, what can I do to prevent this in the future?
Another thing, My spring is in bad shape. Can I use the GG without the spring? I looked for another spring and saw that it was out of stock in COV. Anyone have extras that maybe I can buy 1 or 2 off them? If so please PM me. Thank you.

 

[VPDownunder]

I change my coil every day or 2 myself. You can use it without a spring just be aware that by doing so there's nothing to collapse and break the circuit if you get another short, personally I run fuse kits with a double fuse.

 

[Tgoode]

Ggecig.net has springs in stock.

 

[jkoppk]

Check the small spring in your button also,when my gg shorted and the spring collapsed the button got real hot and also damaged the small spring in the button.I got the fuse kit from COV and like the firm contact with the batts now much more than the spring setup.

 

[Kim151]

Thanks will do.

Ggecig.net has springs in stock.

I can't get on that site. I'm deployed right now and only have the military net. It will not let me through....

 

[Kim151]

I change my coil every day or 2 myself. You can use it without a spring just be aware that by doing so there's nothing to collapse and break the circuit if you get another short, personally I run fuse kits with a double fuse.

Well, I went with no spring right for now. I checked the spring again and it was collapsed all the way down again. Guess this on is toast. I do plan on getting the fuse kit whenever Bruce/COV has them back in stock.

 

[gredie]

If i recall right there should be springs en route to the sellers atm, and maybe some fuse kits too.

 

[Kim151]

Yes, I'm hoping to get my hands on them......

 

[dspin]

Buy the fuse kit and keep at least 6 spare springs. You should also have spare o-rings among other things

 

[Kim151]

Yes, I was planning on getting extra o-ring sets for the Ody and GGTS. I swear, the button almost burned my pinky right off my hand,LOL

 

[jkoppk]

[QUOTEI swear, the button almost burned my pinky right off my hand,LOL][/QUOTE]

I know the feeling,I wasn't paying attention when it happened to me an got a blister on my pinky from it.The button on my SS GGTS is now discolored from getting so hot.

 

[VPDownunder]

A short without a fuse kit is even more dangerous for me because I wear either riggers gloves or welders gauntlets all day at work so I can't feel if my gg or button's hot or not, at least with fuse protection the fuse springs blow before anything critical occurs

 

[fright88]

I am in the same boat as you. I am waiting for Bruce to get more fuse kits in stock. As for changing your coil it doesn't hurt to change it every day if you want. However I personally don't think it is needed. I do however check to make sure my coil looks ok every night when I fill up.

 

[VPDownunder]

Yeah my coils look pretty gunked up after a days vaping due to my love of dark & thick juices, I could prob rinse the wick and dry burn to get a day or 2 more but the cost to replace it is negligible

 

[Major]

Imeos forward thinking in the design allowed the spring to take the brunt of the short and collapse. The price for a fuse kit and extra springs are a mere pitance compared to what can happen without the spring.

Even if the spring collapsed too soon and required replacemts to be made, I prefer to keep spares and replace them. I guess that is why I don't understand some mods lack of safety features such as this.

Granted the "worst case" with other non-prepared mods is small but in the final analysis, saving $20 or my face? I'll spend the $20 every time!

 

[martinc]

Grab a hold of an engineer and show him the spring,maybe he can help ya for a temp one (they look a lot like the ones you would find in push button switches)

 

[Kim151]

I'm in Aviation and can you believe I can't find one spring that works in there, LOL. Just my luck...

 

[wreimer]

I haven't had any spring or overheating problems, perhaps due to my building a new coil every time I refill. When I first got the Ody, it took a few days to get a coil that actually worked properly so I didn't change it out for nearly a week. In the interim, I had been "practising" my coil building skills, so I had a few coils put together.
I had to fill it up, and I had a coil sitting there, ready to use. I put it in, sort of regretting doing it initially...after all, the coil was working "fine"...I changed the coil, and was happy I had. Even though I thought the coil was OK, a new one was SOO much better, I just started changing it out every time I refilled it. MUCH better, consistent vaping this way..Much better

 

[imeothanasis]

Of course you dont have to change coil everytime you refill Kim my friend. The short came from a wire that you didnt screw well or a piece of positive wire was very close to the metal housing and heat made it bend a little and touched the metal housing maybe. If you screw wires in the proper way you can always vape Ody with no problems at all

 

[Kim151]

Yes, you are right imeo. When I took the Ody and disassembled it, the nut that hold the grounding wire was a bit loose. I'm thinking I didnt tighten that nut enough and it came loose causing a short.