What does the center pin look like,is it straight? can you take pictures?
My new GGTB won't fire consistently!
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What does the center pin look like,is it straight? can you take pictures?
LoL. I wasn't thinking that! Sorry if I came off as rude, I'm pretty frustrated right now. I know the rules of troubleshooting, start with the simple stuff and work your way up (Have you tried turning it off and on again?). This thing's FUBAR, though. First the button issue, now this, I was really hoping Imeo would step up and do something to make me feel better about GGs. Hopefully Rob from VK will refund my money, though the attys and cartos I lost are probably a right off. Can't really afford that, but oh well, c'est la vie.
Thanks for all your help, JohnUK!
Addition: You posted about the center pin right before I hit submit. It's straight. Everything appears to be fine. I've taken it completely apart, cleaned everything, and at this point I don't feel like risking any more cartos on it. Don't have a digicam, so no pics. :-/
Thanks for all your help, JohnUK!
Addition: You posted about the center pin right before I hit submit. It's straight. Everything appears to be fine. I've taken it completely apart, cleaned everything, and at this point I don't feel like risking any more cartos on it. Don't have a digicam, so no pics. :-/
LoL. I do appreciate your effort, John. One of the reasons I love ECF, people like you. Cheers, mate!
You have shorts as I see it Lod. You have to check the spring where the battery sits. If its ok and straight then nothing else can go wrong with GGTB. Its your atties for sure.
Hmm, I am not familiar with the GGTBs but I know if I tighten my GGTS too much the center pin will push my atty's center pin in too much and short it.
On a side note I just don't see how a purely mechanical mod could possibly fry these attys otherwise. It cannot magically produce more power than your batteries provide. Have you tested your bats?
Imeo, how are you going to tell me that attys/cartos from four different sources are suddenly going wrong at the same time, on the same PV? That's crazy, man. No one expects your stuff to be perfect, but it's really starting to annoy me that you won't admit that there's just something wrong with this particular unit. Sometimes things are mismanufactured, no big deal, but what really sets good products above mediocre is how the manufacturer Reacts to defects.
Pin is straight. Spring is straight.
Pin is straight. Spring is straight.
Don't have a battery tester, but they're protected 14500s. Can't produce more than 3.6v, so can't be the culprit. It's baffling to me too, but it's happening.
Unit is perfect Lod just because of 1 simple reason. It cant go wrong. Its just impossible. The only thing you have to do (if spring is ok) is to not overtight the atty or the adapter. I am sure thats what happened so you had shorts. Of course you can use the same batteries on another mod to see if they are ok so you dont need a battery tester.
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The Titanic couldn't go wrong Imeo. Basically you're telling me that I'm lying. I've checked everything that's been suggested, no shorts that I can see, it can't be the attys and cartos. Can't be the adapter because it blew the 808 carto without the adapter too. What the heck, man? This unit is FAR from perfect. First it was the button issue, now this.
Lod, you didnt understand what I said. Ok, I will say it again.
1. Your adapter maybe is fine but if you overtight it will make shorts
2. If you overtight the atty you will have shorts
3. I never said that you lied. I say that your problems comes from overtighten things. So if you use a 510 atomizer, put atomizer on the adapter and then screw only one turn the adapter on the GGTB connector. You will be ok for sure. If you dont want to do it because you are afraid of loosing another atty then its ok with me. But you will lose a perfect unit to my opinion.
Also you can unscrew for 1 turn the center pin of GGTB. That way the center pin will comes lower so the adapter will be able to screw more inside GGTB connector. But its not nesesary
ps.... Of course you can check something else because the cnc machines can make mistakes of course. Please check the pin where the button touch. Unscrew it and put inside the hole a thin piece of paper. Screw it again and vape. If you deside to check the unit again then try this first
1. Your adapter maybe is fine but if you overtight it will make shorts
2. If you overtight the atty you will have shorts
3. I never said that you lied. I say that your problems comes from overtighten things. So if you use a 510 atomizer, put atomizer on the adapter and then screw only one turn the adapter on the GGTB connector. You will be ok for sure. If you dont want to do it because you are afraid of loosing another atty then its ok with me. But you will lose a perfect unit to my opinion.
Also you can unscrew for 1 turn the center pin of GGTB. That way the center pin will comes lower so the adapter will be able to screw more inside GGTB connector. But its not nesesary
ps.... Of course you can check something else because the cnc machines can make mistakes of course. Please check the pin where the button touch. Unscrew it and put inside the hole a thin piece of paper. Screw it again and vape. If you deside to check the unit again then try this first
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I had a similar problem bud. I had to press really hard or try pushing at different angles to make my GGTB work. It turned out there was a tiny spike in the middle if the flat plate that makes contact with the centre post. Because all the current was passing through that it oxidised really quickly. Sand and polish that so it's as flat as possible, even if that means taking off the nickel plating, and you should be good to go. It took me about two weeks of pissing around to figure it and get it firing perfectly.
Edit: sorry, I just read the posts. I can't delete the post so feel free to ignore this idiot.
Edit: sorry, I just read the posts. I can't delete the post so feel free to ignore this idiot.
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I was trying to help him to understand ByGG, nothing more. But you are right. Refund is the best way.
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