Wasn't really sure where to post this; I was going to update my old thread in the VV/VW section but it is locked.
So I'm going to start this out by saying that, considering how long this device functioned, I'm not really unhappy with how long it has lasted. I will say that it definitely went out with a bit of a bang (or in this case, quite a hiss).
I've had this mod for just over a year now, and the past month or so the onboard charging port has slowly stopped functioning. I'm pretty sure I know why as well; due to the design of this mod, any juice that leaks from your atty can very easily leak all the way down the board and out the microusb port on the bottom. Anyways, about two weeks ago it seemed that it was refusing any charge whatsoever, so I decided to try a different cable and thought maybe that would work. Went away for five minutes to get a drink/use the bathroom and came back to a hot mod and a hot cable; immediately unplugged the microusb cord to find that the end was literally smoking and scorched. I probably shouldn't have tried to charge it afterwards, but hey, I hadn't gotten my new mod yet and did NOT want to go back to analogs. A few hours later I found that a certain charger I have worked to charge it, but it charged very slowly, ie 1% every five minutes. So I'd just leave it charging overnight and wake up to a mod at 100%! Good .....
Fast forward to last night. I've had my new mod (Reuleaux RX200) for about a week and a half now, haven't really thought about my M80+. Grabbed it and it said the battery was at 0%; I hadn't charged it since I got my Rx200 so that was to be expected. I then decided I was gonna take it apart and see if I could clean some juice off the board and/or mUSB port to get it to charge again; the process was very simple, 8 screws and it all slides right out the top of the box.
Sure enough there was tons of juice pretty much everywhere on the board, so I powered it off and went to work with some q-tips. Ten minutes later I couldn't see any more anywhere on the board so I turned it back on and plugged in the cable that was working but charging slowly; seconds later it was charging! It had seemed to work and I was quite happy. Within thirty minutes it was up to 40% charge, but it was late (5AM) and I needed sleep so I crashed.
Woke up today to a faint hissing sound coming from my disassembled M80+. Rolled over, felt one of the batteries and it was hotter than I've ever felt a battery to be before. I then immediately unplugged it, jumped out of bed, grabbed the 510-connector bit and ran out my back door, putting it on a concrete block. Went back inside and watched in awe through the sliding-glass door; not thirty seconds later, the batteries started spewing gas all over the place.
I checked on it an hour later to find the batteries had cooled and, incredibly, the board still appears to be working correctly (unless it has some sort of charging issue) and reports to be at 99% charge, lmao. I still intend on replacing the batteries and possibly using it, but I'm going to also install connectors so that the batteries can be easily removed and charged on a proper external charger. I took a bunch of pictures and uploaded them to an imgur album which can be found here:
Thoughts?
So I'm going to start this out by saying that, considering how long this device functioned, I'm not really unhappy with how long it has lasted. I will say that it definitely went out with a bit of a bang (or in this case, quite a hiss).
I've had this mod for just over a year now, and the past month or so the onboard charging port has slowly stopped functioning. I'm pretty sure I know why as well; due to the design of this mod, any juice that leaks from your atty can very easily leak all the way down the board and out the microusb port on the bottom. Anyways, about two weeks ago it seemed that it was refusing any charge whatsoever, so I decided to try a different cable and thought maybe that would work. Went away for five minutes to get a drink/use the bathroom and came back to a hot mod and a hot cable; immediately unplugged the microusb cord to find that the end was literally smoking and scorched. I probably shouldn't have tried to charge it afterwards, but hey, I hadn't gotten my new mod yet and did NOT want to go back to analogs. A few hours later I found that a certain charger I have worked to charge it, but it charged very slowly, ie 1% every five minutes. So I'd just leave it charging overnight and wake up to a mod at 100%! Good .....
Fast forward to last night. I've had my new mod (Reuleaux RX200) for about a week and a half now, haven't really thought about my M80+. Grabbed it and it said the battery was at 0%; I hadn't charged it since I got my Rx200 so that was to be expected. I then decided I was gonna take it apart and see if I could clean some juice off the board and/or mUSB port to get it to charge again; the process was very simple, 8 screws and it all slides right out the top of the box.
Sure enough there was tons of juice pretty much everywhere on the board, so I powered it off and went to work with some q-tips. Ten minutes later I couldn't see any more anywhere on the board so I turned it back on and plugged in the cable that was working but charging slowly; seconds later it was charging! It had seemed to work and I was quite happy. Within thirty minutes it was up to 40% charge, but it was late (5AM) and I needed sleep so I crashed.
Woke up today to a faint hissing sound coming from my disassembled M80+. Rolled over, felt one of the batteries and it was hotter than I've ever felt a battery to be before. I then immediately unplugged it, jumped out of bed, grabbed the 510-connector bit and ran out my back door, putting it on a concrete block. Went back inside and watched in awe through the sliding-glass door; not thirty seconds later, the batteries started spewing gas all over the place.
I checked on it an hour later to find the batteries had cooled and, incredibly, the board still appears to be working correctly (unless it has some sort of charging issue) and reports to be at 99% charge, lmao. I still intend on replacing the batteries and possibly using it, but I'm going to also install connectors so that the batteries can be easily removed and charged on a proper external charger. I took a bunch of pictures and uploaded them to an imgur album which can be found here:
Thoughts?
