My Vamo doesn't work.

[DJIronhead]

I bought a Vamo not too long ago.
When I first got it, I had bought wrong batteries for it (Non-Highdrain)
I was really frustrated when it kept shutting itself off.
This is not the problem now though.

I bought a Vivi Nova from Vision as well.
But after my third refill, I "screwed" it a little too hard I guess, Because now the thing that makes contact with the Vivi Nova is all loose, and I can't push it down, because then it would not be making contact with the Vivi nova, I've got it to work once after this. (By fiddling it around, screwing the Nova on and off)

It says "Lo" on the display when I try to fire.


If anyone could help me out, by giving me directions or whatever, that'd be great

Sorry for my bad English. (I'm from Norway) And I hope to hear from any of you soon


Peace!

 

[State O' Flux]

No guarantee this is going to work, but you might as well give it a try. Pull the coil head out of the Nova. See the metal end piece that touches the contact of your Vamo... it has a white rubber sleeve just above it? Good. That is removable*... but more importantly, it can be pulled out just a little bit. The idea is by pulling it out, it will be in better contact with the the Vamo. Not much now... maybe 0.5-0.6mm.

*It is removable so if you choose, you can rebuild your wick/coil. The coil wire ends come up (or down, depending on how you're looking at it) on both the inside and outside of that rubber sleeve... and the end contact acts as a tension plug to hold it all together.

C

 

[klynnn]

Check the vamo forum. Seems I remember some other posts about this issue.

 

[BigLebowski]

Here is a quick tutorial for replacing the rubber washer in the Vamo. If that is indeed your problem.

 

[State O' Flux]

Here is a quick tutorial for replacing the rubber washer in the Vamo. If that is indeed your problem.

Think it might be "squished" and not holding the center contact firm enough into the vamo contact?

 

[DJIronhead]

No guarantee this is going to work, but you might as well give it a try. Pull the coil head out of the Nova. See the metal end piece that touches the contact of your Vamo... it has a white rubber sleeve just above it? Good. That is removable*... but more importantly, it can be pulled out just a little bit. The idea is by pulling it out, it will be in better contact with the the Vamo. Not much now... maybe 0.5-0.6mm.

*It is removable so if you choose, you can rebuild your wick/coil. The coil wire ends come up (or down, depending on how you're looking at it) on both the inside and outside of that rubber sleeve... and the end contact acts as a tension plug to hold it all together.

C

None of my Cartomizers, Clearomizers etc work.
But thanks anyways I appreciate it !

 

[BigLebowski]

Think it might be "squished" and not holding the center contact firm enough into the vamo contact?

That is usually the issue with Vamo's, and the threading is easy to crossthread. If it's not reading the carto/atty then it's not making contact, I bookmarked a lot of Vamo fixes before I even bought mine, so far I haven't had any issues. . . knock on wood.

 

[Racehorse]

That is usually the issue with Vamo's, and the threading is easy to crossthread.

This is what amazes me about ecig stuff.

I've screwed THOUSANDS of cheap light bulbs into sockets, pretty much for a lifetime, and rarely, if ever, have i had a problem.

Lightbulbs are cheap, too. Not like a vaping device.

You really gotta wonder.............it's really insulting after a while to keep receiving stuff that doesn't seem to hold up to pretty normal human use.

 

[InTheShade]

This is what amazes me about ecig stuff.

I've screwed THOUSANDS of cheap light bulbs into sockets, pretty much for a lifetime, and rarely, if ever, have i had a problem.

Lightbulbs are cheap, too. Not like a vaping device.

You really gotta wonder.............it's really insulting after a while to keep receiving stuff that doesn't seem to hold up to pretty normal human use.

I agree, the Chinese really have no idea about threads. They make nice stainless steel, decent anodized stuff, but they really need to get a thread specialist. Every single ecig device that I have purchased has had crappy threads. They simply don't fit or they squeak, grind, rattle and roll.

 

[DJIronhead]

Exactly

 

[DJIronhead]

I checked out that tutorial, and apparently I need bigger o-rings. I can't seem to find them in any Norwegian stores, so I tried ordering from the US, but it would cost me 100$ to ship it, and the actual product costs 1$, ridiculous.
So if anyone are interested, and able to fix this. I am willing to sell it cheap. Send me a message if you're interested.
Or trade with another Variable Voltage 18650 mod.
It comes with a "J-Wrap".

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

Light bulb sockets aren't machine threaded. They're threaded the way they are so even an absolute knucklehead could change one.

Machine threads are much more easily cross threaded and much easier to strip or damage. Just because something is made of metal doesn't mean it'll take abuse.

 

[Kanyin]

Make sure you're battery is charged correctly. Over 4.2 or under 3.2 and you'll get a Lo message when trying to fire. Bad connection usually says 9.9 ohms.

 

[SpinDr480]

While I agree with the premise, you only screw a lightbulb in once every few months or so. Whereas, some people screw in different clearomizers many times throughout the day. Plus, the screw in different types of clearomizers that don't all fit the same way.

 

[craze89]

replacing rubber grommet at the positive contact really works