Narrowly avoided a 401 passthrough meltdown!

[slybootz]

So, I got home from class today and opened my laptop, picked up my USB passthrough(401 from litecig), and was vaping for 10 minutes or so. I walked away from my desk for a few minutes to check the mailbox(for my Rath juice![but it wasn't here yet]). When I came back to my laptop, and picked up my passthrough, the entire device was exceptionally hot. I pulled off the mouthpiece and the atomizer was bright red, and the cartridge was beginning to soften as if it would've melted if I didn't catch it when I did.

Has anyone had an issue with their 401 passthru where the atty will get stuck ON? This is an automatic not a manual passthru, so there isn't an issue with a stuck button. Also, it normally has a 7-second cutoff... I'm just wondering why, this time, it seemed like the atty did not use the cutoff, and was on for about 5 minutes straight!

I ended up unplugging it from the USB port, and blowing out my atty, and wiping out the empty cartridge, which didn't actually melt away any plastic material, but started to warp. Hours later I plugged in the passthru and it's vaping just fine, and I tested a 7-second inhale, and the battery cutoff was still at 7-seconds.


Anyone experienced this before? I doubt it has anything to do with an auto-cleaning cycle, but I'm new to this passthru so I'm not quite sure...

 

[SmilingSlasher]

I have had this happen once on my regular m403. It isn't a passthru, but I pulled a hit on it, and after i quit pulling I could hear it keep sizzling. I took another quick pull on it and it cut off. I unscrewed the battery, blew thru the atty, cleaned the threads and all has been fine since. I chalked it up to too much juice causing a electrical connection in the atty. Like I said though, everything has been just fine since.

 

[slybootz]

I have had this happen once on my regular m403. It isn't a passthru, but I pulled a hit on it, and after i quit pulling I could hear it keep sizzling. I took another quick pull on it and it cut off. I unscrewed the battery, blew thru the atty, cleaned the threads and all has been fine since. I chalked it up to too much juice causing a electrical connection in the atty. Like I said though, everything has been just fine since.

That must have been the problem. After I unplugged it, I blew out my atty and dried off the connectors and any juice on the battery with a dry qtip. Everythings A-Okay now!

 

[shawnp1]

if u are dripping using that passthrough the liquid can get in the passthrough and kill it too

 

[phenixred]

How long is the wire on the passthrough?

 

[slybootz]

I don't have a measuring tape handy, but I'd say the maximum length of the wire is about 4 feet. The great thing about this PT is that it has a retractable cord, and you can set it to different lengths. When I'm typing on my laptop I only have it at about a foot, when I'm on my desktop, I have it a full length. When I travel, I just retract it completely and it's pocket sized.

 

[zonia]

I keep a passthru in my vehicle plugged into an adapter in the cigarette lighter. I have not had any problems with it so I just left it plugged in. The other day my husband took my vehicle and he said he noticed the passthru smoking so he unplugged it and it got so hot he couldn't touch it. I changed the atomizer and the cartridge and plugged it into a wall adapter I have with no problems it worked fine so I put it back in my vehicle but I only plug it in when I am using it otherwise it stays inside the console. I was beginning to think that my husband did something he didn't tell me about until I read this.