RDA New Mako Shorty keeps shorting out with duals.

[ddirtyvapes]

I can't make sense of this. I am a relatively experienced builder and this is now my 6th rda. I have three posts, 4 posts, weird posts. I rarely have problems with a short.

I just got it today, threw on a single coil after rinsing it out to test, and went about it. Worked great.

I have now been trying to put on a dual for about 90 minutes and my third attempt has just shorted out, again. I know all the reasons shorts typically occur, and none of them appear to be a problem. The coil isn't touching any other metal beyond post holes and I am using ceramic tweezers. Screws are tight enough and the cap isn't on. This happened first with twisted 26g wire so I thought there was a problem with the twist, until it happened trying to build a simple round 24g dual.

If unfamiliar, the Mako Shorty is a 3 post with a gold plated positive pin.

I've already taken out the coil that last caused a short or else I would take a photo.

What could be causing this problem beyond the obvious? I'm going to try a dual coil single wire build and see what happens.

 

[Pairrate]

I have a mako shorty but never had that problem! Take off the center post and see if the insulators are somewhat letting the center post come in contact with the deck.
The center post of my mako shorty started to spin and that was the only issue with the RDA.

 

[ddirtyvapes]

Yeah, it actually did seem to be something to do with spinning and/or the connections in general. I thought the pin was adjustable, and it kind of is, but you really can't adjust it much before the center post starts spinning. Right now my primary PV is a little janky, the connector... it's broken but couldn't afford a new one until now. I had to unscrew the pin pretty far, too far, and that was a big part of the problem. Unfortunately I still need to have it unscrewed farther than I'd like to use it on that device but it's been working fine as long as I pay attention, and it's all the more fine on my devices that aren't broken lol.

Thanks!

 

[Pairrate]

You're welcome