I only plan on 18650s. I am going slow when inserting the battery. I just don't know if a tight fit is what the manufacture wanted? It does fit but really snug/tight. I am just curious if this will destroy the internal components that are visible. Also If I buy the larger cap will a 18650 batt fit inside better?
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Take out the battery and look down at the contact for the battery, it is a small brass ring but it is only soldered to the circut board on one side so it is kind of fragile. I use the extended cap for 18350's and its a little tighter than I would like but I can also use the 18650 with the same cap. So do you have the long spring in the short cap? Just count the coils.
4 is good to go then as some folks were getting 5 in their short cap (besides me)
I just tried my short cap with short spring with an 18650 and threads mate with out having to push against the spring, I then put the long spring in the short cap with 18650 and it would go be was hard to start the threads due to the spring tension. Maybe take a real good look at the pictures of springs and caps that I posted and set your cap and spring together like mine and compare them as it should be real easy to put the cap on an 18650, it almost feels like no spring on mine.
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SdH the extended cap work excellent . The standard no , you can cut some coils off then flip it around so that part is inside the cap and good side up, or buy hardware store spring and cut to fit.
Honey do list for someone ? lol
Honey do list for someone ? lol
Are you using a extended cap with 18650 batts dies? How many coils should I cut off? Or should I buy a extended cap?
LOL my coil is identical to the coil on the left side of this photo. I forgot to count the bottom one. It is a extremely tight fit. I think they should have made this better. Or sent the extenders with the package. IDK kind of disappointed in this. Now I have to buy something else or mod something to make it work.
Ok, small rant over with.As you can tell not every girl is mechanically inclined. I don't want to ask dh because then he will know I have bought yet another PV. LOL
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SdH , i was going to buy a new spring but smushed my spring with a pair of pliers. Useing flat top efest 18650 they now fit fine button top a little on the snug side and i may cut off 1 coil and everything should be okie dokie.
In your case say cut off a coil at a time and try for fit if too snug cut again. Once they fit you can bend the very end tip a little downwards to make sure it will not dig into your battery.
In your case say cut off a coil at a time and try for fit if too snug cut again. Once they fit you can bend the very end tip a little downwards to make sure it will not dig into your battery.
man I cant even get it to fire any of my attys
keeps dieing like there is a dead short in the atty and I cant find the short cause it will not stay on long enough
keeps dieing like there is a dead short in the atty and I cant find the short cause it will not stay on long enough
when I put my chobra, line, or chid on it the display goes dead and I have to do a battery pull.
now that I have changed it to volts and have it at 3.0 thats what it says when I fire with no atty on it
when I try to turn it up just dies
I just had it work on 3V then turned up a bit and died
when I try to turn it up just dies
I just had it work on 3V then turned up a bit and died
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