Ok Notcigs Guys, Beans is in need of help with her new Infinity!

[Beans]

Hi all, Im in love with my new infinity, BUT What the heck is going on? My Boge SR cartomizers are burning. Let me first assure you that I'm not a total Noob, and am very apt at filling and maintaining all of my PV equipment. I know burning cartos are usually dry but it's just not the case. I don't think it's a bad volt issue here. The infinity is not shutting off like they are becoming LR cartos. And you can feel the volt changing properly as I turn up the dial. The infinity I believe is working as it should. Even when I dial it down to the lowest setting it's burning. Last night I pulled out a cheap crappy gold thread SR cartomizer with no problems..So what could my issue be? Every where I read Boge should work great. The reason Im so stressed is I now have 13 boxes of Boge 2.0 (I swear I'll never use these on my infinity) and 10 boxes of Boge SR cartomizers and 2 crappy gold thread cartomizers. And yes I have apocalyptic amounts of backups, I just can't help myself.

What are your thoughts? Thanks Guys!

 

[Ruppy]

Do you have a voltmeter?

 

[Beans]

I don't, Hubby is an electrical engineer so I can have him bring one home. Are they all standard?

 

[Rosco]

Yes, pretty much they are. Quality varies widely, but a FLuke meter and a $5 china ebay meter will basically measure voltage, current, and resistance.
What really helps us are those reading. The resistance of your cartos, the charge on batteries, the voltage output of the PV can all be determined with a multimeter.
I'm really wondering the output of the Infinity, regardless of where the dial indicator is set.

As a side note, the classified is a good way to sell things you don't need as well as pick up deals once in awhile.

 

[Beans]

Thanks Rosco, I think I'll run up to radio shack, Hubby will be home late and heck, I like spending his money! I'll be back with the proper tools soon and post what my findings are.

I'm just wondering why the crappiest cartomizers ever work great?

 

[5cardstud]

Well if the other cartos work it has to be the cartos. I don't use boges so I can't really respond.

 

[Beans]

5Card, I was thinking the same thing..I'm off to get VM now, I'll see what it's putting out with the Boges on there....

 

[Beans]

OK, Ive got my multimeter. Is there a tutorial somewhere I can educumate myself? Hubby's the smart one, me....not so much. I was was conceived on ... Not my fault!

 

[Ruppy]

Multimeter Tutorial - Voltage

http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/202

 

[Ruppy]

Be sure to use the DC setting when testing for voltage.

Center in the top connector is Positive. Threads are negative

 

[Beans]

Seriously? I think the new VM is broken. It's not registering anything...Yes new batts are in and I did turn it on. OMG I'm gonna scream now. How do I check to see if it works at all.

 

[Bovinia]

Beans, my first thought is for you to check the resistance on your cartos. Set your VM on the 200Ω setting, put the red lead on the center post and the black one on the threads of your carto. It will take a few seconds for your meter to settle on a number. Your Boge SR should be 3ish Ω. Possibly the vendor you bought from sent you LR by accident.

Second thought is to run your dial all the way up and then all the way down a couple of times. Then check the voltage on the Infinity. We had someone recently who's pot was stuck at the highest voltage no matter where she set the wheel.

 

[BuzzKill]

Beans, my first thought is for you to check the resistance on your cartos. Set your VM on the 200Ω setting, put the red lead on the center post and the black one on the threads of your carto. It will take a few seconds for your meter to settle on a number. Your Boge SR should be 3ish Ω. Possibly the vendor you bought from sent you LR by accident.

Second thought is to run your dial all the way up and then all the way down a couple of times. Then check the voltage on the Infinity. We had someone recently who's pot was stuck at the highest voltage no matter where she set the wheel.

Bov you have learned SOOO MUCH ! good help girl !

Beans , do this just run the pot or wheel back and forth 5-10 times with no power then try it again , the pot can get stuff in it and cause the voltage to JUMP.

 

[Bovinia]

Thank you sir I just hope it helps Beans.

 

[Beans]

Thanks everyone, apparently GOD did not want me to buy a WORKING VM today Beans shakes fist and looks up......But have been working on a few theorys....Ended up, all my burning cartos were out of a single box. I opened up a new set and so far so good. Back to being happy Beans.....For the time being anyways

 

[Bovinia]

Great to hear your new box of cartos is working! I bet you got sent a box or LR by mistake Get your hubby to give you an extra hand checking voltage, carto resistance, etc just to be sure.

 

[BuzzKill]

It sounds like they are LR 's !!

LR SUCKS IMO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But thats me