PDIB's Making MODs!

[supertrunker]

so - broken Dibi (-$50), repaired (+$25), but not by the guy that made them (-$10), then stripped of polish (-$30)....

mod this a bit more and you'll be paying me to take it! "vapes well - only 35 made - so far"

T

I'm sure you're used to the sarcasm now Turbo - great looking fix!

 

[Rossum]

Alright guys, a Cyclone is a dirt-simple atty, right? I built a coil for it. About 8 wraps of 28 gauge on a 5/64" bit. Probably not optimal, but it's what I'm used to building for my Kayfuns. I put it on one of my dna 20s to check its resistance. "Check Atomizer". OK, try a different one. "Check Atomizer". Really? Try another. "Check Atomizer". Try the old iTaste VV V3 R0.0. OK, I must have done something wrong here. Take the coil out and repeat. Same thing! What? I've got a meter around here somewhere. Dead battery. Install new battery in meter. Nope, crappy China meter is shot.

So how the heck is it possible for brand-new Cyclone base to be shorted?

I'm starting to think there's some higher power trying to tell me I shouldn't vape this thing.

 

[supertrunker]

check the bottom of it - if that bottom post is wobbly (and we've never ever seen that on atties before have we?) then it'll kill you.

T

 

[supertrunker]

you also have to realise that on a DNA 20 you must hit over 1.2Ω coils or it'll tell you to naff off.

T

 

[MasterofNone]

And you've made sure those dumb hex screws are actually tight?


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[Rossum]

you also have to realise that on a DNA 20 you must hit over 1.2Ω coils or it'll tell you to naff off.

Ah.. No. I've let other folks try their atties with 0.8 ohm coils and it read their resistance and fired 'em just fine. A DNA 20 ain't a Provari.

 

[supertrunker]

well even Provaris don't make their own coils, so that's why my first try was the bottom of the atty. Rather than you cannot make coils.

T

 

[pdib]

coil touching cap?

or are you checking caplessly








btw: sometimes a really tightly wrapped micro will be one big short until you fire it a couple times.

 

[Rossum]

coil touching cap?
or are you checking caplessly

I was checking without the cap on. Then I took the coil out and checked again, still with no cap. No change.

I'll pick up a new meter tomorrow. I suppose I should have a working one.

 

[supertrunker]

pics. one long short? i thought that was MM's slug coil/wick/all in one?

T

 

[supertrunker]

I was checking without the cap on. Then I took the coil out and checked again, still with no cap. No change.

I'll pick up a new meter tomorrow. I suppose I should have a working one.

if they are on sale get 2, reasoning: keep the other in a desk at work or sell it and make some $.

i'm not sure my reasoning would alter if HRH were twins, but the possibilities are miserable. i refer you to Harry Fenton Mudd.

T

 

[pdib]

I was checking without the cap on. Then I took the coil out and checked again, still with no cap. No change.

I'll pick up a new meter tomorrow. I suppose I should have a working one.

oops. I missed that part.


Well then, harrumph, it's probably your thumb.

I wonder if there isn't a little fleck of metal nestled between the center post and the base. Gotta push that frickin' post out. (or, just yell at mr. cyclone and get another one)

 

[Filthy-Beast]

On a cyclone they a threaded and are a _______ to get out.

 

[glassgal]

Ah.. No. I've let other folks try their atties with 0.8 ohm coils and it read their resistance and fired 'em just fine. A DNA 20 ain't a Provari.

A provari will read .8 ohms if you do it at AO... just errors when you try to fire it.

 

[pdib]

On a cyclone they a threaded and are a _______ to get out.

Oh.


nEver ♪ mind.♪ ♫

 

[turbocad6]

check atomizer is either short or open circuit, sounds like the center pin isn't contacting, try tightening it down some more, if the pin is adjustable adjust it up a little

 

[supertrunker]

T

 

[Rossum]

Since my Cyclone doesn't work, I put my Igo-L on the OliveR just to function check it; so I can now answer:

does it even run?

Affirmative. It does.

 

[turbocad6]

I also did the spring swap. this spring is very soft compared to the steel spring I've been using.

I agree that this spring and a better contact alone is all that's really needed here for it to be awesome, this thing hits really hard with lo voltage drop as is now, which is bone stock with just the spring and contact upgraded. to clean the contacts now just push the button in and turn it a bit while pressing it firmly, a built in semi auto contact refresher

anything past this modding wise becomes a matter of diminishing returns and isn't really needed and is probably more for the sport and the hobby end of it than actual necessity, but I DO still want to do full pure silver guts in this thing some day

 

[Treebeard]

Alright guys, a Cyclone is a dirt-simple atty, right? I built a coil for it. About 8 wraps of 28 gauge on a 5/64" bit. Probably not optimal, but it's what I'm used to building for my Kayfuns. I put it on one of my DNA 20s to check its resistance. "Check Atomizer". OK, try a different one. "Check Atomizer". Really? Try another. "Check Atomizer". Try the old iTaste VV V3 R0.0. OK, I must have done something wrong here. Take the coil out and repeat. Same thing! What? I've got a meter around here somewhere. Dead battery. Install new battery in meter. Nope, crappy China meter is shot.

So how the heck is it possible for brand-new Cyclone base to be shorted?

I'm starting to think there's some higher power trying to tell me I shouldn't vape this thing.

I have on occasion broken the wire when tightening the post screws (screw had sharp ends-gave it a bit of filing). I have also found tiny bits of said broken wire inside the post (fished it out with a magnet). Does the coil have excessive play in it if you wiggle it a bit?

BTW, beautiful dibi! Looks almost like leather. A collectors dream.