OK! Here are pix...
Top Removed:
Stuck back on cello:
Board coming out:
Front face of board (with the button):
Back of the board... and I think I may have found the problem, or part of the problem - apparently, while I was test firing it, I used a leaking carto... and the juice got ONTO the board itself... see the thickened booger-looking areas on the pins?:
I cleaned it as well as I could with QD Electronic Cleaner (I bought electronic cleaner, dielectric grease, anti-oxidant compound for electronics from Amazon. Not because I have a clue what to do with them, but because the reviews made them sound useful), plastic brushes, qtips, Eye tees.
Button hole (cannot get focus inside the tube - but the entire button is metal, front and solid back):
After cleaning:
I haven't screwed it back together yet... thought I'd post these pix and let you guys tell me what you think. Plus, I should let the electronic cleaner dry fully before test firing.
I couldn't figure out how the juice got ONTO the board in the first place... so I blew into the top of the connector to see if it actually went into the body of the unit... and YES IT DOES. Very little, but enough to leak.
Is this built in obsolescence or inferior design? Who doesn't eventually have a leaking carto or tank? The area behind the button is also open to the circuit board behind it, so if juice got into the button, it would end up leaking onto the keyboard too.
This was an over $100 itaste 134. Actually, $169 retail, and the flagship Chinese designed Itaste mod. What a piece of CRAP. It looks good, materials are decent, but how very ignorant to design a system that is supposed to hold liquid, that allows leaks directly onto an electronic circuit board!!!
As for the finger buzzing... I wasn't referring to a rattle, I was referring to electric shock. I was being lightly shocked every time I pushed the button. I guess this may be unusual... when I was a kid, my parents had a bare wire in the attic and I used to think it was fun grabbing em for the buzzing sensation. Can only hold it a second or 2 at a time before having to let go, but I know what electric shock feels like, and that's what was coming through the button when I pressed it. That's pretty sad design right there...
Can you see anything else wrong with the board jasl? I don't know anything about electrical boards, other than what an open and closed circuit are.
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