Problem with Eleaf Pico 75w. Weak power

[GreenHead]

Bought an Eleaf Pico off of Ebay(reputable USA seller) a few months ago as a back up. My brother wanted to try out vapung the other day so I thought I'd slap a tank on this new Eleaf and give it to him. However when I tried it out very little vapor comes out.

After I push the fire button the coil starts to weakly crackle after about a second delay, and it's definitely not working right. I had this same battery in the past and it worked fine so I know this isn't normal for it.

I've already put the tank on other batteries, and the tank works good. I've put other tanks on the Eleaf with same result, weak power. And I've switched out the 18650 with no change.

I have it set at 21w, 500deg on a Nautilus 2 tank.

Like I said, it's new right out of the box. Is it possible there's a setting I'm not aware of causing this? Or did I just get a dud? It's been way too long to return to Ebay seller.

 

[bombastinator]

21w is really really high for most nautilus coils. They’re generally MTL vapes. 12w would likely be more in the ballpark.

Also the make and model of all parts involved is pretty necessary to make a determination here. All we know atm is there is some mod and some atty that holds some nautilus coil involved. Not near enough info

 

[GreenHead]

21w is really really high for most nautilus coils. They’re generally MTL vapes. 12w would likely be more in the ballpark.

Also the make and model of all parts involved is pretty necessary to make a determination here. All we know atm is there is some mod and some atty that holds some nautilus coil involved. Not near enough info

I just set it at 12w and virtually nothing comes out. I've attached a photo of the exact unit. Btw I've tried the tank it comes with, and it's the same result almost no vapor comes through.

 

[My Batt Hurts]

Hi. You mention "500deg".

Most nautilus coils are not compatible with temperature control, they're strictly for power mode.

Can you check if the Pico's in the right mode for the tank?

 

[GreenHead]

I've noticed something but it's probably not part of the problem. When I adjust the temp it says 75w at the bottom. But when I got to wattage, it reads the 21w. Also says 21w VW when I push fire button

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

Yup... You're in TC mode when you need to be in VW mode. Switch modes, and you'll likely be fine.

 

[GreenHead]

Hi. You mention "500deg".

Most nautilus coils are not compatible with temperature control, they're strictly for power mode.

Can you check if the Pico's in the right mode for the tank?

How do I check what mode it's in? All I see are 8 options. Wattage, bypass, and 6 different temp hi, ti, SS, M1, M2, M3

 

[bombastinator]

I just set it at 12w and virtually nothing comes out. I've attached a photo of the exact unit. Btw I've tried the tank it comes with, and it's the same result almost no vapor comes through.

Pic works. Is your battery fresh? How do you charge it? How old is it? What is the battery make and model?

UPDATE: Just read the TC mode issue threads. This seems highly likely to me. Mess with that before worrying about the battery I think

 

[GreenHead]

Yup... You're in TC mode when you need to be in VW mode. Switch modes, and you'll likely be fine.

I think that was it! Screwing around with it. I unknowingly put it in VW moDE and now it works better. Thanks!!!

 

[GreenHead]

I didn't even notice it in "TC" mode before though. Will it say TC in place of the VW? Just asking for future reference. Anyways it's in VW mode now and works good. I had to practically pop a lung before to get a hit. Thanks

 

[My Batt Hurts]

Glad it's working.

In Temp mode, it will display the set limit in °C or °F. In power mode, it should just show the set power with a 'W' suffix.