Problems with kick in Silver Bullet

[GiMp LEg DoNKey]

So today I got my kick and it seems to not be vaping at the correct wattage. I am using a vivi nova that i recoiled to about 2.8 ohm resistance. On my lavatube, it is producing nice, warm vapor at about 4.8 volts, which would be near 8 watts. Now when I use the silver bullet with a brand new aw18490 at 10 watts it isnt even close to the warmth or vapor production for that matter. Can anyone help me on what my problem might be?

 

[GiMp LEg DoNKey]

Little help.....?


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[greekbasil]

which version lava tube are you using?????

 

[GiMp LEg DoNKey]

V1


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[Skyway]

Does your Silver Bullet have any build up on the inside? Try cleaning all the contacts. Should not be any reason why the Kick would not work in the SB.
What kind of batteries are you using in the SB with the Kick. Are they IMR's? I use nothing but AW IMR's in any scenario now and I have no problems. I use a Kick form time to time in my Omega.

 

[GiMp LEg DoNKey]

The silver bullet is practically brand new and I don't see any build up. I am using aw18490 imrs that are also brand new. I assume the kick is grounding because it makes vapor, but it is cool even at 10watts and doesn't make much vapor.


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[Skyway]

I am actually surprised you are getting warm vapor on the LT with 2.8ohm at 4.8v considering that is only pushing 8.2 watts. Then again, it is kind of known that the Chinese Pulse Width powered mods are not really pushing the numbers they say they are. Try a couple different settings on the Kick and see if it changes and what changes it is doing.

 

[GiMp LEg DoNKey]

Well with the nova being top coil it seems to take a bit less voltage to get in the "warm" range. (I'm sure that the lavatubes voltage does vary to a certain degree). I have tried different wattages and the lower I go, I get even less vapor. Switched to another brand new aw imr 18490....still no good. Both batteries were fully charged and I checked them with a volt meter as well and both came off at 4.2. I just can't figure out why it's working, just not well at all. A freshly charged 18650 in my bullet is performing better than the kick set at 10 watts in the same bullet. I keep thinking maybe its a grounding issue, but then I would assume that it wouldn't work at all.


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[Skyway]

I would probably say it is the Kick was Potted wrong. Hard to say. Do you have an 18650 to try straight battery voltage to see if it is hitting harder than with the Kick? With a newly charged battery, should be hitting around 4 volts. If this hits harder than the Kick, I would say the Kick was operating at the incorrect wattages.

 

[GiMp LEg DoNKey]

Yea that's what I meant. The SB with a freshly charged 18650 (no kick) is performing much better than a freshly charged 18490 with the kick.


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[Skyway]

Then I would say you have a faulty Kick. If you had any other tube mod to try it in I would suggest that but I have no idea what you have(probably would have already tried that).

 

[GiMp LEg DoNKey]

Yea...no other tube mod. I've tried everything I can think of...loo


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[iamtumus]

i've seen reports of kicks only outputting consistent 3 volts when faulty.
grimmgreen said when it happened to his it smelled like melted circuts...see how the kick smells?

 

[GiMp LEg DoNKey]

It doesn't smell funny but I would say it is probably performing around 3v. I spoke with evolv and I'm just going to send it back and hope for the best on the next one.


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[MrMayhem]

Sorry to hear you're problems with the kick. Most issues with the Kick are ground related, or the Kick is Faulty/bad.

 

[GiMp LEg DoNKey]

Yea that's what I assumed. It seems to be grounding fine so maybe a new one will solve the issue. I hope I'm not the one doing something wrong that is causing it not to work correctly.


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[MrMayhem]

Shoot an email to the vendor. They may have a few troubleshooting tips we aren't think of, or they may tell you to mail it back and send you a replacement. Most vendors who carry the kick seem to have pretty good customer service.

 

[GiMp LEg DoNKey]

Yea, I emailed vendor first and they told me to contact evolv. I did that and they told me just to send them the kick back and they will send a replacement. Thanks for trying to help me out everybody.


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[Skyway]

Your welcome and I hope you get the replacement soon. Evolv is good Customer Support and you should see a fix very soon.

 

[anavidfan]

Ive a quick question since you guys seem to know a lot about the Kick. I got one in this friday and its been working well, but I took it out to adjust it and I noticed the plastic protective cover is cracked just under where the coil goes to make contact to the side of the tube, should I be worried that it will fail in the future? And if I like the vape at around 2.0 ohms so I set it to 8 watts. If I want a warmer vape should I go to 9 or 10 or should I go down. I forgot. Cooler lower watt or warmer higher watts?