Provari Ohm Meter Question

[Amnesia1187]

Posting here since while I've been a member for a bit, I haven't actually posted yet so I can't post in the other forums >_<.

Anyway, I've been vaping for like a year now, pretty much always used the KGO VVs until I got tired of replacing them so frequently so I relented to my urges and bought a Provari.

I've been playing around with it a bit, and it work's great, but every single carto I've plugged in (never dry) and done Ao with has given me a reading of Lo (I know this means too low to read). I've tested 1.5ohm and 1.8ohm single coils and 2.0ohm DCs (all I have on hand atm). While I'm sure it's possible all of the cartos I have are bad since it's only been 5 cartos that I've tested, but I was curious how low the Provari should be able to read.

I just ordered a bunch of IkenVape 2.0 and 3.0 cartos, so hopefully once I get those, the readings will show up, but I just wanted to make sure there was nothing funky about my Provari.

 

[Jazzi Mike]

It sounds like your cartos are not making contact with your device. Will the cartos fire on the Provari?

 

[Amnesia1187]

Yeah, they fire just fine. Right now I have the 2ohm dual coil in (w/ tank if that matters) and have been using it between 3.5 and 4.1 and it works great, I just can't get anything to give a resistance reading.

 

[tj99959]

Turn your Provari ON to read the resistance. They will always read "Lo" when the Provari is turned OFF
It needs to fire the atty/carto in order to read the resistance.

 

[Amnesia1187]

lol, yes I know this, I did a bunch of searches on the forum before I posted. My Provari is on and is still reading Lo with every carto.

 

[Baditude]

With the above troubleshooting tips given and tried, I'd send Provape an inquiry email and see what they have to say. It's probably a simple fix, and hopefully not need to be sent in for repair. If it does, it will only take a week from the day you send it back until you get it back.

 

[vang0gh]

Turn your Provari ON to read the resistance. They will always read "Lo" when the Provari is turned OFF
It needs to fire the atty/carto in order to read the resistance.

This exact thing happened to me yesterday when I was trying to check out a coil I just built for an RDA. Ohm meter says 1.4, Provari says "Lo". So, I check again. Ohm meter says 1.4, Provari says "Lo"...what the heck?!? Then it hits me. The Provari isn't on!