Question about Ody v1

[Huffelpuff]

Hi - just received an Ody v1 from the classifieds. It's in beautiful condition w/ both 510 and ggts base. Threads are nice and buttery so no connection hang ups. The problem that I am having is that mostly I cannot get it to fire at all. Once or twice it fired 1x then stopped. I've used iAtty and Penelope in the past so am used to building the resistance and wrapping it- tried a few different wires to make sure that this is not the problem. Double checked the placement of my orings. Would anyone here be nice enough to offer any other suggestions for what to try? I'm absolutely stumped. (PS the GGTS is working perfectly w/ other attys - of course). Any help would be very much appreciated!

 

[Darkreign]

Hi - just received an Ody v1 from the classifieds. It's in beautiful condition w/ both 510 and ggts base. Threads are nice and buttery so no connection hang ups. The problem that I am having is that mostly I cannot get it to fire at all. Once or twice it fired 1x then stopped. I've used iAtty and Penelope in the past so am used to building the resistance and wrapping it- tried a few different wires to make sure that this is not the problem. Double checked the placement of my orings. Would anyone here be nice enough to offer any other suggestions for what to try? I'm absolutely stumped. (PS the GGTS is working perfectly w/ other attys - of course). Any help would be very much appreciated!

Sorry to hear about your issues Huffelpuff. One of the few downsides to these great RBAs is the complexity. From the sounds of it, I think you have a short somewhere. Here are the places I have had issues.

1) Ensure that the wraps of the coil are below the ceramic. If stick up and touch the mouthpiece on the positive side it wont fire (short out before reaching the negative side)

2) Ensure that the positive lead stays under the wick in the ceramic channel all the way down past the knurled post and under the nut.

3) Ensure that the negative side lead is cut off before the end of the channel and that it doesn't protrude enough to contact the post.

4) Inspect the plastic washer between the ceramic housing and the center post to make sure it is intact and square.

5) Make sure that the center post is secured tightly to the nut inside the ceramic. if it wiggles around, even just a little, the shaft of the center post can contact the ceramic housing and cause a short there.

6) When assembling, verify that the center post is (relatively) centered in the 510 connection (if using that base)

Hope this helps.

 

[Huffelpuff]

Thanks, Dark! I'm going to try to rebuild again really slowly. I'm curious, though, if maybe I'm missing the plastic washer that you are referring to. I've got a small oring inside ceramic and an oring right under rebuildable part before the flat, round base top. If there is something else that goes here let me know. Will try to watch some videos to see if I'm not putting something together properly.

The rebuildable part wont fire even before mouthpiece is put on so I feel like I'm doing something outrageously stupid or missing something big. Will update when I can get the little beauty going.

 

[Darkreign]

Here is an exploded view of the Ody. The plastic washer I am referring to is #13

http://ggwiki.et.com.mx/index.php/Odysseus#Odysseus_Full_Mode_510_Base

I dont think you need an oring between the ceramic and the SS housing. I have tried putting one there in the past, but it didn't seem to do anything so I removed it.

 

[Huffelpuff]

still nothing!~? Even when I first started w/ penny or iAtty I could get the darn thing to fire. It may have had shorts but this is just not even thinking about lighting the coils. I see the oring washer piece on #13 and do have it. I appreciate the drawing and your help! Wish me luck - will get away from it for a few hours and come back with fresh eyes.

 

[Ariel_MX]

Maybe it is due a ground connection problem:

Oddyseus V1 has two ceramic channels, so the negative wire has to be trapped / fixed with the ceramic assembly ring (Upper Connection Nut), to make ground connection, how are you trapping the negative wire?

I do it like this:

It is a little tricky to get the negative wire in there, but it works really good, it will prevent leaks. If you only trap the negative wire with the ring, it may cause the whole ceramic assembly to be a little off axis, causing leaks.

You could also try to place the negative wire inside one of the ceramic assembly threads / channels, between the ceramic assembly and the base.

 

[imeothanasis]

does the center post sticks out enough to make a connection my dear huff?

 

[Huffelpuff]

Thanks Dark and Hi Imeo. Im doing ok!

Center post sticks out pretty far for 510 and GGTS base, so don't think that this is it. I've also been pretty careful to tuck in the unused wire on the ceramic channel. I'll try again - not about to give up yet. Again, probably something obvious that I'm not seeing.

 

[thedrpepperdude]

Huff, I don't think there is a unused wire. The pos should be trapped under small nut on bottom of rebuildable, and neg should be trapped under big nut shown in the pic above. You cant tuck in the neg wire on a V1 like you do on a V2.

 

[Darkreign]

On my V1 I always wrapped the negative lead around the wick towards the bottom of the channel so that when it was screwed into the housing it would ground that way. It's a little out of the norm, but it helped to avoid the gap in that nut and the occasional off center leaking.

 

[justinred]

Is it possible that you have forgotten about the need to join non-resistance wires to both ends of the resistance wire?

Do you have an ohmmeter to test you build resistance or if it is open or shorted?

 

[Huffelpuff]

Good suggestions everybody. Maybe I'm building it like a v2? I think that is what I'm doing wrong. It's been a long time since I had iAtty and I probably forgot a thing or 2. I've watched the videos in the beginning but haven't let them run all the way through. LOL back to the drawing board after I get some work done this morning. Thank you so much! The GG crew never fails to amaze me - you guys are always ready to help out with things like this. Have a wonderful morning all xo.

 

[Huffelpuff]

Thanks for the advice all! Not sure what I was doing wrong but she's vaping beautifully.

 

[Huffelpuff]

Looking back, think that it was the way that I wrapped the 2nd wire. . Really loving it now.

 

[imeothanasis]

good to hear that my dear. Have a nice vapinggg