Question for protege users - tact switch...

[McWolf]

How often you have to chaing your swithes?
This moment I using third one on 3-4 hours of viping
I already ask what could be wrong with mine protege in another threat of e-cigs.co.uk forum, but on puresmokers forum are more protege users, so I ask again:

Today I have to change tact switch in my protege second time
First one die after one press, second one after two hours of viping...
I bought four of it just in case, cause I thinking the first one could be dead on arrival, but after my today experiences i'm totally disappointed of these switches

I opened both dead switches and sow they are burned inside.
Is that possible i pressing it too long?
3-4 seconds is too long for that switches?

Can anybody tell me about stock update of protege mechanical switch in e-cigs.co.uk???

Anybody can help me?

 

[Casey@PS]

McWolf- The most common cause of switch shorts that we see are overtightened/shorted atomizers. When the gold center post on the bottom of the atomizer is squished up into the silicone gasket, the atomizer can short the switch and cause it to stick on to the point where it cannot be released and no longer works. This can also happen if the adapter shorts (due to a slice in the delrin mostly), or if something is misaligned in the tube.

Are your buttons sticking on?

 

[McWolf]

McWolf- The most common cause of switch shorts that we see are overtightened/shorted atomizers. When the gold center post on the bottom of the atomizer is squished up into the silicone gasket, the atomizer can short the switch and cause it to stick on to the point where it cannot be released and no longer works. This can also happen if the adapter shorts (due to a slice in the delrin mostly), or if something is misaligned in the tube.

Are your buttons sticking on?

Buttons are not stick on, but inside switch there is small golden ring, and around it there is burned plastic.
Because of these, small golden ring sticking to connectors, and killing my atomisers

Maybe you'r right...
Possibly I overtight atomiser...
But now I got new switch, new gently screwed atomiser, so we will see...

 

[nubee]

I'm only on my second and that is ONLY because I did indeed short out my unit - trying to use the staple mod for one of my attys.

It shorted, then stayed stuck on - or at least partially on enough to fire the atty.

No more atty mods for me, gentle snug up on the atty and I've had no problem. I also use the outer "edge" of the button housing to rest my thumb on when pressing - so as not to press the button too hard/deep into its housing.

 

[navyboym]

McWolf- The most common cause of switch shorts that we see are overtightened/shorted atomizers. When the gold center post on the bottom of the atomizer is squished up into the silicone gasket, the atomizer can short the switch and cause it to stick on to the point where it cannot be released and no longer works. This can also happen if the adapter shorts (due to a slice in the delrin mostly), or if something is misaligned in the tube.

Are your buttons sticking on?

That appears to be the issue with the one I have (which I'm shipping back) which leads me to a question...

I looked at the centerpost of the 901 adapter on the Protege, and noticed it sits flush with the threads, where as the adapter on my Prodigy is recessed slightly, and also on an old 901 battery I have , the center post is also recessed. Could that be an issue? Or is the center post flush for the other atomizers its supposed to work with also?

 

[BrockJ]

this is the main reason i got away from the 901 adapters.
I shorted out two switches in a row before i figured out I had cut or popped out the silicon ring by tightening the atty onto the unit.

The height of the post doesn't really matter. You can move it down into the outer shell if you want. It'll still pop the silicone ring out if you tighten it too much.

510's and carts "only" for me now...

If you look at the bottom of the atty you can clearly see the center post flopping about and or missing the insulator.



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[navyboym]

Yeah true, but my Prodigy 901 adapter has had zero problems, plus my regular 901 batteries have had zero problems with overtightening. Seams to me that if the center post of the adapter was milled down so that you can get on more turn on the atomizer to bottom it out on the inside of the atomizer, it would fix that overtightening problem, in turn saving a lot of tac switches.

This is just an observation mind you I'm sure I could be wrong, but now I'm tempted to take my adapter and mill it down at work hahaha.

 

[BrockJ]

If you have a way to mic it out I'm sure it would be great. There's just so little play between baby bears porridge and the big bad wolf.

If you get it just right I may send you a few of mine ..

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