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AttyPops

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"work overtime".
Sounds like a not-great-English for "hit timeout while applying power". So there's a time limit, I'd guess.

Button or button-contact might be stuck. Clean if possible, smack it against your palm a few times if not. Be wary of button sticking. Good thing it has protection.

Switches/contacts can malfunction on anything.... :(
 

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Sounds like a not-great-English for "hit timeout while applying power". So there's a time limit, I'd guess.

Button or button-contact might be stuck. Clean if possible, smack it against your palm a few times if not. Be wary of button sticking. Good thing it has protection.

Switches/contacts can malfunction on anything.... :(

I did look it up but so far haven't found that error message. There is a 10 sec limit for firing so I'm pretty sure that's what triggered the message, but on the other hand it did keep firing after I took my thumb off the button. Like you said having it cut off is a good thing, as opposed to just auto firing until it melts down. For now I'll just wait and see if it happens again. And pay attention when I'm using it.
 

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I did look it up but so far haven't found that error message. There is a 10 sec limit for firing so I'm pretty sure that's what triggered the message, but on the other hand it did keep firing after I took my thumb off the button. Like you said having it cut off is a good thing, as opposed to just auto firing until it melts down. For now I'll just wait and see if it happens again. And pay attention when I'm using it.
I'd at least run a wooden toothpick around the button to dislodge crud before I pressed it again.

I'm a great believer in the powers of wooden toothpicks.
 

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    Got my EV order and for the 1st time they screwed it up. Part of it was supposed to be 3 Sceptre pods with 0.65 coils, and what I got was just 3 packs of 0.65 coils which don't do me any good. I have emailed them.

    Also, my mailman scammed the system by signing for the package in my name and leaving it in the mailbox. Saves him from coming to the door and waiting for me I guess - Ok with me as long as I get it.
     

    ShowMeTwice

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    Isn't getting old wonderful!
    I'm telling ya Dennis, our minds are good (hopefully everyone's is).

    Please tell me if I have this about right... our bodies, lol, are like vintage cars with many miles. Parts break, or are breaking down, there's a little rust here and there, and one tire is always flatter than the rest. And replacement parts for vintage cars are hard to come by, if at all, in the case of certain parts.

    You, and others here, being older than me, likely have more to add to that. :)
     

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    Well that's what kitchen tables are for, right?
    Since my wife died the kitchen table is my multi-purpose work table. It's good for many things, like rebuilding rba's and DIY. Oh yeah, and that pile of misc stuff on one corner. :D
     
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    ShowMeTwice

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    Got a couple more things mixed today.

    I found a zesty fig cookie recipe at one of the baking websites. It looked yummy so I made up and mixed a recipe for that.

    Also, I've been wanting to test the new FA Pineapple's Costa Rica Special and Kenya Special. I whipped up a pudding cake base using WF fluffy white cake and FLV vanilla pudding for those.
     

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    Also, my mailman scammed the system by signing for the package in my name and leaving it in the mailbox.
    That's what all carriers, including USPS, have been doing since the pandemic started. The delivery folks for FedEx, DHL and UPS ring the doorbell, hand me the package and they sign for it.
     

    FranC

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    I'm telling ya Dennis, our minds are good (hopefully everyone's is).

    Please tell me if I have this about right... our bodies, lol, are like vintage cars with many miles. Parts break, or are breaking down, there's a little rust here and there, and one tire is always flatter than the rest. And replacement parts for vintage cars are hard to come by, if at all, in the case of certain parts.

    You, and others here, being older than me, likely have more to add to that. :)
    You forgot the spark plugs.
     
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    I'm telling ya Dennis, our minds are good (hopefully everyone's is).

    Please tell me if I have this about right... our bodies, lol, are like vintage cars with many miles. Parts break, or are breaking down, there's a little rust here and there, and one tire is always flatter than the rest. And replacement parts for vintage cars are hard to come by, if at all, in the case of certain parts.

    You, and others here, being older than me, likely have more to add to that. :)
    As I've said a few times, getting old isn't for sissies.
     

    ShowMeTwice

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    Odd thing happened just now. I was vaping on a Colossal and it didn't turn off when I took my finger off the button. Just kept on sizzling. I was about to take the tank off when it stopped. Went on for around 5 or 6 seconds. A message popped up on the screen that said "work overtime". ??? Hoping someone knows what that means. Otherwise I guess I can look it up. Don't think I've heard any stories about Colossals auto firing.
    A few months ago one of my Colossal's was auto firing. I used a can of compressed air, attached the long narrow extension tube and blew the crap out of the fire button housing. That fixed it for me. It's been fine ever since.

    Someone on PotV had an Asmodus Minikin v2 that was auto firing. It's pretty much the same type of fire button as the Colossal. Another member suggested spraying electronics contact cleaner in and around the fire button.

    Another option would be to take your Colossal apart for a deep cleaning.

    There is also the possibility that the switch for the fire button is faulty.
     

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