Shorting my Reo with AW IMR

[Intervap]

Ok ok. There's probably a million things wrong with this post. Wrong sub-forum, a thread already made, ect. I'll delete this thread if you point me in the right direction.
However, I did do a quick search for my question and couldn't find anything and I'm just stupid lazy at the moment...and stupid.
Bought a Reo Grande w/ a Reomizer and AW IMR batts to go with it. It isn't here but I'm trying to learn everything I don't already know about it before it does!
Anyways, I'm new to RBAs (but not my first) so I'll probably end up shorting a coil. I've rebuild some coils and put them on my SVD, which has short protection. I understand the Reo is a true mechanical with no short protection?
Anyways, does shorting a true mech with AW IMR batts cause danger? Worse comes to worse, I could just put it on my SVD and double check, but as I also understand atomizers can short after they are put into use?

Pardon this jumbled and rambled post, I have had couple beers as I wait in excitement for my Reo
This is also purely precautionary, I do not want battery failure!

 

[SissySpike]

Checking your RBA with a regulated mod is a good way. Just fire it with out the top on it look for shorts when you have it working properly then its safe to Vape. If you drop it and get a short you will know. It has a funky taste. As long as your not holding the button in fire for a long period of time a short is not a risk. Just because you have a short dose not mean you press the button and go boom!

Check out the RBA forum youll have a good idea what your doing before your mod arrives. Good luck and enjoy! PS a Multimeter is a good idea to have also.

 

[Intervap]

Checking your RBA with a regulated mod is a good way. Just fire it with out the top on it look for shorts when you have it working properly then its safe to Vape. If you drop it and get a short you will know. It has a funky taste. As long as your not holding the button in fire for a long period of time a short is not a risk. Just because you have a short dose not mean you press the button and go boom!

Check out the RBA forum youll have a good idea what your doing before your mod arrives. Good luck and enjoy! PS a Multimeter is a good idea to have also.

Awesome! This is what I was looking for. Glad to know I'm not going to hurt myself with a short, I have horrible luck with electronics yet I still keep fiddling with them
I've browsed through the RBA forum (which is probably where this belongs) and plan on buying a multimeter!

 

[vang0gh]

Doesn't your SVD have an ohm readout? I use my Provari to check my RM2 coils before I attach and fire it on my Reo Grand. I'm fairly new to rebuilables myself. I've done a few evod/protank coil rebuilds. But the RM2 is my first true rebuildable. I've found it to be fairly easy as long as I'm using some magnification in order to see what in the heck I'm doing.

 

[AttyPops]

The real danger goes something like this:

You have a mech. The coil shorts somehow. You lay it somewhere, put it in a pocket, etc. and don't lock the button to the "safety position" and somehow the button gets pressed. OR you're drunk off your .... and just keep pressing the button . Either way the battery overheats.

Then, if the mod is not vented well it MAY cause a problem. However IMRs are slow to vent and don't vent as violently as standard Li-Ion and that's one of the reasons they use them in all mechs.

It will get hot. Treat it like a danger at that point and get it the heck away from you. To be safe.

If you're not doing super-high amp stuff (like with SLR) then consider a fuse.

 

[CATastrophe]

Intervap, you'd get a whole lot more help if you post this in the REO forum. We've got tons of knowledge there and lots of helpful folks. Your mech REO was built around the AW IMR battery. If it shorts, the spring collapses. Use a multimeter to check your RM2. Come to our forum. There's all kinds of threads about RBAs, coils, battery safety etc.

 

[AttyPops]

This is for a different mod, but same idea.......

P.S.
When discussing battery safety in mech mods, it's fine to be in the General area, since everyone benefits from that...not just those that have a REO. (Although it's good for you to peruse the REO forum too).

Now EVERYONE knows that REOs have hot springs (I didn't). Note that some so-called "hot springs" collapse permanently (like they should) and some seem to "cycle". They must have some internal resistance too...or they wouldn't get hot and collapse. So I'd check which type it is for a particular mod. True "hot springs" collapse permanently as I understand it. They must then be replaced. REO does this.

 

[NicoHolic]

This is JMO, but non-REO owners would best help REO owners or the REO-interested by pointing them to the Reos Mods vendor forum. The Reo (all models) subforum under APV that doesn't show up on the main forum page is unused by other than a few Reonauts who redirect those winding up there. FWIW.

 

[tj99959]

Reos Mods

You will find this the most active vendors sub forum on ecf. You will always find folks there that will help you with any questions you might have about your Reo ..... or any other redundant issues you might have

 

[muriarte]

The REO has a safe spring; If you short it, the spring collapses and prevents the battery from making contact well before the battery can vent. I would get a fuse, it´s cheaper than replacing springs.

 

[double_aa_ron]

Reos Mods

You will find this the most active vendors sub forum on ecf. You will always find folks there that will help you with any questions you might have about your Reo ..... or any other redundant issues you might have

Yep! Yep!. There are always a lot of very helpful people on there. There are some huge Reo fans on this forum that know everything (and I do mean everything) about the Reo and they spend a lot of time on that sub forum. Do yourself a favor and check it out.

 

[NicoHolic]

Unless you're a normally careless individual, I doubt you're saving any money by buying a fuse instead of a couple of spare $4.00 springs. You're definitely overcompressing the hot spring and adding the hassle of juggling a fuse during every battery change to a device otherwise elegant in its simplicity. YMMV.

 

[AttyPops]

Yeah, I'd definitely check space requirements and ability to use a fuse. If the fuse defeated the hot-spring, that's not good either. OTOH if both played well in that space, no harm.

 

[Racehorse]

Ok ok. There's probably a million things wrong with this post. Wrong sub-forum, a thread already made, ect. I'll delete this thread if you point me in the right direction.
However, I did do a quick search for my question and couldn't find anything and I'm just stupid lazy at the moment...and stupid.
Bought a Reo Grande w/ a Reomizer and AW IMR batts to go with it. It isn't here but I'm trying to learn everything I don't already know about it before it does!
Anyways, I'm new to RBAs (but not my first) so I'll probably end up shorting a coil. I've rebuild some coils and put them on my SVD, which has short protection. I understand the Reo is a true mechanical with no short protection?
Anyways, does shorting a true mech with AW IMR batts cause danger? Worse comes to worse, I could just put it on my SVD and double check, but as I also understand atomizers can short after they are put into use?

Pardon this jumbled and rambled post, I have had couple beers as I wait in excitement for my Reo
This is also purely precautionary, I do not want battery failure!

I CAN tell you this: I shorted a REO GRAND, the spring collapsed as designed, broke contact immediately with the battery, and I never even "knew" it, except the battery started rattling around inside the REO and then I knew immediately what happened.

I feel utterly safe with this mod, is what I"m trying to say.

I do meter my delivery devices before I place them on the REO, and of course, meter my batts and let them "rest" off the charger and rotate batts, etc. I ONLY use the AW batts that REO designed the reo to use...it gives the proper room for the spring, etc.

But really, it wasn't scary AT ALL.

What can happen is that a hot batt might burn some of the delrin around the plate/firing pin, then you would have to send to the spa for a rebuild and some loving care.


* another reason why, by the way, that I am still a HUGE FAN of Joyetech ego batts for newbies, by the way, not talkign about you, but saying why you see posts from me about this in newbie areas.....until people understand about batts etc. they are safe w/joytech designed product...I don't kow what they do but you would have a real hard time blowing up that batt......it will just stop working long before anything really bad happens.