Someone else posted a thread with my exact problem, in 6/2014, and it was closed without response unfortunately. I would have posted there otherwise. This is what they said:
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sigelei 20W head dead. Can it be fixed?[/h]
This is EXACTLY what mine has done, at just over 2 months of age. First a few lines on the OLED were dead. Then it would turn itself off and was flaky about turning back on. I thought my batteries were having problems so ordered a new set of efest purple IMRs. That worked for a bit, then it died completely.
I've already ordered a replacement, an evic that was on sale. I needed something! But I rather liked my Sigelei. I opened up the top to see if any wires were loose, it's a pretty simple setup with the circuit board just sitting in there, but I saw nothing obvious.
Oh, and I had some condensation inside it! That's probably what did it. I live on a super high humidity tropical island, and I was exclusively using an Aspire Nautilus 5ml on it. I did drop it a few times, twice breaking my aspire glass (so switched to the metal tube). I think when the aspire broke it leaked ejuice inside. So there's definitely some, eh, operator error that could have contributed to it.
Any ideas? Anything I can do? I really liked it and got it for a good deal at $69. It appears they're only selling the 30w now, and best price I can find is $84 on that. That's a lot to put out to replace a 2 month old device, and I never went over 10w anyway. (So the evic, which stops at 11w, is working fine for me - it was also on a great sale).
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My sigelei-20W head started acting funny, sometimes refusing to turn on unless a fresh battery was inserted but then resuming to normal. A couple of days ago it just refused to turn on no matter what.
It's out of warranty so I need to fix it somehow. Unless a replacement head is really cheap (like $20 total, s&h included) that's not an option. Can anyone suggest a way to fix it or do I have a nice useless set of tubes?
Even a workable way to convert it into a mech would be an alternative. Thanks for any input.
It's out of warranty so I need to fix it somehow. Unless a replacement head is really cheap (like $20 total, s&h included) that's not an option. Can anyone suggest a way to fix it or do I have a nice useless set of tubes?
Even a workable way to convert it into a mech would be an alternative. Thanks for any input.
This is EXACTLY what mine has done, at just over 2 months of age. First a few lines on the OLED were dead. Then it would turn itself off and was flaky about turning back on. I thought my batteries were having problems so ordered a new set of efest purple IMRs. That worked for a bit, then it died completely.
I've already ordered a replacement, an evic that was on sale. I needed something! But I rather liked my Sigelei. I opened up the top to see if any wires were loose, it's a pretty simple setup with the circuit board just sitting in there, but I saw nothing obvious.
Oh, and I had some condensation inside it! That's probably what did it. I live on a super high humidity tropical island, and I was exclusively using an Aspire Nautilus 5ml on it. I did drop it a few times, twice breaking my aspire glass (so switched to the metal tube). I think when the aspire broke it leaked ejuice inside. So there's definitely some, eh, operator error that could have contributed to it.
Any ideas? Anything I can do? I really liked it and got it for a good deal at $69. It appears they're only selling the 30w now, and best price I can find is $84 on that. That's a lot to put out to replace a 2 month old device, and I never went over 10w anyway. (So the evic, which stops at 11w, is working fine for me - it was also on a great sale).
. This will also be a good backup for when I break my evic. Though I don't care for box mods in this case it will fit the bill.. Can't believe how small it is. And I can recharge with my usb battery pack.
