Sigelei Zmax Telescope says short?

[Zero_Night_Wolf]

my zmax has stopped working I was using it just fine and then gave me a low load so I switched cartomizers and then gave me a 'short' reading, what can cause this is it broken finally after only using it like 10 times? I switched batteries and everything and I don't know what to do

 

[Switched]

Try npot screwing on your atty so tight, might help. sigelei is known for having bad top connectors

 

[Marjolein]

I'd contact the shop where you bought it. This shouldn't happen after having used it for such a so short period

 

[Valkyrie_Freya]

Mine just did the same thing! Short/low load. I tried not screwing the base down all the way and it is working again. Just like Switched said. Scared me too because I had just replaced the coil. I thought it had something to do with that but not screwing it down all the way fixed the problem.

 

[Valkyrie_Freya]

Thank you. I was having the same problem (short/low load) until you informed me how to fix it. Works again.

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

Yeah...horking down on the head crushes the rubber gasket on the center pin shorting out the entire shebang

Gently snug em down...once you feel resistance...STOP TIGHTENING

This goes for ALL 510 connector devices, cigalikes, eGo's, Vamo's, Provari's....you tighten too tight..it will short it out! Sucky part...sometimes it wont unshort unless you do the center pin fix

 

[Racefan_rod]

I got a SID and it throws random shorts all the time. I dont tighten my stuff down tight at all and I am on my 3rd or 4th one from the place I got it from. I know there isn't a short cuz I had the very first silver SID and it would not remember the volts when switching back and forth between watts/volts. I wanted the black one and when they got it they told me to bring mine in and trade it for one and did. This one will remember my volts until the battery is taken out. So there has to be a problem with these cuz I went by a couple shops and they had some they were using and they were doing the same thing. Also sometimes when it does the random short I notice a drop in power so I have to take the battery out and put it back in to get my desired power setting. It really sucks to buy a new device and have this problem and nothing has been done about it so far as I know. Its good to know the ZMax isn't doing the same thing.

 

[K_Tech]

I got a SID and it throws random shorts all the time. I dont tighten my stuff down tight at all and I am on my 3rd or 4th one from the place I got it from. I know there isn't a short cuz I had the very first silver SID and it would not remember the volts when switching back and forth between watts/volts.

Like War-Hawk said, this is an issue common to 510 devices. In mine (A Smok Zmax) it manifests itself as a high resistance error because the LAST device pushed the center pin down too far to make contact with the positive post of the device. I just picked up some O-rings and will attempt the fix soon. Until then, occasionally having to GENTLY pry up on the center pin fixes it for a while.

I wanted the black one and when they got it they told me to bring mine in and trade it for one and did. This one will remember my volts until the battery is taken out. So there has to be a problem with these cuz I went by a couple shops and they had some they were using and they were doing the same thing.

Not really a "problem", more of a programming issue. They WILL remember your wattage setting, but for some reason "forget" the voltage setting. No biggie for me, I just double check before I hit the button.

Also sometimes when it does the random short I notice a drop in power so I have to take the battery out and put it back in to get my desired power setting. It really sucks to buy a new device and have this problem and nothing has been done about it so far as I know.

It does suck, but at least there's a workaround.

Its good to know the ZMax isn't doing the same thing.

I HOPE it doesn't happen to your Zmax, but it MIGHT.