So for the last few days I've been having issues with my Bolt. It's about a month old I believe, and at first was working great.
Now, I'm getting a drastic decrease in power. I thought I had ruined my batteries, but it doesn't matter whether I use any of my 18500s or my 18650s, I've tried over 10 batteries and that's not the issue.
At first I thought my cartos were just needing replacement, nope that wasn't it either.
Then I thought maybe there was a connection issue where it screws together, but it does the same thing whether or not I'm using the 18650 extension ring. I cleaned out all the threads, still no better.
Then I threw one of my tanks on my old eGo, that hasn't been charged since I got the bolt (still had a decent charge though obviously) and finally got the power that I was missing with the Bolt.
So for sure it's an issue with the bolt itself, not the thread connections anywhere, not the batteries, not the tanks/cartos.
I've read that the wiring inside is quite thin and low quality, and have also heard that the switch wasn't too robust. So I'm assuming it's got to be one of these issues.
For those of you who have had their bolt's switch go bad, did the thing just stop working, or did it slowly die and just give you weaker and weaker hits like I'm experiencing?
I ran that dual-carto adapter with dual 1.7ohm cartos, so I was drawing a pretty good amount of current through the switch and wires, never noticed any burning smell or extra heat or anything though.
So basically my question is, does this sound like either a switch or wire issue to you guys? Also, any idea on how to take the head/switch portion apart? I assumed the ring around the switch was a locking ring, from the outside, but I couldn't unscrew it. I don't want to destroy this thing taking it apart, but I guess if it's not working to my satisfaction right now it doesn't really matter anyway.
Thanks for the help guys.
Now, I'm getting a drastic decrease in power. I thought I had ruined my batteries, but it doesn't matter whether I use any of my 18500s or my 18650s, I've tried over 10 batteries and that's not the issue.
At first I thought my cartos were just needing replacement, nope that wasn't it either.
Then I thought maybe there was a connection issue where it screws together, but it does the same thing whether or not I'm using the 18650 extension ring. I cleaned out all the threads, still no better.
Then I threw one of my tanks on my old eGo, that hasn't been charged since I got the bolt (still had a decent charge though obviously) and finally got the power that I was missing with the Bolt.
So for sure it's an issue with the bolt itself, not the thread connections anywhere, not the batteries, not the tanks/cartos.
I've read that the wiring inside is quite thin and low quality, and have also heard that the switch wasn't too robust. So I'm assuming it's got to be one of these issues.
For those of you who have had their bolt's switch go bad, did the thing just stop working, or did it slowly die and just give you weaker and weaker hits like I'm experiencing?
I ran that dual-carto adapter with dual 1.7ohm cartos, so I was drawing a pretty good amount of current through the switch and wires, never noticed any burning smell or extra heat or anything though.
So basically my question is, does this sound like either a switch or wire issue to you guys? Also, any idea on how to take the head/switch portion apart? I assumed the ring around the switch was a locking ring, from the outside, but I couldn't unscrew it. I don't want to destroy this thing taking it apart, but I guess if it's not working to my satisfaction right now it doesn't really matter anyway.
Thanks for the help guys.