The efest 14500 button top won't fit without a gap. I've heard the AW18490 fits ok w/no gap.
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Yep, sorry......on my third glass of wine, might be time to turn in for the night!
So I won a Crown from the clickbang radio show. I'm probably gonna give it a go in my natural, kind of wanted a kick to try but I didn't want to spend the 50$ just to try it out and then decide that I prefer it unregulated or something like that. Not sure when ill get it , he's sending it out soon.
Your PH is probably too high. The HCI is the secret. I tried vinegar and failed, switched to a 1:3 solution of muriatic acid and water and the plating practically flew off in under a minute. Only using a 9.6v 300mA wall adapter.
Hey I'm noticing that gap from the raised connection, can't you just sand down the top on the connection?
Yes u could... could use a coarse sandpaper, file, dremel or anything u prefer
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Body is SS, buttons r chrome over brass u can sand the connectionto brass for better cinductivity and the top to flush...
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Sorry, missed that post Mitey. Yes, try a stronger acid. HCI is in a lot of grout cleaners, just check the MSDS. Should be available at your local hardware store.
Are you going to post a video or a how to for this? I'm quite curious about this process.
My setup didn't work too well, so I don't want to advertise until I perfect it
I've already exposed the brass on all the contact points , but I think I'm gonna fix a few more things with this. I have a tiny gap with my botton top EFEST battery, so I'm gonna take about 1mm off the bottom of the bottom post , that should fix that. The gap between the mod and the device on top is also a little bothersome. I'm thinking I'm gonna grind down the 510 on Monday. Then I might do what Todd was thinking in his recent video which is a great idea, use one of the dimples to drill a small 1mm hole through the side so you can flush mount devices that need airflow. Something tells me ill need a few drill bits to go through , it seems thick there.
No gaps at all with the blue imr batteries that come with some mods and my Panasonic. I only sanded the top in on both sides to expose metal, and the negative as well. No gaps before sanding. Only very slight gap with the AW 2000mah.
I thought of drilling a hole there when I got it, but you have to take into consideration where it rests in your hands in 350 mode, whether or not the holes will be blocked. I get that annoyance with a side-hole RDA. Then I was toying with the idea of slotting the natural top cap, but the only device I use on it that needs bottom flow is an ody clone, so I can just buy an oddyseus base that already has vent slots across the bottom. For now I still have a 1mm gap under it.
That's the only thing I'm really using on mine too, looks much better without that gap.
I need to keep some airflow though because I may be buying a killer 705 this month.
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