So my almost 1 year old ProVari buttons misfiring, ISO Alchy Rinse

[317Vapers]

So I've had my provari for almost 10 months. I had a couple juice spills down the side (where a carto decided to take a crap and just spew out all my juice). I would wipe it up really good and vape on. Well I've noticed the button is getting harder to make connection. I would have to push it really hard (with tip of finger dead in the center of the button and push in like you feel your going to break it) before it would fire. I decided I should do a 99% ISO alchy rinse. I took the battery out and filled about 1/4 way with alchy. put the cap back on covered the vent hole and give a shake. Dumped it out and let it dry (with cap off) after shaking all that I could out.

Next morning the button was even worse. I wrote ProVape and they instructed to send it back in. I got all the packaging ready and the RMA form. I decided Saturday night to go ahead and give the rinse one more try. I did the same thing. The button seemed to be a little better this go around ( I did 2 rinses back to back that night.) But I decided to go ahead and send it in because its still not like it was before or when I first got it. I used to just barely have to hit it and it would fire.

So tips if your going to do a alchy rinse might want to do it twice and perferably right when a juice spill happens would be best. Dont let it have time to sticky up and dry. I'm thinking the first one loosened the gunk up inside and made it worse and the next 2 cleansed it out. I'm already missing my ProVari LOL. Hope they get her fixed up and sent back!

 

[eratikmind]

Thank you for the heads up and thank goodness for ProVapes service department.

I trust that your provari returns to you in new working condition.

- Andy

 

[AlB53]

and thats why I have 2..

 

[AaronM]

I don't have a ProVari but I am thing about getting one, so this is a question for myself as much as anything...

Are the buttons on a ProVari sealed so nothing can get in them from the outside?

If so you problem would not have been inside the ProVari so rinsing the inside would not do much for it. Putting the alcohol in a spray bottle and carefully spraying it beside the battery into the cutout would have had better results.

If not I'm just curious anyways about it if is sealed.

 

[Chimney34]

Glad Provape is getting you squared away! Hope you get your baby back soon! I can't imagine being without mines!

Aaron I'm not mechanically inclined so I'm probably not the best to answer this but Id say yes & no. But it is sealed as much as it can be as the button is closely surrounded by the metal casing. But I can see how juice could seep into the very very very small area around the button causing it to stick a little.

 

[317Vapers]

and thats why I have 2..

I actually just purchased the iTaste for this reason and to have a large pass through unit for the vehicle

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[317Vapers]

I don't have a ProVari but I am thing about getting one, so this is a question for myself as much as anything...

Are the buttons on a ProVari sealed so nothing can get in them from the outside?

If so you problem would not have been inside the ProVari so rinsing the inside would not do much for it. Putting the alcohol in a spray bottle and carefully spraying it beside the battery into the cutout would have had better results.

If not I'm just curious anyways about it if is sealed.

The button is actually just a plastic piece that presses the switch inside the unit in not sure if the actual switch part internally is sealed or not but yes juice can very easily get into past the plastic button and into the switch area. As far as the time i actually took the battery out and poured alchy into the internals of the unit. This is the method provape recommends. It cleans the mother board and everything off. If the switch is sealed into the mother board then no it wouldn't do anything but if something got between the plastic piece and the switch it could cause wonky function. I'm assuming the switch internally is not sealed from the results I've seen with the rinse cause if it was sealed it wouldn't have gotten any better. Well see what they say. Better save then sorry and i hope they just replace the switch or board that way it's nothing to worry about anything coming back unless something in the future happens of course.

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[revmax]

I did the same thing, had provari in my pockets and didnt seal cap on bottle of juice, it spilled and got everywhere inside and out.

No, the button is not sealed, also there is a hole in the bottom, in both instances as I understand it there is some safety reason for this (which I am fine with)

Anyway I didn't have 99% alcohol so i tried 91% rubbing alchohol. The thing just stopped working, period.

I sent it in for a repair, it was back in 4-5 days IIRC, fortunately I have two of them.

Moral: don't leave bottles of juice in your pocket without the cap screwed on.

The button is actually just a plastic piece that presses the switch inside the unit in not sure if the actual switch part internally is sealed or not but yes juice can very easily get into past the plastic button and into the switch area. As far as the time i actually took the battery out and poured alchy into the internals of the unit. This is the method provape recommends. It cleans the mother board and everything off. If the switch is sealed into the mother board then no it wouldn't do anything but if something got between the plastic piece and the switch it could cause wonky function. I'm assuming the switch internally is not sealed from the results I've seen with the rinse cause if it was sealed it wouldn't have gotten any better. Well see what they say. Better save then sorry and i hope they just replace the switch or board that way it's nothing to worry about anything coming back unless something in the future happens of course.

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[317Vapers]

Mine comes in today and I'm out of town till tomorrow lol they never did tell me what they did just sent talking number

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[317Vapers]

Well got it back, and it seems to be working fine. I sent off email to see what exactly they did to it for my records, awaiting response. Kinda curious looks like the same board though (after the rinse the bottom, green edge, of the mother board was kinda chalky colored afterwards). Wondering if they just replaced the switch or just took it apart and cleaned it. Either way so far so good!