So this just happened...

[Chowderhead1972]

How does a screw backing itself out cause a short? Any time this has happened to me, it just translates into an anemic vape since the coil leg is making little or no contact with the post.

If I understand correctly: the coil had legs that were a little too long and when the screw backed out the coil wriggled towards the cap/cover and made contact with the cap AND center post simultaneously. It's never happened to me but I could see how it could happen. Trim your coil legs and smooth out the bottom of your screws or just switch screws to Allen headless screws with the nice conical tip. $4 for a lifetime supply of 2.5mm x 4mm long headless, stainless on ebay with free shipping no less.

 

[muzichead]

How does a screw backing itself out cause a short? Any time this has happened to me, it just translates into an anemic vape since the coil leg is making little or no contact with the post.

If the screws came loose and canted to where one head touched the other, (+ to -), the atty will short. The screw heads are extremely close to each other in the Atomic. That is why a few of us have suggested filing down the head diameter. Rob is already going to supply new screws for future purchases of it as well.

I wish I could answer that question.

I know that after the short, I grabbed the atty and threw it on my meter (capless) and it was clocking <.1.

I tighten up the screws (which were extremely loose) and that made it a 1.1 again.

Lou, did you grind down the heads and points to try it out again? I really think that is the cause of your problem. Hoping you got it all worked out though.