Spring solution?

[tescela]

The spring on my V1 fell off. Is there an easy and safe way for me to re-attach it? Also, is there such a thing as a "better" spring (i.e., one that would somehow improve the performance of the PV)?

 

[BrockJ]

JB Weld it with just a tiny little drop. You can use Noalox to increase the continuity / lower the resistance..

 

[tescela]

Thanks for the tip, BrockJ. The JB Weld seems pretty self-explanatory, but could you explain to me how Noalox fits into this? I've seen the name thrown around a lot on the PV forums, but I've never understood exactly what purpose it serves.

 

[bearscreek]

It basically lubricates and at the same time it lowers the resistance/makes the current flow better, helps conductivity - gets more juice from your batteries to the atty (where you want it).

 

[tescela]

With a V1, the spring is at the bottom, whereas the atty, etc. is at the top, so how does lubricating the spring improve performance?

I apologize in advance if I am missing something obvious...I am ignorant when it comes to electrical stuff

 

[bearscreek]

Well, lubrication is one thing apart from the conductivity. You really wouldn't be lubricating the spring. You do, however, lubricate the screw threads. It really does make the thing screw on really smoothly. As far as the conductivity is concerned, with the V1, since the circuit apparently goes through the whole thing, body included, if you make the parts all conduct more electricity they'll work better. I don't know about other people and I can't really say it matters with the spring, but I have occasionally put just a tad of Noalox on the spring, at least where it touches the batteries. I can't say how much gain you'd get from Noalox on the spring, but I can say that I think it does boost performance if used on the screw threads, etc. The biggest benefit for me was on the V2 because of how the switch works, but I know we're not talking about that.