Switch w/o Resistor .. Please explain !

[QOAM]

Very new Prodigy user .. What is this ?? 1 x PCB Protected 18650 Batt (Rated: 3.7v - 2200mAh)
* To be used with Prodigy 3.7v Version (Switch without resistor)

 

[Gibby]

Very new Prodigy user .. What is this ?? 1 x PCB Protected 18650 Batt (Rated: 3.7v - 2200mAh)
* To be used with Prodigy 3.7v Version (Switch without resistor)

The prodigy originally came at 5v, 2 3.0v batteries with a resistor making it 5 volts.

Another iteration of the prodigy offered a switch without a resistor, so you can either use 2 3.0v batteries with it, and get 6 v power, or use 1 3.7v battery with it, and get 3.7v power. Its up to you which one you get. Most have the switch with resistor, and use 2 3v batteries to give their prodigy 5v output.

Hope this helps.

Gibby

 

[QOAM]

What does this "resistor" look like ?? How do I know which I have. I bought mine used. [but not abused.]

 

[ruuku]

The resistor is a small blue cylinder in the bottom of your switch assembly. Just pull the switch assembly out (remove the atomizer adapter first) then look on the bottom. Most Prodigys are 5V resistored versions.

 

[shivadance]

I had actually taken a pic to do some troubleshooting with Casey. The blue thingy is the resistor:

 

[QOAM]

I'm 99.999% sure I have the resistor... I didn't take the switch out completely but I see 2 wires connecting to "something." Do I need to take it out all the way? I'm one of these people who always have 1 or 2 screws left over after taking something apart and putting it back together. I learned that from my father-he would just throw them away and whatever it was still worked. I was his own very "special" magic.

 

[ruuku]

If the wires are connected to "something" then I'm pretty sure you have a 5V version. If the wires were bare, and were connected by solder then it would be a 3/6 config.