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[kempo63]

If you are getting a blue light when the top cap is completely unscrewed from the body with the red wire still attached BUT getting a red/blue light when the cap is screwed back on, there's a short in the cap somewhere.

One way to check is to completely remove the top cap and check ohms from the top screw to the outside of the cap. Should read o.l. on the meter (open). If you're reading 0 or 1 ohms it's shorted somewhere.

Did you remove the clear tube shaped spacer and clean/check? It keeps the pin from touching the sides of the cap inside. I've had a short from liquid in there before.

 

[wampira6969]

Thanks everyone I am still investagating. I will let u know how I make out.

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[Bovinia]

Thanks for the great advice Mark and Kempo!

 

[markfm]

Puzzler in the buzz area. User got s shock placing an ipro on a metal table?

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6550506

 

[Bovinia]

Thanks Mark. I'm not supposed to be able to even see that part of the forums but your link took me there Looking at his pic, that little burnt spot might be where the pin goes into the delrin part of the bottom cap. Wonder if that had anything to do with it?

Which also gives me some ideas about another case we have that has us stumped...a gent who says when he tries to put his batts in his BP, it sparks at him. No nicks in the battery casings, batts work fine in his other BP. Any ideas on both problems would be appreciated.

 

[markfm]

Good question. Pv is low voltage, not really high amps. A shock occurs when your body is the path to ground.

In today's case, I wondered if the metal table might be electrically hot, otherwise op had already posited wondering if he had built up a static charge, not really the pv doing anything bad, just that it provides the electrical path to take to ground when putting the pv on the table.

 

[Bovinia]

Yes Mark, I was wondering the same thing...a lamp, laptop, something else on the table that isn't grounded properly? If that mark on his bottom cap is the result of the shock, I doubt ordinary static electricity would have been that strong, but maybe.

 

[BuzzKill]

Thanks Mark. I'm not supposed to be able to even see that part of the forums but your link took me there Looking at his pic, that little burnt spot might be where the pin goes into the delrin part of the bottom cap. Wonder if that had anything to do with it?

Which also gives me some ideas about another case we have that has us stumped...a gent who says when he tries to put his batts in his BP, it sparks at him. No nicks in the battery casings, batts work fine in his other BP. Any ideas on both problems would be appreciated.

that just looks like corrosion from what I can tell , a dead short will cause sparks or arcing BUT there is nothing isolated on the IPRO so not sure how it could ??? it is metal so if it was held between to unlike voltages it can in theory.

 

[jimbill]

Thanks Mark. I'm not supposed to be able to even see that part of the forums but your link took me there Looking at his pic, that little burnt spot might be where the pin goes into the delrin part of the bottom cap. Wonder if that had anything to do with it?

Which also gives me some ideas about another case we have that has us stumped...a gent who says when he tries to put his batts in his BP, it sparks at him. No nicks in the battery casings, batts work fine in his other BP. Any ideas on both problems would be appreciated.

Hello bovinia that is my ipro you are correct the burn hole is right below the pin on bottom cap.

 

[jimbill]

Here is a pic of the bottom cap you can tell the hole is right where the pin is at so could it be some bad batteries or static electricity? View attachment 113802

 

[Bovinia]

Hi Jim, glad you found your way over here. It seems silly, but suppliers are not allowed to post on the thread you first posted on, so we can't answer questions there

Inspect the batteries that you had in your IPro very carefully, look for snags or tears in the covering. That's a very odd shock you had and I've never heard of anything like that happening before. How old is your IPro?

 

[jimbill]

Hi Jim, glad you found your way over here. It seems silly, but suppliers are not allowed to post on the thread you first posted on, so we can't answer questions there

Inspect the batteries that you had in your IPro very carefully, look for snags or tears in the covering. That's a very odd shock you had and I've never heard of anything like that happening before. How old is your IPro?

I had i ipro about four months now.The ipro is working fine i am stumped as to what happened but i believe it might have been static electricity? i think it was just a freak accident and will start using it again because these ego's are not cutting it for me thanks again everyone for there help.

 

[Bovinia]

Sounds good Jim. I asked about the age of your IPro because it has a 6 month warranty, so if you decided you want it looked at all it would cost is the shipping back to Notcigs. I think you are probably right and there is nothing to worry about

 

[monsterkitty]

hi, hoping i can get some help here. i got the replacement kit for the bottom cap, not sure how to go about getting the spring bolted onto the black plastic piece with the threads. how does everyone else do it? i'm not very mechanically inclined. thanks for any input.

also, i've been looking through this forum but couldn't seem to find any posts about this.

 

[kempo63]

hi, hoping i can get some help here. i got the replacement kit for the bottom cap, not sure how to go about getting the spring bolted onto the black plastic piece with the threads. how does everyone else do it? i'm not very mechanically inclined. thanks for any input.

also, i've been looking through this forum but couldn't seem to find any posts about this.

I think you'll just have to hook the end of the spring under the hex nut and tighten down the phillips head screw, MonsterKitty. Don't forget to line up that little pin with the hole in the delrin threaded part. Probably easier to hold that nut with some needle-nose pliers, if ya have some. 'Course, you'll want to try and center everything first, then snug the heck out the bolt and screw.

 

[Bovinia]

What Kempo said. Here's a couple of pics to show the parts, the hardest part is holding that nut while you put the screw in.

 

[monsterkitty]

not sure if my husband has a pair of needle-nose pliers that small. i lost the pin for that little hole in the side and a new one didn't come with the kit. okay then, thanks for your help. i'll see what i can do.

 

[Bovinia]

You can pick up a cheapo needle nose at a hardware store, don't have to get expensive ones. Heck, take the cap parts with you and see if they have any ideas what you can use as a pin. Or hit me up thru the "contact us" off the sales site with your address and I'll have Terri drop a pin in the mail to you. Or a PM

I really hate those delrin bottom caps, all my Buzzes have the all brass ones.

 

[The Red Wolf]

Good day everyone,

Have been out of town so a hearty late congratulations to Bovinia. A great addition to the team!

Now, it would seem that I've been given a 2cents Safe fuse in my absence. I know my Bpro does not need it but thought, what the heck, I have it. When using the fuse, the bottom cap spring seems very tight. It will completely screw on but there is a higher level of tension then I am comfortable with. Will using the 2cents Fuse damage the Bpro do to that tension? I searched around ECF but never found anything relevant.

- Xeno

 

[Bovinia]

Thank you Red Wolf and welcome back!

The only thing I would worry about with the added tension would be the constant pressure on the bottom of the PCB. I honestly don't know if it could push it out of place or not.