The new 18650 NoEgo

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oblivyan

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I have an 18650 noego which has been working great for about a month. Yesterday, the button slowly sunk into the switch and now the unit doesn't turn on at all. Anyone else have this happen or suggestions for a fix? The button is now basically flush with the unit.

LadyWeeps: are you speaking about the activation button, or the contact for the atomizer section?
 

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What resistance are you guys preferring in these? I saw at least one other member saying they liked a 2.0 Boge rather than a dual coil SmokTech, and I'm beginning to agree.

Secondly, I have a suggestion for those like me who bought the E-Power version from another vendor before we realized how much work Romaniac put into this and the care he (they) put into this wicked device. I've promised to buy the copper body/5v switch version when they're out and so should you!
 

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I hit another brick wall trying to make my own VV version of the NoEgo. I can't make a small enough board myself... I did a layout of the board with pad2pad and got it to the correct size I think but they wan't like $60 to manufacture it. There is no way I am going to spend that much and not know if it's going to work properly =] My biggest concern is if the POT will line up correctly.

I will probably see if I can find someone or somewhere that can make the board for me cheaper. For right now I am going to just cut a piece of prototype board to see if the position of the POT is correct...

Here is the board I have designed. It is a simple PWM circuit from one of the threads in the Modders forum. All of the components on one side and the switch on the other.
NoEgoPWM.PNG


To make this work properly the polarity is reversed so that the positive is the body and the negative is the center contact. This means you have to put the battery in upside down.

Maybe some day I can make this work...
 

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Don,t understand anything from electronics, but it looks great how You are able to design circuitry.

Someone else already did most of the work designing the circuit. The picture is made from a program that allows you to place the components on the board where you want them. Then you tell it what parts have to connect together and it works out how to route all the connections for the board.
 

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I hit another brick wall trying to make my own VV version of the NoEgo. I can't make a small enough board myself... I did a layout of the board with pad2pad and got it to the correct size I think but they wan't like $60 to manufacture it. There is no way I am going to spend that much and not know if it's going to work properly =] My biggest concern is if the POT will line up correctly.

I will probably see if I can find someone or somewhere that can make the board for me cheaper. For right now I am going to just cut a piece of prototype board to see if the position of the POT is correct...

Here is the board I have designed. It is a simple PWM circuit from one of the threads in the Modders forum. All of the components on one side and the switch on the other.
NoEgoPWM.PNG


To make this work properly the polarity is reversed so that the positive is the body and the negative is the center contact. This means you have to put the battery in upside down.

Maybe some day I can make this work...

allow me to pay for the board it is worth it. if this works we will figure out where to make it in larger numbers.

Romaniac
 

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allow me to pay for the board it is worth it. if this works we will figure out where to make it in larger numbers.

Romaniac
If you would like to go that far with it I should add some LED's and such to make it production worthy. Also I would like to run it by the guy who I got the circuit from just to ensure that we don't step on any toes and that I have it actually implemented correctly. =]
 

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If you would like to go that far with it I should add some LED's and such to make it production worthy. Also I would like to run it by the guy who I got the circuit from just to ensure that we don't step on any toes and that I have it actually implemented correctly. =]

Do it and PM me where I should send the payment!
 

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One thing to keep in mind with this type of VV is that there is no feedback so as your battery voltage drops with use you will need to turn up the VV slightly to compensate. I will add a cutoff so that it will shut down when the batteries reach a certain point however so that they can not be drained beyond a certain point.

A voltage monitor could be done but that level of circuitry is well beyond my ability as you would have to use a programmable controller and write some software =]
 

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No payment necessary, it is just a PWM circuit, lol. Although if you really wanted to, you could always send me one of the early units for testing and/or a review. :vapor:

I think he was talking about paying for the board production. Not us... =] Although.... nahh I like him too much.
 
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