v1 switch upgrade

[k9frog]

can any one tell me on the new switch for the prodigy v1,how can you tell the 5 volt switch from the 6 volt switch,i know its in the contact disk there different materal and color ,just not sure what goes with what

 

[bearscreek]

I don't have one, but I think the 6 volt would be copper/copper-colored and the 5 volt would be a brownish-grayish color. Hope that is correct and helps.

 

[k9frog]

sure does,thanks bearscreek

 

[bidibulle]

excuse me, I know if I post a good place
prodigy of the switch V1 is well SKPL? thank you
I have a prodigy and my switch keeps not dying one after the other!

 

[bidibulle]

6.45mm Diameter Low Contact Resistance Type with Round Terminal (Radial) SKPL Series
SKPLAGD010
it is his??
its works well in 3.7V, but 6V (2xcr123tenergy3Vlifepo4) is a disaster!

 

[BrockJ]

The new switches are not tact style. They're mechanical..

A metal ring that closes onto two contact points.... A very large version of the internal workings of the tact...


I run my V1 with the standard copper disk @ 4.2 - 3.7 with the 18650 and it's the best PS machine I own... Also converted the V2 to accept the 14500's so it'll run at 4.2 - 3.7v...

The 6 to ~ 5v is just to high for the attys and juices that's out there...

My 901's get hot enough to fry an egg right before they burn out....

I think 4.2 - 3.7v machines with the low res attys will be the future..

 

[SikVapor]

The new switches are not tact style. They're mechanical..

A metal ring that closes onto two contact points.... A very large version of the internal workings of the tact...


I run my V1 with the standard copper disk @ 4.2 - 3.7 with the 18650 and it's the best PS machine I own... Also converted the V2 to accept the 14500's so it'll run at 4.2 - 3.7v...

The 6 to ~ 5v is just to high for the attys and juices that's out there...

My 901's get hot enough to fry an egg right before they burn out....

I think 4.2 - 3.7v machines with the low res attys will be the future..

I think i read that the first few runs of PS mods had electronic tact switches, and the owners of those seem to be ok. I wonder why the decision was made to make the switch mechanical?

 

[BrockJ]

I think i read that the first few runs of PS mods had electronic tact switches, and the owners of those seem to be ok. I wonder why the decision was made to make the switch mechanical?

So many people were shorting out the tact switches for a number of reasons,

Overtightening the attys and crushing the little rubber grommet out of the bottom causing a direct short.

Flooding the attys and causing a short with the juices (I actually bought a unit out of the classifieds that when i got it, I had to boil the adapter to get the gunk out)

Having an atty go bad on it's own and causing a short..


Anything that shorts out the switch for more than a second or two causes the internal contacts to arc closed or to the post and break which = Bad switches.

The little tacts were never designed to be used in an application like this or take that kind of current..

Once I went to cartomizers I never had another issue. My GF still uses her Protege with the tact switch and prefers it over the mechanical switch.

I have the mechanicals on both the V1 and the fist run Protege's.
Still have the tacts in a bag, even have the resistored tact switch for 5v..
I just prefer the feel of the mechanical..