Vamo decided to take a vacation

[angryguy77]

For some odd reason,it won't fire, or when it does, it's very week. The button is fine as it will turn on/off in 5 clicks, but as I said it won't fire. I tired pulling the center pin up, but that didn't help.

Any suggestions?

 

[premed]

are you getting any kind of error on the screen?

 

[angryguy77]

nothing at all. It will still display batt and ohms and lights up as it always did.

I never dropped it on a hard surface either. It did fall about 2 ft onto carpet landing on the clearomizer. I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

 

[zoiDman]

Does it do the Same Thing when you put Different batteries in it.

Are you batteries in Good Shape?

Is the Spring Making a Good Contact?

Have you Cleaned the Inner and Center Post?

Could it be your Clearo or Atty?

Is your house built on an Old Indian Burial Ground?

 

[nahoku]

Do you have a voltmeter? Set the Vamo on the highest voltage or wattage setting and measure the center pin voltage. It should read about 6 volts. If it reads around battery voltage (3.7 - 4.2), then you may have a ground problem or possibly a bad circuit board.

This is what my Vamo reads on my TR001 mod... it reads the same with my voltmeter...



The ground to the circuit board is brought in by wire soldered to a screw in the Vamo head. Sometimes that screw gets loose, gets corroded, or simply makes a bad connection. It may sound weird, but you might try whacking the head area a little to see if it makes any difference. You may cause the ground to improve and at the very least give you a hint of what might be happening. Don't whack it too hard! And yes, I've seen this problem before.




Good luck!

 

[angryguy77]

Thanks for the replies everyone, I'll try some of the suggestions out.

To answer a few questions: It's like this for all three batteries I have, the connections seem to be good and my cleros work on my back up.
But there might be something to the burial ground thing.

I don't have a meter, but I'll try banging it.

If that doesn't work, I'll take it a part.

I'll update as soon as I find anything out. Thanks again.

 

[angryguy77]

I tried taking the top off a few days ago and that sucker is stuck on pretty tight. I used a bench vise and I couldn't get it off for the life of me. So I either will be ordering a new one or a different brand. Are there other types of AVP's that I can use the same batteries as the Vamo? I'd hate to have to buy a new set.

I'm pretty disappointed this broke without suffering a hard fall or abuse.

 

[sailense]

Most mods use the same 18650's that the Vamo uses. If you're using it in 18350 configuration, then you may need to check that the mod specifically supports it.

 

[JR 137]

I see the iTaste SVD mentioned a bit. FastTech has them for about the same price as the Vamo. Seem pretty similar in features.

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