Vamo V5 9.9ohms?

[Chellywellyboot]

Hey everyone!

For 8 months my husband and I were using totally wicked ego ecigs and started to get fed up of them and the new tanks they brought out so looked around and ordered the vamo V5s, which we got last Tuesday. We are using iclear 30 clearomisers. When my clearomiser is attached to the vamo it's reading at 9.9ohms and won't fire? It was fine til my husband switched mine over with his because his started saying "low load" his is now working again but mine isn't? Any ideas or help? I'm really not tech minded or up to date on all the abbreviations and the lingo lol! Starting to miss the simplicity of the ego-c's but we have spent a fortune on these so don't wanna give up on them just yet!

Thank you =)

 

[suspectK]

9.9ohms means your atomizer is open circuit. Take your iclear30 apart, remove the post/atomizer head, where it screws in you'll see a little contact, push that down just a little to make contact with your vamo.

Low load means you either have a short or resistance is too low...will it read the resistance that you currently have on it?

 

[CShaver]

Ok, the Low Load is a short in the device. The 9.9 means there isn't one attached. If you take your clearo off, and try to fire, you'll see the 9.9.

Are you using stock atomizers or coilc you made yourself? If stock, I would say just swap them out, as it might have gone bad and wont register on the Vamo as connected. If this happens again on a stock atomizer, look at the center pin in your Vamo. It could be pushed down too far to make contact. Grab a pair of needle-nose and pull it out a bit so it makes contact with the atomizer.

 

[foliagegreen]

i don't have a vamo but i remember running into something like this with one of my mods. check to see if the coil head on the iclear 30 is tight. sometimes it can get loose then you take the top off to refill.

 

[suspectK]

Try pushing or pulling the atomizer contact first... atomizers are cheaper than replacing an APV...

 

[Chellywellyboot]

Thanks for your replies, everything seems to be tight enough yeah, I've pushed that bit on the atomiser down and it still read 9.9ohms and when I took it apart again it was pushed back up again?

 

[Chellywellyboot]

Ok, the Low Load is a short in the device. The 9.9 means there isn't one attached. If you take your clearo off, and try to fire, you'll see the 9.9.

Are you using stock atomizers or coilc you made yourself? If stock, I would say just swap them out, as it might have gone bad and wont register on the Vamo as connected. If this happens again on a stock atomizer, look at the center pin in your Vamo. It could be pushed down too far to make contact. Grab a pair of needle-nose and pull it out a bit so it makes contact with the atomizer.

Yeah it's just stock that we bought as a kit! Building my own is far to advanced for me yet lol

 

[suspectK]

Is the atomizer head/center post in tank screwed on tight enough? This is the sort of thing where a mulitmeter/ohmmeter comes in handy...to bring up more complication for you..

 

[djsvapour]

Starting to miss the simplicity of the ego-c's but we have spent a fortune on these so don't wanna give up on them just yet!

Thank you =)

No Panic. Your Vamo(s) will be fine. Whether you can get the iClears to work every time is hard to say. Quite often, certain tanks throw a wobbly on certain batteries or mod e-cigs.

Worst case, this will fix 95% of problems. Please read the entire page. You don't of course have to buy it from there.

510 to 510 adapter/extender - Cloud 9 Vaping

 

[Nu2Dis]

More than likely, you have screwed down the tank too far, and pushed down the center pin on the Vamo. You can gently pull it back up a bit, with a small screwdriver. There is a permanent fix, that requires a bit of fiddling. when attaching a tank you don't need to screw it all the way, until it stops; just enough to make contact. check out this thread...

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/vamo/375871-vamo-ohm-error-fix.html

 

[Chellywellyboot]

Is the atomizer head/center post in tank screwed on tight enough? This is the sort of thing where a mulitmeter/ohmmeter comes in handy...to bring up more complication for you..

Ha thanks suspectK for confusing the situation more lol! I'll have a wee look into one and see what I can read up lol! I have tightened it hand tight and it doesn't seem to be budging! We've ordered some pro tanks so hopefully they might work?

 

[Chellywellyboot]

No Panic. Your Vamo(s) will be fine. Whether you can get the iClears to work every time is hard to say. Quite often, certain tanks throw a wobbly on certain batteries or mod e-cigs.

Worst case, this will fix 95% of problems. Please read the entire page. You don't of course have to buy it from there.

510 to 510 adapter/extender - Cloud 9 Vaping

Thanks for this! It's worth a shot for only £3 eh? We've ordered some pro tanks cus I think I read some where they worked well with the vamo?

 

[Chellywellyboot]

More than likely, you have screwed down the tank too far, and pushed down the center pin on the Vamo. You can gently pull it back up a bit, with a small screwdriver. There is a permanent fix, that requires a bit of fiddling. when attaching a tank you don't need to screw it all the way, until it stops; just enough to make contact. check out this thread...

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/vamo/375871-vamo-ohm-error-fix.html

Thank you, I had read this but thought it might not apply as it's happening on both vamo bodies we have but my husbands atomiser part is working fine on both bodies?

 

[djsvapour]

Thank you, I had read this but thought it might not apply as it's happening on both vamo bodies we have but my husbands atomiser part is working fine on both bodies?

This sort of thing is common. It's all about making the electrical contacts. All atomizers have different lengths of thread and all mod e-cigs different dimensions. Some also have airflow incompatibility.

I find EVOD clearomisers often won't work...but they always work with an eGo-510 adapter. My iClear30S won't work on my Lavatube, but it will with a 510-510.
510 is a quite reliable fitting, but it the post on the atomiser is too short, or your pin has sunk a bit, it won't work.
Also, any kind of "screw-in" replaceable atomiser head can sometimes play silly with your device.

 

[Nymza Vril]

I just had this happen to mine, when I swapped out my Vortex dripper for my Kayfun. The vortex was fine, but the Kayfun just wouldn't give anything either than 9.9, but I found the fix thread, pulled the join up a bit, and all was good........or so I thought.

Having assumed that it was an issue with the Kayfun, I put the Vortex on it first to check, and then tried some evod2s I had to hand, and they all worked. However, I put the Kayfun back on and still nothing. Oh, and now my aero tank doesn't work on it either. So I looked carefully at the respective pins of the atties. It seems that the evods and Vortex are both not just quite proud, but also a great deal smaller than the pins on my other atties. To test things I pulled the pin quite far out of its seat, and screwed the Kayfun onto it slowly checking the ohms every few turns. Even snugged down, I was getting 9.9. Now, there is no way that it wasn't making contact, so I've come up with the following theory:

Would a short between the two contacts also show 9.9ohms? If it does, then contact might not be the sole issue. Because that insulator seems to be made of damned chewing gum, it not only allows the pin to sink, but also doesn't support it latterally either. If you think about the twisting force created when you screw in an atomiser, could the centre pin actually be being forced to make contact with the body of the mod? Could it be that the o ring fix (got a few 4g ordered from eBay, so I haven't actually tried it yet) not only keeps the pin proud and allows some give to cushion the contact whilst also bouncing it back into place, but also better supports it from twisting when an atty is screwed in? Looking at the big wide centre pin of the Kayfun and Aero, and the minimal clearance between it and the neighbouring threaded portion, just a fraction of a degree of movement to one side under torque would bring the pin into contact. I mean, I can actually cause the thing to theoretically short by pushing it with a toothpick, so a combination of force across two axis would probably do it, right?

Just an idea - I'm new to VV/VW mods, and far from a technical whizz, so I could be talking out of my hat.

Just an idea

 

[daviedog]

If the post touches the thread you have a short.
One reason I'm hesitant to start yanking on it with pliers.
I'd go with the above suggestion on the510/510 extension. If it doesn't fix, it will prevent future mishaps. Oh, buy in SS..