Thanks for letting me know.That chrome paint tends to be decorative so I wouldn't use it, it's less durable than car paint which is very easily damaged.
I just put few layers of clear coat over it then.
Thanks for letting me know.That chrome paint tends to be decorative so I wouldn't use it, it's less durable than car paint which is very easily damaged.
I just don't know, I had two screws tight and two screws loose and the two that were tight couldn't provide ground enough to keep the display lit.
No i didn't see but the Ryan boards are using the one for output to the 510's ground, I believe they did the same.Ok thanks
I am thinking it would be best if I tack an additional earth from the 510 to board connection or battery sled to board
Did you notice where the board is picking up its earth
No i didn't see but the Ryan boards are using the one for output to the 510's ground, I believe they did the same.
But don't know.
EDIT
I opened it and took a look, they have it to Batt neg
I imagine to board is the same layout as an Evolv DNA40
Well the output ground pad should be available, same thing but it's on the lower end of the board.Oh
That throws that theory out of the window then
So we have board & 510 properly earthed
But cleaning your top plate & casing cured your fault of low ohms reading !
@HolmanGT any idea's mate
It shares the ground with the 510
On the Evolv DNA 40 boards the batt minus and 510 ground are connected internally on the board, these appear to be the same.
Here's part of the problem perhaps getting a ground with the screws. Their pretty short and the holes that they go into on the box are beveled so no much threads biting.
They can be 10 mm long, I measured through the plate to thebottom of the holes and it's 12 mm.
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In the first picture I have a screw in the plate to show just how deep they go, bevel is at least 1 mm so not much thread contact
Well the output ground pad should be available, same thing but it's on the lower end of the board.
And no, still reads ohm faulty but works good
It look just like a Fatdaddy v3 shortyWith separate earths from battery sled to both 510 & board
I am starting to think the cleaning of top plate & casing is coincidental & issue could be with the 510 insulation between live/earth
If not the board itself
Only one, the ground wire is the one that goes to the 510With separate earths from battery sled to both 510 & board
I am starting to think the cleaning of top plate & casing is coincidental & issue could be with the 510 insulation between live/earth
If not the board itself
I got low watts, like 10 watts when set to 60 watts.Yeah I am confusing myself here looking at more than one fault/issue at once
the low ohms you see now is board related I do believe
the very low ohms incorrect reading you had when it would not fire at 60w at not sure
suspect that was 510 related
EDIT
I opened it and took a look, they have it to Batt neg
Only one, the ground wire is the one that goes to the 510
I got low watts, like 10 watts when set to 60 watts.
The inherent low readings on working devices is an inaccuracy that may be a fault in design or purposely so SXK can claim lower ohm firing than their board can take to keep pace with other boards
What's really strange is it reads 0.07 ohms un-fired (it's really 0.12 ohms) but the vape just like the board is seeing it correctly. A resistance of that much different would be very noticeable.
I may have misunderstood your previous post. I thought you said that you had a batch of these coming and you were going to open them up and repair the grounds and possibly install new chassis grounds to board before you distributed them.the top plate mating surface where the 510 plate sits looks clean or is the white/silvery looking part in the picture not clean metal
as long as the screw threads are clean in the case and top plate where the screw heads fit there should be a good path for the earth
although with the battery sled in the case I cant see why its not earthed as well
You want to volunteer for something please do
With the board not having a separate earth from the battery sled
A poor earth circuit from the top plate to case is no different to a loose coil leg & will show high resistance
If the board when under load does not receive full power due to poor earth or live it would not work correctly & anyone with pcb experience would know to ignore the board until good connections have been confirmed
The inherent low readings on working devices is an inaccuracy that may be a fault in design or purposely so SXK can claim lower ohm firing than their board can take to keep pace with other boards
Firing a low ohm circuit increases the work a board has to do & creates heat, the board may not be up to it
Speculation is fine but that is all anyone is doing that does not have the device in the hand with the correct tools & knowledge to fault find
Maybe you could enlighten us with how you would fault find this the correct way ?