Variable voltage passthrough problem and fix.

[Covert]

Recieved my passthrough and it quit working after a hours worth of usage. Took it apart and figured out the positive connection to the atty had disconnected and upon taking it apart found that there was much more work that needed to be done. Got out my soldering iron, bic lighter, wire cutters,and a cut up usb cable which I used the wires from etc, and spent three hours getting back to working order.Wish I would have taken pics of the process, but if anyone experiences the same problem let me know and I can walk you through it. Made my own button out of a bic pen that was custom molded with a bic lighter and superglued on to the activation button. And yes I have way too much time on my hands, but really needed it for a long trip and was in a bind lol.

 

[dizzy8578]

How about some details? My vv pass through is working fine after hammering on it for 3 months but I like to take things apart and rebuild them so I am looking forward to the day that it fails and I get to take it apart

Did the switch fail? The cable? Both? as well as the solder point?

 

[Covert]

The switch was perfectly fine,but I could not for the life of me get it back in correctly it just kept on sticking, and at that point it was about 2am and I had a long trip ahead of me at 8am so I just made do with what I had on hand. The wire that attaches to the post that sends current to the atty/carto came off so I had to re solder it. I used a larger dia wire, alot of flux and solder and yanked on it to make sure it's not going to happen again anytime soon. I figured while I had it taken apart that I would just rewire the whole unit with a larger dia wire and use alot of flux and solder. I think this thing is going to be around for quite awhile now. I wish I had taken pics. If it happens again I'll take pics,but if it you do happen to take it apart and find yourself in a bind and i'll try to help you out to the best of my ability