When should you consider a repair kit?

[FeistyAlice]

I have a rebuild kit - springs - screws - buttons galore and everything! I make gaskets all day - if i cannot make one then i will silently walk outside and hang myself from the nearest tree!

I have melted a few pins - but thru sparking from the firing pin and not shorts in an atty. Now i just Noalox the crap out of them and don't worry about it!

T

Up until recently I over noaloxed to the point of buttons getting a little sluggish requiring a disassemble and physical removal of excess noalox. It doesn't wash off easily even with my very hottest tap water. I'm not aware of ever having any sparking. Maybe I need to spend more time in closet with REO door off and a mirror. DH already thinks I'm a bit crazy. Wonder what he'll have to say about my closet activities.

BTW... the lowest ohms I ever vaped until RBAs was an occasional factory atty close to 1.1 ohm. I've played with sub-ohm but none of my juices "like" much less than 1.3 ohms on mechanical. They really come out at 2.0 on mechanical but too cool for me.

Feisty Alice

 

[Rictic]

Hmm, I'm going to try the noalox under the spring technique. Also gonna try the alcohol dip. Thanks Alice.

I don't like to go below 1.3 ohms either. That's what my latest coil is reading and it's vaping pretty great. I'm still concerned about my .55 V drop under load with a fresh batt and clean mod though. I think I'm just going to get the repair kit as I've realized with your guys' posts it can't hurt to have one lying around just in case. I had gotten cocky with my rebuilds and hasn't really considered the possibility of a short on my RM2 and a consequent spring collapse. Would suck a substantial one if I don't have some backup.

Edit: I just realized on my OP that I said something about a 0.2V drop not being a big deal... that was worded weird and it looks like I'm saying a 0.2V drop between loaded and unloaded. I meant to say 0.2 difference between my two mods. I'm actually getting a 0.55V drop between loaded and unloaded on my REO, which is more than what ppl are saying they're getting.