new shorting issue

[Jinx'd]

I got my new Cylone, and my new VCMT 30mm. so I put the VCMT on the cylone =shorted.
I put my VV tTt on it = shorted = I have been using it on my G-Class for many weeks.
I unscrew the tTt nearly all the way off, it started working fine and did fine. but is very loose on the mod.

I put the VCMT on my Flux mod. at first it was shorting. but then it just started working. and did well the rest of the night.

I put my Dead Rabit rta on the Cylone, no problems.

looking at the 510's, nothing looks odd.

so, what could be causing the shorting ?

 

[The Cromwell]

Length of the 510?
The ones with longer 510's are likely the ones showing short.

 

[Jinx'd]

Length of the 510?
The ones with longer 510's are likely the ones showing short.

I thought the same. but just looking at them, they look the same.

 

[The Cromwell]

Have you measured them?
Easy to measure with the little pokey out end of a caliper measurement device.

It could also be a random type of problem and may not always work with the same atty?

 

[Jinx'd]

tTt and VCMT = .182"
DR = .176"

Cylon 510 .150
Flux 510 .162
G-Class .130

 

[gsmit1]

Get or make some of THESE. Unless you have one from something else you bought.

I have to use one with my Lotus on my VK530, but not with the Lotus and any other mod or the mod with any other atomizer though the Lotus has pretty much lived on that mod for quite a while.

Without it the 510 on the Lotus is too long and I get the mod shutting down because of a short. With it, no problems for months.

 

[The Cromwell]

Darned vaping industry.
How many years in and we STILL have no length standard on 510 connectors...

 

[Jinx'd]

Get or make some of THESE. Unless you have one from something else you bought.

I have to use one with my Lotus on my VK530, but not with the Lotus and any other mod or the mod with any other atomizer though the Lotus has pretty much lived on that mod for quite a while.

Without it the 510 on the Lotus is too long and I get the mod shutting down because of a short. With it, no problems for months.

yeah, I have a piece of plastic that I am going to make one.

 

[gsmit1]

yeah, I have a piece of plastic that I am going to make one.

Can't guarantee it'll fix it obviously, but it did fix a very similar issue for me and easy to try.

 

[gsmit1]

Darned vaping industry.
How many years in and we STILL have no length standard on 510 connectors...

OR drip tip conventions either.

 

[CaFF]

yeah, I have a piece of plastic that I am going to make one.

I do that too, mostly for protection on a few mods I don't want scratched up because they don't have any protrusion on the 510 plate.

Just use an old cottage cheese or yogurt lid, the thinner white plastic ones.
Trace around the atty, cut out with scissors inside the lines then attack with a hole punch. Done in about two minutes for free..

If I'm really being lazy, I'll just cut one out of some stiff paper from the daily junk mail.

Ya don't really see it anyways, so why pay for a piece of tiny plastic?

 

[gsmit1]

Just use an old cottage cheese or yogurt lid, the thinner white plastic ones.

Ding Ding Ding!!! You Win!!!

I used a peanut container lid. Same thing. I was ordering some stuff from Kidney Puncher one time and figured 2 bucks for 5 wasn't too bad.

 

[gsmit1]

For this issue they do need to have a bit of thickness to them.

I also got an ultem one with my DS.

 

[CaFF]

Ding Ding Ding!!! You Win!!!

I used a peanut container lid. Same thing. I was ordering some stuff from Kidney Puncher one time and figured 2 bucks for 5 wasn't too bad.

Ya, if the harder/thinner white plastic isn't thick enough, the thicker/clear plastic ones should be.

 

[The Cromwell]

For thicker spacers Lowes and other places sells nylon washers...
Maybe 3 times as thick as the butter lid.

 

[SteveS45]

If you have a good hardware store nearby just buy some nylon fender washers.

 

[Jinx'd]

i was at SUBWAY today )meatball with jalapeno's = YUMMMMMMY( . the gift cards they had, I grabbed one.

when the weather warms up, I am going to make a punch to make these = 1 hammer blow = perfect spacer.
lathe is in the garage, its to cold out now to do it.

and I am, going to make some drip tips. stay tuned, but don't hold your breath. I have yet to find the blanks for the DT's.

 

[gsmit1]

i was at SUBWAY today )meatball with jalapeno's = YUMMMMMMY( . the gift cards they had, I grabbed one.

when the weather warms up, I am going to make a punch to make these = 1 hammer blow = perfect spacer.
lathe is in the garage, its to cold out now to do it.

and I am, going to make some drip tips. stay tuned, but don't hold your breath. I have yet to find the blanks for the DT's.

Like I say. Can't guarantee it'll fix it for you, but it was a 30 second fix for me for pretty much the same issue.

 

[Jinx'd]

Like I say. Can't guarantee it'll fix it for you, but it was a 30 second fix for me for pretty much the same issue.

of cource. but I do know a spacer will fix it. now, air is the spacer, lol. and I bet a light file across the 510 will help also.

btw. the VCMT. seems I wicked it right. no leaking and it hits harder than I can handle. $25 well spent.
this is now my beer drink'n tobacco vape tank.

 

[gsmit1]

of cource. but I do know a spacer will fix it. now, air is the spacer, lol. and I bet a light file across the 510 will help also.

btw. the VCMT. seems I wicked it right. no leaking and it hits harder than I can handle. $25 well spent.
this is now my beer drink'n tobacco vape tank.

You mean you just have it backed off a bit and it's working?

 

[Jinx'd]

ok. ends up, I lost the SUBWAY card . so I made a spacer out of a Beef-A-Rony plastic lid. worked for the tTt.
so I then put the VCMT back on the Cylon, no spacer. it works fine, unless I synch it down. I then loosen it ever so slightly, it works.
you know those clear plastic spacers that come with some tanks = 1, then 2, and if I synch it down = no good.

me thinks this is very odd.

 

[Jinx'd]

You mean you just have it backed off a bit and it's working?

at first, the tTt, I had to back it off a lot, like, nearly falling off.

 

[CaFF]

ok. ends up, I lost the SUBWAY card . so I made a spacer out of a Beef-A-Rony plastic lid. worked for the tTt.
so I then put the VCMT back on the Cylon, no spacer. it works fine, unless I synch it down. I then loosen it ever so slightly, it works.
you know those clean plastic spacers that come with some tanks = 1, then 2, and if I synch it down = no good.

me thinks this is very odd.

VCMT is from another era, eh? I bet it works on a 2016 mech. ;-)

 

[gsmit1]

at first, the tTt, I had to back it off a lot, like, nearly falling off.

But electronically it's working?

 

[Jinx'd]

VCMT is from another era, eh? I bet it works on a 2016 mech. ;-)

I think its like 3y/o now. and has an internal juice flow(weird). but otherwise looks like an average large tank, sept for the built in drip tip.
I may machine that down and bore it out for a normal DT. another summer machining task.

 

[Jinx'd]

............

 

[Jinx'd]

But electronically it's working?

oh yeah, they both work. just have to find the sweet spot for how far down the tank is.

 

[gsmit1]

oh yeah, they both work. just have to find the sweet spot for how far down the tank is.

Ok, then cool. That's it.

Just rig you up a spacer and you're good. I wouldn't like my tank suspended by just the 510 very long.

 

[gsmit1]

Oh, I see that you did already LOL!

I was busy last night and missed your posts above.