I don't know if I killed my center post

[floresroach]

It still fires my coils just fine I just want to know if I damaged my center post.


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[madmonkey]

Need a couple more pictures of it bud? You building them .09 coils again aren't you? If it wires without shorting you may have just scorched it...I'd take a good look at the insulators to to make sure you haven't melted them at the bottom of the center post. Can't give you a better answer till I see more.

 

[floresroach]

Right. I'll post them when I get home. And this build was actually at .22


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[floresroach]

I was ramping the coils to get the gunk off when it happened.



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[Zamazam]

Looks like you got some arcing from the coil. If your insulator isn't damaged you're ok. Just move the coils a little bit away from the center post. Need at least 1mm distance to be safe. re-tighten the screws.

 

[madmonkey]

Right. I'll post them when I get home. And this build was actually at .22


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I was just joking with you about the .09...just forgot my trademark cheeky smilie I agree with @Zamazam ....I wanted more pictures to hopefully see if the insulator was melted or not. He read my mind

 

[floresroach]

I was just joking with you about the .09...just forgot my trademark cheeky smilie I agree with @Zamazam ....I wanted more pictures to hopefully see if the insulator was melted or not. He read my mind

Here are some pics, I hope you can see the insulator

If not let me know so I can get a better picture. From what I can see it only looks scorched.


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[madmonkey]

well, from the pictures it doesn't look melted or cracked....just scorched...i'd look it over with a magnifier for any signs of warping or mircro cracks...if you don't see any you should be fine...if you have a spare insulator it wouldn't hurt to change it out but if not that one should be ok as long as it's form is in tact. It looks like that positive post isn't too difficult to remove and change it out from the pictures. Maybe you'll get lucky and be able to clean it up a bit and make it look nicer again too

 

[floresroach]

well, from the pictures it doesn't look melted or cracked....just scorched...i'd look it over with a magnifier for any signs of warping or mircro cracks...if you don't see any you should be fine...if you have a spare insulator it wouldn't hurt to change it out but if not that one should be ok as long as it's form is in tact. It looks like that positive post isn't too difficult to remove and change it out from the pictures. Maybe you'll get lucky and be able to clean it up a bit and make it look nicer again too

Thanks for looking it over. Trying to figure out what to clean it with.


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[madmonkey]

Maybe a really really light solution of "Barkeeper's friend" and then a good washing out with soap and water....that stuff will put the shine back in and take rust off stainless steel no problem but will make you sick as a dog if you vape it....you want to make sure there isn't a trace left on your atty before you build it again...you can get it at walmart and can google it for the information on it. My mother, who knows how to clean anything with anything, gave me some to take a rust ring out of my kitchen sink...it's stainless steel like anything else....it might be able to get the scorch off an atty....but like I said, make sure you wash all of it off thoroughly so you don't get sick.

Maybe someone else has a better idea, but it's a start

 

[Zamazam]

Heh, try a pencil eraser and rub it on the scorch marks first...