Sig 30Watt no longer putting out 30 watts.

[conanthewarrior]

Hi people.

My fiancee has a problem with her sigelei 30Watt.

It was working fine untill about 2 days ago, now it seems to max out around, compared to my other devices, 12-14 watts, even when it reads 30.

I tried resetting it by holding the power button down, removing the battery, and reinserting to see if that would re set it, but the problem still persists.

Using my Lemo V2 at 20 watts on my 75 or 150 tastes lovely, and she wants one. Problem is, it wont output any vapour at 20 watts with the same build.

Is the device broken and do I need to get her a new one? The charging port has also broken, so am a bit peeved here. I repaired the port once as it was just loose, this time it wont make any connection at all.

Any advice would be much appreciated, as she was going to make the move next week from the stinkies to the nicotine vaping. I was going to home make this with gloves and apron for her, I have syringes and measuring equipment so that is OK.

What is not ok is the device can not even power a nautilus Mini properly. I know the shop will do nothing as I have had it for a few months, and also as I have has it for 3 months neither will Sigelei.

I can buy her a device on the weekend, but it has to be under £30! As I gave her this as part of her birthday gift, I want it to work.

She is OK now, and no longer psychotic. She was hospitalised for a period and is now the girl I know and love from a year ago, she was genuinely ill. I am just glad I stuck by her like she did me and did not throw her away, as she put up with 2 and a half years of me drinking and being a dick, so 8 months of her being a bitch is nothing really, and she is now sorted.

 

[UncleRJ]

Sorry to hear about your GF and your Sigelei!

Mine is still working perfectly and I am vaping on it right now at about 18.5 watts for this particular E-Liquid in my Lemmo 2.

I hope you can figure it out because I don't have a CLUE!

 

[conanthewarrior]

Well, I gave it to her to learn on for her birthday. As I can not get it working, and it was for her birthday, I am getting her the sig 50 on saturday, as it can grow with her slightly. I know she will do most vaping around 20 watts maximum, but she is interested in RDA's so I said if you want to do dual coil you will be happy with them extra 20 watts.

She is now rational, and back to her REAL old self. We are having fun together! She wants to get off the stinkies by using nicotine vapourising, so I am ordering some nicotine concentrate (I know the safety implications, and have syringes and stuff to measure correctly).

 

[conanthewarrior]

A black wire was shorting against the case. I do not know what that wire was, but the casing had broken. I taped it, and it not seems to work. EDIT: Nope, got ahead of myself. I think I will be buying a replacement this weekend.

 

[conanthewarrior]

Think I will get her the 50 as a little upgrade as she was interested in RDA's. Most vaping will be done under 20 watts though, and it was a birthday present so she is currently using my 150 at 12.5 watts with the nautilus lol. Will order the 50 on Saturday (payday) and some nic concentrate, as she likes the nautilus, didn't at first, but does now. I think the nautilus will be ideal to quit smoking with along with the 50.

 

[conanthewarrior]

Think I may save £15 and actually buy a kangside 50W, as its £15 cheaper, will only be charged in a real charger, and she really likes the blue. Slightly put off the sigelei brand (I know its only 1 out of 3 that have failed, but still a bit put off) so think I will get this, as it has great reviews in my normal shop and for £30 and 50W of power, I'm just not sure. This or the extra £15 on the sig 50, maybe the build quality on the 50 is better than the 30? I know my 150 and 75 are like they are made by a different manufacutrer, and I hear the 50 uses the same body?

If so, I will get the sig, if not il get the kangside.

 

[st0nedpenguin]

What resistance is the atomizer at? If it's too high the device just might not be able to push enough volts to get it to the desired watts.

 

[conanthewarrior]

It is a 1.8 Ohm nautilus, nothing extreme, just for the missus. I gave it to her for her birthday though, so feel bad so will get her another on the weekend. I just won't get a 30 as I feel the build quality was poor on the one I received, I will get her either a sig50 or the kangside 50, not sure which yet.

 

[conanthewarrior]

Sorry to hear about your GF and your Sigelei!

Mine is still working perfectly and I am vaping on it right now at about 18.5 watts for this particular E-Liquid in my Lemmo 2.

I hope you can figure it out because I don't have a CLUE!

She loves my lemo 2, which makes it sadder as she wanted one for hers, but it seems to be putting out like maybe 7 watts maximum? It can't produce hardly any vapour even on a nautilus mini, it sounds like it is, but then it might as well be a fart in the wind.

I really have no idea what is wrong, everything looks right inside, tried different batteries, different resistance atttys, nothing will work. I even tried holding the power button down, removing the battery to get the chip to show up before sigelei incase this re sets it. Seems like I will be £45 down on the weekend though, as the kangside seems like you screw the battery in, which isn't viable, so I will get her the sig50. Hope its built better than the mini lol I did offer her the 75 but she didn't like it, she liked the 'look' of the 50.

I handle the battery side for her, she just vapes knowing the basic safety and how I have set it, and goes withing a range I've explained to try find the sweet spot for her.

 

[conanthewarrior]

This has turned out to be one bloody expensive birthday lol, her main present was the watch and the vaping gear was a side gift. Gonna of at least spent £200 when I include the sigelei 50, I am glad she spends lots on my birthdays or I would feel like a pleb, just feel bad she can't vape at all, so I am letting her use my 75 and 150 when she fancies, but will get her the 50 as I hear it uses the same chassis as the 75, well the 75 just feels quality to me, the 30 feels a bit cheap, and did break on me.

I just hope the £45 for the sig is worth it and it don't pack up in a few months and I could of got away with the kangside for £30, its just the chipset and charge circuit I know is good on the Sigeleis, and if she is ever at home running out of battery, she would have to charge that way, as she wants me to handle the battery side of things mainly as trust me, she would be a danger lol.

 

[conanthewarrior]

EDIT: Nope, fix didnt last the night.

New MOD to be ordered for her saturday, she likes the kangside in blue, 50W, but also the Sigelei in black. The kangside is only £30, the sig £45, but if the sigelei is much better, I will spend the extra money. If there is not much difference, then I will get the kangside and save £15.

 

[conanthewarrior]

No one got any ideas on this? It has been returned to its box to rest in peace amongst my other vaping gear in a bag. What is annoying is that I got it working last night, so it is only a loose connection or short making it put out the minimum it can. It is just finding that fault, isolating it and fixing it.

I will try to get it going again, as it is a great little device when working, but for now, I am ordering the Sig50 on saturday, as I did not want to get another 30 for her as this one broke, I know I was just unlucky, but I got her the 50 as she may appreciate them extra watts when she finally quite the stinkies and the fun begins of RDA's and such. She is showing a real interest, and as it was a birthday present that has broken, I feel I should replace it.

But, anyone with any ideas, please fire them my way. I am used to working with small objects inside computers and phones, so have had it apart a few times, last night was when I 'fixed' it, but by morning the fix was not working.

 

[fq06]

Not sure if I missed you saying what resistance you've tried other than the 1.8 ohm coil but like penguin said, the resistance may be so high that the watts you are getting is the max it can push voltage up to. Try a lower resistance coil.

If there are wires going wonkey in there it's best to replace it with something else. Would be a shame to have that thing malfunction on your girlfriend.

 

[conanthewarrior]

Not sure if I missed you saying what resistance you've tried other than the 1.8 ohm coil but like penguin said, the resistance may be so high that the watts you are getting is the max it can push voltage up to. Try a lower resistance coil.

If there are wires going wonkey in there it's best to replace it with something else. Would be a shame to have that thing malfunction on your girlfriend.

I have tried all different RDA'S on it, a 1.4 Ohm coil, a 1.2, , and about a 1. they all do the same thing. Its in its box Resting in peace now lol and I am ordering her the 50 on Saturday, she can use my 150 or 75 for now when she wants too.

EDIT: I tell a lie. .4 ohms actually works. Thing is, she wants it to work with the nautilus? I tried a different coil in the nautilus, still the same. Is it FubRd?

 

[fq06]

R.I.P Sig 30 lol.

Probably best thing to do, I wouldn't like that "what's it going to do when I push the button" feeling.

 

[conanthewarrior]

R.I.P Sig 30 lol.

Probably best thing to do, I wouldn't like that "what's it going to do when I push the button" feeling.

I accidently told you a lie BTW. I just tried a 0.4OHM coil, it could power it. I am now baffled, is it FUBARD or is there hope lol? Either way I am gettting the 50 for her, as it was a birthday present that broke, she would do the same for me so its only fair.

 

[fq06]

If you're good with electronics and soldering, it may be worth it to get in there and clean up the negative (black) wire issue your having just to keep it as a backup. But if you don't have much experience with that stuff, better safe than sorry, put it to rest.

As she gets more into vaping and wanting more and more like all of us have (cartos years ago to sub ohm now), she will be better off with a 50w to grow into... and that'll get you points

 

[conanthewarrior]

If you're good with electronics and soldering, it may be worth it to get in there and clean up the negative (black) wire issue your having just to keep it as a backup. But if you don't have much experience with that stuff, better safe than sorry, put it to rest.

As she gets more into vaping and wanting more and more like all of us have (cartos years ago to sub ohm now), she will be better off with a 50w to grow into... and that'll get you points

Yeah I have quite a lot of experience soldering and fixing small things, thing is the solder joint is perfect. It is just some of the casing has come away exposing wire, so I had to put a little bit of electrical tape on. I suppose I can keep it just to try to fix, I usually ALWAYS get things working, or they will do my head in until they do.

Even when she has the 50, i gaurantee I will be trying to fix the 30 everyday. But I have a 30 watt mini that works at sub ohms. Maybe it will come in handy one day lol.

And thats what I was thinking, she vuilt her first coil a couple weeks ago! I guided her through it, and how to install it in her mutation X v4, she was well happy she had done it herself, and was enjoying just the flavours. Now she wants to use it to actually quit, so I will be making some nic based juices for her to use. I think 12-18MG would be a good starting point in a nautilus mini at around 12.5 watts? Max about 15 watts.

 

[fq06]

For sure then, tinker with it. You never do know when you may need it. My sx mini m class took a shit on me so I'm using a smok 50w that I had put on the shelf never thinking it would get used again other than a loaner for a friend to try vaping with.
I must be part of the 1% that has had an issue with the m class, I would prefer to be part of the 1% billionaire club

Good for her!

 

[conanthewarrior]

For sure then, tinker with it. You never do know when you may need it. My sx mini m class took a shit on me so I'm using a smok 50w that I had put on the shelf never thinking it would get used again other than a loaner for a friend to try vaping with.
I must be part of the 1% that has had an issue with the m class, I would prefer to be part of the 1% billionaire club

Good for her!

Ahh thats crap man. I feel a bit like it took a shit on me as Sigelei always gets recommended, with the Yihi chips and so much, but it failed, and just after 3 months, which the warranty lasts for. Always happens that way, but to be honest I didn't have much faith in a chinese warranty anyway lol.

I hope the 50 is better, she enjoys the extra 50 watts, and it gets her off the stinkies, as she knows she smells like an ashtray at the moment, but she is back, the actual girl I fell for, and she has promised to quit with the nicotine juices/make the switch to the vaping. She hasn't been herself for a few months, and ended up hopsitalised, but she is back. I knew she was in there, that was the only reason I did not leave her.

Should get it on tuesday, she will use the nautilus mini on it to stop smoking as she likes it and it seems ideal for that, although she does like my Lemo, I think she may end up getting one of them as she like the direct to lung part of it, but where the mini has not been putting out enough power for a while, she is re-learning to vape quickly on the nautilus, and then is going to start dripping and building.