Evic VT and dripping?

[OE Burntpiston]

I've had my evic vt for a few weeks now and was thinking about buying a dripper. I was warned from the locsl vape where i bought not to dripp. Everyone that had issue and had to return it were people dripping. Other than that they have no problems. So guess my question is how many people here drip with one and have you had any problems? I think was just inexperienced coil building.

 

[2stupid]

I have no problem dripping on mine. used multiple attys. if it jumps out of temp control , then there is a problem with your build.

 

[Dan DePippo]

you can drip on any mod just be careful not to over drip or get juice on mod. I dont have a evic vt but my guess would be that the 510 isnt sealed so juice can get in and short out mod..

 

[OE Burntpiston]

I emailed Joytech just for grins to see what they say. I'm thinking the same, either got juice in the mod from a leak or FUp making coils.

 

[CurlyxCracker]

I usually use rtas on mine but I do like the Derringer on it. Absolutely no problems.

 

[AmandaD]

I had a VT that died after less than a month. A friend is working on fixing it and he says there's juice trapped under the 510 which is directly over a circuit board. Also it appears the USB has melted, so whether or not the leak is involved remains to be seen!

 

[DevAuto]

I don't own a VT, but I don't see why you couldn't drip with it. The specs are high enough that it should be just fine dripping. As a general rule, if it can run a sub ohm tank, it should be able to handle any dripper with the right build on it. Others have mentioned, the 510 connector may not be sealed, and that could cause serious problems if you get juice down inside it, but if you keep it well cleaned and maintained, you shouldn't have to worry about that.

 

[DevAuto]

I had a VT that died after less than a month. A friend is working on fixing it and he says there's juice trapped under the 510 which is directly over a circuit board. Also it appears the USB has melted, so whether or not the leak is involved remains to be seen!

OUCH, that sucks! I would guess that the melted USB is probably from a poor connector, or heat generating inside the top of the mod. From looking at photos, I would think it is too far away from the 510 connector to have juice get over to it, but I guess you never know.

Did you contact Joyetech to see about getting a replacement under warranty? I think I read somewhere that it has something like a 90 warranty period.

 

[AmandaD]

OUCH, that sucks! I would guess that the melted USB is probably from a poor connector, or heat generating inside the top of the mod. From looking at photos, I would think it is too far away from the 510 connector to have juice get over to it, but I guess you never know.

Did you contact Joyetech to see about getting a replacement under warranty? I think I read somewhere that it has something like a 90 warranty period.

It was complicated because it was purchased in a coop.... I am eventually getting a replacement, which is taking months, but as I wasn't required to send in the original (just a video), my friend is going to see if he can fix it as he's handy with stuff like this! I was vaping it as passthrough, which I'm pretty sure was a mistake, and I certainly won't do that again.

 

[Zamazam]

I've been using mine with a Big Dripper at 60 watts for a few months now with no issues.

 

[OE Burntpiston]

Has anyone or will anyone here be willing to disassemble one to see if it could be sealed? I was debating on trying to seal with high temp RTV (silicone) from the inside. Not sure if I want to yet since i just bought it last week.

 

[kwtony]

I did it the first day I got my tester Evic... throw some rayon in with a Ti coil and BOOM...mind blown.

 

[DevAuto]

Has anyone or will anyone here be willing to disassemble one to see if it could be sealed? I was debating on trying to seal with high temp RTV (silicone) from the inside. Not sure if I want to yet since i just bought it last week.

I have not, but while searching the web for info on the melted USB port listed above, I did find a bunch of photos where someone did disassemble it. Perhaps there will be enough info in the pics to figure out if it can be sealed with silicon?

 

[kwtony]

anything can be sealed with silicone...a clear epoxy /resin would be better if you are trying to waterproof the item.

This is easy stuff tho...what are you really trying to do ?

 

[OE Burntpiston]

Just trying to keep any juice from entering the box in case of a leak. That's seemed to be the only issue with these.

 

[kwtony]

Whatever makes you sleep better at night....att 50-70 bucks, i can afford to work extra hard one week and buy another...i might to a tutorial on how to waterproof it just for you....super easy stuff

 

[AmandaD]

ere are some pics I took showing the sub:

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Autocorrect! Showing the usb

 

[kwtony]

I took my first Istick apart and soldered in a VTC in her, works like a freaking charm. I might have to do this to my evic...or a backup one.Thanks

 

[DevAuto]

Nice Pics! Hopefully it will be fixable!

 

[AmandaD]

Nice Pics! Hopefully it will be fixable!

I posted those pics when I was out and about, so I see the top two are the same! The guy who's working on it says a couple of the pins on the USB are melted. As I think I said, I was vaping while doing passthrough, which is apparently not a good idea with this. With any luck it's fixable, assuming he can solder in a new USB port (he says there's a lot of delicate stuff surrounding it, so fingers crossed).

 

[kwtony]

heat gun, use soldering tape to protect all the other stuff...boom...should take about 9 seconds for the actual repair. If i had a nickle for the USB plugs i have replaced over the years, i have a huge stack of shiny nickels

 

[AmandaD]

heat gun, use soldering tape to protect all the other stuff...boom...should take about 9 seconds for the actual repair. If i had a nickle for the USB plugs i have replaced over the years, i have a huge stack of shiny nickels

He's replaced a lot of USB ports also. But I think this one is more involved. Who knows - I have no idea, which is why I sent it to him LOL

 

[kwtony]

Let me pop mine open and see whats going on in here. It only looks like a clearance issue to me...I could be wrong tho. But there is only one kind of micro usb port, they all go on and off the same way.

 

[AmandaD]

Let me pop mine open and see whats going on in here. It only looks like a clearance issue to me...I could be wrong tho. But there is only one kind of micro usb port, they all go on and off the same way.

I think he was talking about all the stuff around it. But, as I say, I know nothing, except I miss it!

 

[DevAuto]

I think he was talking about all the stuff around it. But, as I say, I know nothing, except I miss it!

Yeah, I know how that goes, my KX-50D screen died, and I was so bummed. Thankfully it's getting replaced under warranty, but I really miss it. Hopefully either your replacement will come in soon, or you'll get the old one fixed and be back up and running quickly.

 

[phatdaddynxn]

As for the non sealed 510, you can ghetto seal them. Take an o ring cut it to fit the inside wall of the connector. I did this with a friends dark shadow. Just push it down under the edge of the pin. I think I actually found that advise on this forum before I joined.

 

[DevAuto]

As for the non sealed 510, you can ghetto seal them. Take an o ring cut it to fit the inside wall of the connector. I did this with a friends dark shadow. Just push it down under the edge of the pin. I think I actually found that advise on this forum before I joined.

^^THIS! I had completely forgotten about this! It's an old school trick that I used to use on my mods back in the day, it works pretty well too. Back then, it was used for 2 things, first keeping juice out of the battery and preventing it from shorting out, as well as holding up the center pins to make good contact with the atty. The pins had a tendency to "sink" into the base of the mod, and you had to pull them back up frequently so that you could vape. Putting the O ring under the pin acted almost like a spring loaded center pin.

 

[kwtony]

honestly I used to get hot glue, find a hole and fill the entire insides of things that were prone to breaking and for sealing....silicone would do the same thing.

Never wet might work as well on a different scale, not sure of how conductive it is...

 

[OE Burntpiston]

I like the o-ring idea and i have some in my tool box at work. Plus it would be less invasive. I even did a Google search and found USB plugs cheap.

 

[kwtony]

Took mine apart...>SUPER easy to solder this back on....just gotta remove the bad and the top deck, everything else can me masked off and worked around... have to repaste the heat sink to the bottom of the top deck as well..nothing complicated....The batteries in here are much different then I expected.

 

[DevAuto]

Took mine apart...>SUPER easy to solder this back on....just gotta remove the bad and the top deck, everything else can me masked off and worked around... have to repaste the heat sink to the bottom of the top deck as well..nothing complicated....The batteries in here are much different then I expected.

Looks good! I can't tell from the pic, does it look like it would be possible to add in a set of +/- buttons? Is there anything that looks like solder points for them? It would be cool to add them as an "override" for the jog switch. That switch looks like a big point of failure at some point in time, probably when it is least convenient!

 

[kwtony]

Anything is possible with ribbon wire and enough time. I want to take out the guts and put it in a random object like a nintendo controller or a rubber ducky.

I don see this as a failure point tho, its a strong and hefty switch. Bigger then I have seen on most setups...

 

[TwitchVaperMVG]

Functionally, a dripper will work just like anything else. The mod doesn't care. All it sees is a resistance, regardless if it's an RDA, tank, etc. That being said, I did have one scary moment with the eVic. I overdripped a little, and when I went to use it, the juice leaked onto the top of the mod and got underneath the control ring. I cleaned it as best I could without taking it apart, and I don't know if it's sealed under there, but that's something I could see as a potential failure point.

Personally, I haven't been dripping on the VT. I still stick to mechs for dripping and regulated mods for everything else.

 

[kwtony]

It is sealed behind the connector. White paste of sorts. Im not sure if there is a failsafe for a short.

Usually you will have a resistor or capacitor break its weld before anything, and a heat gun or 20 min (board only)in the oven will resolder the joints. A simple scope can help you find the broken connections, but an xray machine will tell you EVERYTHING you need to know and then some

 

[kwtony]

If i were going to do any mod, Id find a quality connector (maybe a deans style) and make this batter interchangeable on the fly...I dont mind taking 4 screws out, its like 10 seconds...