New to RDAs

[SMielke]

I have an Ameraclone FUhattan. I just bought a tugboat RDA and while I was there the guy in the vape shop showed me how to build. We built a .5 ohm coil since I was running a Atlantis aspire. My tugboat doesn't set flush with the top cap and when it does sit flush the top cap doesn't sit flush with the tube. Should I be worried? It vapes now but doesn't make huge clouds.

I also use 80vg juice

 

[manson]

Either your (WORD REMOVED BY MODERATOR) clones 510 isn't level or are there cooling ridges on top of the mod. My Hades is like that. cooling ridges/vents on top cap prevent the atty from siting flush. Your set up @.5 ohms should be a cloud producer. Too much wicking will prevent this. Need some pictures though,

 

[OBDave]

I wouldn't worry too much - you could try screwing the 510 pin down farther, unless that's causing your mod to auto-fire due to there being no play left to push the fire button, or you could just live with it and be fine. I've got a couple Magma clones that don't come close to sitting flush, no matter what mod I plug them into...

 

[TygerTyger]

Either your (WORD REMOVED BY MODERATOR) clones 510 isn't level or are there cooling ridges on top of the mod. My Hades is like that. cooling ridges/vents on top cap prevent the atty from siting flush. Your set up @.5 ohms should be a cloud producer. Too much wicking will prevent this. Need some pictures though,

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[George Harrier]

It's most likely your 510 connection isn't sitting right. is it adjustable or a spring loaded ?

 

[ej1024]

Check ur BATTERY
BIGBOYVAPER

 

[Slicknic]

It is normal with that mod that some rda's with long center post pins won't sit flush. I use the Steamboat
clone rda by Lawless on mine and everything fits snug. My FUhattan came with a couple spare pins which
could be shortened easily enough if one were so inclined to have more rda's sit flush. I'm not certain, but
I think the design was purposeful to stop the mod from heating up with the atty. So don't fret, no worries.

 

[Slicknic]

Get an ohm meter if you don't have one yet and check your builds with it before and after wicking. Read up
on battery safety as well. Clouding is neat, but you'll likely see it as novelty in due time and be happy and
content with moderate clouds.

 

[nameonawall]

It's most likely your 510 connection isn't sitting right. is it adjustable or a spring loaded ?

The Fuhattan has a floating pin. If his atomizer is not sitting flush it is because something is wrong with the threading on the atty or top cap of the mod.

 

[Slicknic]

The Fuhattan has a floating pin. If his atomizer is not sitting flush it is because something is wrong with the threading on the atty or top cap of the mod.

Yes, it is a floating pin, but not sitting flush does not mean something is wrong with the atty threading or the mods top cap.
What it does mean, is that the floating pin length plus the atty 510 pin length equals more distance than the mods threading
can travel with battery installed. There is nothing wrong with the mod or atty. It's fine/normal and the OP has nothing to worry about.

 

[nameonawall]

It's most likely your 510 connection isn't sitting right. is it adjustable or a spring loaded ?

Yes, it is a floating pin, but not sitting flush does not mean something is wrong with the atty threading or the mods top cap.
What it does mean, is that the floating pin length plus the atty 510 pin length equals more distance than the mods threading
can travel with battery installed. There is nothing wrong with the mod or atty. It's fine/normal and the OP has nothing to worry about.

The way the fuhattan is designed has a massive gap between the battery and the firing pin due to the magnet eliminating the need for a locking ring on the mod itself, creating a longer throw than some other mechs. The design literally does not allow for what you are describing to happen.

 

[efektt]

The way the fuhattan is designed has a massive gap between the battery and the firing pin due to the magnet eliminating the need for a locking ring on the mod itself, creating a longer throw than some other mechs. The design literally does not allow for what you are describing to happen.

This is not true. All my attys except my nimbus sit flush on the fuhattan. The nimbus happens to have an usually long 510. There just isnt enough room in the mod for a long 510. You could grind down some copper on thr floating pin and make it fit, but I almosy never use the nimbus.

 

[nameonawall]

So you're saying your mod is constantly firing with the nimbus installed? That's why the mod comes with 3 separate pins.

 

[Slicknic]

@nameonawall

The throw of the button bears no significance in the available space between the button and the floating pin.
Using an rda with a long center pin doesn't make the mod auto fire, you just cannot screw the button all the way
back on. There will be a gap in the mods threads somewhere or between the rda and the fuhattan. It is up to
the user to decide where to have said gap.

In my case, I use short center pin rda's in my fuhattan and longer center pin atty's in my hybrid (SMPL) mech's.
Simple easy solution.

 

[nameonawall]

@nameonawall

The throw of the button bears no significance in the available space between the button and the floating pin.
Using an rda with a long center pin doesn't make the mod auto fire, you just cannot screw the button all the way
back on. There will be a gap in the mods threads somewhere or between the rda and the fuhattan. It is up to
the user to decide where to have said gap.

In my case, I use short center pin rda's in my fuhattan and longer center pin atty's in my hybrid (SMPL) mech's.
Simple easy solution.

If the case were that the floating pin cannot move down any further due to the atomizer pushing it too far towards the battery, it would be auto firing. Every single one of my rda's sits flush on my fuhattan. The button throw has a great deal to do with the space between the battery and the positive pin, in fact that's the only thing creating the spacing.

 

[Slicknic]

wrong

It isn't the button's firing pin stopping the battery, it is the top of the button making contact.
The firing pin in the button does not make contact with the battery until the button is depressed.
I will not argue the obvious any longer.

 

[nameonawall]

The top of the button holds the bottom of the battery, when depressed, it moves and touches the pin in the top cap. If your atty pushes the pin in the top cap so far down that it stops on the battery, it is going to fire. I sell them for a living and own two. You say "the obvious", but it apparently isn't clear to you considering the design of the mod doesn't allow what you're describing to happen. Don't really understand what you're trying to gain arguing an incorrect point.

 

[Slicknic]

The top of the button holds the bottom of the battery, when depressed, it moves and touches the pin in the top cap. If your atty pushes the pin in the top cap so far down that it stops on the battery, it is going to fire. I sell them for a living and own two. You say "the obvious", but it apparently isn't clear to you considering the design of the mod doesn't allow what you're describing to happen. Don't really understand what you're trying to gain arguing an incorrect point.

Because I'm not the one arguing the incorrect point.

 

[SMielke]

I rebuilt it recently and put less cotton in there and it's vaping better. And for the auto firing it's not auto firing since the bottom connector is recessed in the bottom cap so the button has to be pressed. The battery itself is rest on the threads of the bottom cap.