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Reuleaux RX 200.
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Dude, you ain't seen nothing. Stick around, you'll have fun.
So looking at the autopsy photos and I don't get it. Is the polarity not well marked? I guess maybe it could be a low light/vision issue . Until you see the evidence of the mismarked battery sled. Someone clearly looked at it and decided those pluses and minuses were fibbing.
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Ok, I want to put this delicatley. Although I haven't analyzed the white marking material with a mass spectrometer, it looks like whiteout. Draw what conclusion from that what you will. (<-- small pun there)
I do not know who put it there, or under what ciruimstances. Its possible the owner didn't, and the individual who did the faceplate swap did it. I would like to think that the marking was well intentioned, but perhaps poorly executed.
I appreciate it being contributed, and mentioned I would post the findings here, so for all I know the owner is following this thread.
Lets not dwell on who murdered who's mod, the point is, put the batts in correctly. and learn from the aftermath.
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has anyone taken the rx200 apart ? I'd like to paint it and wondering if its difficult to disassemble . thanks in advance
Here is review where he tears down both the RX200 AND DNA200. Not hard to take apart.
Had similar idea but want to give it a rubberized coating.
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Truck bed liner would be cool. That stuff is bad ass indestructable.
Plasti Dip comes in different colors and is very easy to use. Great for too handles also.
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Am I the only one that checks Wismec's site at least once a day for the 2.0 TCR update?!
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You're not alone my friend. But rest assured we will all hear about it here in the forum when it does!
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Oh no doubt. I might just sit back and wait a bit to make sure it's not going to brick my mod!
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What you mean you didn't place it in FROZEN-CARBONITE ?
Yes.
I'd say that would be dicey at best.
Your best option is always going to be to use a standard charger and to keep them paired up.If you are charging them do not charge up anything else at the same time either that is bad pairing jojo.
I see no problem with doing that. They will all be charged in the same charger.
Anytime & if I forgot to say so earlier it's good seeing you here welcome to the crew
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Preliminary autopsy findings are in.
External examination answered the obvious question as to why an employee of a vape shop simply did not return the RX for warranty. The RX was black, and turquoise in color. Wismec does not make a black, and turquoise RX. It was in fact evident that a voided warranty was present, as a result of cosmetic part swaperoo, to use the technical term.
Although warranty voiding might sometimes be a reliable indicator of death by gross negligence, the proceedure of swapping faceplates is a simple one, already mentioned here several times, and although possible, not at this stage a likely cause.
Turning the RX face down, I proceeded to expose the battery bay. Red flag!
Somebody, incorrectly marked battery polarity.
Proceeding to the internal examination, screws were removed, wires postions were recorded then severed and the PCB exposed. Examination of all wires revealed no defect, and displayed continuity when tested. Solder connections were no work of art, but proved secure, and conductive.
Inspection with 10X magnification on the anterior/display side of the board revealed no obvious anomalies.
A distinct odor of burntyness was however radiating from the board. The screws were removed and the board was excised from the body cavity.
Upon commencing inspection of the posteriour aspect of the board with 10X magnification, anonamalies were detected.
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Pictured is the failed component under "D4"
This is not a large component. Somewhat small actually. OK, its fucking tiny! How tiny you ask?
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A pinhead gives some idea of scale. It was so incinerated, I could not find any numbers on it.
Conclusion, preliminary findings indicate cause of death catastrophic component failure dur to incorrect battery installation. Manner of death is found to be negligent modicide.
Apparently, Wismecs idea of "reverse polarity protection" is a diode, which throws itself on its own sword to prevent battery Armaggedon. Your mod however will likely not survive. Unknown is how long the batts were in the mod before the smoke was let out, but the take away here is DO NOT THINK YOUR MOD WILL SURVIVE REVERSE POLARITY INCIDENTS for any length of time. So, lets be carefull out there, unless you want your mod to end up on a table like this one has. RIP RX.
Haha! That's a funny reverse polarity protection lol. I do try to install batteries in the correct positions but sometimes stuff happens. But knowing what you uncovered I will be more mindfull with battery installation, thanx.
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Hey Mr. Snake.
I feel your pain to the extent that I am taking time off from my "Circle Jerk" with the rest of the mods that stevegmu( or as I call him Magoo) according to him we spend all of our time doing, to shed some light.
Magoo is rapidly collecting a lot of points here on the Underground.
Just a few more and he can qualify to be a mod over on ECF.
Did this help at all?
ok, so now I have a question on the whole battery charging bit....I have two chargers, one 2 bay and one 4 bay and I have been charging my two married sets at the same time, 2 in one and 4 in the other. Is this a major no-no?
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As long as you charge/discharge your married pair at the same time you are golden!
Both batteries at the same time in a two bay charger, check.
Both batteries side by side at the same time in the 4 bay charger, check.
As long as they are all charged very close to 4.2v (4.19 to 4.21 depending on the charger) they will be fine.
If you run it till it hits low voltage cutoff, you may see issues if one of the 3 is an older or just more beat up weaker cell. The weak battery will drop voltage faster than the others and if taken to the bottom, you may take it further than the others and damage the cell... even more than it was before being the weak runt of the 3. This should be reading total voltage so it doesn't know if 2 cells are 3.2v and the other is 2.5v and it's reading the total as 3.0v. One cell just got hammered and internal resistance & capacity just got worse.
If you only vape it 2/3 of the way down it makes no difference and married cells are not really needed. Just cells that are close to the same in health and the same capacity.
If you run it till it hits low voltage cutoff, you may see issues if one of the 3 is an older or just more beat up weaker cell. The weak battery will drop voltage faster than the others and if taken to the bottom, you may take it further than the others and damage the cell... even more than it was before being the weak runt of the 3. This should be reading total voltage so it doesn't know if 2 cells are 3.2v and the other is 2.5v and it's reading the total as 3.0v. One cell just got hammered and internal resistance & capacity just got worse.
If you only vape it 2/3 of the way down it makes no difference and married cells are not really needed. Just cells that are close to the same in health and the same capacity.
ok, indulge me as I am known to be a bit slow... I have 2 sets of 3 I am doing this with for my rx, as long as I am charging, and discharging at the same time I am good? I really don't want to turn my grenade looking rx into a functional one!
I could have sworn he was banned there...I've already had to have a calm down drink today...My bottle is going empty faster than usual it seems.Anyhow Thanks for the reply...Cheers!
thanks fq, that makes sense. All of my batteries are new and I never run them low, and alway charge them at the same time. I am probably just going to say fuck it and buy the luc6 so as to be extra safe!
thanks guys, I appreciate the help for a avid-newbie!
No that's fine as they are all paired up batteries.
What I mean is don't charge un-paired while charging paired.
In other words don't go charging singles in the same charger at the same time as paired
Bingo
Why not charge 3 at a time in the 4 bay charger. I'm assuming you have 2 sets, 1 in the mod and the spare set. Am I misunderstanding?
gotcha, thanks!
I have more than two sets, I typically charge two while the third is in my mod.
I think they need to come out with a 12bay charger!
There is a 6bay LUC
Awesome mykline thank you very much
I was thinking of a course stone texture like the product below.
http://www.krylon.com/products/coarse-stone-textured-finish/
http://www.krylon.com/products/coarse-stone-textured-finish/
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That looks good.
You see the real problem with Mr. Magoo is he's like a pro-wrestling script writer (Never lets the facts get in the way of a good story)
No sir he's a waste of space and his continued existence just pisses me off.Every time I've had the displeasure of encountering 1 of his posts I come away feeling less human than I was before.He's just different... LOL
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I truly believe he's ignorant and evil.
Generally speaking I wind up asking myself this here below with every word he's ever said.
Yep cause Snickers ain't near enough.
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Makes one wonder what is he vaping?
Stop beating around the bush, and sugar coating everything! How do you really feel? lol
What tipped the sales for me was the lack of any appology.
I really like those RX200's with the three batteries. I have my vaporshark dna200 and it upsets me that it's charging more than I ever use it. Since it's always dead I have to use my other mod then I forget about the shark.
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Tell us how you really feel and don't hold back. LolNo sir he's a waste of space and his continued existence just pisses me off.Every time I've had the displeasure of encountering 1 of his posts I come away feeling less human than I was before.
I truly believe he's ignorant and evil.
Generally speaking I wind up asking myself this here below with every word he's ever said.
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