Can anyone fix a sigelie zmax

[4madcats]

This is one from the first group buy for them & has been working fine till today.

Basically the center pin inside the connecter is floating around completely loose.

It looks like there is a small nylon? or hard silicon washer which sits under the center pin & keeps it in place, this washer has dropped out & now the center pin has dropped & is loose. There is no way I can lift the pin to get the washer back in place

Also don't know if this has made a wire has come loose, if I press the fire button I'm just getting a low load msg, but if I go into the menu everything looks fine

Any suggestions gratefully excepted

[DiscoDes]

Oh dear 4MC

I don't know anything about these, maybe try a PM to Macca he'll be able to advise or help I'm pretty sure.

[chrisjw]

Jan 23, 2013 17:07:52 GMT DiscoDes said:

Oh dear 4MC

I don't know anything about these, maybe try a PM to Macca he'll be able to advise or help I'm pretty sure.

I would say the same as des.

[Deleted]

definately have a word with macca
I removed the top off mine after it failed and was told it was press fitted but found it was threaded with a loctite glue and can be unscrewed to make good any repairs but macca will be the one to advise the best method.
once the top is off it is easy to make good

[Mev]

The same happened with mine and was a PIA, you can pull the pin up as there's enough wire on the center pin. Getting an insulator to fit and secure the pin again is a different matter and not an easy job, mine just kept coming loose again no matter what I did but I didn't get the topcap off to do it so it would be easier if you can.
I made a new topcap and 510 connection for mine then cut off the old topcap however I damaaged the screens ribbon connector cleaning it out so mine is done for now.

I hope you get it sorted out but if you ever get to the point that you can't fix it and had enough I would buy it for spares/repairs to salvage the board.

[4madcats]

Jan 23, 2013 17:18:08 GMT @colliwobbles said:

definately have a word with macca
I removed the top off mine after it failed and was told it was press fitted but found it was threaded with a loctite glue and can be unscrewed to make good any repairs but macca will be the one to advise the best method.
once the top is off it is easy to make good

Cheers for that, think a plan of action will be to get OH to get the top cap off & take a look. Have just got a horrible feeling that the posi/centre is threaded through the washer, then through the connecter before any wire is soldered on, it's the only way I can imagine it being done, so possibly would need the wire cutting to get everything back in place

Brute force & ignorance I have in abundance, but soldering small electrical conections is defo not my forte.

I suppose if I do this I can get a better idea before I disturb Macca, just gutted that I'm back on the nova's & spinner, it's just not the same
Thank god I've got another zmax coming, just waiting for the CV1s to get sorted before everything gets sent out.

[chrisjw]

Might be best to get macca's opinion first, just in case he knows the best solution.

[maccafan]

Send it to me..Getting the top cap off is very very hard..

If you want your OH to have a look, ask to remove the center pin and desolder the pin from the wire first and then try to get the top cap off..

[4madcats]

Jan 23, 2013 17:51:31 GMT Mev said:

The same happened with mine and was a PIA, you can pull the pin up as there's enough wire on the center pin. Getting an insulator to fit and secure the pin again is a different matter and not an easy job, mine just kept coming loose again no matter what I did

Chers Mev, that's what I'm thinking. I have got the washer it's how to get it back in place. As said think the only way to do it will be to cut the wire then re-solder

[Mev]

Does it look like the washer/isolater is cut ? because I think mine was split and the other half was down the wire.

[4madcats]

Sorry Macca crossed post. Have had OH take a look & he's just told me his soldering iron has died, so will happily send to you, if you want to PM me with your addy & details of P&P.

I've got plenty of empty jiffy bags, so happy to put a SAE in for return.

[4madcats]

Jan 23, 2013 18:01:50 GMT Mev said:

Does it look like the washer/isolater is cut ? because I think mine was split and the other half was down the wire.

Nope washer doesn't look split so I think it must not have been correctly positioned from the off, & maybe screwing down to tight has popped it out.

Have been struggling with connectivity today, & thought it was my dodgy mesh & coil, least I know it's not that now, but not a good way to find out

[4madcats]

A huge amount of thanks to Maccafan, my sigelie is home & not only is it fixed, it's better then it was

I'd been struggling a wee bit with low load msgs intermittently with the Aga-Ts. Now I know it wasn't the coils cos I always check them with a multi meter before they go on any battery, & they were fine on OH's sigelie, & last week I was also having to crank up the power to get any decent vapour out of the Aga or Cobra, so obviously the posi pin in the sigelie was wobbling then.

Same Aga-t that came off last week has gone back on, now I can barely see my keyboard to post this msg. I am a very happy bunny . . . I am also very happy that I decided to get back up sigelies in this last co-op, really do not want to go through the last 4 days again

So thank you soooooooooo much to Macca, you are a scholar & a gentleman sir