Vamo with a mind of its own.

[zeldamum]

My Vamo V3 suddenly has a mind of its own.

The display changes from 9.5w to 11w to 14w to ohms !?!?!?

Has anyone experienced this?

[2risky]

Nope, but the first thing I'd try is squirting a load of electrical contact cleaner into the button openings. That's if you have any to squirt.
Most handyman types will have a can in their shed somewhere.

If nothing else it will eliminate the theory that your buttons are sticking, shorting or firing randomly because they're gunked up somehow.

Anything more serious may require disassembly or just buying a new one.

Is it relatively new? If so try contacting the supplier.
Has it suffered any accidents or duckings in liquid recently?

[enjay]

Check eliquid hasn't leaked into it, that's what fried my mvp, it started doing all sorts of weird stuff by itself.

[zeldamum]

Feb 20, 2014 23:20:17 GMT 2risky said:

Nope, but the first thing I'd try is squirting a load of electrical contact cleaner into the button openings. That's if you have any to squirt.
Most handyman types will have a can in their shed somewhere.

If nothing else it will eliminate the theory that your buttons are sticking, shorting or firing randomly because they're gunked up somehow.

Anything more serious may require disassembly or just buying a new one.

Is it relatively new? If so try contacting the supplier.
Has it suffered any accidents or duckings in liquid recently?

Being a single lady and the ex wasn't into dig I don't have any.

I will take it apart later to give it a good clean and see if that helps.

[2risky]

Feb 21, 2014 7:30:02 GMT zeldamum said:

I will take it apart later to give it a good clean and see if that helps.

It's unlikely to make any difference if you clean the bits that are easy to get at. They can be swines to open. You have to be careful not to stress the wires connecting the circuit board to the 510/ego connector while you're straining to get the top assembly off.

The suspicion is that something (juice leaked through the head connector is a likely candidate) is either clogging up the button contact pads under your buttons, or sitting on the surface of the circuit board inside connecting things that shouldn't be connected electrically.

Here's a link to some basic contact cleaner which you might be able to pick up locally if there's a Maplins around
www.amazon.co.uk/ELECTRONICS-CONTACT-CLEANER-GREASE-REMOVER/dp/B008NA32J0/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1393000649&sr=8-10&keywords=contact+cleaner#productDetails

or the one I use
www.amazon.co.uk/Contact-Cleaner-200ml-Aerosol-Price/dp/B0090HHZ0W/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1393000649&sr=8-16&keywords=contact+cleaner

just a couple of examples in case you have trouble opening it.

However, if my theory is wrong and half a pint of contact cleaner doesn't work, you've wasted a fiver on the advice of some dude on the internetz.

[zeldamum]

I think it may ell be worth spending £5 to try the contact cleaner before attempting to strip it down.

[zeldamum]

Tried the contact cleaner. It worked as in the button is no longer stuck in place.

However the button is very loose and doesn't click. I think the switch/spring behind it has broken ???

[GunJack]

but, zeldamum, is it behaving itself now??

[zeldamum]

It still has a mind of its own.

If I hold it with the buttons facing the floor (letting gravity do its best) it works fine.

ETA: stuck on Ohms reading now:(

[lynwlt]

I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that a few nights ago, following consumption of a bottle of wine, my phone rang.
If I had been completely sober I would have left it to go to voicemail but I leapt up to answer it..

Needn't have bothered since it was a semi-cold call.
When I sat myself back down at my computer desk my Vamo was vanished....

I've looked high, and quite low, for it but I rather suspect it has gone to join its long lost cousins (GG Slim, GGTB and Vamo, black chrome) in the hidden recesses beneath my desk....

There are limits as to how far I will (am able) to stoop.

Dogs are pleading not guilty..

[2risky]

Sorry it didn't clear the problem up. Make sure you put plenty through all the button holes since it can't do much harm.
Assuming it's the same design as a V2, the button is a lump of metal, it pushes down on a smaller button fixed onto the circuit board which contains the return springy thing.

At this point I'd be tempted to either open it up and see what's going on and/or just buy a new one.
If you're a bit strapped for cash like me you can get V2s for about £25-£30 by the way, which makes the idea of spending days repairing it a bit redundant unless you're into taking things to bits.

There's some tech details here for disassembly, and you should be able to get an idea of the inside gubbins.
allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/23046/vamo-top-replace-guide-needed?page=1&scrollTo=428153

Lately they've been glueing the circuit boards in quite strongly as well.
Good luck whatever you decide.

[zeldamum]

Thank you 2risky I think I will order a new one from slowtech as the V5 is only around £18 and a new top part of the V3 is around the same price.

[dagl]

zeldamum I had a brief affair with a V5 that soon was returned to ft.. now waiting for a replacement V2 that I've been advised is bombproof!
lynwlt check the fridge! I've found devices hiding in mine...

[zeldamum]

dagl my finger slipped when placing the order for the Vamo 3 top part it added the vamo V2 as well. Such a shame

[charon]

Edit ; link in error