Help needed > subtank mini

[scaffman69]

So i`ve bought a real deal kanger subtank mini and a clone from fasttech the clone works brilliant and the base is exactly the same as my original subtank nano, one slit in for airflow which you adjust by moving round the base, now the new original mini which has just arrived has 2 slits for airflow in the base, this isn`t the problem, maybe it`s an upgrade of the older version i`m thinking ? But the actual base were the threads screw in isn`t stainless and looks ceramic and the bloody thing won`t fire on a regulated or unregulated mod, i`ve looked at the nano and removed the stainless pin and put it in the mini and now it`s working, so is the a case of the the bloody thing came without what i`d call a firing pin and is their anywhere i could buy one of these ? thanks guys n gals.

[flavourtank]

Can't you contact vendor regarding missing pin?

[DiscoDes]

2 slots = V2

As flavourtank says above, contact the vendor the pin is obviously missing.

[flavourtank]

Not sure if this well be what your looking for
www.stealthvape.co.uk/index.php?route=mobile_store/product&product_id=332

[scaffman69]

Yes thanks, i`ve just put a ticket in with the vendor (fasttech) but man they do your head in if they wan`t it returning, bloody faffing around with the slowboat and all that stuff, nightmare i tell you. But yes cheers guys appreciated. On another note i`m not sure the airflow on the v2 is as good as the v1.

[Deleted]

Are you using this with the rba deck or supplied stock coils scaffman69 ?

[phatfil]

either way it needs the bottom pin to make the +ve electrical contact..

the pin should push/pull out of the clone base and allow tiy to use it in the 'authentic' ( i single quote as i would expect better QC from the oem) .. so t=you can check its ok otherwise, and FT will i am sure send out a replacement bottom pin, tho expect it to take an extra week or so, but quicker than servicing a return i expect, attach the above photo to a msg if you hab=ve not already done so as its very clear and indicates the problem perfectly..

fyi the pin in question floats in its rubber seal so differences in OCC heads and rba bases can easily be accommodated

bit of a pita tho.. good luck with fasttech support staff it can be an uphill exchange. even when resolved they keep sending you anything else we can do for you msgs...

[Deleted]

Definitely needs a pin to fire phatfil. FYI the one I bought would fire the supplied coils but when the rba deck was used it wouldn't fire because the fire pin on the bottom of the atty was too short to contact the RBA deck. No matter how much it floats on the rubber seal, the difference between OCC and RBA, on mine, was not so easily accommodated. Hence the reason I asked the question. I have a spare pin that scaffman69 is welcome to, and he'll have  it in much less than a week, it will fire OCC but may not fire the RBA. My solution was to cut down a pin from a knackered MVP and use that, now it fires both heads on all my devices.

[phatfil]

fwiw i have a couple of mods with static +ve connectors in the 510 fitting and all my subtanks with occ heads and rba heads will fire no problem, while some attys do fail to make a coil circuit.. i have both authentic and FT clone minis..

ps sorry for the spelling in my last post , more typo's than usual..

[tim]

Jul 28, 2015 21:14:54 GMT phatfil said:

fwiw i have a couple of mods with static +ve connectors in the 510 fitting and all my subtanks with occ heads and rba heads will fire no problem, while some attys do fail to make a coil circuit.. i have both authentic and FT clone minis..

ps sorry for the spelling in my last post , more typo's than usual..

Apology NOT accepted! Must try harder.

[Greg]

Jul 28, 2015 21:05:11 GMT striker42 said:

Definitely needs a pin to fire phatfil. FYI the one I bought would fire the supplied coils but when the rba deck was used it wouldn't fire because the fire pin on the bottom of the atty was too short to contact the RBA deck. No matter how much it floats on the rubber seal, the difference between OCC and RBA, on mine, was not so easily accommodated. Hence the reason I asked the question. I have a spare pin that scaffman69 is welcome to, and he'll have  it in much less than a week, it will fire OCC but may not fire the RBA. My solution was to cut down a pin from a knackered MVP and use that, now it fires both heads on all my devices.

I had that issue with the FT mini clones, I never bottomed out the issue as the pins were identical between clone and original. I suspect the oring on the clone RBA deck was slightly oversized. The reason I didn't confirm is I also wanted to change to the V2 RBA decks also from FT and they worked perfectly in both the clone and the originals.
theres a clear differnce in length between the RBA decks and the OCC heads and the 510 pin will always protrude more with the OCC heads, clones or not.

[scaffman69]

Jul 28, 2015 19:55:02 GMT striker42 said:

Are you using this with the rba deck or supplied stock coils scaffman69 ?

This one has the stock heads in it, but i`ve opened a ticket at FT and they are gonna send me one out, thanks for all your replies guys, a very helpfull lot you are.

[Greigster]

I purchased a couple of the proper v2 Kanger bases from from the UK and one of those would not fire, I suspect for the same reason of the pin being a tad short. This was replaced without question by the UK vendor next day.
Goes to prove that even original Kanger spares can suffer from poor quality control.