Kick Choice

[blakey]

That'll do it mate. As long as you make good connection to the battery spring then it will allow you to make a negative connection.
Something like this

[chrisjw]

Hmm.......the kick is to fit in an e-pipe.

[blakey]

Nov 3, 2013 9:15:17 GMT chrisjw said:

Hmm.......the kick is to fit in an e-pipe.

So just run the tape down the inside of it ???

[Deleted]

chrisjw .. sorry to mention the C word but Health Cabin have the Sigelei kick clone for £14.48 and the Smoktech kick clone for £10.53 .. might be worth a look (especially the Smoktech if you are experimenting with a Smok epipe)?

www.healthcabin.net/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=kick&inc_subcat=0&sort=20a

[chrisjw]

Nov 3, 2013 9:33:23 GMT blakey said:

Nov 3, 2013 9:15:17 GMT chrisjw said:

Hmm.......the kick is to fit in an e-pipe.

So just run the tape down the inside of it ???

Apparently it won't work (maccafan had a look at it for me) like that, but it should work with the battery turned up the other way & the kick fitted in the extension ring, which isn't insulated.......I've ordered the ring, so we shall see.......

[dave]

The kicks can vary in size as well! I've got the cheapy Smoktech clone on the way, just to see if it is any good. I actually like the Crown - because it's smaller and makes up the difference with a separate fuse unit which you can either use or not. This makes it a bit more adaptable. It plays tunes to you as well

[gayhalo]

Nov 2, 2013 22:01:55 GMT chrisjw said:

Nov 2, 2013 21:59:09 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Better connection i think

The reason I ask, I've just looked inside my smok e-pipe & it appears to have a plastic/delrin sleeve from top to bottom.......if thats the case, then the pins wouldn't be against metal.

I am trying to fit a sigelei kick in my SMOK E pipe. Yes the pins that stick out are the negative contact for the electronics of the kick. Yes the e pipe has a plastic liner so no contact. I plan to run a piece of copper shim (thin like 10thou) from the side pin on the kick to the bottom of the battery. I am stuck at the moment because I have protected batteries and they are too long to fit the kick. I have ordered unprotected flat top batteries that are 2mm shorter so they should be ok. I am working on one extension tube and 18350 batteries as I think it would be too long with two extensions and 18500 batteries. Another problem is that the e pipe needs flat top batteries and the kick has a top contact like a button top. This is where the plastic liner will help. I plan to drop a very thin disk of copper in above the kick so a large flat surface is presented to the switch in the pipe. The plastic liner will insulate it. I will update this and maybe add some pictures as I get it going.

[gayhalo]

Nov 3, 2013 14:36:23 GMT chrisjw said:

Nov 3, 2013 9:33:23 GMT blakey said:

So just run the tape down the inside of it ???

Apparently it won't work (maccafan had a look at it for me) like that, but it should work with the battery turned up the other way & the kick fitted in the extension ring, which isn't insulated.......I've ordered the ring, so we shall see.......

I have an extension and a kick. The extension is too large inside diameter for the negative pin to reach and the inside thread it so long the neg pin gets caught up with the thread.

[gayhalo]

Nov 3, 2013 14:36:23 GMT chrisjw said:

Nov 3, 2013 9:33:23 GMT blakey said:

So just run the tape down the inside of it ???

Apparently it won't work (maccafan had a look at it for me) like that, but it should work with the battery turned up the other way & the kick fitted in the extension ring, which isn't insulated.......I've ordered the ring, so we shall see.......

Be careful. If you turn the battery up the other way the case will be positive so the neg pin will be the wrong polarity. There may be a combination but I can only see the kick in the top with the positive end of the battery against the bottom of the kick.

[chrisjw]

Nov 3, 2013 21:15:40 GMT gayhalo said:

Nov 3, 2013 14:36:23 GMT chrisjw said:

Apparently it won't work (maccafan had a look at it for me) like that, but it should work with the battery turned up the other way & the kick fitted in the extension ring, which isn't insulated.......I've ordered the ring, so we shall see.......

I have an extension and a kick. The extension is too large inside diameter for the negative pin to reach and the inside thread it so long the neg pin gets caught up with the thread.

I had a sneaky feeling that there could be a problem with that.......never mind, the extension is in the post to me along with another kick & I'll have a play when they get here......put some pics up when you've done that gayhalo...it'll be interesting to see.

[chrisjw]

Nov 3, 2013 21:20:19 GMT gayhalo said:

Nov 3, 2013 14:36:23 GMT chrisjw said:

Apparently it won't work (maccafan had a look at it for me) like that, but it should work with the battery turned up the other way & the kick fitted in the extension ring, which isn't insulated.......I've ordered the ring, so we shall see.......

Be careful. If you turn the battery up the other way the case will be positive so the neg pin will be the wrong polarity. There may be a combination but I can only see the kick in the top with the positive end of the battery against the bottom of the kick.

Yeah, but what I was thinking was putting the extension on, then putting the battery in upside down, with the kick also upside down at the bottom end of the tube, pressing against the end cap spring.

[chrisjw]

The other idea I thought of, was exposing the inner metal casing where the battery goes in, by removing a strip of the delrin/plastic lining from top to bottom.....just wide enough for the kick to make contact with the inner tube wall....if you see what I mean

[gayhalo]

Nov 3, 2013 21:25:39 GMT chrisjw said:

Nov 3, 2013 21:20:19 GMT gayhalo said:

Be careful. If you turn the battery up the other way the case will be positive so the neg pin will be the wrong polarity. There may be a combination but I can only see the kick in the top with the positive end of the battery against the bottom of the kick.

Yeah, but what I was thinking was putting the extension on, then putting the battery in upside down, with the kick also upside down at the bottom end of the tube, pressing against the end cap spring.

Ok but. The positive end of the battery must go to the bottom of the kick. If the kick is down where the spring is the whole body will be positive..... It needs a negative to the side pin of the kick? So if you then take a feed from the top of the battery (negative) it will need to be fully insulated down to the side pin of the kick.

[gayhalo]

Nov 3, 2013 21:31:10 GMT chrisjw said:

The other idea I thought of, was exposing the inner metal casing where the battery goes in, by removing a strip of the delrin/plastic lining from top to bottom.....just wide enough for the kick to make contact with the inner tube wall....if you see what I mean

I don't know which kick you are looking at but I have a sigelei and the length of the pin would not reach the metal case.... It's just a small ball. Other kicks may be different. If the pin is long enough then you would need a slot all the way down the plastic so you could slide the kick in and out to adjust. There is a very narrow slot in my liner already, could just be widened.

[chrisjw]

Nov 3, 2013 22:08:07 GMT gayhalo said:

Nov 3, 2013 21:31:10 GMT chrisjw said:

The other idea I thought of, was exposing the inner metal casing where the battery goes in, by removing a strip of the delrin/plastic lining from top to bottom.....just wide enough for the kick to make contact with the inner tube wall....if you see what I mean

I don't know which kick you are looking at but I have a sigelei and the length of the pin would not reach the metal case.... It's just a small ball. Other kicks may be different. If the pin is long enough then you would need a slot all the way down the plastic so you could slide the kick in and out to adjust. There is a very narrow slot in my liner already, could just be widened.

Yeah....there is a very narrow slot in mine too.....so, as you say, I thought of widening that slightly, so that the small ball would make contact with the metal......the kick I have is the Segelei one too, although I've just ordered a smok evolve & also bought a genuine evolve from a member this afternoon.