Cartos dying on lavatube

[womble]

This may be nothing but coincidence.

But, I've had these new cartos about the same amount of time as my LT and I think all 3 I have now tried, have died after a few days/week.

They are some generic carto, not saying where from, but it's a decent company.

They vape well and I put the 1st one or two just stopping working as one of those things.

It happens after a heavy vaping session.

But I was just thinking about it and I've never had a carto just stop working before, just bung up.

Anyone else had this?

Btw, what are you finding the best cartos on the LT?

[Gordy]

i've never had a carto just stop working... my thoughts are that the connection on the bottom is being pressed up and cant make contact correctly.... grab a tiny flat tip screwdriver and see if you can prise it down a tad and see if that helps

[warlordxxx - (Mark)]

+1 on what Gordy said i've never had one that went pop just tight on the draw currently i'm using Boge 2.0Ohm cartos on mine because i ordered 50 from HC and refuse to not use them

[ian]

+2 Gordy is spot on with his information.Gently lift the centre pin with a small phillips screwdriver or similar and job is done.A common thing to happen with most mods.Just go easy and gentle so you dont rip the pin out of place

[womble]

Funnily enough, I was doing something else online and the next one just went, this was only after a couple of hours vaping.

No change in anything I was doing, it just stopped working.

So I tried Gordys advice and nothing happened, I have plenty of screwdrivers here and found the right one which would lift up the centre contact gently and it made no difference, completely dead.

Bummer. I tried a couple of them including the latest one, on my riva batteries, just in case and it made no difference.

So it looks like I'll have to contact the seller and go from there.

Shame though, as the seller really helped me out when I was desperate.

Is there any test I can do with a multimeter to test whether this one has really gone? (the other ones are in the bin)

[blakey]

+3 the well on the Lavatube is quite deep and some cartos connectors get pushed in and won't make contact. Try boges on it or I've been having a lot of success with the ultimate CE2s after the rubber cut mod has been performed

[ian]

What brand of cartomiser are you using Womble?Ive never ever had a Boge cartomiser die and ive used hundreds of the things.I have however had duds from other brands of cartos including the kanger bottom coils.I would contact the seller with the issue as you have said,im sure you will get sorted out.Maybe a chinese QC issue?

[womble]

They are just known as a bottom coil cartomiser, at 2.6 - 3.0 ohms.

No brand.

I maybe should have gone for a named brand, but I needed them when I got them.

I'll have to contact the seller. I'm certain I will be sorted out, that's not the issue tbh. I wondered if it was something to do with the LT.
Glad it's not. Cos I love my LT

[Gordy]

Jan 6, 2012 23:12:38 GMT womble said:

Is there any test I can do with a multimeter to test whether this one has really gone? (the other ones are in the bin)

you can run a continuity or a resistance test on the cartos... place one probe on the center pin and one on the screw thread

[womble]

Jan 7, 2012 2:28:49 GMT Gordy said:

you can run a continuity or a resistance test on the cartos... place one probe on the center pin and one on the screw thread

Thanks

Just checked the one that died and no continuity.
Must have burnt out somehow.

[Gordy]

Jan 7, 2012 14:30:47 GMT womble said:

Jan 7, 2012 2:28:49 GMT Gordy said:

you can run a continuity or a resistance test on the cartos... place one probe on the center pin and one on the screw thread

Thanks

Just checked the one that died and no continuity.
Must have burnt out somehow.

thats really unusual you must have a dodgy batch... best contact vendor buddy

[womble]

OMG it's the lavatube that's killing them.

I finished off what I thought was the dodgy batch and a different one went, it then cost me 2 other cartos to prove conclusively that it's the LT that's doing the damage. ???

Thankgod I have the riva as a backup.

I'm guessing that something has gone wrong with the limitation in it. Although I wasn't vaping above 5v and with std res cartos.

[Anne (fuzzy)]

You definitely need to contact the seller womble, it should still be under guarantee.

[Chrissie]

Womble, I have had a couple of cartomisers die, rather than just fade away, after a couple of days. However, it does sound to me that your lavatube may be shorting them out. Are the remaining ones OK on your Riva?

[DiscoDes]

Have you tried using the meter on the Lavatube to see if the voltage on the screen agrees with the LT display?