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Post by womble on Jan 10, 2012 21:45:34 GMT
Yes they are fine, well the one I am using is.
I tried the last 2 cartos on the riva first, filled them, then vaped for a few minutes and then stuck them on the LT, result was dead cartos straight away, no mucking about, no few minutes vaping, just dead after initial fire up.
I've contacted Kev, he got back straight away and I'm sending back the LT for inspection, I'm hoping he finds the same problems as me, because if he doesn't..........leaves me in a bit of a hole.
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Post by womble on Jan 10, 2012 21:48:20 GMT
Have you tried using the meter on the Lavatube to see if the voltage on the screen agrees with the LT display? You can't measure the under fire voltage unless you have a carto in there. I tried using the LT to check the voltage in use with the last one, but it died before I could check it and it obviously doesn't work with nothing in it.
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Post by Anne (fuzzy) on Jan 10, 2012 23:33:10 GMT
Kev will sort it out womble
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Post by scooter on Jan 11, 2012 0:24:48 GMT
That's a bummer Womble, the vendor will sort you out if he's one of this crowd, I had a similar thing with 2 brand new really neat passthru 900Mha? Ego batteries, I was gutted, they were not cheap. I reckon it was sloppy rebuilds on my Bulli, one still works after a fashion, holds a charge, but you have to screw the atty on and off to make contact, the button does not work, and it's pumpig out silly volts, would explode if I left the atty in contact, so it's in the "bit box" with the other that's just dead. All this kit is still at the "enthusiast" stage, quality control/R&D is done by the end user, it's why centre stage changes by the month/week/day........ Not moaning mind...still a million times better than fags and far far cheaper...just saying for any new folk that are now flocking in their thousands to this new hobby. Progress is driven by you the user, you are off the fags, the main thing, if you see a better way of doing things, contribute to the development, it's your community, your health, your future, it does not belong to any big pharma' company or government...choose life..(how cheesey is that :-)
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Post by womble on Jan 18, 2012 13:18:36 GMT
A good result!
Kev at Freedom Vape sent me a new one, so I presume he found something wrong with the one I sent him.
And the new one has a straight 510 connection on it! brilliant.
He also sent 5 new boges for me. Which was over what he had to do. So no complaints there from me.
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Post by Chrissie on Jan 18, 2012 15:29:22 GMT
Excellent news Womble & Kudos to Kev
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Post by Gordy on Jan 18, 2012 15:31:04 GMT
Kev @ freedomvape is an awesome vendor and a great bloke to boot
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Post by tizerbelle on Jan 18, 2012 18:38:49 GMT
Great result womble. And kudos to Kev.
I was only saying to Darren (Safercigs) yesterday when he went above and beyond great customer service that the integrity shown by UK vaping suppliers (at least those I have used so far) is way beyond what you experience with the vast majority of other retailers (whether high street or online) in the UK.
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Post by Anne (fuzzy) on Jan 18, 2012 18:45:12 GMT
Couldn't agree more Tizer
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Post by blakey on Jan 18, 2012 20:10:40 GMT
What a kiss ass that kev is lol, nice one Kev .
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Post by Perpetua on Jan 18, 2012 22:22:13 GMT
Another kissy, for Kev's botty. Not sure if that's what I mean actually.
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Post by womble on Jan 22, 2012 18:35:13 GMT
You are not going to believe this, but with the new LT, I was using one of the existing cartos I had fine, for a few days. Needed a new one, so popped on one of the SR Boges Kev sent me, one night of furious vaping and it died......
I'm not even sure people believe me any more. Kev said he couldn't find any problems with my old LT, but it killed one carto, but that might be because he ran it dry.
I really don't understand what is going on here, what on earth can I be doing wrong?
I never let them run dry, never vaped above 4.8v. I don't get it. I am vaping too often with it? Why didn't this happen when I vape the same way with my Riva, extra voltage? Why is no one else having the same problem?
If I dissect this latest dead carto, will it tell me anything?
Sorry lots of questions, but I don't have any answers!
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Post by womble on Jan 22, 2012 19:03:39 GMT
Could I be running them too dry?
I used the griz wiz to get all of the spare juice out of the broken carto and there didn't seem to be as much as I thought there would be.
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Post by Perpetua on Jan 22, 2012 19:51:18 GMT
They really are best kept wet Womble, which could be why the carto tanks are proving so popular, they're keeping them wet all the time and prolonging the lifespan as well. . . rather than having to guesstimate when they need topping.
I wonder if it's not beyond the realms of possibilty that you could have a duff batch of carto's?
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Post by womble on Jan 22, 2012 21:32:42 GMT
Too many different types of carto now.
I thought I've always kept them wet tbh. I really do. I don't know what to think now. I've started soaking a carto earlier and I'll leave it till tomorrow to soak through. See how I get on with that. It might be a one off.
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