TC mod Gearbest £12-71 !!! 40W.......ERROR :(

[robby]

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[phtumshk]

Aug 14, 2015 12:45:35 GMT robby said:

The ribbon is in the middle of that hotglue  They have a black wire on the top plate, but I dont trust it.

The black wire does have a circuit through to the 510 ground so the label may be right.

Thanks for that info/pic reg the board robby

If its connected to the 510 it probably  is the negative then as thats how Id wire it up.

[robby]

As it is, if right, it`s not going to have a very secure negative, the dimple on the copper plate is barely 1mm and the battery wrap may defeat it :/ , and that spring at the other end could possibly short out the positive with the side of the battery.

[robby]

Aug 14, 2015 13:27:41 GMT phtumshk said:

Aug 14, 2015 12:45:35 GMT robby said:

The ribbon is in the middle of that hotglue  They have a black wire on the top plate, but I dont trust it.

The black wire does have a circuit through to the 510 ground so the label may be right.

Thanks for that info/pic reg the board robby

If its connected to the 510 it probably  is the negative then as thats how Id wire it up.

I wish you luck getting that out without wrecking the ribbon cable.

[phtumshk]

Aug 14, 2015 13:33:56 GMT robby said:

Aug 14, 2015 13:27:41 GMT phtumshk said:

Thanks for that info/pic reg the board robby

If its connected to the 510 it probably  is the negative then as thats how Id wire it up.

I wish you luck getting that out without wrecking the ribbon cable.

Ill just liberally spread some juice about inside and after a week it should just drop out lol.

[phatfil]

a new oled is less than £3 so hack away at the glue and if you screw up its not the end of the world..

[phtumshk]

Aug 14, 2015 13:49:55 GMT phatfil said:

a new oled is less than £3 so hack away at the glue and if you screw up its not the end of the world..

There a bit hit and miss to resolder on the clone boards but I have managed it once.
They have no location holes like a legit evolv board which makes it fairly straight forward.

[decoy]

test it with multimeater
should not be any resistance between 510 neg and batt neg

i thinks

[phatfil]

Aug 14, 2015 14:41:05 GMT phtumshk said:

Aug 14, 2015 13:49:55 GMT phatfil said:

a new oled is less than £3 so hack away at the glue and if you screw up its not the end of the world..

There a bit hit and miss to resolder on the clone boards but I have managed it once.
They have no location holes like a legit evolv board which makes it fairly straight forward.

Ahh must admit I assumed a zif board connection

[phtumshk]

Aug 14, 2015 16:16:55 GMT phatfil said:

Aug 14, 2015 14:41:05 GMT phtumshk said:

There a bit hit and miss to resolder on the clone boards but I have managed it once.
They have no location holes like a legit evolv board which makes it fairly straight forward.

Ahh must admit I assumed a zif board connection

That said it might well be easy enough to line it up with a decent magnifier which I dont have.
First 1 I tried to do I left it powered up, when the screen came on I hit it with the solder iron.
When I dragged it across the stripes 1 of the caps on the back of the board exploded.
You live and learn lol.

[robby]

Ref the mod, if it turns out that the battery direction is as indicated by the label it should be an easy enough job to swap the copper plates round although you would need to glue the top plate in. I have tried both ways and mine wont fire at all. The first way I tried was as indicated, but who is to know what fecked it, or was it just a faulty mod? I have a support ticket in. I`ll let you know.

[flavourtank]

Aug 15, 2015 9:42:22 GMT robby said:

Ref the mod, if it turns out that the battery direction is as indicated by the label it should be an easy enough job to swap the copper plates round although you would need to glue the top plate in. I have tried both ways and mine wont fire at all. The first way I tried was as indicated, but who is to know what fecked it, or was it just a faulty mod? I have a support ticket in. I`ll let you know.

mine came today, will have a play later and let you know

[flavourtank]

Aug 14, 2015 11:33:41 GMT robby said:

flavourtank Did you get yours yet? Just received mine, that label in the battery compartment looks the wrong way round, is yours the same?

The ones on FT are the other way round

mines got 2 positives at top on sticker

[phtumshk]

Aug 15, 2015 9:42:22 GMT robby said:

Ref the mod, if it turns out that the battery direction is as indicated by the label it should be an easy enough job to swap the copper plates round although you would need to glue the top plate in. I have tried both ways and mine wont fire at all. The first way I tried was as indicated, but who is to know what fecked it, or was it just a faulty mod? I have a support ticket in. I`ll let you know.

Thats a bit of a bugger robby.
Lights up but wont fire or just completely dead?

[flavourtank]