Eleaf istick 30w power protection problem

[mikep1979]

Hi all

I'm a bit of a newbie but not a total newbie. I have a eleaf istick 30w and for the past week it's been playing up. When I have it on 30w it keeps saying protection? I use it on 30w all the time but now I can't use it above 20w so not getting much of a pull on it. Anyone know how to solve this?

[MrDJ]

hi and welcome to AAEC

its never a good idea to run any mod on full power. its always good to have headroom so if you vape at 30watts then a 50-70watt mod would be better and safer.
what tank and coil are you using on th istick.
my istick is over 2 years old now and used every day and it either has nautilus at 12watts or subtank mini at 16watts.
the protection is normally caused by the tank coil but it could be straining the battery and showing protection but ive never seen that before.
i mainly subohm at 50-60watts max and have 2 x alien mods which can run at 220watts

[SteveF]

hi, apparently it's a fairly common problem.
Have you tried cleaning the 510 threads, both mod and tank? Use a cotton bud dipped in rubbing alcohol to make sure that there is no accumulated pocket grime or old juice.

[phtumshk]

If youve had it a while the battery may be on the way out.

[thebishman]

Mar 13, 2017 17:47:57 GMT phtumshk said:

If youve had it a while the battery may be on the way out.

This ^

Its what happened to mine all those yonks ago.

[MrDJ]

i must be lucky then as mine is still going strong and as i said used every day at work and it still holds a full charge.

[djs]

It clearly doesn't like your combination of resistance/power.

If it's doing it when fully charged, then the internal battery is unable to supply the necessary amps.

So, either the battery is old and tired or the chip is playing up.

[mikep1979]

Mar 13, 2017 17:08:58 GMT MrDJ said:

hi and welcome to AAEC

its never a good idea to run any mod on full power. its always good to have headroom so if you vape at 30watts then a 50-70watt mod would be better and safer.
what tank and coil are you using on th istick.
my istick is over 2 years old now and used every day and it either has nautilus at 12watts or subtank mini at 16watts.
the protection is normally caused by the tank coil but it could be straining the battery and showing protection but ive never seen that before.
i mainly subohm at 50-60watts max and have 2 x alien mods which can run at 220watts

I use a kangertech sub tank not sure what size. I used to have the nano but now use the next model up.

Thanks for all the advice guys. Will try cleaning the 510 first but think if vaping at this wattage is a problem for it then I need a better battery.

[MrDJ]

Mar 13, 2017 21:01:13 GMT mikep1979 said:

Mar 13, 2017 17:08:58 GMT MrDJ said:

hi and welcome to AAEC

its never a good idea to run any mod on full power. its always good to have headroom so if you vape at 30watts then a 50-70watt mod would be better and safer.
what tank and coil are you using on th istick.
my istick is over 2 years old now and used every day and it either has nautilus at 12watts or subtank mini at 16watts.
the protection is normally caused by the tank coil but it could be straining the battery and showing protection but ive never seen that before.
i mainly subohm at 50-60watts max and have 2 x alien mods which can run at 220watts

I use a kangertech sub tank not sure what size. I used to have the nano but now use the next model up.

Thanks for all the advice guys. Will try cleaning the 510 first but think if vaping at this wattage is a problem for it then I need a better battery.

your welcome.
the next one up from the nano is the mini which i use every day at work for my custard fix. i use the 1.2 original OCC coil at 16-18watts and it gives great taste and decent cloud. think i did try the 0.5 coil that was in the box but then stuck with the 1.2 after that.

the newer OCC coils are crap so when you buy make sure they are the ones on the left with the flat air holes as the ones with the reses are utter crap and lasted only 3 days compared to 2-3 weeks.