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I've ordered 3 spares this morning along with an SD keyring maxi so that should sort me out for a while, in the meantime I'll have a go at doing the centre pin today to see if that helps and if I manage to break it then it won't be a problem as I've now got a spare coming.

Graham

No I haven't tried that yet Chrissie purely because I'm just a wee bit frightened of breaking it - sad but true.

Right lads, I don't think it's the battery centre pin thats been pushed down too far but I raised it a bit anyway, I put the clearomiser on and it worked - once , and then nothing again.

It seems to be intermittent, I tested it with a meter but my knowledge of using one of those is virtually zero, but I think I did it right because when I touched the two needles together but when I put one needle on the centre piece and the other on the outside for the earth then I got no reading.

Since typing this which has taken about 2 minutes I've just tried it again and I pressed the button once and it worked, I pressed the button again and it worked again, I pressed the button for the third time and it didn't work. ARRRG!!!

I'll have a look at it tomorrow, it's enough to drive someone to smoking - only joking!!

Graham

It appears that the clearomiser from my Riva 1100 has stopped working, it's definately not the battery as the battery works fine with the cartomiser. When I say it doesn't work I mean it's not heating up, if I press the battery button there was normally a little noise from the juice heating up but there is no noise at all now and of course, no vapour.

I have filled it up twice today, the first initial fill then later on a top up as it was about half through and reading the instructions it advices you to top up rather than letting it get too low which is understandable. It was a few minutes after the top up that I noticed the problem, it heated up for a few times of vaping but then nothing, I left it and checked the battery, I put it on charge just to see if it was that but while it was doing that I swapped the other battery over to see if it was that but that wouldn't work either so it's definitely something to do with the clearomiser.

Have I screwed it up somehow? I can't see how I can as there doesn't seem to be much to screw up, there's no juice in the centre core, I've cleaned both the battery connections (although I knew they were OK) and also cleaned the underside of the clearomiser where it screws to the battery - I can't think what else to do to be honest. I have also drained the juice from it and flushed it through with hot water (not boiling) as per the instructions and will allow to dry overnight.

Basically - HELP!! What have I done!!

I've still got the cartomiser to vape on so not all is lost, I'm more worried that I've broken something somehow.

Graham

I thought that might be the case, that's what I'm vaping now.

Cheers buddy, much appreciated.
Graham

Yep, I have to admit it, this vaping malarky is pure gold, I've been puffing away since this morning with no ill effects so far and thoroughly enjoying myself, so much so that I've packed all my packs of normal cigarettes up ready to take to work on Monday to see if I can sell them, I'm pretty sure that the smokers there will bite my hand off for the price I shall charge them.

I bought a couple of hundred back last week from my holiday in Madeira and they would have all been smoked by now with some more bought as well so the savings already are huge considering the amount I smoked a day even taking into account the kit I've bought let alone the health implications.

I've even got my sister on the tentative first stages of vaping since yesterday and I think she's going to be OK with it too, maybe not as quick as it happened to me but given a little time I think from the way she was talking this morning then she'll succeed eventually.

Chrissie, I think I'm going to take you up on your advice and go for the maxi version you suggested as I do miss the fact I can't just gradually puff away without pressing the button and they are a bit big and heavy too keep in your mouth, I'm so used to having a cigarette in my mouth (that's probably why I smoked so much) to constantly pull on and I miss that bit so these maxi's look the ideal solution.

Just one question though, in the ordering section of the maxi you have a choice of several pre filled flavours with one of them being B & H, I've smoked B & H and liked them but I can't seem to find on the website the B & H juice - is it under a different name? Either B & H or what I used to smoke up until last week which was JPS Black will do.

Thanks for any help.
Graham

A special thanks to you Chrissie for the advice you gave me, that really was appreciated. If there is a downside to the Riva (for me) is that I would quite often smoke a cigarette and the disposable e cigs by keeping it in my mouth and pulling on it much like smoking a pipe, with the Riva then that's not really an option as you have to keep the button pressed down but in retrospect, then that's probably not a bad thing but just something I'm going to have to get used to.