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Post by jmc160 on Jul 12, 2014 17:31:09 GMT
Hi folks, I know it's been a while since I posted this but just wanted to pop a quick update on... A while back I emailed the site where I bought the Kanger T3D and I was told to send it back so they could test it. Unfortunately things got in the way and I never got round to it. But my wife went to work the other day in a bit of a rush, and mistakenly took my e-cig instead of hers. They're identical except there's a small sticker on hers so we can tell them apart (in theory!) but she was in such a hurry she forgot to check this. I don't like the juice she does, so I didn't really fancy spending the day having to use hers and didn't want to empty the juice out and go through cleaning it all etc. just so I could use mine. Seemed a bit wasteful. Recently we've bought some juice and I got some more coil heads to stock up while I was ordering and to make the price up for free delivery, and while I was considering my options I remembered I still had the T3D and so I checked to see whether these new coil heads were compatible with it. Turns out they were. I replaced the head that came with the T3D with one of these new ones, stuck a bit of juice in and lo and behold, it works!  So it seems the stock coils were to blame at least in my case (we actually ended up with two T3D's and both suffered the same problem. Both were fixed by replacing the coil heads). My wife and I are now both using the T3D's as they're a bit bigger so they hold more, and we're finding they give a better vape than the ones that came with the kit. they're also different colours, so it's now much easier to tell them apart I'm off to email the web site again now, to apologise for not sending them back and to inform them of the fix too. |
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Post by jmc160 on Jun 3, 2014 18:52:26 GMT
My Evod 2 kit has arrived! Nice to see the batteries came fully charged and all nicely packaged with certificate of authenticity too Also got four new flavours of juice in the delivery and after a quick taster of each, I've filled the Evod's clearomiser with Red Cola and am once again happily vaping away  I've also tried those other clearo's on one of the new batteries, confirmed it doesn't work on that either so I'll be sending them back to the store I got them from for testing, hopefully I'll be able to get a refund. Thanks everyone for the help! |
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Post by jmc160 on May 31, 2014 7:33:21 GMT
Just read the whole thread, and I'm inclined to agree, go to Myepack and get yourself one of their Evod starter kits. Everything will work straight out of the box, and what's more the Evod gives a great vapour too. As you quite rightly say, it's less than a month's fag money, and will last one hell of a lot longer I've just ordered the Evod 2 black kit from myepack. Spent a bit more than I intended though.. That'll teach me to browse the flavoured juices  Just need to wait for that to turn up now, then I'm back on track! Thanks all for the replies and thanks for the links to myepack. Prices look a lot better than the other site I've been using (juices are about half the price) so I'll definitely be using them again. |
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Post by jmc160 on May 31, 2014 7:29:37 GMT
I got a T3'd today and have had to put it away, it has started leaking and gurgling and wont work on any of my battery's, ie itaste vv3, spinner and spinnerII, and a few others, it worked for a while on my spinner II, then nothing even pulling the center pin up on all the battery's brought no joy, I have emailed the vendor to see if I have a duff one, so shall wait and see what he say's, shame really as it looked rather nice on my SS spinner II  . Jules Interesting.. I've also emailed the vendor and they've asked me to send it back to them for testing. I think I'll just wait til my new kit turns up so I can do one more test for myself before I send it off. |
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Post by jmc160 on May 30, 2014 22:31:55 GMT
Thanks for digging that out I've given it a try, it doesn't make any difference I'm afraid. I think it's time to just buy some new batteries or something. Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply and offer the tips and thoughts. |
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Post by jmc160 on May 30, 2014 21:11:57 GMT
 must be as rednutt says post is too short therefore not meeting ...but You would've thought that the adapter would've rectified that Yeah, I guess I'll just have to spend some more money then Question is, do I go for new batteries or try another type of clearomiser? Or should I just ditch all this stuff I have and get a kit? I'm working on a tight budget, but to be honest if I spend £50 on a new solution (although I'd rather not) it's still less than I'd spend on cigs in a month. |
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Post by jmc160 on May 30, 2014 20:59:50 GMT
Yip the metal post is supposed to be there that part which screws into the collar is the atomiser/ clearomiser head or coil unit this has to be tight in the collar to enable battery to heat the coil and thus vaporize the liquid OK great, so it all appears to be fitted together properly and all nice and tight, but still no joy, although I am now getting different behaviour from the two batteries.. On one, if I fit the clearo directly to it OR via the adapter, I get the light come on but it doesn't work. On the other battery, if I connect it via the adapter it flashes three times, but without the adapter it does the same as the former battery. |
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Post by jmc160 on May 30, 2014 20:57:57 GMT
Ok, so I've given it a good checkover and it appears to all be OK (as far as my untrained eye can tell). I've taken the bottom bit out, and there's another bit in there that unscrews from the collar (it wasn't tightened down properly, but fixing that hasn't made any difference). I've removed the little metal post from that bit, it's a post that sits just above the bit of cotton that sticks out of both sides. I'm not sure if that's supposed to connect to anything, but it looks like it just sits above a little part that's holding the cotton (could this be the coil? it looks coil shaped). I've put it all back together as it was and made sure everything is screwed down properly, but still no luck I've also put one of the batteries on charge so I can check that as well. Put it back, if you try and use the clearo without it you will get flooded. It's an integral part of the head. Sorry should have worded that better I removed it to check it, then put it straight back again |
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Post by jmc160 on May 30, 2014 20:49:15 GMT
I have a kanger t3d and t3s also and they dont work my egos or my itaste. The connections just don't meet! I use my mini protank and iclear16s on my itaste vv and t3d t3s on my smok tech vmax as they work brilliant on that. I've ditched my ego batteries for innokin itaste vv v3 from www.myepack.co.uk which came with 5 iclear 16s. Love it. Not sure what other batteries the t3d would fit on sorry. Thanks, I've not seen that site before.. I'll have a mooch shortly. |
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Post by jmc160 on May 30, 2014 20:48:27 GMT
Thanks for the tip, that looks a good price.. I was hoping I could save a bit by just buying what I need to get these clearo's working, but the more I play with them the more I think it's better to just buy another kit and have done with it. |
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Post by jmc160 on May 30, 2014 20:44:37 GMT
No the head is the bit inside with the wick ....cotton Ok, so I've given it a good checkover and it appears to all be OK (as far as my untrained eye can tell). I've taken the bottom bit out, and there's another bit in there that unscrews from the collar (it wasn't tightened down properly, but fixing that hasn't made any difference). I've removed the little metal post from that bit, it's a post that sits just above the bit of cotton that sticks out of both sides. I'm not sure if that's supposed to connect to anything, but it looks like it just sits above a little part that's holding the cotton (could this be the coil? it looks coil shaped). I've put it all back together as it was and made sure everything is screwed down properly, but still no luck I've also put one of the batteries on charge so I can check that as well. |
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Post by jmc160 on May 30, 2014 20:30:07 GMT
Have you checked that the atomiser head is screwed in place .... some are loose when shipped :-) Check this ^ Thanks both.. Just to be sure, is the head the bit that you unscrew at the base to fill it? *runs off to ask google* |
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Post by jmc160 on May 30, 2014 20:28:50 GMT
jmc160 Possible a couple of things. 1 adapter is shorting out battery 2 the battery central pin is shorting. if it's that old, the insulator around the central pin (look in the top where you screw the clearo) You should see a shiney post surrounded by a grommit. BTW, 510 fitting is where the clearo screws in using the smaller set of threads Ego fitting uses the larger set of threads found on the outside. If it's a case of bad insulator (2 above) just buy a couple of new batteries. they all have both fittings on. I've looked as closely as I can at the battery pin, and it looks to be OK, but that is to my extremely untrained eye Your option 1 makes sense, and I can only assume that that might be what the flashing light means. I believe I've seen the light do that before, but for the life of me I can't remember why or what I did to fix it.. I'm starting to think a new battery is in order. Any recommendations of a battery that will work with these new clearo's? |
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Post by jmc160 on May 30, 2014 20:25:21 GMT
hmm, now then -- that reminds me kanger T3D, I know I bought some kanger T3S tanks and they were a complete swine on both my itaste vv's but worked fine on an ego battery. There is a chance its the connection (that may be hindered by the tanks collar) I used to have to screw them on overly firm to get them to work <<am surmising/guessing here>> I must admit the screw fitting isn't as "clean" as the old cartomisers, which would screw down and the stop. The clearo seems to tighten up a little before it gets there. |
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Post by jmc160 on May 30, 2014 20:22:16 GMT
welcome back ...I just did a swift google, if I fished out the right thing it looks like a normal ego style kit? How long is it since you used your as it could just be a half dead battery as they do degenerate with time Thanks very much, I've just checked back in my email to see if I could find the order confirmation, and apparently I bought it in October 2011!! I had no idea it'd been that long... It was last used yesterday with the last of the unused cartomisers that came with it. I've been using it for about a couple of weeks with no problems, I've also had a dripper on there and that's worked fine too. I'll try charging it now though, to see if it makes any difference... |
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So it seems the stock coils were to blame at least in my case (we actually ended up with two T3D's and both suffered the same problem. Both were fixed by replacing the coil heads).
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