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Post by potvmark on Sept 1, 2014 9:13:40 GMT
I took that photo during one of the many disassembly/assembly frolics of Saturday. As long as it keeps on keeping on I'm leaving the bloody thing alone. PS I love it really  |
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Post by potvmark on Sept 1, 2014 6:49:32 GMT
A great picture there that explains the problem for anyone else having the same issue. Yes thanks for the explanation miniecig, I was still scratching my head wondering how the fault could have been the brass pin if the atty was firing when the wire was used. So it was down to the contact of the 510 insert after all. Has been good to see a vendor get involved across multiple forums to help see their customers happy.  I'm not sure either but for me it was definitely the pin that made an instant difference. I mean instant. Fire. I have some anodising inside the 510 thread though. I suppose its possible that constant screwing/unscrewing forced the contact. I don't know...and I don't care  |
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Post by potvmark on Aug 31, 2014 19:00:21 GMT
Glad I could help. We are all Vapers  |
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Post by potvmark on Aug 31, 2014 18:20:48 GMT
Thanks for signing in and letting us know how it went for you potvmark, I'll give that a try too, I have already had the brass pin tested at every position along its length and dismissed it as I couldn't get the base plate in flush The one thing that is puzzling me and leads me to assume my microstick issue is different is that if I hold a wire against microstick body and on edge of firing button I can vape to my hearts content (if I'd be willing to juggle octopus hands to achieve this) This makes me assume theres a circle of current running at least into coil as its firing with an external connection.. ? I thought the <<going into>> connection was the brass pin on the brass base plate and the <<coming out>> was the stainless steel 510 connector itself, going through the inside body of microstick to brass button grooves....... Now I'm really confused, I might need the 'circle of current' explained to me in idiot language  I could get it to fire using the wire from pressed button to body trick (burnt me thumb in the process with a thin wire...with a paper clip I could vape away) so go figure! I can tell you that I did disassemble the 510 connector, cleaned and reassembled. No difference. Same cleaning the threads. But as soon as I realised the two brasses (bottom of 510 and the 'bar') weren't quite touching...I guessed the problem I should add that it's firing well too. Can't detect much voltage drop |
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Post by potvmark on Aug 31, 2014 17:36:30 GMT
Nice of you to drop over and help out potvmark, I look at and enjoy the Mod Making section over there. No problem. Hope it helps I will pop by later to see if it has |
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Post by potvmark on Aug 31, 2014 17:23:05 GMT
Hi, my name is Mark, an admin on POTV and I've joined up here because of this thread and a wish to help if I can My Microstick arrived on Saturday and I experienced exactly the issue the OP has. Four month wait and I empathise with the disappointment. After searching the mini-ecig site, the known issues and the FAQ etc I googled my issue and found this thread which I've followed. Anyhow mine is now working after trying all the things so far mentioned above without any joy I copy below my last email to Mini-ecig which hopefully is self explanatory... "Ok here's the deal. I've got it working Disassembled it again. The problem was that the central brass pin in the 510 connector wasn't quite hitting the brass bar on the base section (either in 18350 mode or via the brass extender pin) as it was flush against the plastic and not protruding at all. I pulled the brass pin from the bottom end out by maybe 1-2mm and reassembled after reinserting the attie a little tighter (now more room). However the base plate was no longer flush and looked askew. Disassembled again and pushed the 510 brass pin back in a smidge so that when assembled it still protruded enough to hit the brass bar. After a couple of attempts I have it flush and working with both the Spheroid and my nature vape mini tanks. A bit of faff but finally it works fine. I thought I had adjusted the brass pin in the 510 earlier but I did it while the attie was installed. Maybe by removing and reinstalling a little tighter did the trick." Hope it helps |
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