So sorry to hear that.. Yes I read earlier that someone suggested you remove the plastic piece that fell off, I had mine off for cleaning, automotive shop is grimy.. Buttons collect this so well.. That's why I not use control board too.. I made my air intake filter to keep oil and grime out of heater and vape path.. So remove the button cover. Check battery is charged, volt meter on pins show volts. Any way does you just get a -voltage if reversed.When charger not work push battery down as you wriggle it in its seat. Wriggle left to right. If batt no light red.. Charger is bad or batt is full, like lost clusters said. Give battery a charge using adapter and aligator clips to opened up battery. Use bottom circuit board pins. Red is plus. Charge with attention but there is a battery management board in there which actually control charge to cells.. Never direct charge cell if you not now how! Fire... This board can fail I had one go.. Could be just that! If you buy protected 2200maH cells you join em in series and it works just as well. Just charge each cell before u build to ensure balance.. Charge to full.. If you have more than 14.8 volts on battery insert it and push both buttons, use a ball point on bad button, use not write end, there I silicone inside the tube of button. A dead test for button is to line up pen to plastic tube and bring near to your ear, then slowly apply gradual pressure until it stops to move.. It should have a popping sound just before it stops. That's the membrane popping and the contact smacking the other contact.. Hear that and it's 90% that switch is ok. Reassemble button cover, it can go on in any way but in one way it pushes in easy. Remove and rotate by only 90degree increments till it works smooth once clicked in. In any other way it will click but it clicks on lock tabs of plastic tube! Makes u think button works.. Push hard enough and it will lock or bust the tab. This sets button cover off centre and makes it hard to find contact. Else you have mondayitis switch.
The button is made on a Monday eh! It's rare to get bad button. They like the deep insides of computer keyboard, well tested tech by now. I have buttons if you need.. I not use them anymore. I run mine full tilt. If you not tech savy then below is not recommended ok. You need good solder skills. I fixed blown boards for two dudes already they had fuse issue and one had a dead short across digital rail supply! The components used are good Q indeed so you sure unlucky. Heavy hearted I can offer free repair if you want to send it over. I just need you to send it in a reply paid post bag. Like ems bag with return ems bag filled up by you with your address ok, then I am not making clerical errors which sends your vap on goose chase. You pay super fast registered mail, get insurance too.. These vaps are $$$$.
Here is my work address:
Jan BUHRMAN,
Shaws Garage,
38 Alfred Street,
Blackburn 3130,
Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
Skype my mobile Nr +61418337057. Australia eastern times 9:30-very late most nights.. Fixing automotive control circuits.. Rare to find spares prompts repairs.. Even reengineer.. Some of those 80s cars... Mostly them Japanese ones..
I'll fix any minivap these are best vapes you know that. Pure convection takes time to master not using too much flower or tobacco, but does it deliver eh. In spades. Worth the fix. Maybe manufacture fix em quick see with them. They have great customer support.
You can fix button faults easy, look at the traces on the board where button is soldered to. These buttons have a frames which is also soldered to Pcb. What you look for is the pins that the button shorts out when pressed. Usually diagonally opposed pins is the ones, either two. Not on same side... They use 4pins to electrically connect.. Pick two in diagonal and solder wires to them. Now you can test the board... Press the good button at same time as you join the two wires if it lights the button stopped. You can also dead test with ohm meter on the pins whist someone else press the button the ohms should read below .9ohm (not 9). It should dead short! If it does the controller board is suspect.. Usually a small issue too. It employs micro controller, fairly robust.. Sometimes the manufacture process does not get all pins properly soldered.. So try to desolder, with vac pump desolder tool. Then re solder all pins, pray that works.. Run alligator clips to battery pins on Pcb. You can test with a full charge. Open up battery and then you can clip to pins inside on the round circuit board on top.. Or use bench top power supply tv techs use them.. Set to not more than 17v use 16 to be safe, you can test easy this way.
There is a thermo fuse.. Using minivap with live electrics( I left my controller out! Runs hotter and better in my opinion, but no low temp avail in this setting.
Clean your charge pins... Don't drain batteries too often them cells used is its Achilles heel. My new cells out perform till cutout always. I wonder when it will go bye... I'll find out at worst time like always.. But I have another rebuilt batt...he he he. Check air input filter, it can clog.. Make sure of airtight seal on top! It ramps up vape when right. Not need big draws. Also check for solid spring action on minivap to battery pins connector, mine wore out once already.. Used some out of an old Sony radio telephone from the 80s to fix my pin fault.
Oh I mix my flowers with tobacco... Old joint habits from holland die hard. Save flowers for round clock vaping on Sundays.. Nice effect for those who like. But at night it's straight up no mixers.. Use best flowers for nights, poor grade for days, not wipe out the weekend that way. Work and fly days it's Dr. Pats pipe tobacco... Sweet combo.. No combustion and my lungs feel great in less than half a year! I have more power to bike with too.. Pretty fast commute... Puffs of vape as exhaust..
Thanks for your like.. These vaps, stop but its always stupid reasons easy fixed.. With lithium batts so easy and cheap now compared to past.. Easy to make workaround chargers till new ones come.
Invest in hobby grade multi chargers of today, they get you out of jail, even on my ebike batts..
Making pancakes... Put in canna butter and make my new vape.. Instant warm up convection type, should last for 1day plus on a batt like mini vaps.. I'll put Picts up if I can work it out! That's where I noob... On pc...
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