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YES, FINALLY!!

Thank the GODS!

This Boveda versus Integra debate comes up often. It ends up as a “taste” issue, and therefore one based on personal preferences. As...

I mean the heating of the vapcap, it’s still a bit to quick from cold to click at 12.6 to 12V.

Most of the tuning can be done with the coil. Adding a turn will reduce the power draw. Glad to hear you found a common denominator...

I may have got this sorted. The solderingiron was too weak I think, and generally of bad quality. The new station is digital and have...

i don’t know for sure :hmm: but the stock ones blows as well and they are rated for those voltages

Im buying the boards from china, no idea how to check if they are knockoffs. They are cheap so they might be? My replacement fets is...

Okay thanks for your time and effort! I’ll order another batch of zvs boards and hope for the best with those. It’ll take a month for...

Here’s todays build:

Yes 50c rate lipo can delinger som power! Rescued another board today, new fets and subassembly again. I installed a 10A fuse before...

569w and 51A later the board is toast to say the least. I checked the surfaces and table with a metal detector to rule out nearby...

And it was! This was the first test, I’m scared to push the button since it has blown so many times :lol: https://streamable.com/l77ej3...

Thank you, that was exactly my thinking the first 15 times. I thought Id maybe just did a little mistake here and there, so i tried to...

Other more sinister problems happened when coils short to themselves or the core. The work coil cannot have a short, typically not a...