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Awesome! That's it! Thanks for putting the work in. Now I have to source a replacement. The large chip is a MOSFET which likely is turning the heater on and off. I suspect the AX16 is a transistor pack to switch on the MOSFET but it could be anything. Unfortunately my initial attempts to find...

@Friend Man When I zoom into your picture I can almost see there are 4 characters on that small chip. Any chance you can take another look, maybe rotate the board while looking because it might require a certain angle to see. thanks if you can!

Ok thanks for checking. that is indeed the missing chip! it may be the printing is faint or even not there. some manufacturers will remove the codee off chips to try and protect their design. but all the other chips in the solo2 are labelled so it may just be that this part doesn't have a...

Great thanks! Looking at the board with the display facing you, U5 will be to the left of the display. its a very small recangular device with 5 pins, 3 on one side and 2 on the other. There will be a marking U5 on the board near it. If you dont have this you might have a different revision of...

I took apart my Solo 2 to clean out the chamber for better airflow. I know how to do electronics repair. Mine uses a foam gasket around the display which I didn't know about until I took it apart. Unfortuantely the foam gasket bunched up as I slid the internal chassis out of the case and it...

I am happy to report I am back on track with my Switch. The only issue in the end was about shipping the unit back and forth from canada to the US. We tried doing a battery swap first to try and eliminate the need for me to pack and ship the Switch. Coming from canada it would have to be at my...

Have you tried running your Switch without a battery? I haven't. In my case, when my Switche stopped working, it completely stopped working. A new battery didnt solve the problem so it's something in the Switch, perhaps this notorious fuse. Try running the Swithc without a battery and see if it...

Fascinating! I bought the Switch in Feb 2020 from a canadian online vendor, so I likely have one of the older units. Dr. Dabber shipped me a new battery to try first but that didn't fix the problem. Interesting to know mine might be suffering a known issue. that's good news if true because it...

SiC or sapphire? SiC is silicon carbide. Sapphire is a different material. SiC is opaque dark grey like pencil carbon. Sapphire will likely be translucent white to a subtle blue.

What is a good alternat UPS is going to be $50 (that's $50 CAD = $40 USD) tand they can pick up. I was only offered a quartz crucible or carb cap both of which I already have. However if you can offer a store credit and allow me to use it for some products to ship back with the repaired...

That makes no sense. What is a good alternative to the Switch that is not made by Dr. Dabber and has a good quality and reliability track record? TL;DR I only know the Switch. Luckily I have a Cloud kicking around... and, on a whim, I bought 8 3rd party concentrate tubes for the Cloud in a...

Welp... after a year of using by Switch daily, it died. It just stopped working. DD sent me a battery that got stuck in the mail for 4 weeks. It finally arrived today. It doesn't work. I have to send them the Switch back. I am in Canada and my personal covid appraoch is shelter in place, so...

Hi. The stock Switch Crucible is 12.3mm inside diameter. I don't use the Switch SiC crucible and am not sure of its outside diameter. I do use a SiC for the Focus V Carta, which can be had cheaper. They are both 11mm OD. One is 8.6 ID and the other 9.1 ID (the former has thicker walls). In order...

Yes. You will have to accept more waste at lower temps. I find that the less refined the product the more active reside is left. Increasing temps allows it to further vape. I suppose it depends on the quality of what you are using as well. For example I find "diamonds" grade to leave very little...

I use the Switch in advanced mode which provides temps 300-780F in 20F increments. The display is very easy to use once you remember what range the coloured LEDs relate too. I know they say cannabanoids and terps vapourize at 410F however I find I have to go higher. I am not sure if this...