Discontinued Purple-Days Vaporizer

[momofthegoons]

Hi azlogger, and welcome to the forum.

There are a few people here who have built their own PD with the Pandora kit that was available for a while. You may be able to get some information from the old thread on that kit here.

 

[OKcomputer]

I just ordered a HI, and I plan on putting my Black Walnut PD up in the classifieds section soon. The question is, how best to clean it? The only thing that's even remotely dirty is the cross bar in the heat port that prevents the stem from falling into the unit.

I'm assuming that I can just clean it with 91% ISO, but how best to do that? Keep the unit upside down and just continually dab it on with a q-tip? I'm assuming the unit should be turned off during this, but would the heat actually help loosen the material for cleaning?

I'll also be including a UD glass stem with some silicone. Can the silicone be cleaned with ISO as well, or will that ruin it?

 

[High n Dry]

im having a purple day!

 

[drewper]

Yo tambien! Gotta love days off.

 

[wolf torn]

Cheers to my favorite vape

 

[ted]

Well I have read a lot of this thread before I bought my Purple-Days but I didn't come across an answer to my question I currently have...

My PD just stopped getting as hot...it was like instant too. I smoked...lied down on bed to play with my bulldog (they are too adorable to ignore!) - then my brother came in (15 mins after I last successfully vaped) went to vape and it was stone cold.

We unplugged plugged back in and it heated up again - but was not vaping the green nearly as much as before. Barely getting a hit and the product was still bright green.

I will test the car adapter to see if it heats up, but outside of that - any suggestions? Does this seem like power source issue? I assume it is since the unit will still heat up....but just not "fully".

Sorry if answers are to be found in the thread, but 400 pages is a lot to scour through. I also can't contact Purple Days of course I just found out about that "situation". I see from reading it has been talked about ad nauseum - but pretty disappointing.

Also last question - I remember Tom being very specific about power supplys - but can't find it now. If I do need another power supply - what is a safe alternative?

 

[scientist22]

anyone else have issues with the wood cracking? I'm not sure when it happened but the top near the hole has started to crack on two side, not to sure how far down the cracks go but they are not just at the surface. I'm wondering if that kind of damage is covered under warranty?

 

[momofthegoons]

scientist22, there are no more warranties on the PD, as Tom has gone out of business. There are some issues that Dave from UD can help with, but I don't know that cracking is one of them.

ted, Tom used the Jameco adapter that Rick sells here. I don't have the part number handy; maybe someone else will chime in.

 

[max]

anyone else have issues with the wood cracking?

It's often due to the wood not being dry enough when it's turned into a vape. If you like the PD, it sounds like you'd be interested in the CRZ. It's improved over the PD, with an isolated vapor path, and ceramic insulation.


Jameco part # is 10081. Jameco AC adapter

 

[wolf torn]

In sick of hearing the CRZ is an improvment when there are a lot of users that complain its not hot enough.

 

[PurpleDazed]

In sick of hearing the CRZ is an improvment when there are a lot of users that complain its not hot enough.

Hmm well I have A CRZ, PD, TT, and WDZ and they all use the same heat source. And I use the TT and CRZ religously on a daily basis. I prefer them because they ARE Hotter.

Chances are the users you refer to are total noobs and dont leave it plugged in 24/7 or pack the stems to tight where you cant draw anything thru.

So go see a Dr. and get something to cure your sickness

 

[lwien]

Hmm well I have A CRZ, PD, TT, and WDZ and they all use the same heat source. And I use the TT and CRZ religously on a daily basis. I prefer them because they ARE Hotter.

If my PD were any hotter, it would run into combustion. This whole "TT, CRZ's, etc" running hotter than PD's is just plain wrong.

I'm not saying, Purple Dazed, that you are making a general statement here and realize full well that you are just referring to your particular vapes, but I just want to clarify that as a general statement, it's just not true. What is true is the girth of the vape along with the particular wood being used has MUCH more to do with temp variances than if it is either a PD or a CRZ.

 

[caseball2051]

if i understand the new CRZ model your assumptions about girth and wood are false. the wood is mostly for show on the CRZ if im remembering correctly. While it does insulate and get warm, the heater is isolated indepedent from the wood.

the wood on the PD is the insulator. so youre assumptions there are correct. the girth and wood density woudl definitely make a difference in temperature.

 

[lwien]

if i understand the new CRZ model your assumptions about girth and wood are false. the wood is mostly for show on the CRZ if im remembering correctly.

I thought the same thing but was corrected by Rick. See post #7427 along with following posts here: http://www.fuckcombustion.com/viewtopic.php?id=1008&p=298

Since then, have read reports of CRZ's, depending on wood types, having different temps resulting in different colors of ABV ranging from very light golden brown to dark chocolate brown. I know that at one point, Tom stated the temp variances depending on wood types. It may be a good idea for Rick to do the same, but it may be a bit confusing being that there are more girth differences between the different models of the CRZ's than there were with the PD's.

 

[jeffp]

Another factor is the electrical current; how much juice is coming out of the specific outlet. I live in an apartment and the outlet closest to where I vape (the sofa) recently had a problem of constantly shutting down.
I'd call the super regularly to fix it - the circuit breaker is in the basement; the apartments don't have separate fuse boxes (it's an old building).
Anyway he said something along the lines of increasing the ohms from 1.5 to 2.0 - something like that - on that power line.
It worked - the outlet no longer shut down, but my PD started vaping a little too hot.
At least for me - I can't deal with very hot vapor.

So there are several factors that contribute to the level of heat emanating from any fixed temp vaporizer.

 

[max]

In sick of hearing the CRZ is an improvment when there are a lot of users that complain its not hot enough.

Not hot enough compared to what? We're not talking about the HI. I've used 2 CRZ's and they're both hotter than any of the 5 PD's I've used.

the wood is mostly for show on the CRZ if im remembering correctly.

That would be the case for the HI. With the CRZ, the wood type does matter, just not as much as it used to. And you won't see any CRZ's (unless more internal changes are made) made from very dense wood like Purpleheart or Snakewood. Those types would run a little too cool.

 

[ted]

I was able to fix my issue (PD not heating up fully), and thought I would share my quick fix here. I actually stole this idea from "oldfart" way back in the 200 page range I believe.

I am also sharing this so someone can tell me if I am about to burn down my house lol

I simply cut off the end of the car adapter (that plugs into the PD) and then spliced that onto the end of my power source (cut about a foot off of it). It worked (PD got back up to normal heat range) and the car adapter cord seems much beefier and sturdier.

Now that could be because it is slightly larger gauge of wire....so my question is - will this "rig" be my downfall LOL Or is it relatively safe? The mixing of wire size makes me nervous. Seems like im not the first one to do it tho.

 

[OhTheAgony]

No worries man, as long as they are thicker instead of thinner than the original ones and you properly covered up the exposed metal parts of the wires (not sure how to say that in English, insulated perhaps?) you're fine.

 

[wolf torn]

Could always just buy replacement cord but that's works huh.

 

[jeffp]

My experience with my pd has been alright.
As far as a loose heat core, most experience this from either prolonged heat expansion pushing up on the snap rings or from a fall. Mine fell off a very short nightstand to super thick carpet Nd it began soon after that, but it could be coincidence as I had nevever unplugged it prior to noticing the looseness which persisted after plugging back in.

I EASILY fixed mine by using snap ring pliers in the existing snap rings to re-tighten them down. Not a movement since.
I dunno why I never saw this mentioned.
Easy as snap ring pliers....2 seconds.....TIGHT, good as new. Not that it didn't work as new loose.

thanks for this info. if down the line you or someone else would be kind enough to make a little how to video demonstrating this, I think many would appreciate this.

 

[ted]

Could always just buy replacement cord but that's works huh.

Works so far...I ordered a jameco power supply on the net, but didn't want to wait a couple days until it got here.

 

[OF]

Could always just buy replacement cord but that's works huh.

Works so far...I ordered a jameco power supply on the net, but didn't want to wait a couple days until it got here.

That wasn't really your only option you know. You could have just lived in your car until it got here, right? I mean you did have a car cord until you cut it's head off......

OF

 

[PurpleDazed]

Well I think this thread needs to be closed and or moved into the ABV thread and archived. And not in the general vaporizer discussion thread.
Just my

Not sure why tom pulled the plug but if it is no longer available and he's not honoring warranties thats why it should go.

In other words Stick a fork in it, its Done!

and long Life to all

 

[jeffp]

Well I think this thread needs to be closed and or moved into the ABV thread and archived. And not in the general vaporizer discussion thread.
Just my

Not sure why tom pulled the plug but if it is no longer available and he's not honoring warranties thats why it should go.

In other words Stick a fork in it, its Done!

and long Life to all

Totally and respectfully disagree. Many PD users here and active discussion is warranted and sometimes valuable.

 

[cycleb]

Well I think this thread needs to be closed and or moved into the ABV thread and archived. And not in the general vaporizer discussion thread.
Just my

Not sure why tom pulled the plug but if it is no longer available and he's not honoring warranties thats why it should go.

In other words Stick a fork in it, its Done!

and long Life to all

Totally and respectfully disagree. Many PD users here and active discussion is warranted and sometimes valuable.

I agree with Mantra. W/out Tom, this is probably the best/only resource to help keep our PD's goin'.