Well, after using my friends T1 today, I can see that mine is definitely broken in some way, the core/element itself as its the same with the PA or good batteries compared to the working one. And it does seem that it is the coil, in fact only one side is heating up so I guess it is not getting quite hot enough overall so that's why glow but no vapor I suppose. Is something like that still covered under warranty? I forget the current policy now that it's discontinued. I did contact Zeki a year ago where he sent me a new switch, should I just email him again?
At the very least if its not covered and they won't repair it, I'm sure my friend will let me have his since hes mostly a combuster now (but I did just get him to buy a Daisy, so maybe he's coming back!). Because let me tell you, aside from these issues with my T1 suddenly failing, now that I have a working one i can see how the PA is fantastic. As is the WPA, so thanks to
@llamaman001 for hooking me up with those and reinvigorating the T1 for me!
So far this is exactly what I wanted, turning the soso portable (bc of the battery dependency) to an incredible plug in vape. Especially though my new inline honeycomb bubbler
(
http://www.dhgate.com/product/honey-comb-and-in-line-percolator-glass-bubbler/183730847.html)
the hits are incredible. Thick cloudy, heavy, with every hit being like its off a fresh battery, but better. I'm eveb thinking this will be able to replace my LSV as my home-bubbler heavy hitter...
The PA is really where you get to appreciate the power of the T1, and the WPA helps you reach even combustion levels with the size of the hits you can take. For anyone on the fence or unknowing of these two thermovape accesories, I strongly suggest you pick at least one up asap to breathe new life into your T1 (especially as new hotshot portables like Elevape, Inhalater, and eventually/hopefully Grasshopper begin to steal its thunder in the battery-powered arena).
Now hopefully I can figure out what to do about my T1 and resolve it soon, so i can complete this otherwise succesful T1-rejuvination project once and forall!