First thing to try is to clean the battery lid and the threads, a white artist eraser is a good tool for the job. Clean the battery to, if that doesn't help time to shim the metal strip
Thanks, I did this last night and seemed to have helped. Although it's hard to say if it's just on it's good time of the month!
@pulpF if your getting inconsistent loads between bowls that it could also be air flow. Check the o ring around the stem for damage and tightness, also, remove the aluminium/steel tube and take a look to see if the o ring on top of the glass sleeve is seated correctly. IME dirty contacts (I've never needed to deal with the strip so just the battery cap) result in decreased performance, but that's consistently decreased not bad one bowl and amazing the next.
It should be fairly tight to get the stem in right? Looking inside where the stem inserts and going by
this picture I found on the forum, it all looks good.
Ah really, well I have T15 on the way
, I thought I saw someone say it's T15. Nevermind, this is why it pays to have backups!
@pulpF,
I'm pretty sure someone here posted that they fixed their TM simply by tightening the bottom screw. I would try this first.
@everyoneelse,
In theory, tightening the bottom screw should help with contact problems as well as airflow problems. I'm no expert, just a stoner thought.
Be careful though ; the tighter it goes the more pressures it puts on glass sleeve under lid that’s how I broke mine!
actually removing lid and reseating glass and lid may be needed and helps a lot!
Makes sense, I'll try this first and hopefully not break the glass.
Not slightly but entirely, FYI. Well at least until the top plate comes off. Perhaps I stand corrected. I’ve disassembled mine a couple of times and removed the screw entirely however it may be possible to leave the screw in and loosen it enough to get the top plate off. Sorry for any confusion. It’s been a wacky Wednesday work-wise. Good luck with the self repair! Definitely check and clean that top contact under the plate...
Cheers for the heads up, makes sense to go slow with these things initially to prevent going further than I need.
As always, thanks for the help here.