vapesmarter
Mod Maker
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- Jun 12, 2016
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I get a lot of asks to fix mods most of the time it depends what the matter it is all 50/50
I can service rebuild remake all my own as I have made them and I don't seal them so that "what is done cannot be undone"
my good friend and confident @crustyfolker I saw on Monday for a chin wag and a catch up I've known matt through good times and bad and have always had a soft spot for him he would give you the mod in his hand and go without he is that kind of person
so he gave me a mod the mighty sx500 to fix the 510 had come out a common problem on all mods so here is how I fixed it and you dear apes can look under the bonnet so to speak
its picture heavy and I will be honest (matt turn avert your eyes at the bad bits
)
oh dear see 510 top cap busted
see the peak and the 8mm nut yes that's 8mm no ring yihi though glue would a good idea to keep that cap in place
so strip down 2 torqs on the top, on the bottom 3 Phillips or pozi screws the bottom falls off then 2 secret self tapers both Philips
the Lucozade wrapper film is some sort of electric cover well its very funky but the 510 has no seals the juice just pissed out of the mod
now, look closely see the plastic battery shell that holds the batteries on the top is a spring, that pushes up against the 510 the negative has no nut it's soldered to the base of the top cap the nut just sits about the place doing nought
see the spring very landrover, oddly the board available to modmakers has a sodding huge capacitor on the back 10mm deep this has not but its the same board how convenient
in the workshop so I have an 8mm nut glued on the atty top cap to remove this fits into the plastic abs shell but the back of the mod is alloy the rest is plastic the most expensive part of the mod is the board the rest is well....shit
the top section the red bit that holds the battery contacts down are self tapped into the plastic battery carriage see the cracks over tightened just slightly, I've soldered a ring and clamped the top cap on with the nut pushed the spring in place onto the peak thingy
from the base see the 2 secret screws on both sides
510 in place notice no seals nothing if your tank leaks the juice will fill the mod like a squonker
back indoors secret screws in place
torqs on the top and the moment of truth
oh no the batteries are venting call Sam the fireman, call the president, call Teresa May, call Bob Geldof yeah right...cobblers
the thing is batteries can vent they can vent in new mods and in old, just be careful panic and it's going to get worse but of course, they didn't
32.0 watts with a mesh tank works a treat
no drama no conflict isn't that right Alfie
@crustyfolker your mods done however the other hmmm that one looks like a board failure we will see
love my mods then like them....buy one
on a notable point, @junglist I'm going to tag you here I'm hoping that we can chat, I'm worried, Alfie is worried he said he thinks you have been dognapped and has collected 23p and 3 gravy bones for the ransom I said 23p isn't going to go very far but its a start....
I can service rebuild remake all my own as I have made them and I don't seal them so that "what is done cannot be undone"
my good friend and confident @crustyfolker I saw on Monday for a chin wag and a catch up I've known matt through good times and bad and have always had a soft spot for him he would give you the mod in his hand and go without he is that kind of person
so he gave me a mod the mighty sx500 to fix the 510 had come out a common problem on all mods so here is how I fixed it and you dear apes can look under the bonnet so to speak
its picture heavy and I will be honest (matt turn avert your eyes at the bad bits
)oh dear see 510 top cap busted
see the peak and the 8mm nut yes that's 8mm no ring yihi though glue would a good idea to keep that cap in place
so strip down 2 torqs on the top, on the bottom 3 Phillips or pozi screws the bottom falls off then 2 secret self tapers both Philips
the Lucozade wrapper film is some sort of electric cover well its very funky but the 510 has no seals the juice just pissed out of the mod
now, look closely see the plastic battery shell that holds the batteries on the top is a spring, that pushes up against the 510 the negative has no nut it's soldered to the base of the top cap the nut just sits about the place doing nought
see the spring very landrover, oddly the board available to modmakers has a sodding huge capacitor on the back 10mm deep this has not but its the same board how convenient
in the workshop so I have an 8mm nut glued on the atty top cap to remove this fits into the plastic abs shell but the back of the mod is alloy the rest is plastic the most expensive part of the mod is the board the rest is well....shit
the top section the red bit that holds the battery contacts down are self tapped into the plastic battery carriage see the cracks over tightened just slightly, I've soldered a ring and clamped the top cap on with the nut pushed the spring in place onto the peak thingy
from the base see the 2 secret screws on both sides
510 in place notice no seals nothing if your tank leaks the juice will fill the mod like a squonker
back indoors secret screws in place
torqs on the top and the moment of truth
oh no the batteries are venting call Sam the fireman, call the president, call Teresa May, call Bob Geldof yeah right...cobblers
the thing is batteries can vent they can vent in new mods and in old, just be careful panic and it's going to get worse but of course, they didn't
32.0 watts with a mesh tank works a treat
no drama no conflict isn't that right Alfie
@crustyfolker your mods done however the other hmmm that one looks like a board failure we will see
love my mods then like them....buy one
on a notable point, @junglist I'm going to tag you here I'm hoping that we can chat, I'm worried, Alfie is worried he said he thinks you have been dognapped and has collected 23p and 3 gravy bones for the ransom I said 23p isn't going to go very far but its a start....
