How to fix Vamo V2? Broken center post, not reading Ohms and not Firing correctly

[icyice]

Hello,

As some of you may already know, I've been having trouble with burning my cartomizers with my Vamo V2.

After doing numbers of trials and watching and factoring out every factor for the cause of numerous burnt cartomizers, I am completely sure that the culprit for all of this mess, is in fact, my vamo

After burning several cartos, (6 to be exact) in a 4 day period breaks my heart... I believe that the Vamo is the cause because as of today, it will not read my carto correctly. Currently it shows it at 2.6 ohms. A carto that is supposed to be "Standard Rez" When I first put that newly primed carto it read 2.9ohms. then jumped down to 2.3 then 2.7 and it is now at 2.6 :/

I believe that the center post, more specifically, the center disk on my vamo is messed up. My belief is that because it isn't having a true connection to the various cartomizers I've put on it, it results in a burnt cartomizer.

My question then is..... How can I fix it? Has anyone ever had this problem?

And No I am not an amateur vapor, I know how to prime cartos correctly, what wattage/volts to put on different cartos, and I forsure know how a burnt cartomizer and a perfectly primed cartomizer should taste.

Thanks in advance.

 

[kiwivap]

Hello,

As some of you may already know, I've been having trouble with burning my cartomizers with my Vamo V2.

After doing numbers of trials and watching and factoring out every factor for the cause of numerous burnt cartomizers, I am completely sure that the culprit for all of this mess, is in fact, my vamo

After burning several cartos, (6 to be exact) in a 4 day period breaks my heart... I believe that the Vamo is the cause because as of today, it will not read my carto correctly. Currently it shows it at 2.6 ohms. A carto that is supposed to be "Standard Rez" When I first put that newly primed carto it read 2.9ohms. then jumped down to 2.3 then 2.7 and it is now at 2.6 :/

I believe that the center post, more specifically, the center disk on my vamo is messed up. My belief is that because it isn't having a true connection to the various cartomizers I've put on it, it results in a burnt cartomizer.

My question then is..... How can I fix it? Has anyone ever had this problem?

And No I am not an amateur vapor, I know how to prime cartos correctly, what wattage/volts to put on different cartos, and I forsure know how a burnt cartomizer and a perfectly primed cartomizer should taste.

Thanks in advance.

Your other thread on this:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-please-help-vamo-v2-cartomizer-problems.html

Have you:
Tried a different brand of cartomizer or a different kind of attachment on the Vamo?
Tried the cartomizers you have been using on another pv?

When the cartomizer ohms changed from " 2.9ohms. then jumped down to 2.3 then 2.7 and it is now at 2.6" did this happen with one cartomizer or more than one cartomizer? Did you look into coil instability and possible small shorts and hotpsots? Have you tested the cartomizer and/or other cartomizers on a multimeter to check both resistance and stability?
Have you compared the Vamo ohms reading with a multi-meter reading on a working attachment that is not one of the cartomizers?
What do you mean when you say the centre post on the Vamo is broken? Has it snapped off? Are you unable to screw anything onto to it? Are you getting a 9.9 reading when you do an ohms check? Could you please explain how a centre post connection can work and be burning a cartomizer because it is working, or conversely how a centre post connection is not working and yet even more power is coming through to an attachment?
Your Vamo is is NO 2 mode. Have you, since you experienced these problems, double checked that setting to make sure the pv has not somehow slipped into No 1 (AVG ) mode?
Has the cartomizer manufacturer changed any of the cartomizer specifications, such as coil build, wire thickness, type of fill?

 

[EddieAdams]

What kiwi said..




Wish I could like that post twice...

 

[Baditude]

Shoulda bought a Provari.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Disregard my post and follow Kiwi's excellent advice.

 

[fabricator4]

Shoulda bought a Provari.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Disregard my post and follow Kiwi's excellent advice.

What Kiwi said, and *especially* make sure you are in RMS mode, not AVG mode. AVG mode is possibly the least useful thing on the Vamo, and it comes set to that mode by default.

Try some other devices, like a clearo, for a while. I'm favouring bottom coilers now - CE3, Protank, Vapeonly. They are finicky, but hard to beat when they are working correctly. I'd recommend the Protank over the Vapeonly, which I had to modify significantly to get working as well as the Protank.

 

[bunnomatic]

never mind...deleted

 

[tddman66]

Hello,

As some of you may already know, I've been having trouble with burning my cartomizers with my Vamo V2.

After doing numbers of trials and watching and factoring out every factor for the cause of numerous burnt cartomizers, I am completely sure that the culprit for all of this mess, is in fact, my vamo

After burning several cartos, (6 to be exact) in a 4 day period breaks my heart... I believe that the Vamo is the cause because as of today, it will not read my carto correctly. Currently it shows it at 2.6 ohms. A carto that is supposed to be "Standard Rez" When I first put that newly primed carto it read 2.9ohms. then jumped down to 2.3 then 2.7 and it is now at 2.6 :/

I believe that the center post, more specifically, the center disk on my vamo is messed up. My belief is that because it isn't having a true connection to the various cartomizers I've put on it, it results in a burnt cartomizer.

My question then is..... How can I fix it? Has anyone ever had this problem?

And No I am not an amateur vapor, I know how to prime cartos correctly, what wattage/volts to put on different cartos, and I forsure know how a burnt cartomizer and a perfectly primed cartomizer should taste.

Thanks in advance.

You may have got a box of bad cartos....... Test the voltage at the Vamo 510 threads with a volt meter to see if it fires at proper set voltage. Multi meters are everywhere (a very basic tool). Every vapor should own one. You can double check your batteries from time to time and use them to test your PV.

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Shoulda bought a Provari.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Disregard my post and follow Kiwi's excellent advice.

Touche...

 

[classwife]

Either help OP with his Vamo or stay out of the thread.
Enough.

 

[DirewolfUSMC]

My advice would be to get another mod. The Vamo is a very affordable device; I've seen them from as low as $27 give or take. I am of the belief that this is just as much a throw away mod as the cheap eGo-style batteries are. I know that if mine ever fails, that's exactly what I'm going to do - toss it and get a new one. In all honesty, I should order one or two of them now so I have them already in the event that the one I have does fail - and I fully anticipate it to do so at some point.

With the one that you have, maybe you dropped it or maybe someone else knocked it off a table or counter top and didn't tell you about it or there could be a myriad of other things wrong with it that are escaping me. Like I said, I'm pretty new to vaping. However based off the content of your other thread and all the trial and error you've gone through I would simply resign to the fact that you do indeed have a Vamo that is working improperly and barring your success in returning it for a new one from the place you originally purchased it, just get a new one or use this as a chance to expand to a different mod that maybe you have been coveting.

Best of luck to you!

 

[icyice]

My advice would be to get another mod. The Vamo is a very affordable device; I've seen them from as low as $27 give or take. I am of the belief that this is just as much a throw away mod as the cheap eGo-style batteries are. I know that if mine ever fails, that's exactly what I'm going to do - toss it and get a new one. In all honesty, I should order one or two of them now so I have them already in the event that the one I have does fail - and I fully anticipate it to do so at some point.

With the one that you have, maybe you dropped it or maybe someone else knocked it off a table or counter top and didn't tell you about it or there could be a myriad of other things wrong with it that are escaping me. Like I said, I'm pretty new to vaping. However based off the content of your other thread and all the trial and error you've gone through I would simply resign to the fact that you do indeed have a Vamo that is working improperly and barring your success in returning it for a new one from the place you originally purchased it, just get a new one or use this as a chance to expand to a different mod that maybe you have been coveting.

Best of luck to you!

Yep makes total sense, at the end of the day, you get what you pay for....

 

[icyice]

Your other thread on this:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-please-help-vamo-v2-cartomizer-problems.html

Have you:
Tried a different brand of cartomizer or a different kind of attachment on the Vamo?
Tried the cartomizers you have been using on another pv?

When the cartomizer ohms changed from " 2.9ohms. then jumped down to 2.3 then 2.7 and it is now at 2.6" did this happen with one cartomizer or more than one cartomizer? Did you look into coil instability and possible small shorts and hotpsots? Have you tested the cartomizer and/or other cartomizers on a multimeter to check both resistance and stability?
Have you compared the Vamo ohms reading with a multi-meter reading on a working attachment that is not one of the cartomizers?
What do you mean when you say the centre post on the Vamo is broken? Has it snapped off? Are you unable to screw anything onto to it? Are you getting a 9.9 reading when you do an ohms check? Could you please explain how a centre post connection can work and be burning a cartomizer because it is working, or conversely how a centre post connection is not working and yet even more power is coming through to an attachment?
Your Vamo is is NO 2 mode. Have you, since you experienced these problems, double checked that setting to make sure the pv has not somehow slipped into No 1 (AVG ) mode?
Has the cartomizer manufacturer changed any of the cartomizer specifications, such as coil build, wire thickness, type of fill?

Yes I have tried a different brand of cartomizer, yes I have tried a different battery source (twist to be exact). The ohm jumping happened to 3 previous cartomizers yes. I have no multimeter so the answer to all your questions about that is No.
Yes I double checked triple checked my vamo is in RMS mode/No2.
No my center post is not broken or off, but I've since then have talked to 2 previous vamo owners, both working in Vape Shops locally but in different shops, and they both told me that hey, the vamo is cheap, you get what you pay for, and the fact that the power output can fluctuate can be a culprit to your issue. Especially since I am running high watts on a standard rez cartomizer.

 

[icyice]

Either help OP with his Vamo or stay out of the thread.
Enough.

Thank you.

But seriously, they're has been quite a bundle of people on my previous thread who do not understand this concept. They rather bash on the OP then simply help or get out... It's so simple yet so hard for people to do.. sigh..

 

[Statistic]

icyice, have you read through THIS THREAD (VAMO OHM ERROR Fix) yet? I realize your symptoms are a bit different as you actually are getting resistnce readings and not just 9.9 but maybe you're experiencing the fluctuations due to a similar circumstance with your pos post grommet..

 

[crxess]

Yep, I'd start tossing money at the problem.
Won't teach you anything about the issue, but it will lighten your wallet.
First thing, Clean the contact on the Vamo with Alcohol
Second, try anything EXCEPT another carto to see how it acts.
Third, a simple Walmart Multi-meter can help troubleshoot the issue.

Might be a center pin problem, might not.
Might be dirty contact.
Might be Bad batch of Cartos.
Might be a combination of little issues.

Not uncommon for Coils to change readings by a few tenths. An experienced Vaper would know this.
You have to be conscious of what is going on all the time.

I swapped from a Tank to a Clearo the other night and almost Fried a lung. Clearo didn't like 9.5w.

 

[rdix33]

+1 what statistic said. I just fixed mine last week. Only took about 5 minutes. But mine never read ohms wrong. It just stopped making a connection.

 

[fabricator4]

Thank you.

But seriously, they're has been quite a bundle of people on my previous thread who do not understand this concept. They rather bash on the OP then simply help or get out... It's so simple yet so hard for people to do.. sigh..

I thought we *were* playing nice here. The reference to buy a prothingy baditude was obviously tongue in cheek - meant as humour. Maybe there was some posts deleted that I didn't see?

Anyway...

I did have a problem with my Vamo V2 on the weekend. I think it got zapped by static in the car and become completely non-operational, not even 3 screen flashes on battery insertion. I left the battery out of it overnight and it came to life and worked fine the next morning.

One of the last things it did before going non-op was it gave me one last burn at absolute full power, judging by the taste I got. Maybe leave the battery out of it overnight? This doesn't seem to reset the memory part the chip in the normal course of events but it did seem to reset my Vamo. I don't know how long it takes for this to happen, but it could be as long as 6 hours. None of these devices have a reset button unfortunately so leaving the battery out for a long time may be the only option we have.

Apart from that, a resistance that jumps around a lot seem to indicate a bad connection or possibly a dry joint. If you are using the Vamo in VW mode it may be varying the volts according to what it 'sees' each time you press the button. Have you tried using just VV mode?

 

[jclifford]

I still use my vamo on a regular basis, however, if and/or when it develops a problem, I think I will use Fasttech's repair service. Flat fee, ($33.14), and you don't have to send the old one in! Free shipping also.
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[icyice]

I thought we *were* playing nice here. The reference to buy a prothingy baditude was obviously tongue in cheek - meant as humour. Maybe there was some posts deleted that I didn't see?

Anyway...

I did have a problem with my Vamo V2 on the weekend. I think it got zapped by static in the car and become completely non-operational, not even 3 screen flashes on battery insertion. I left the battery out of it overnight and it came to life and worked fine the next morning.

One of the last things it did before going non-op was it gave me one last burn at absolute full power, judging by the taste I got. Maybe leave the battery out of it overnight? This doesn't seem to reset the memory part the chip in the normal course of events but it did seem to reset my Vamo. I don't know how long it takes for this to happen, but it could be as long as 6 hours. None of these devices have a reset button unfortunately so leaving the battery out for a long time may be the only option we have.

Apart from that, a resistance that jumps around a lot seem to indicate a bad connection or possibly a dry joint. If you are using the Vamo in VW mode it may be varying the volts according to what it 'sees' each time you press the button. Have you tried using just VV mode?

Oh no dont get me wrong, everyone on THIS thread has been cool, I'm strictly talking about my previous thread on a similar issue of the Vamo.

And yes I have switched to VV mode with still burnt cartomziers as well as jumping resistance.