Conanthewarrior

If it is an RX200 you are using, then it is the only way you will change settings due to it not connecting to Escribe. I think you have the DNA 200 Reuleaux, which I love, I do also own the cheaper RX200 and RX2/3, which are fine devices, just not on the same level as the Evolv powered version. If you connect a standard build, the device will detect it is not a TC wire, and you can adjust wattage, while if you put a TC build on it will be detected-you just need to choose what wire type you are using, you can do this by locking the device, holding all buttons and selecting the material, this is as long as you have the materials on the device.

I agree the presets were a nice addition, I did change the preheats across the Soft- boost+ settings, but have left the punch settings as they were, and find it to work nicely. I wonder if it is possible to reseat the 510 connection so tanks will sit flush?

Sorry to hear yours is like this, the SDNA 75 has become my favourite single 18650 device I own. The screen is OK on mine, and tanks are flush, the LED does only light up the bottom quarter of the button, but for a free device, or the price you can get it for, I think it is fantastic.

I have had issues with SS 316L for a long time-until the SP3 update. I now use the SS 316 profile with SS 316L, and am very, very happy with its performance. Before in Escribe, it was very, very choppy once temp was reached, that was if it even recognised the wire as a TC wire, but now on all my Evolv powered devices, 4 DNA200's and 1 DNA 75, SS 316L works great.

Hi everyone. EDIT: Apologies, I have found that 2.75V is fine as a soft cell cut off reading the forum-please disregard this as it was already covered and my fault for not noticing. Today I got a SMY DNA75, that comes preset by DJlsb vapes, and noticed in the manual the soft cell cutoff is 2.75V, and checking on Escribe it is set at this level. Reading the data sheet for the 25R, I understand it is useable down to 2.5V, so is it OK to keep the setting of 2.75V for the soft cell cut off, or would it be best for me to raise it? I understand this setting is under load, and on some of my other mods batteries can sag to around 2.8V before the mod will not fire (Non customisable regulated devices). So, am I OK keeping the cutoff here, or should I raise it, and if so, what would be a good level to raise it too? Thanks everyone, Conan.

I just wanted to check if Electrical contact cleaner, that comes in an aerosol can, is OK to use? I have used it on other mods, but want to know it is OK to use as my Hotcig V1's fire button is sticky with juice-I know a spray of the contact cleaner will work, but I do not want to damage the mod. I will obviously spray and allow it to dry with the battery disconnected.

I have upgraded all of my DNA200's today, as I have not had windows for a while due to my macbook failing, today I got parallels set up and installed Escribe, and finally updated to have fantastic SS TC. All four mods battery meters went to zero as soon as I applied SP3, I just had to pull the battery/batteries on the devices I could, then the meter went back to full, and on the Efusion I simply charged it-it now seems to be fine, and the Hotcig V2 I have been using seems like the battery meter is also fine. Plus-SS316L is finally working fantastically!

Ok thank you, If I am honest I use an external charger for my 18650 powered DNA200's, I use the built in charging on my Efusion and Hotcig V2. I am honestly thinking about changing the chip into a different housing though, due to the connection issues, just need to find one I like, a simple silver box that takes dual 18650's would be nice, and it would be a very easy transplant to do, so I am really thinking about doing this as it would be my first DNA200 in a custom housing.

OK, that was pretty painless. I removed the cover, cleaned the insides and out, as soon as I opened it though I noticed that the screw to the left of the balance tap on the rear of the board was VERY loose, now I gather this is a stand off screw that makes a connection by the looks of it, I made sure it was secure when I put it back together. The batteries are now reading as balanced in Escribe. So, I know the issue now, and how to sort it-if it comes back soon I will give it a more thorough cleaning, but hopefully it is sorted now .

I wanted to add-will this potentially cause any damage to my device, 1 cell being read as slightly out of balance by the device? As, It is now displaying the battery bar and working perfectly, but when fired there is still a tiny bit of difference between cell 1 and cell 2. I am going to clean the device like I said, for now I have raised the pins, and the battery bar is now full and not displaying "Imbalanced battery" when I fire it. So, say the closest I could get, even after a clean and re position of the pins, was say a 0.05V max difference, would this in any way hurt the device? If not, I can live with that small of a difference if I CAN'T get them to read perfectly in balance. Thanks, Conan.

OK thank you, I have swapped the cells, here are the results. It seems to still be there, so I guess it is a connection issue-time to gently tweak the pins and give them a clean, and raise them slightly into place, I found the pins on the Hotcigs to be quite temperamental, so I guess this is the issue. I will do that now, and report back how the device is working. Thank you for your help, Conan.

Hi everyone. My hotcig V1 has started to read cells that are OK as out of balance-now this happened on my V2 hotcig, and I realized that the pins on the balance connection needed raising, and this remedied the situation. I have been using my V1 set to run dual 18650's for quite a while now-I changed the settings to 2S and adjusted the WH's, and it has been working fine, until yesterday. Now, I know that I can probably sort this one myself-so I am going to. I have a image from device monitor to show you, on the DNA200 screen it is showing the battery as empty, even though they are fully charged, and device monitor is showing them going quite crazy. They are a fairly new set of 25R's specifically for this device, I do have other batteries to try, but I am thinking connection? I just wanted to clarify this is the likely cause before I bend the pins into place. Here is the Image: As you can see, it is a bit all over the place-but the batteries are only ever so slightly out of balance-but with a multi meter they are reading at the same voltage. I also want to make sure, that this is not causing damage to the device, if it is a cell I will replace the set immediately, or if it is the pins I will raise them right now. Thanks everyone for your help, Conan.

Oh, in that case that is fantastic. Thanks for your fast answer-I made a thread about it incase it got lost in the posts. I always ensure I am careful upon removal/insertion, so glad to hear that it is OK, and only a real potential issue on the RX200 version. All the best, Conan.

Ok thank you I will check . I only made the thread incase my post got lost in the comments, cheers for the fast reply.

Hi everyone. I have had a Wismec DNA200 since I think early January, and I have 2 sets of LG HE4's, I have one set that I keep charged so that when the ones in the device are in need of charging, I have another set to swap straight into the device. I saw on another thread something about dead shorts though, I may have misinterpreted it though, and am worried I should NOT be using this method. I have moved the ribbon cable to prevent any future issues with that rubbing against the fire button. If I should be using on board charging, I will start doing that with just 1 set, and keep the others for when these start to have a noticeable drop in capacity. It would be great if I could continue to use the method I have been though, as I find it simpler to use one of my external chargers, which charges the 18650's faster, and I can use the device straight away with a fresh set. So, should I not use an external charger and change the batteries, or am I OK carrying on? I always ensure that the batteries sleeves are intact, and remove them carefully. Thanks everyone, Conan. EDIT: I should add, I also like to do this to rotate the batteries after each cycle, I rotate them clockwise so the front cell will become inside right ETC.

OK-I feel I should ask this after browsing this thread. I got the Wismec DNA200 due to the triple 18650 configuration, and have 2 sets of 3 LG HE4's for the device, so when one set is nearly dead, I can swap the batteries straight out for the charged ones. I saw something about potential dead shorts-I do not want to cause this to happen. Should I NOT be using this method, and stick to charging with the dedicated 1A balance charger? The only reason I have been using this method, was I have chargers that charge the batteries faster, but still well within their limits. So, should I NOT use the external chargers, and stick to 1 set using the built in balance charger, or am I OK continuing to use 2 sets in rotation? I have moved the ribbon cable to avoid potential future issues, but wanted to know if swapping the batteries out in this fashion is OK or not. Thanks everyone, Conan.

Thank you for the explanation-I have the battery meter within what I would class acceptable, and an acceptable amount of W/h's for these batteries. If in future, when I need new batteries, if I use different ones I will definitely use battery analyzer to get a dead on reading for my exact batteries. What I have currently done is found another LG HE4 profile, the watt hours seem perfectly reasonable and the battery meter seems to work well, so I will probably stick with that for now. But I am glad to know I can do it, and quite safely, so thank you for the information .

It must of been getting bent, I checked them before sending off for repair, as I wanted to sort it myself if I could as I am in the UK, plus Evolv has a big workload, and I did not want to add unnecessary work to the company. But, now the pins have all been raised, it is staying in balance, and working fine. I am glad I sent it in though, as before, I tried this and it was reading out of balance still, evolv replaced the board and have done a much better job than the original manufacturer did. So, functioning fine and is in my rotation of DNA200's again. Liking the new firmware, the ability to change the screen to display the temp mainly instead of watts, I find that I change temp more often than power, I don't use very high power, it is rare for me to go over 50W, so the new firmware enabling easier temp changes is quite good I must say .

OH my-it is now sorted. At first, it would not work-I gently moved all 4 pins up, and it is reading the 3S LI-Po's in perfect balance now. So it was a problem with the balance port-the pins were not making correct contact. It must of got missed as I understand Evolv has a high workload as explained to me. But, all in all, am very happy it is now working again-I much prefer the V2 styling to the V1, and it is currently on charge, each cell at 3.42V, in perfect balance. So-there was issue at the balance tap-that neither me, or Evolv noticed. I can recommend the DNA200 highly, but I can't the Hotcigs. I will be getting another dual 18650 housing for this one, as I feel the 900MAH 3s LI-po dies far too quickly for me. Thank you Evolv for sorting out the devices shoddy workmanship, and sorting any board issues out. Kind regards, Conan.

Oh my god- I have sorted it. I noticed the pin on the balance connector, the second one in, was bent flat. It is now reading a dual 18650 setup correctly! Now time to change it to 3S Li-Po and pray that works. Thanks everyone, Conan.

Hi everyone. I recently had to RMA my hotcig V2, as it had started to read batteries that were in perfect balance, as SEVERELY out of balance, cell 1 at 1V, cell 2 at over 5V, and cell 3 anywhere in between. I just got the device back today-went to use it-and it has the EXACT same issue. Now-I know it is NOT the batteries, as I have tested them with a multimeter and also they read as balanced, and work fine on my Hotcig V1. I have even tried converting it to run on dual 18650's like my V1, with batteries that are balanced, and it is reading cell 1 at over 5 volts, and cell 2 at around 2 Volts! I am really at a loss what to do-I own 3 other DNA200's, that work flawlessly-but this just will not read in balance. I have tried different leads, and even as mentioned changing from a 3S Li-PO to a 2S 18650 configuration. It is so annoying, as I know evolv have fixed it perfectly-so why is it not functioning? The chip is new, it was programmed fairly recently, so it must of been replaced. Does anyone, at all, have any idea on how to get this device working? It is obviously not the balance tap, as it is still doing it after EVOLV have repaired it. This also happens with a completely standard escribe setup-even with default settings it will just not work. Please could somebody help me, as I am lost on how to sort this issue out. Should I uninstall and reinstall Escribe? It is the only thing I can think of, a Software or firmware issue. Kind regards, Conan.

Right-you may remember I was having a lot of trouble with SS, and found SS317L to work the best. I received a Joyetech Cuboid a few days ago-and SS316L worked perfectly on this-so I thought, I am getting it to work on my Evolv devices, if this can do it well at a fraction of the cost-I sure can make the DNA200 do it too. I am using a new tank, a Geekvape griffin, with dual 26G 3MM ID unspaced coils at 0.37 Ohms this time round, and guess what? It is working perfectly. The TC is working great, I even vaped down to an empty tank to try and get a dry hit, this would not happen. The temp range seems to be correct, similar to my other wires at the same temp settings, and I am so happy. And you know what profile I am using? The one that comes with the Efusion, which I believe Evolv made, or I may be mistaken and they are straight from steam engine. I am putting this on to all my other DNA200's now, as it is working perfectly. I am using 316L, I thought it would never work as good as this, but it is. All I did was reduce the preheat and lock ohms,and using a new new tank, and the coils are 3MM ID instead of 2MM. All I know, is it is working as it is supposed too-not kicking me out of TC mode into wattage mode as it used too, and I have done one thing different-the resistance is locked. Super happy, over the moon in fact. SS316L will now be my wire of choice due to its ability to be used in power and temp mode-which is handy for me with memory issues and over 30 tanks and drippers. You can download the Efusion settings from here I believe, I googled Efusion DNA200 settings, and got them from here to make sure they was the original settings that come with the device. I have also changed the preheat from 150W to a more sedate 60W. (EDIT: Sorry, double checking, it is 80W preheat). I hope that this may help others. I am using Crazy Wire SS at the moment. Good luck everyone-I know it can work well, as it now is . Conan. EDIT: I have added this CSV to all 3 of my devices, a 4th is on the way back from RMA repair-and I have made 2 more builds, this time on RDA'S. I tried a single coil, 3MM ID 6 wrap at 0.42, and a dual coil setup in another dripper, around 0.38, and both are working flawlessly. I can now actually use SS as my wire of choice, which has made me very happy. Temp control is working fully, and you can completely dry the wick of juice without a dry hit. So, SS316L finally cracked for me-time to convert all the others now .

I have done this, as my devices cable WAS rubbing against the fire button when pressed. I added the S bend, but after, as you can see on page 1, the screen was not level, touching the front panel at the top, but had a hole in the bottom that juice could easily get in. So, I took it apart again, and after some careful repositioning, have the screen flush against the outer housing. Really glad I found out about this, as the Reuleaux is my favourite DNA200 out of the 4. Prolonging it's life is a priority, as I like it so much .

Thank you to NOMAD2000 for his discharge profile he shared for 3 new LG HE4's. I have loaded that into escribe, and changed my W/h's to 25. This should be close enough for me-the 3 batteries are now all in balance at 3.76V as I suspected they would, being new batteries I suspected they would balance out after a few cycles-this is halfway through the first discharge and they are already back in balance-plus the way only 0.01V out on 1 cell. I am not a high wattage user, I generally vape at 45W and under(Usually around 30W), with the occasional blast at 60-80W for fun on a different build, but 90% of the time I am using under 45 watts.

Hello. My most recent purchase is my fourth DNA200-the Wismec. I want to run battery analyser, I will have to use the rabbit ear wiring method. Would 22 gauge kanthal be OK for this-and does resistance matter? Also, I was worried about running this as I understand it is a constant firing from full untill empty-I am using LG HE4's (A brand new set), and would like to get the battery meter as dead on as possible. It came set up with a battery profile for a 21.44W'h battery set up, but I have changed the watt hours to 28.5 to make the meter more accurate. Before this-I was using a 1 month old set of HE4's that was married, and a third single battery was added in. This was only to get the device to work, but these one month old batteries stayed in balance throughout their whole discharge, as I connected to escribe frequently to check. The new ones are 0.01V off, should this settle as the batteries get used in the device? They are brand new, and I was thinking after a few cycles, they will hopefully be perfectly balanced like the older HE4's. I am slightly brain damaged, and it has affected my thoughts, and I tend to worry, a lot. I am scared to run battery anylyzer as I do not know how many amps it pulls from my batteries, or what it fires at, or even how long the test will take-or do I choose that myself? But, if I take 4 loops, say each a length of 20CM 22Gauge Kanthal, and fit them to an RDA-can I run the test safely? As then I guess this creates a discharge profile for my exact batteries? Thank you all for your help, Conan.