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And along the same lines of thought, the battery taps for the balance connection shouldn't really matter if one wire is a few CM longer or shorter than another. But Evolv recommends they all be exactly the same length. Pretty hard to do with 18650s in series in a sled. Along the same logic as Evolv, I think the ground and the positive should also be the same length for the very same reasons. Sure you don't have to, but doing so should be less problematic. After all, any measurable resistance is going to have a measurable effect at 11.1v at 23A. Newton's Third Law of Motion For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Just to add to awsum140's fine comment... some companies working in the electric automobile business has lithium batteries lasting up to 2000 recharges now. Then there was that story about an university who discovered a recipe to build lithiums that last a lifetime. No word on when they will become available.

Now look at the Hotcig... the problem cleared up.

Oh yes, you vape by wattage dominance. While I vape by temperature dominance. And if I vape MTL with something like a Subtank or Crown, 20 watts is twice as much wattage you really need. But it also works like preheat being twice as high. Although moving to an RDA like a Mad Hatter v2, you need at least 25 watts to hit temperature so setting it to 50 watts works the same way.

Yes, same atty and build. On the one not hitting temperature, the coil reads a higher resistance. But those Crown RBAs have been known of not making the greatest connection sometimes.

The temp is set at 470ºF, the coil is Ni200 0.107 ohm and it is throwing 20 watts at it and it is only hitting 327ish... The same build in another VT133 does this.

Yes I see. Well I am planning on getting a second DX200 and see how that one pans out. Maybe there is a bad solder joint in mine.

Here it is.

@scooby: It is worth a shot and it should work, but if there is a problem you will find out. It is definitely worth a shot.

@dwcraig1: As I stated, it is a Ni200 0.092 ohm coil. Same one on both mods. Say I just saw your problem awhile back on one of mine. I solved it, but I don't recall what I did. I believe it was happening on a Crown RBA. What are you using for an atty?

I know CB, but you have to add in the changes to inductance and capacitance using the box as the battery ground. It might work fine, but it could get squirrelly. It should be fine what Hotcig did too, but look at the difference.

Check this out. Here is my Hotcig DX200 with a Subtank with a Ni200 0.09 ohm in the RBA Mini Plus. Here is the same Subtank running on a Lost Vape Triade. Noticed the Triade is far much smoother? What is the difference? Well Daniel (DJLsb Vapes) said his DX200 uses the aluminum box for the 510 ground and the board ground instead of ground for the 510. All I can say is to try it and it doesn't work really smooth, it would be easy to add the correct ground, right? UPDATE: CB was typing while I was too. So I didn't see it until later.

Looks like it sees the battery to me. Although it sees the voltages all wrong. Cell 1 reads 0v. I wouldn't keep the battery in it. As when one of mine was read that low, it drained that cell by 50% in a day. Without a meter, not much else you can do except to contact Evolv.

Yes same for me too. Tomorrow will be two weeks since I sent email to open a ticket and I haven't heard a thing yet. I have heard their customer service is one of the best. Boy I hate to see what one of the worst is like.

There is a time limit setting under the Research tab. I never experimented with it though. So I don't know if that is for each puff or total seconds before it won't fire anymore. There might be an undocumented script command too that may be able to set it.

I use one of these. Great for multiple purposes. Charging lithium batteries, VV and/or CC power supply, etc. Careful, no reverse polarity protection. CPS-3205 0-32V 0-5A Portable Adjustable DC Power Supply 110V/220V http://www.banggood.com/CPS-3205-0-32V-0-5A-Portable-Adjustable-DC-Power-Supply-110V220V-p-934530.html

I would try another computer next. If that works, then maybe your Windows USB driver for Evolv is corrupt (we'll tell you how to fix this). If it doesn't work on another computer, it sounds like the DNA board is at fault.

Well that is more than convincing to me that it isn't the USB cable.

No, what I am saying is that USB cables are usually the first to go. So they are the first to check. Also some USB cables are wired for charging and not for data connections. So those won't work either to connect to. Although they are fine for charging if they can handle 1A ok.

There are four wires in an USB cable. If one fails, the DNA won't connect. Also rebooting your computer can solve some connection problems. At this point, I would try your friend's computer to try to connect.

Balance charging is slow. I would give it more time and as long as that low cell keeps climbing, it just needs time. Once they get all back in balance, it should perform like it once did.

EScribe Device Monitor (button) Diagnostics Advanced Perform USB Recovery Charging

Are you sure? Some lithium chargers (the better ones) usually start out slow with the current and build up to max current. I have seen some take up to 10 minutes or more to reach to this point. This is supposed to prolong the life of the cells. Now I haven't seen any lithium chargers supply max current all the way up to full charge. You say yours does? The only way that could happen is to apply far more than 4.20v per cell. As lithium chargers generally work by constant current (CC) mode first and switch over to constant voltage (CV) mode (4.20v) once the charger's voltage is putting out 4.20v. Then once the current drops below 100ma, the charger should stop. As it is said that lithium cells doesn't like being held at 4.20v. This is how yours is actually working, right?

I emailed them 8 days ago and I haven't heard a thing.

Well I don't see anything to do except to contact the vendor to get it replaced. Either that or Think Vape or open a ticket with Evolv. It would be interesting to know the cell voltages and what the graph looks like under EScribe's Device Monitor while firing and one while not firing to see if it thinks the fire button is being pressed down.