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Thanks for the help, here are a few pictures from the Mod tab (sorry for the multiple pictures, I use a Mac normally so I use a crappy netbook for my Escribe lol). The only thing I changed when I hooked it up besides themes was the what hour calculator, I changed it from 1300mAh to 950mAh.
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Got a question for the DNA gurus lurking around here. I have a homemade DNA200 mod with a 950 mAh lipo. Once my battery hits 19/20% life it will no longer fire up to the watts I have the device set at (currently 95w). Then, it would seem after letting it sit for an hour or so, once I power it back on the battery life reads at 0%. Everything else works wonderfully, it's just this issue when the battery gets low. I'm not sure if perhaps it's a safety setting in Escribe to keep the battery from getting too low but I'd like to have some idea of what's going on. Thanks!
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Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone might know where I might find replacement buttons for the Efusion DNA200? I know the fire button is a 10mm diameter with an 11mm flange. The largest I can seem to find is 8mm with a 9mm flange. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Yeah, I already have an open ticket, their initial response was that it sounds like a problem with the 510 wiring, which it isn't.ChunkyButt200 said:open a ticket, be patient in waiting for a response and they should help you out........ attach a couple pics of the lifted traces in the help ticket.
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Yeah I understand what you were talking about, when I soldered that 510 wire on, the ground pad was still secure to the board and it was still not registering any kind of battery.VapingBad said:
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That pad lifted after the fact. When I initially jumped the 510 ground to it, the pad was still good and it was still not functioning.VapingBad said:You have lifted the battery negative pad, you should never put the strain of bending wires on solder pads, especially these very thick wires. Always bend the wire to it's final shape before soldering, you can get more flexible wire with finer strands, but if the solder wicks up the wire it will still become stiff. You may get away with connecting to a mounting point, but you may have damaged some of the nearby tracks.
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Here are some photos of the second chip. I appreciate the help from the members of this forum. I'm glad to hear of others great experiences with the company, it just rubbed me wrong when the response from Evolv was to pass the buck onto someone else.
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I appreciate the info Awsum. Unfortunately, I changed out the connector, hooked the battery up, pressed the fire button and the mod wasn't showing any battery icon on the screen, nor was it charging, and escribe was showing straight zeros. So, after dumping nearly $80 into fixing a $180 mod, I've decided I'm done with it. The mod and everything along with it is in the trash can, and seeing as Evolv told me that they can't do anything since it is "likely a short in the 510" which was proven wrong once the second chip was put in, I will no longer support the company. At this point I feel burned, spending that much money on a mod only to have the first chip randomly fail after 6-7 months, and then have the second chip not recognize a brand new battery. Just evidence of a cheap company taking advantage of a market with cheap crap destined to fail. /endrant.
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So one last question for yah VapingBad. I bought a new lipo for it, the other didn't seem to be salvageable. I managed to find another 1300mAh lipo, also 3s, same 11.1v, but the replacements look to mostly be a 25c-50c discharge rate, this one is 20c (25c max). Any idea if this will be safe to run?VapingBad said:It takes a while, that cell is in a state where they can't use the usual charging method.
see here 37 mins, he name checks some looser though
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Haha awesome, got a name drop from Grimm Green, pretty badass man. I'm gonna try this and see if I can't get it going. Either way, thanks for all the help!VapingBad said:It takes a while, that cell is in a state where they can't use the usual charging method.
see here 37 mins, he name checks some looser though
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I appreciate all the help. It looks like cell 1 is only reading out at 1.3v but the recovery charge doesn't appear to be doing much.VapingBad said:If one or more cells are below 3 V (not sure the exact figure it could be 2.5 V) normal Li charging won't work (this is common to most chargers) and you can try EScribe - Tools - Diagnostics - USB Recovery Charge to get it above 3 V, it may take a few goes as there is a safety time limit. It could also be dry joints or dirty pins on the balance connector.
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Thank you so much, I did this and it appears to have worked. On to a separate issue now though unfortunately. So I put it all back together, threw it on the charger and it seemed to be charging intermittently. I plugged into my PC and ran escribe, did a hard reboot, updated the battery settings to 1300mAh and now it doesn't look to be charging at all. I did get the "imbalanced battery" alert a couple times. I would guess that maybe the battery is shot due to sitting for roughly 4 months not being charged or used? I know LiPo packs can get finicky when they're stored. Does this sound like a fair guess?VapingBad said:You are not the first and won't be the last. You can use the battery -ve or any of the 3 mounting points, but bend the wire before soldering as the thick wires can wick up the solder, become very stiff and rip the pad off when you apply a lot of force to the wire as you found, or use a heat shunt on the wire when soldering. But be careful with the +ve as I don't think there is an alternative for that.
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So I was attempting to repair my Efusion DNA 200 with a board transplant, everything was going smoothly until the 510 ground pad on the transplant board began pulling away from the board, while trying to maneuver the board into place, it finished itself off and tore off completely. So, my question is, is there a SAFE alternate place I may be able to ground the 510 or is this board junked too? Thanks!!
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Thanks for the tip Craig, I filled out a ticket so we'll see what happens with that. I'll have to try plugging it in and seeing what the voltages read out to.
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Hey all, I'm new here (not new to vaping or DIY) but I was hoping to get an idea of what may have happened to my Efusion DNA 200. It was functioning fine when one day I pressed the fire button and nothing happened, like the mod was completely off. I powered it up and it was reading very low battery (before it died it was somewhere around 50-60%), and I pressed the fire button and it once again shut itself off. I thought it was peculiar but hey anything is possible, so I plugged it in and let it charge for 20-30 minutes and when I took it off it hadn't charged, I pressed the fire button again and it once again shut off. After more testing, I was able to get it to stay on with no atomizer attached, as soon as I screwed an atomizer on about halfway, it would shut down. I took the board out, saw some weak solder points, attempted to fix them and it still does the same thing. The other night I was messing with it and I got the atomizer on most of the way and it started auto-firing (scary, so I took it off right away). Now I know since I tried to repair it Evolv will not really be much help, but I'm mainly wondering if this sounds like a board issue. I figure it had to be because the 510 is a pretty simple part to be causing a problem. I was thinking about replacing the board because I love the mod but I don't need to be wasting money if that isn't the problem. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Got a quick question for the DNA gurus...
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So, I tried loading a battery csv file for the battery I have installed, and it continuously failed, I then changed my Wh settings, went to upload the settings and now I'm having some issues. Getting these errors. Any ideas?