Freshcut Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Posted October 15, 2015 Hi guys, lets put up the numbers of failed VT200. Not to explain the failure. Just a show of hands. I start with No. #1. Lets get the number rolling.
Nick Posted October 15, 2015 Report Posted October 15, 2015 I'll chime in second in the interest of transparency.Out of all the packages delivered yesterday we saw and serviced exactly one VT200. If there are any issues we are just as interested as finding them as our customers are, and working with manufacturers to resolve them. This probably comes as a surprise to many people, but we actively buy devices made with our boards, use, test, and take them apart when we hear about issues.One of the other things we did yesterday was go online and buy a handful of mods, just like anyone else would.
Havensal Posted October 15, 2015 Report Posted October 15, 2015 That doesn't surprise me. Try to find another parts supplier that will service products that other companies built with their parts in it.
RonS Posted October 15, 2015 Report Posted October 15, 2015 if you buy it from VaporShark.. you will be waiting a lot of time.. Ordered mine on 24/08/2015, and im still waiting.
KTMRider Posted October 16, 2015 Report Posted October 16, 2015 RonS said:if you buy it from VaporShark.. you will be waiting a lot of time.. Ordered mine on 24/08/2015, and im still waiting.I ordered one from the Labor day sale (9/7) and got it 9/26. The build date was 9/14/15.
Danielson Posted October 16, 2015 Report Posted October 16, 2015 I have a dead one and it died Wednesday morning exactly one week after receiving it and hcigar has yet to get back to me and the company I bought it from has yet to get back to me how long does this usually take I don't like having a 150 dollar paper weight.....
teruterubonzu Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 i got mine working again... bcos i couldn't find a fuse so i did a "selfmade" fuse using a strain of copper wire...
robteifi Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 Another dead VT200 as of about an hour ago - I did notice the resistance (which was locked) wandering a bit in the minute or two before it died.
Nick Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 teruterubonzu said:i got mine working again... bcos i couldn't find a fuse so i did a "selfmade" fuse using a strain of copper wire...You should replace this with an actual fuse ASAP for risk of hurting your board, or having a short scenario that isn't prevented by the fuse.Here is the mouser link for fuses:http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=3413.0332.22virtualkey69300000virtualkey693-3413.0332.22
Nick Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 Danielson said:I have a dead one and it died Wednesday morning exactly one week after receiving it and hcigar has yet to get back to me and the company I bought it from has yet to get back to me how long does this usually take I don't like having a 150 dollar paper weight.....robteifi said:Another dead VT200 as of about an hour ago - I did notice the resistance (which was locked) wandering a bit in the minute or two before it died.Put in tickets with us.
VapingBad Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 You can use a 25 A auto blade fuse in the positive battery wire if you can't get or do not want to use the surface mount fuse, but you need one whatever.
lewisss Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 VapingBad said:You can use a 25 A auto blade fuse in the positive battery wire if you can't get or do not want to use the surface mount fuse, but you need one whatever.thinking of doing that anyway between the battery +ve and the B+ as a second fuse, but I would want the blade fuse to go first as it will be a damn sight easier to replace, which would be likely to go first?the car blade type fuses are for use in a 12 V system and the shurter fuses evolve use are rated at 63Vand they are a delay/slow blow fuseIt has been a long time since I studied electronics bt I think the car fuse willl go firstany thoughts?
VapingBad Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 John posted about it a month or 2 ago, I will have a look for the post and if I find it I will link here.
VapingBad Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 Here it is https://forum.evolvapor.com/topic/67186-topic/?do=findComment&comment=904837
lewisss Posted October 18, 2015 Report Posted October 18, 2015 VapingBad said:John posted about it a month or 2 ago, I will have a look for the post and if I find it I will link here.thanks for that, but i was intending to leave the existing one in place and add the second one as a firt fail fuse so the blade fuse will fail leaving the evolv fuse intact. (they are a nightmare to replace!i just wanted to know if the blade is likely to blow before the schurter one
VapingBad Posted October 18, 2015 Report Posted October 18, 2015 lewisss said:[QUOTE=VapingBad]John posted about it a month or 2 ago, I will have a look for the post and if I find it I will link here.thanks for that, but i was intending to leave the existing one in place and add the second one as a firt fail fuse so the blade fuse will fail leaving the evolv fuse intact. (they are a nightmare to replace!i just wanted to know if the blade is likely to blow before the schurter one[/QUOTE]I doubt it and you don't normal get specs on auto fuses, but if you missed the link I posted https://forum.evolvapor.com/topic/67186-topic/?do=findComment&comment=904837
Drewp831 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Posted October 18, 2015 So it seems not to many vt 200s have failed. I personally am really impressed with what hcigar has been doing lately and the vt200 was no different. Truly A steal of a deal at 120.00 on vapestreet.com i mean thats as cheap as the snowwolf is.
Freshcut Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Posted October 18, 2015 I wouldnt risk of replacing the fuse myself. I paid RM$750 for it and a 1 year warranty. Some kind of customer service needs to be taught to Hcigar. Evolve better starts looking into China mod makers, Hcigar.
kim mcmurray Posted October 19, 2015 Report Posted October 19, 2015 I charged it up and the next morning the battery was half full or half empty. I had to plug it in to turn it on. not good not good at all!! Mine died on the third day. I shipped it back to Longhorn.
ColtCannon Posted October 19, 2015 Report Posted October 19, 2015 Mine has worked flawlessly for about a month now.I wonder if it is just random failure, or what exactly? I haven't seen many issues pop up on any other forums either. For the people having issues, have you dropped your mod? Got it wet?
teruterubonzu Posted October 19, 2015 Report Posted October 19, 2015 Nick said:[QUOTE=teruterubonzu]i got mine working again... bcos i couldn't find a fuse so i did a "selfmade" fuse using a strain of copper wire...You should replace this with an actual fuse ASAP for risk of hurting your board, or having a short scenario that isn't prevented by the fuse.Here is the mouser link for fuses:http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=3413.0332.22virtualkey69300000virtualkey693-3413.0332.22[/QUOTE]TQ for the link... ordering one (a few just to play safe) right away...
JeffH Posted October 21, 2015 Report Posted October 21, 2015 Vaporshark DNA 200 fail only works when plugged into escribe @.15 says ohms are to high will not do anything when unpluged. I try to get vaporshark to return my messages. BUT They Won't.
Azzitude Posted October 21, 2015 Report Posted October 21, 2015 back in the day we would use " Fusible Link Wire" inline ..... just a thought as i have no idea what the amp limits were on them .....they were used in 12v something like this maybe?http://www.awcwire.com/part.aspx?partname=j156-awg14
zooq Posted October 21, 2015 Report Posted October 21, 2015 Hi from Malaysia..mine went dead after 22 days Silver serial number 1979..managed to get one to one exchange.
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