broken_axe Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 So I've been having some problems with my VT200 when using NiFe48 wire. It seems like its instantly hitting temp protection no matter what. I've tried more wick, less wick, cotton/rayon. Spaced/contact coils. Nothings working. It was working fine just a week or two ago. I have the CSV from steam engine. If I lock the resistance .1 above what it reads it sort of works. (Like resting is .9 and I lock it at .10) I plan on running the case analyzer tonight. And I did change some settings to what someone else had their VT200 set too. Should I restore to defaults and try that? Along with the case analyzer? Is there a firmware update for the VT200? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Yep i have the same problem so to speak, and i think a few others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black lace Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Build anouther coil or try anouther atty, why would the programing that youve inputted change but still say the same as it did a week ago when it worked, coil and connections.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken_axe Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Well I'm kind of just spitballing here... And I've rebuilt 2-3 times on 3-4 different attys and still does it. I forget exactly what I changed. But I'm just throwing out ideas on what could cause it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken_axe Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Lance said:Yep i have the same problem so to speak, and i think a few others. With the same wire type or mod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 with the VT200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black lace Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 If you restor defalts you will be on 200 watt for one second pre heat. From what ive been reading your preheat needs to be off.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken_axe Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Well I'm gonna reset to default just to change the couple things I think may have caused issues. But my pre-heat and everything will go back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken_axe Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Lance said:with the VT200 Hmmm that's odd. I want that VT133 so bad but I don't know if I trust hcigar after kind of lying about the battery on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black lace Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Good luck to ya, ive got some nife 30 to have a bash with tommorrow night, there are quite a lot of posts on the site regarding metals other than ni200, one bloke, forget his name right now and its difficult to swap between pages while only using my mobile, but hes prety adamant that the preheat works well for ni200 but it can be obstructive when trying to use ss, ti , ect. Cant see that youve got antything to loose by trying it without to start with. Like allready said, default is full 200watt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken_axe Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Well my pre-heat is almost nonexistent really considering its set to 60w for 1sec and I'm running it at 60. But I'll try it with the pre-heat off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black lace Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Blimey, thats twice as much i i was thinking, what guage wire and what size mandrell and how many wraps, also just notised your op, dont think your supposed to lock resistance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken_axe Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 24g 8-wrap, 3mm. And I don't always lock it. What's the big deal with locking it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black lace Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Aint got a clue mate just following the recomended, when i check resistance on escribe it says do not lock. I will have a bash at that coil as a single but unfortunatly i have .40 nife 30, but still nife.. i did try stainless and followed all the info i could find, and thought it was all very over rated, like a far better tast from the juice... custard had under notes of haddok or mackrell, it does your head in, spending hours trying to improve.. ect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken_axe Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 I'm gonna try factory resetting it and running the case analyzer cause I messed with some settings I think I shouldn't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black lace Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Might pay off to also leave it for a few hours after a reset, for board temperature stabilisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken_axe Posted December 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Well I'm gonna let it sit for an hour or two since it was just in my car and it's like 30 degrees outside. Then I'm gonna do the reset and case analyzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black lace Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 check out posts by (jaquith) he is very much a coil and wires guru on here, im sure he wont mind me saying.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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