This is my favourite mod this week lol. The only drawback for me was that the dial is/was too hard to turn. Well thanks to @woftam today. He worked out you can pry the button off gently with a dental pick, then there is a Philips head plastic dial underneath. You can wind it back and forth a few times. Then snap the button back on and it’s great. I also added some grease (special RC stuff for plastics) to the button just a smidge and wiped off the excess. It’s bloody awesome how it should have been and it is a very easy fix. Be careful though I’d hate to have a heavy handed klutz blame me for breaking it, but you would have to be pretty heavy.
Overall it’s a great mod I’m loving it, I’ve got a goon with a 0.12 Ω build running amazing and a little hot in parallel mode. Loving it. Flouds for days.
Yep, the perfect introduction to mech mods I’d recommend.
You my sir taking the risk in prying that button was a selfless act ( overstated I know). Though I think given another week with the device I would have done this through shear frustration. Spending 5 minutes battling to twist that dial was a definite drawback.
Correct, the potentiometer only works in series and when in regulating mode (red light), other then that its a mech mod and how cool to have the choice between series and parallel. And yes lowest I would go in dual series is about 0.4ohm and 0.11 in dual parallel, to be honest I think i’d prefer it at about 0.15-0.2 in parallel. at 0.12 it’s hot but boy is it “floudy”.
I can also run the 0.12 ohm coil in series with the potentiometer running no problems.
Okay, so I just did mine. Didn’t have a dental pick so i got a very tiny flat head driver point under there and lifted the button. After recovering it from behind the sofa where it flew to, I checked the pot and it was not at all stiff. I ran it back and forth a few times for good measure and i put graphite on the aluminum where the knob runs and after some careful thought about how it should go, I put the knob back in place. Works wonderfully now.
I havent had a whole lot of trouble out of my adjustment wheel but certain points are easier to turn than others. You really have to press against it hard with the tip of your finger and turn at the same time. Might have to give this a try though if it helps that much! Nice tip guys
insert appropriate joke here) and it worked.
