REO spring collapse

[bjorncoetsee]

I bought a chalice III clone, built a 1 ohm coil,reads fine, screw on to reo to test fire and see that the coil glows, the one post sparked, and my reo spring collapsed. I tried reading the chalice on my ohm tester again, reads 0 ohms. Tried rebuilding twice, still reads 0 ohms. No wires touched the deck or anything, I stayed up until 4 am trying to figure out what is going on. I pushed the chalice center pin in deeper and it made a click sound, now it reads fine again. So Something was wrong with the center pin,probably a factory defect.
Now I wanted to start crying about my reo,as I dont have an extra spring. And was desperate to vape, so I removed the spring,and stretched it out (with much effort), and put it back into the reo. Now it fires fine.

So the question is, is this safe to vape on? Or should I rather buy a new spring? As there must be a reason the spring stays colapsed?

 

[Andre]

Yes, your are not the first member this has happened to on the Chalice III clone. Suggest you contact @kimbo.

As to the spring - you can use it as is (stretched out), but it is now compromised and you should replace it with a new one as soon as possible.

 

[kimbo]

@bjorncoetsee sorry mate i am 90% sure it was my doing. I showed @Waltervh that you can take out the pin, and i might have not screwed it is all the way.

I will replace your spring for you mate, no problem

Edit: I make sure to check all my stock before selling, and is in the process of alining all the air holes correctly

 

[bjorncoetsee]

@bjorncoetsee sorry mate i am 90% sure it was my doing. I showed @Waltervh that you can take out the pin, and i might have not screwed it is all the way.

I will replace your spring for you mate, no problem

Edit: I make sure to check all my stock before selling, and is in the process of alining all the air holes correctly

Thanx, I would use the spring like this,but im scared of another short and then I have no protection

 

[Waltervh]

Lets have a look at it tonight, or later this afternoon?

 

[Silver]

Thanx, I would use the spring like this,but im scared of another short and then I have no protection

Precisely
As Andre said

Definitely try get a new spring and treat this as a temporary setup

 

[johan]

Thanx, I would use the spring like this,but im scared of another short and then I have no protection

Get a car fuse 10A, bend the tabs over the plastic part: one tab on bottom and other tab on top. It fits snug and definitely lower voltage drop than standard gold plated spring (I know and personally test same).