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Repair clues for Istick 100W fire button?

Some have problems with accidentally firing fire button with Isticks. I have opposite fault: it wont fire at all.

I just dismantled the device for pieces and cleaned both connection surfaces (button and connect studs) with isopropanol and reassembled my Istick. No help :/ All wires seems to be where they should be and everything seems to be clean and in order (don't understand enough how to investigate circuit board itself). Should I try to add some more parts (what material, some metal??) between the fire button pin and circuit board pin be a solution? Any advice what to try? Similar problems others?
 
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Lefty

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Some have problems with accidentally firing fire button with Isticks. I have opposite fault: it wont fire at all.

I just dismantled the device for pieces and cleaned both connection surfaces (button and connect studs) with isopropanol and reassembled my Istick. No help :/ All wires seems to be where they should be and everything seems to be clean and in order (don't understand enough how to investigate circuit board itself). Should I try to add some more parts (what material, some metal??) between the fire button pin and circuit board pin be a solution? Any advice what to try? Similar problems others?
Could just be a dead board. Can you 5 click the mod on and off? If so the button is working. If not it's probably time to move on to another mod. With inexpensive China mods any repair past a good clean becomes problematical (I keep a can of CRC QD Electronic Cleaner on hand. Designed for electronics and dries quickly). Less expensive and aggravating to simply replace it with something newer.
 

MrScaryZ

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Some have problems with accidentally firing fire button with Isticks. I have opposite fault: it wont fire at all.

I just dismantled the device for pieces and cleaned both connection surfaces (button and connect studs) with isopropanol and reassembled my Istick. No help :/ All wires seems to be where they should be and everything seems to be clean and in order (don't understand enough how to investigate circuit board itself). Should I try to add some more parts (what material, some metal??) between the fire button pin and circuit board pin be a solution? Any advice what to try? Similar problems others?
can you solder?
 

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If it's not firing, it's likely not worth trying to fix it, unless you want to try for the learning experience. If you just want to do it to vape, you are better off buying a new mod with as cheap as they are now.
 

eSMOKA

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First thing you need to do is diagnose if it is the internal on-board button that isn't working or if it is the external button that isn't properly pushing on the internal on-board button.

Take it apart, connect the batteries and a tank and see if it works by pushing directly on the internal on-board fire button. If it doesn't work, then it is either the internal on-board button or the board itself. In that case, it's probably isn't worth the hassle, time and money fixing it seeing how you can buy a new it for under $30 from China or under $35 from the USA...

http://vapespider.com/?s=istick+100W&cat1=115&orderby=price&order=asc
 
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