Tweaking UWell Caliburn Vape pod inhale sensor.

I am in no way to endorse smoking or vaping.

It is best to go clean, I believe.  Because: Your respiratory system designed for fresh air and works best with fresh air.  :))

Shame on me, I smoke at least a pack a day for more than 30 years :((

Nowdays, vaping is getting popular within youngsters. I guess, this is why my son came up with the idea to forcibly switch my smoking habit to vaping. He might have search and found many articles saying vaping is less dangerous than smoking.

Mind you though, those articles speading around the internet may not scientifically proven. Some articles even say the opposite, severe lung injuries/popcorn lung by vaping. Those popcorns may not be a good company while watching movies....

Then came the present from my dear son. A set of Uwell Caliburn an a bottle of mint salt nicotine liquid.

A quick google about vaping, and seems to me (yeah, to me only, not to you, no endorsement here) those vape fumes are safer than cigarette smoke.

Open up the present, charged it, fill the pod and vape away.......

Surprisingly, I learned from my wifey, up to several days after start vaping, my son always checked ashtray in the porch and always empty. I guess he really wanted me to stop smoking...... drama tears..... thank you, Son!

After about a month as a regular vaper and very little cigarette consumption, that Caliburn starts giving me problems. Sometimes, automatic inhale sensor does not work, fortunately Caliburn equipped with manual firing button.

The problem gets worse. Instead of not firing during inhale, it keeps firing once turned on.  Caliburn teardown time bell rings. Opening up is quite easy and lots of video at youtube for that purpose.

Note the center square in the button, there is a small rubber button damper. I lost the LED light tube 

Watchout for this black "nanotech" rubber

Now dig deeper. After removing inner cover, guess what device is the inhale sensor ?  Good guess, a condenser mic capsule.

At first I thought, the sensor must be somekind of thin reed with electrical contact.  Boy, I was wrong. However, a microphone can output an electrical signal by detecting/ converting air pressure changes energy, right?  Kudos to those genius product design engineers.

Tweak a condenser mic capsule? Not a chance. No other way than cleaning it , since the size of it are only 3 or 4 mm in diameter no way to solder a new one, if somehow I could get a replacement.

Nothing to lose, because with constant firing, it is unusable. Sprayed some contact spray on it, waited a minute and turn the unit on. Ho ho ho..... once tuned on, no constant firing ! Re-tested it by applying a light negative pressure on the sensor AKA suck it lightly :)

Doh time, constant firing after test. Drastic measure needed, peeled off the black fabric cover & spray away. Same as without peeling the fabric cover.

With new pod to order & a waste of good rechargeable battery in my mind , why not take the desperate measure. A drop of superglue? Why superglue? Maybe, superglue is thin enough that could seep into inside cavity and forms an isolation, thus destroying the condenser mic :))  Bad bad logic for fixing up something.

Done with superglue, replace the fabric cover, waited 5 minutes. Turn on. Guess no way to suck it, right?  Firing button pressed, it was firing during the press and lit off a second after button released. After several sucessful presses, pack the whole thing & ready to vape.


NOTE:

Only tried above sucessfully with ONE UNIT.

TWEAK IT AT YOUR OWN RISK OR TWEAK it just for FUN :)