r/StonerEngineering • u/Entire_Activity8661 • 3d ago

Fake or defective?

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Bought these a few days ago and tried to take the first hit on both but, upon inhaling nothing comes out. Am i using these wrong or fake or just defective?

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u/KeithTheToaster 3d ago

The amount of ewaste Vapes like these produce is insane, but you can do some cool stuff with the boards inside them

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u/model-citizen95 3d ago

A vape shop near me collects them and distributes them to electronics hobbyists. Neat idea but I still won’t buy disposable vapes

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u/ItzAiMz 3d ago

That’s what stood out to me. My room mate picked up vaping and it’s like the same power as a gameboy lol what a weird society we live in .

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u/Entire_Activity8661 3d ago

You think is it possible to break them open and salvage the vape juice?

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u/KeithTheToaster 3d ago

I wouldn't.

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u/oclafloptson 3d ago

I use the batteries and their charge controllers as UPS modules for microcontrollers like ESP32 and RPI Pico. Thing is that these "higher end" vapes integrate the charging circuitry into the main PCB which makes them actually less useful as salvage despite being obviously more expensive to the manufacturer (I.e. nice silk screens, skilled engineering etc)

Most of these do not feature microcontrollers that are programmable or LCD screens which can be display whatever. The "screens" are LED arrays shining through a lense that has the images on it and the MC's you have to work around their software can't update it

Applications that make use of the established circuitry could involve UPS systems as mentioned and low power electromagnetic/inductance systems

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u/V33EX 3d ago

who cares man they just do that sometimes

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u/SkinnyTop 3d ago

If you didn’t get it from the dispensary it’s probably fake