Gutting out and re fitting a hana clone

[oddjob]

I'm a tiler, my special skills are slapping tiles on walls, grouting, grinding and making your bathroom look nice.

I have a hana modz DNA20 clone on its way to me from fasttech. I'm wondering if any of you mod making geniuses on here would be up for stripping it out and fitting a dna30 chip etc in it?

Is this even possible? I really don't have a clue about this sort of stuff!

Thanks!

 

[5miley]

I would hold off until using the clone for a while before deciding whether to upgrade the board or not.
You never know, you may be perfectly happy with the clone board.

As for whether it is possible to do a swap, I dont see why not if the clone is a 1:1 copy
Might have a bit of a mare removing all that hotglue

 

[Tubbyengineer]

Unless I'm very much mistaken the DNA 20 & 30 have the same dimensions. I think your main problem will be removing the old board without damaging the case, If you really want to do this my advice would be to take it slowly, in fact don't plan on finishing it in one go or even one day!. Just do a little bit at a time taking care to get it exactly right at every step. That way you get a top notch finished item...

 

[Chegs]

Only reason I've found for changing the clone board for the genuine deal is the clones can repeatedly shut down from heat buildup. Only likely to be an issue if you're running it full time at 30 watts or chain vaping at lower powers.

Sent from my SM-T210 using Planet of the Vapes mobile app

 

[BaDaBooM]

Clone board is bigger so its no problem to change boards if you know how a hot glue gun works. Isopropyl alcohol makes removing hot glue easy.

You could of just got a VHana Empty box and put a real dna30 in it.

If you need any help just ask I'm happy to help.

 

[5miley]

Clone board is bigger so its no problem to change boards if you know how a hot glue gun works. Isopropyl alcohol makes removing hot glue easy.

You could of just got a VHana Empty box and put a real dna30 in it.

If you need any help just ask I'm happy to help.

I have one of those but with the clone board
Still in the process of putting it all together

 

[BAVapes]

oddjob how many of these are you planning on getting?! Did I read somewhere that you have a real one on the way as well?

 

[5miley]

@oddjob how many of these are you planning on getting?! Did I read somewhere that you have a real one on the way as well?

You can never have too many mods, IMO.

 

[oddjob]

Haha I ordered the one from fasttech ages ago. Then got the one off you, which I'm using every day and it's fantastic. Then I ordered a genuine as my special occasions mod! I have a few different atties and I like to use switch up flavours so I'll just stick one on each mod! BAVapes are you still planning in getting more? I'll probably end up with one of each colour! Looked at a vapour shark the other day too but I don't like that 22mm atties don't sit flush.

Thanks for the replies on this. I've been using the one I have now with 0.8 builds mainly so the 20 clone wouldn't fire that. But I will see if I find any uses for it. If not I might try my hand at a chip transplant. Good to know.

 

[BAVapes]

oddjob yes mate, they should be arriving in 2 or 3 weeks.