Bad Atomizer

[bluewolf]

You also draw air through the battery and juice and gunk can get into it. A lot of batteries get faulty when juice has stuck onto the switch inside which stops it from working correctly. The taste and smell from a self clean is so strong that if any of the juice or gunk gets into the battery while it's happening it stays there so when you draw air through it again into a new atomiser you will still get the taste and smell.
Maddog has a dissection video somewhere that shows the a battery switch which has stuck because of liquid getting into it.

Ahhhh... I see. Still kinda new to all this. Thanks for the info.

[SuperStack]

The first self-clean cycle on an atomizer is by far the worst. Had it happen once by accident, and man it's really horrible tasting for sure.

IMO... best to just chuck the cartridge away and wash out the atomizer with soap/water, really well.

One can only hope they remove this feature in their new battery batches. Very ill-conceived.

[Taelon]

IMO... best to just chuck the cartridge away and wash out the atomizer with soap/water

No. Use steamcleaner machine with low pressure setting or alcohol. Particles from undistilled water and soap will fill up the metal swam of the liquid feed and break the liquid feed flow after time.
Same for boiling and boiling could damage internal cables if any or other temp sensitive parts of the atomizer.