atomizer disection and re-assembly

[potter_s]

disection 101
1. To take apart your atomizer first pull out the battery terminal located on the
bottom of the atomizer, pull outward with a paperclip.
2. second desolder the wire from the terminal
3. useing the paperclip again lift up on the upper ring to bring the main
body of the atomizer inview
4. remove the upper ring w/mesh..done by holding the atomizer ceramic core
inplace while pulling up on the ring
5. useing a solder gun remove the solder from the coil terminals.
this eliminates broken wires
6. remove the coil
7. once part of atomizer core/ceramic pot is exposed, a pair of pliers will remove
it the rest of the way out
reassembly is much the same in reverse.. thread the wires back through.. re-attach
the atomizer..push ceramic bowl back down to propper level

[breakfastchef]

For those that have never taken an atomizer apart, the ceramic bowl in in potter_s' diagram is where the heating coil that vaporizes the juice is located. The ceramic bowl is smaller than an eraser on the end of a pencil, and probably could not hold more than one drop of e-liquid. So, when someone talks about flooding an atomizer, the ceramic bowl would be filled to capacity with fluid, drowning the heating coil.

[Sun Vaporer]

Potter--nice diagrams you have going here--where is the Bridge shown? Thanks, Sun-

[Zep--]

Looks to me like the wire connected to the side would break when you disassemble it.

Zep--

[potter_s]

Looks to me like the wire connected to the side would break when you disassemble it.

Zep--

i agree to a certain extent.. thats what happend to me every time till i figured out why..anyway,not if it is disconnected from the coil first.. that is what breaks the side mounted wire, still being connected that is, and the blob of solder at the coil connection point.. After those things are removed there is not anything for the wire to get cought on.. While the atomizer internals are out i would put some extra lead free solder on the side connection to re-inforce the connection..may help accidental breakage at the side connection also and maybe better replace the two wires altogether with stronger wire such as in a telephone line.. but thats up to you.. i touched this in list item #5 under disection 101

im calling the bridge 'upper ring with mesh' list item #4 under disection 101
also i left the bridge out for clarity in the picture..keeping it very simple

[Deacon240]

Ooo I like this post. A mechanical engineer friend and I are going to be working on designing a more... reliable atomizer. We'll see how it goes, more for fun than anything else.

[vslim]

I took apart a 901 atomizer, I guess from a different mfgr, and found a couple of differences--

The brass threaded part was *super difficult* to remove, turns out it has axial striations on it to hold it in place after it is press-fit into the stainless tube. Next time I am going to take a little file and cut an groove along the length of the atomizer at the brass thread end from the end to about about 1/4 inch along the tube to free the threaded connector. Both wires attach to this brass piece in mine. From there a gentle push from the cart end should remove the whole att assembly in one piece, except perhaps a thin sleeve which is sort of glued to the tube to separate the mesh from the tube. Mine came out easy probably because I had cleaned it in Everclear a number of times and weakened the glue.

[MonkeyMonk]

Thank you for the post and the pictures. It's very facinating. Wish I had some nerve and some talents in this area.

[ISAWHIM]

Don't forget to add...

Only use lead-free solder, to re-solder the device back together. (It is more brittle, and harder to work with, but required so you don't give yourself lead poisoning.)

[potter_s]

I took apart a 901 atomizer, I guess from a different mfgr, and found a couple of differences--

atomizers do vary but do work about the same way..its all about airflow through the micromesh and atomization by the coil through heat

i do not have a 901 or i would post an exploded section on that item