Is Blue Aquarium Filter Material OK To Use In Carts?

[ChipCurtis]

Chipcurtis, is your black foam wicking completely dry in between refills?

Yes, the black foam wicks evenly and supplies a consistent amount of liquid to the wick. Whenever I pull it out to inspect which parts are dry or wet, it is evenly moist throughout the foam. I never dry mine out completely, as I don't want to risk burning out the atomizer.

[imawitch]

I have used it and its ok. I always go back to poly..
Seems to work good and last for me..

I use cartomizers almost exclusively so its not an issue anymore for me. They have poly fil in them anyways..

Cheap Poly at walmart called batting material. Huge bag for several dollars..

thats what ive been using..tho, i am tempted to see how the blue foam works...

maybe next trip to petco, i might buy some and see what haps?

but for now, im happy vaping on my poly

[DC2]

I don't know if anyone has confirmed that it is safe to use.
But I figure if it is used to filter water for aquariums, it must be safe.
Fish can be very fragile and sensitive to contaminants.

Setting aside whether or not it is safe, it most definitely works great.
The only trick is to get the right thickness (compression) for the thickness of juice.

But it is super easy to work with.
And I have never seen any pieces of it break off before.

[Ego]

The blue foam is toxic but only if it catches fire, it produces toxic fumes. Almost everything we can use as a plug or filler is toxic if it catches fire and you breathe the fumes. Your only option to be totally safe is to drip. I will take the risk of it not catching fire. I used the blue foam and had no problems of melting. Just make sure you insert the cart correctly and cut the blue foam were it doesnt touch the atty itself.

This info is verified through american excelsior, a company based on making foam.

[chuaa]

ive read in another thread that some of these foams contains polyurethane..is this true? is so, then isnt this alarming?

[ChipCurtis]

Just make sure you insert the cart correctly and cut the blue foam were it doesnt touch the atty itself.

I don't see how you'd get this to work without SOMETHING touching the atty, in this case, the filler - whatever it is.

No batting, foam, or other type of filler is going to catch fire in an e-cig. The worst that can happen is some melting of the material due to vaping on a completely dry cart. This can happen with normal polyfill as well as any type of foam.

[Ego]

I don't see how you'd get this to work without SOMETHING touching the atty, in this case, the filler - whatever it is.

No batting, foam, or other type of filler is going to catch fire in an e-cig. The worst that can happen is some melting of the material due to vaping on a completely dry cart. This can happen with normal polyfill as well as any type of foam.

I didnt say it would catch fire. I said it becomes toxic if it does. I would assume it is toxic if it melts as that would produce fumes. I use a silicone plug and it doesnt touch the atty just the bridge. It works because the silicone is pushed up by the bridge which allows the fluid to run down it into the atty keeping it moist using the wick. Same would apply to the blue foam. If you follow Eclipses' procedure it wont touch the atty and you should be fine. Eclipse has very detailed pics of just how far the bridge is inserted into the cart. If you have filler touching your atty it is going to burn and u will have a burnt taste.

[eclypse]

I didnt say it would catch fire. I said it becomes toxic if it does. I would assume it is toxic if it melts as that would produce fumes. I use a silicone plug and it doesnt touch the atty just the bridge. It works because the silicone is pushed up by the bridge which allows the fluid to run down it into the atty keeping it moist using the wick. Same would apply to the blue foam. If you follow Eclipses' procedure it wont touch the atty and you should be fine. Eclipse has very detailed pics of just how far the bridge is inserted into the cart. If you have filler touching your atty it is going to burn and u will have a burnt taste.

Knowing that this would be tough to find.. even for me as i could not remember what page i did the leg work and found my original post with the pics.. hehe.

The first set is for the foam plug and see how it touches the top of the atty bridge.. Thats good and probably would be perfect for high voltage use as well.. The bottom set is with the blue foam slug. notice how it hugs down and around the atty bridge? Thats fine with a normal 3.7v device but with HV its not safe! I've notice the blue foam melting around the edges that hang down vlose to the bottom of the atty where all the heat is as thats right above the atty coil. The quick solution i've found is to just flip the slug over so it touches just like the regular plug. No burning.

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