how do I know if my 510 atomizers are dead?

[robl45]

is it once they get flooded they are dead? 2 atomizers lasted over a month and now I have 3 that seem not have lasted more than a few days each. I know I flooded them, but I think they flooded from not getting hot enough than anything else. The original two I bought got flooded, I blew them out and got the juice out and they worked fine.

These 3 new ones now heat up but its like they just don't heat up enough, all they do is flood and flood, work great maybe for a puff and then are done. I have two more on the way probably thursday and would rather not destroy those as well.

[Pete54]

Step 1 - Blow the atty out until nothing comes out of it.
Step 2 - Drip 3 drops directly on the bridge of the atty.
Step 3 - Make sure your battery is fully charged.
Step 4 - Take a toot. If you're not getting good vapor then get a multimeter (you really need one in this hobby) and set it to ohms Ω. Put the black lead on the threads and the red lead in the small hole (battery side of atty). It should read about 2.3Ω. If it reads zero it's a dead short. If it reads high, like 3.9 or so, it's on it's last legs!

Good luck.

[robl45]

i used my multimeter, all 3 read right aroudn 9 to 10 ohms, is that bad? how would I kill them? is it just from getting flooded?

[Scottbee]

i used my multimeter, all 3 read right aroudn 9 to 10 ohms, is that bad? how would I kill them? is it just from getting flooded?

If your meter is working right.. and you're reading it correctly, and the atomizers are really at 9-10Ω.... then they're shot and there is nothing that you can do to bring them back.

And that's very strange indeed.

[robl45]

and how do they get shot? just from flooding?

[Pete54]

What Scottbee said, and did you try the steps I mentioned anyway? To answer your question, no, flooding doesn't kill atty's. What are you using? Is it a standard 510 battery or a mod? Are all the atty's from the same place? Where did you buy them?
What you are describing is highly unlikely to happen. There must be some piece of info we are missing.
Hey Scottbee, kinda like an episode of House!

[robl45]

2 atomizers from rocky mountain vapor, one from ecig supply. standard 510 batteries. I bought one with the atomizer from ecig supply and the other I've had that came from cignot. using the BFD cart mod. I think somehow the carts are flooding the atomizers, hard to really tell right now because clearly the atomizers aren't working.

oh and yea I tried the steps you mentioned many times already and no luck. maybe a good puff or two and then nothing, it just floods almost instantly, like it doesn't get hot enough.

[robl45]

when I put the meters leads together on ohms, they read 7.2, so I'm guessing I need to subtract 7.2 from my numbers? so based on the readings this morning,t hey all read like 13. so I guess they are more like 5.8 ohms.

[Scottbee]

when I put the meters leads together on ohms, they read 7.2, so I'm guessing I need to subtract 7.2 from my numbers? so based on the readings this morning,t hey all read like 13. so I guess they are more like 5.8 ohms.

Frankly, I wouldn't trust the meter readings at all. Something is very wrong either with your meter, or the leads.

[Richie G]

What Scott said.

There is a crimp or solder connection where the meter wires meet with the probes. Sometimes that comes loose and gives false readings.

A battery on its last legs will give false/inaccurate readings.

Your meter could be way out of calibration.

Or the meter is toast.

Compensating your readings, as if 5 ohms is zero when the probes are shorted and working from there is a bad idea.