Manufacturers/Suppliers: What's in my atomizer?

[jamie]

I've been having a problem with one of my ecigs.... little to no vapor usually, and sometimes a burning odor/taste as folks have discussed many times.

The steel wool portion of the atomizer is a U-shape that juts out of the atomizer 'tube' and sits down into the cartridge. I've examined it a few times and noticed a beige'y color inside the U and down in the atomizer, just where I could see. Below the steel wool, not part of it. Finally tonight I stuck the end of a tweezer into the U and below is what I pulled out, the beige'y stuff I had been seeing. If other pictures and discussions have clarified this, my apologies for missing it. Everyone might know but me! And thanks in advance for any info.

[kessel113]

hi
this is the tissue who holds the liquid to prevent it to go to the battery
put it back in

[leaford]

Yeah. Nice suggestion, Kessell, I'm sure you'll be happy to clarify just how he can put those back?

Seriously, Kessell is right that they belong there; those fibers absorb and hold the liquid for the atomizer to vaporize. Putting them back, though... That's a challenge.

[dnakr]

Does your atomizer work again?

[shogun]

I love how some manufactures/sellers try to make the "atomizer" chamber sound and look like a really complex and futuristic device. See for example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E18jmMNUBdM

About 0:45 into the video.

[kessel113]

if its a mini its pretty easy to put it back in
if its a pen style the best way its to go by the battery side

if he din't dammage the heating element it should work

[dnakr]

Makes you think you are getting something hi-tech.

[jamie]

Thanks all, this board is swarming with experts. I'm not one!

The ecig doesn't work any differently now than it did before I pulled that stuff out of it, which gives you an idea of how well it was working for me. So not much to cry about if I can't get it back in. But should it be burning? We can see that has happened looking at the fibers. And the fibers themselves smell exactly like the burning smell/taste I've been getting. It doesn't seem to me that we should be smoking the "protective battery covering"...

[trog100]

i have never found anything lke that in the atomizers i have pulled apart..

mine just have the lttle ceramic pot surrounded by wire gauze i dont think it should be there.. what sort is it..??

trog

[TropicalBob]

I've never seen anything like that either, Jamie. And I find it scary that it is showing evidence of burning. You're inhaling the smoke from that stuff along with the vapor from the cartridge. Not good, no matter the intent of the material. And what IS that material's content?