Atomizer and the primer lube .

[Bond, James Bond]

Originally Posted by trog100

i dont know what kind of liquid they put in only that its has to be there.. its the first stage in the process so to speak.. it gets diluted down quite quickly even thow some of the taste can linger..

if a 901 atomizer is ever fully dried out by blowing boiling or whatever it takes four or five drops to reprime the wire wool that surounds the little pot the heater coil sits in..

the stuff in the bottom section of wire wool can thicken up as well making the atomizer hard to draw thru.. air has to pass thru the wire wool on its way to the heater coil.. it pulls liquid along with it as it does..

all the cart does is to top up the wire wool.. the wetness of the wire wool is the important bit.. which is why it all works quite well with direct dripping..

trog

ps.. normal usage never fully empties the wire wool.. two drops keeps it all going but the wool really holds a lot more than that..

Trog ,
You say 2 weeks is what the atomizer is good for.
In 3 months of smoking Quit heavily, I have never managed to "kill" an atomizer beyond repair. after 2 weeks or less sometimes , the atomizer will get weaker or clogged, but after cleaning it gets up as new. however, not for long. after first cleaning , the atomizer needs more frequent cleaning. is this because of the wick inside the pot that get clogged do a degree that it cannot be cleaned fully? or is it something else?
what make the atomizer loose his power? is it the heating coil maybe?

[trog100]

i think its the wick thing in the coil that simply ceases to be a wick.. the liquid in the wick is the liquid the coil vaporizes.. once it loses it ability to hold liquid or at least enough liquid to produce a certain amount of vapour thats it..

just for the sake of argument lets say it holds when new one quarter of a drop.. heat it up and suck and that one quarter drop of liquid produces xxx amount of vapour...

as it ages it holds less liquid and less vapour gets produced with each suck or activation.. the atomizer starts to enter wimp land..

it can be said some vapour will always be produced.. just not enough for me which is why i say they are worn out when i do.. if a person is happy with less vapour the atomizer will last then longer..

two weeks could be translated into a fixed number of puffs.. a simple time period without knowing how many puffs take place during thta time period is meaningless.. let me pull a figure out of the air.. say 4000 puffs then its worn out..

i cant put exact figures on it.. but when they are only just good enough when brand new we could say a 50% drop off is enough for me to say they are worn out.. but if less vapour is required the useful life will be longer.. more puffs..

i tired very hard to get the big names to say how many puffs per atomizer... none of them would.. none of them dare.. now we all know the buggers wear out quickly given heavy use.. things have changed a bit..

i can press my SD switch and see my atomizer glowing cherry red.. its not the heater coil.. it might go open circuit and die completely but if the battery power is there its always gets hot enough.. which just leaves the one thing.. the wick piece..

trog

[Bond, James Bond]

Originally Posted by trog100

i think its the wick thing in the coil that simply ceases to be a wick.. the liquid in the wick is the liquid the coil vaporizes.. once it loses it ability to hold liquid or at least enough liquid to produce a certain amount of vapour thats it..

just for the sake of argument lets say it holds when new one quarter of a drop.. heat it up and suck and that one quarter drop of liquid produces xxx amount of vapour...

as it ages it holds less liquid and less vapour gets produced with each suck or activation.. the atomizer starts to enter wimp land..

it can be said some vapour will always be produced.. just not enough for me which is why i say they are worn out when i do.. if a person is happy with less vapour the atomizer will last then longer..

two weeks could be translated into a fixed number of puffs.. a simple time period without knowing how many puffs take place during thta time period is meaningless.. let me pull a figure out of the air.. say 4000 puffs then its worn out..

i cant put exact figures on it.. but when they are only just good enough when brand new we could say a 50% drop off is enough for me to say they are worn out.. but if less vapour is required the useful life will be longer.. more puffs..

i tired very hard to get the big names to say how many puffs per atomizer... none of them would.. none of them dare.. now we all know the buggers wear out quickly given heavy use.. things have changed a bit..

i can press my SD switch and see my atomizer glowing cherry red.. its not the heater coil.. it might go open circuit and die completely but if the battery power is there its always gets hot enough.. which just leaves the one thing.. the wick piece..

trog

That make sense.
Thanks

[trog100]

Originally Posted by Bond, James Bond

That make sense.
Thanks

it does to me... once it make sense i am happy...

trog