Atomizer Life Spans

[MitchV4]

Boiling alcohol?? Make sure your fire insurance is paid up!

[Frankie]

If a mini pot with alcohol catches flame, you can just cover it and that´s that. I also vaguely remember a mixed drink I had in the end of a very heavy party. It was burning in flames and there were some instructions how to drink it. I almost died the next day or so, but burns had absolutely nothing with that, because I had none

But OK, if it damages the atomizer, I will not try it...

[SuperStack]

It's reported that alcohol can strip the paint off atomizers, so boiling alcohol would only be advisable on unpainted ones.

[Kate]

Yes, I soaked a Janty classic atomiser in cold isopropyl alcohol and the paint bubbled and came off. It doesn't happen with all paints from what I can tell but definitely Janty.

[Dale]

My super-mini from Njoy came with only one atomizer and has gone ten weeks with no noticeable drop-off in perfornmance. It was never a vapour superhero in the first place but it's still performing as well as when I started using it, and this with a spotty cleaning schedule. Of course it isn't my daily workhorse any more, either... the ScrewDriver took over that spot about three weeks in.

My ScrewDriver is currently under repair (entirely my fault) so we'll see if the Njoy suffers under more constant use.

[Taelon]

He doesn't look at all his few post he is "Mr. Know It All" aka TROLL

Not all, but Masters of Electronic Science with >25 years of professionell experience and mechanic 1st profession with 6 years experience. So what's Your excuse for Your "High School Never Ends"-behaviour against me, FW Airforce military greenhead?

Well there you go. Water boils at 100deg C. Then it becomes steam. Steam can be 400 degrees, or 200 degrees. Or even 100 degrees. But steam can never be less that 100 degrees, because then it becomes water again. So if you say steam doesn't melt the wires, then boing water won't either.
That is tooooo silly

You do apply the (not too high pressure, otherwise it could blow out the glass fiber liquid feed) steam burst to the heater spiral, not to the inner of the device (boiling in water will fill the inner and contact the device with enough water carrying enough energy to heat up the inner parts to 100°C in a second) , atomizer case temp will not rise over 50°C in the process duration of 10 seconds here
Please read about thermodynamics basics.

[equazcion]

Not all, but Masters of Electronic Science...

You still haven't told us your basis for saying the insulators can't take boiling water. Having a masters doesn't mean you know the thresholds of every device ever made, let alone this particular device which is fairly new and obscure.

I've tried the boiling thing myself -- 3 times so far -- and my atomizer still works fine. I also leave the atomizer in the boiling water for longer than Parked suggests (about a minute). Still no difference in performance.

[ZambucaLu]

Someone here boils theirs for 10 minutes and says it works great!

Lu

[Frankie]

I have no mechanical knowledge whatsoever. I am a translator. After 7 weeks of service my 901 att seemed weaker than it should be. I decided to risk it and boiled it in vinegar. After short boiling I left it in until the vinegar cooled a bit. Rinsed with hot water, let it dry... IT WORKS. Actually, it works very nice. It helped. But I do not know why. I just applied the same stuff I use for electric kettles etc. at home. It dissolves dirt or what. Well worth to try.

[trog100]

the insulators seem to be made of silicon.. the same material as silicon tubing is made from.. it stands lots of heat the boiling wont damage it.. in fact there is nothing in an atomiser that boiling water will damage.. except the paint finish on some of them.. some have a more durable paint finish than others..

not as i think boiling does much good but it dosnt seem do any harm either..

trog