flooding tank cartomizers

[jkmtwo]

I quit using smoktech cartos because of flooding, I've never had a smoktech cartos that didn't flood. I switched to Boge cartos, not a problem, a drop on my battery connector here and there, but o flooding.

[motelgrim]

Jesus, I gave up tanks because of this. My first tank system was a dual coil smoktek from crystal clear vaping and it worked fine for a few days or a week then, it started filling up with fluid, flooding the batting and spewing juice drops into my mouth. No matter what I did to fix it, it wasn't having any part of it. I tried 2 more prepunched and the same thing.
Now, I'm a pretty smart cookie in the general sense of the word, more so with physics. I couldn't conceive that 2 cartos, fresh from the packaging wouldn't work properly in a tank. The more likely solution is that it was me, or my equipment. I'm using a Bolt, so it's pretty straightforward.
The physics involved are simple: Negative pressure on the drip tip (sucking) causes higher pressure to flow in through the holes in the bottom of the carto. In the case of a punched tank, you have an additional hole in the side of the carto. Air can't freely pass through this hole because the tank is a sealed chamber, so it's like drilling a small hole in a tennis ball and trying to breathe through it. The negative pressure *will* pull liquid through the hole in limited quantities, though (as seen by the little bubbles that come out after drawing hard on it.
If there was a hole in the outside of the tank, juice would, theoretically, flow right through the hole in the carto and out the bottom. Same goes for whether the tank is sealed against the carto properly. Any gap would let air in and send liquid pouring into the carto. On that note, it would let liquid out too, though....
I dunno. My bet is my hardware. I don't have another tank to try it out on that's store bought and I can't really be objective about this on a homebrew franken-tank that I've been known to create.

I was thinking about this after I wrote it and realized I was forgetting about the center tube.
I mean, I can take a reg carto and fill the hell out of it (within reason) and it still works fine so supplying the carto with juice from another source shouldn't affect it or make it flood.
Yeah, I just don't get why I have so many problems with cartos and tanks.

[cnhauf]

I've been using the CCV Resurrector 1.7ohm single coil shorties in my 3mil J-Tanks and haven't run into any flooding issues.
These Resurrectors really rock on my Provari set at 3.7v using a 50/50 mix.
Took my vaping to a whole new level !!
One problem I'm seeing on a few of them is after a few hits I notice reduced vapor and an off taste.
I've found when I push/pull the tank up/down slightly over the carto I can see those air bubbles coming out of the 2 holes
punched with my saddle valve.
After doing this it's right back to a total "fog machine" and excellent taste again !
Doesn't do it on all the tanks/cartos though, just a few.
This one's got me stumped
Some I can fill and vape it till the tank is empty, others I have to push/pull after every couple of vapes.
Can't figure out why these are not letting the juice in like the others.
I'm using the exact same 50/50 mix on all my juices, two holes punched exactly the same, 3.7v on my vv.
Anyone run into this one before and have the magic solution ????

[icanhazvapor]

When i say flooded I'm referring to juice filling the air way to the point of unusable and sucking juice out the mouth piece. Juice coming out the actual connector or tank seal i would call leaking. in generally i wouldn't say leaking is an issue with these but yeah i did have a minor amount of fluid in the connector once the tank carto was totally flooded, but again that's not an issue compared to an unusable carto.

I have noticed that laying one of those type of tanks on it's side for an extended period (a couple of hours) can often result in that behaviour. Incidentally, that "little drop" on the connector is usually just condensation from the vapor dropping back down the center tube... usually.

[motelgrim]

*update*
Ok so I got a 15 pack of cartos today and I was going to make one work in a tank come hell or high water. I cut it, filled it, forgot to actually fill the carto first tho and scorched the ....ing thing.
Cut another, filled it, jammed it in a tank and filled the tank (might I also add that I got an order of Clear Water from LJ's E-Smokes and its the BEST).
Vaping perfection.

So far so good. I'm curious to see how long it lasts

[icanhazvapor]

*update*
forgot to actually fill the carto first tho and scorched the ....ing thing.

I hate that. I've gotten in the habit of actually filling the carto when I take it out of the packaging, before I even place it in the tank.
I'm glad it's working for you so far this time around though.