Is the cleaning cycle bad?

**zighain** · 10-22-2008, 12:51 AM

Thank you all again. My first e-cig should be here no later than Thursday and i'm trying to gather all the info I can.

**SMILIN** · 10-22-2008, 01:30 AM

Originally Posted by BigBuxNoWhammy

lol I've only seen it happen once before, out of like.. so many atomizers. Anyone else? How come mine never do it?

Ya need to puff harder, smoke more, and drip like a fiend, then, no problema, you will get a cleaning cycle.

**firewire** · 10-31-2008, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Mr.Darcy

apart from anything else,it makes the atomiser taste like crap-and thats no exaggeration-for ages afterwards...no matter what liquid you try to use to drown it out......

I just got hit with this today....yetch!

Does anyone know a way of cleaning the amomizer though? Don't want to try anything just incase I damage it.

**madog** · 10-31-2008, 11:48 PM

Alot of people have report sucess with steam cleaning - I pickup a steamer at a 2nd hand store yesterday and steam cleaned both my atomizers and WOW it worked really great and tasted better too.
Some people have used one called a penguin - Mine is a shark bottle steamer.

See here.
Shark Steam Bottle : As Seen On TV Store
I paid alot less $7.95 at Goodwill

Oh yeah - hold on to the atomizer with a hot pad that stam is real HOT.

**trog100** · 11-01-2008, 01:05 PM

a little tip regarding the cleaning cycle.. when it happens re-prime your atomizer directly..

three or four drop straight into the atomizer will do this.. its not the perfect answer but it helps get rid of the nasty taste as quickly as possible..

trog

**firewire** · 11-01-2008, 02:29 PM

Thanks Madog, I'll look into that. And Trog, which end do you mean? I've got a 901 which has a small hole where the battery goes or the cart end? I want to be ready because it seems to happen every other time I change the battery at the moment!

**BadSeed** · 11-01-2008, 04:23 PM

It's the cart end you want to drip into. Nice and easy, even on a 901.

Rat'll show you how to do it:
http://www.e-cigreview.com/index.php...tent&Itemid=29