Atomizer burning/creating smoke (not vapor)

**xpdx** · 01-21-2009, 12:40 AM

I tried searching for this on the forums but the keywords "atomizer" "burning" and "smoke" do not narrow down to what I am looking for. So I apologize if this has been discussed before.

I am a new member so I guess this is the only place I can post this:

Today my DSE901 with a freshly refilled cart and fully charged battery gave me a hit like burning metal. It reminded me a bit of the sulfur taste you get when you don't let a match stop flaring before lighting an analog.

Something was definitely burning and creating smoke! I imagine it was toxic as hell. I ditched the atomizer right away. Now I am paranoid that I am inhaling toxic crap from burning up atomizers- that's why I quit the analogs!

Now I keep thinking I am getting a hint of that toxic smoke with my vapor!

Anyone have this happen to them? Should I just ditch the whole setup and get a whole new battery/atomizer set?

-xpdx

**taz3cat** · 01-21-2009, 12:49 AM

e-cig have a self cleaning cycle that everyone hates. Clean your atomizer because it willl taste bad untill you do. Most people just run warm water thougth the atomizer and blow the water out both ends and let set untill complete dry or use a blow dry real gently

**Sun Vaporer** · 01-21-2009, 01:06 AM

Just smoke through it is my advise--it disappers quickly if you vape alot--But, and many others here truly think that other then blowing the atomizer out and letting it drain overnight, cleaning an atomizer only shortens the life. The thin wires in them can not stand boiling or steam cleaning. The main reason for atomizer failure other then the constant expanding and contracting from being heated and cooled hundreds of times is the THE CLEANING CLYLE. It burns the coils way to hot, burns the thin wire, and leads to their demise. An atomizer lasts way longer on a USB passthough that does not have a cleaning clycle--at least that is what some of us have found. They need to get rid of that dam cleaning cycle--it is as if they built in a "kill it cycle" so you have to go buy another one!!!

**xpdx** · 01-21-2009, 01:34 AM

I thought I had experienced a cleaning cycle before, both on my pen style and my 901. Maybe this one was just particularly brutal. In any case I'm gonna soak the atomizer in some water over night and then try it again.. after drying and priming of course.

Man I would pay several hundreds of dollars for a reliable, durable, electronic cigarette. When will someone come up with one? The Sony of e-smoking? Where are they? So far in my experience price is not an indicator of quality, just marketing budgets when it comes to e-cigs. I wasted a few bucks figuring that one out.

I'll just take your word for it that it was a cleaning cycle and continue as I have been for now.

**Tallulah** · 01-21-2009, 01:39 AM

aha.

but tell me, why would a fairly new atomizer (2 day's normal usage) suddenly go into the cleaning cycle? and is that when the atomizer gets super hot?

yes, I'm posting on two threads about this.

**RjG** · 01-21-2009, 01:40 AM

maybe it was just some fuzz got in there from the cart, that is nasty tasting, so I've heard

**Sun Vaporer** · 01-21-2009, 01:49 AM

It is the Battery chip--not the atomizer that dictates when the cleaning cycle is going to fire--the battery has know idea it is a new atomizer.

**Tallulah** · 01-21-2009, 01:59 AM

Thanks much for that info, Sun.

**GabbyD** · 01-21-2009, 02:41 AM

It's totally nasty! About a thousand times worse than cartridge fuzz burning. I have to say my favorite thing about the USB is avoiding that stupid cleaning cycle.

**xpdx** · 01-21-2009, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by GabbyD

It's totally nasty! About a thousand times worse than cartridge fuzz burning. I have to say my favorite thing about the USB is avoiding that stupid cleaning cycle.

Yea.. I just ordered a USB passthrough. Can't wait for it to arrive.