View Poll Results: Has this method worked for you?

**four2109** · 01-14-2010, 07:44 PM

I was skeptical, and reluctant to mess with a functional atty, since I don't drip that often.
I had 2 old E-Cigarette atty's that I got from DX for parts. One worked poorly, as they do and the other not at all. Being protruding they were much easier for my old eyes to experiment with. I had not bothered to check either with a voltmeter.

They both work fine now, not great because they seem to have a cheaper, smaller coil, but definately better than I would have expected.

The fibers went to the outside ring of mesh so the bridge (which was to high and thin) would have had to be flooded to ever get juice to the coil. On the one that had not worked at all, I think the mesh between the pot and the band was too tight to allow the juice to flow in and be wicked.

So I have two more backups. I'll use them occasionaly to see how long they last.
I would not recommend this for use with automatic batteries.
Hmmm, Where is Tinear....? This frees up lots of space for the Fang!

**Extremeodd** · 01-15-2010, 01:39 AM

Well I did it to an older 801 that was reading 5ohm, seemed to work the same but I blew the f'in coil heating it up a bit since I noticed only the very middle was glowing, then the slag stuff on the end started glowing then POP gone. Oh well, got like 5 more heavily used ones to mess with. All I did to the one that blew was remove the bridge (couldnt reach the wick) to see the coil. The center of the coil was clean the outer edges had balls of nasty on it.

**HappyCamper** · 01-20-2010, 07:48 AM

On Dec. 10... my TW 510 mega kit arrived (3 mega batts, 3 atty's)... tried the straw mod, DUH!!! I broke a new atty before I even used it!!! Actually, I MANGLED the thing!
I stored it away til I could figure out what to do with it.
2 weeks ago...When I read this thread I gave it a try.
This is my favorite atty on my pass thru, it is my buddy, I am in love with the strong throat hit and calmness that I get (like the first ciggy in the morning).
I named him Fred, when Fred dies I will make me another one just like him, I will use a new atty if I have to... I love my Fred!!!

**Morgus** · 02-02-2010, 11:39 PM

seems like with the coil exposed it leaves room for alot of great mods, i think ima try hooking up a glass tube with eliquid to see how that works first. ill post if i get anything that works

**clyde2801** · 02-07-2010, 02:33 AM

1. It's been postulated on this thread that the wicking messing up is what's causing a lot of these attys to go cold.

2. The juice box design has an atty with special sauce, reengineered to remove certain parts that cause an atty to fail.

3. The juice box design uses the special delivery system to deliver very fine amounts of juice to the atty. I'm speculating that it would work similar to dripping.

Does anyone think that this could be the (or part of the) special sauce that carlos uses for his super duper attys? I've got a box full of dead 510's that are awaiting surgery tomorrow. Great find!

**DWTaylor** · 02-07-2010, 02:58 AM

I just did it to a dead atomizer on my volcano. oh my god it does vaper now. I mean real vaper.

**stgardner** · 02-19-2010, 06:17 AM

I managed to revive one of four 510 atty's I had ready to toss. When trying this fix, I screwed two of them up pulling too hard with my tweezers & the other just wouldn't fix. But, on the one that did, instead of the starting 2.5ohm resistance it had when new (which is great at 3.7 volt), it is now around 3.5ohm, which is incredibly awesome at 5V on the Prodigy V2. I'm just glad to have one of the four work. I'm waiting on an order and need this one as a spare. So, I thought. Instead it is my main atty for now as it vapes awesome. The story on this atty was it would hiss slightly on charged batteries but no vapor at all, so I figured it was dead. Not now!

Thank you so much for this great find.

Scott

**deftdrummer1** · 02-22-2010, 04:58 AM

Originally Posted by Frostmonkey

Yes this will make a "dead" 510 a dripping machine. Just drip 2-3 drops directly on the exposed coil. It seems there is definately sufficient mesh around and under the ceramic pot therefore it holds 2-3 drops very well. I haven't had many problems with leaks at all.

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**jambandphan03** · 02-22-2010, 06:33 PM

I am sooooo glad I found this thread, and wish I has seen it sooner, I must have tossed at least 5-6 atty's that were getting hot, but not producing vapor. Now I know better, and I also discovered that if you are careful, you can split the mesh either in the middle, or on one side, and push it out of the way to remove the bridge, and then when you are done cleaning it up, push the mesh back to the middle, which gives you a bit of a wick again, and a place to drip. Though, it is not needed, it seems to work fine with out anything over the coil, but I like having something to drip on to. I had no idea the coils were getting that gunked up, and now I understand how these atomizers work, better than I did before I tore open to see inside. I also read somewhere that using one of those sonic wave jewelry cleaners will help get the deep down residue out of the coils. I have just ordered one, and will test this out to see if it's true. Might be another way to clean your atty before you have to go tearing it apart. Rinsing them and soaking them doesn't seem to do much for the deep down gunk, so I hope the jewelry cleaner makes a difference.

I give this thread an A+++++ and this should become common knowledge for everyone who buys these things. I have spent so much $ just jacking around with these e cigs, and using VG to vape has clogged up most of my atty's. It will be nice to know I can stretch the use of them longer than I thought I would be able to.

After working on a couple more of these repairs, I think the most important part is getting the coils clean, sorry if this has already been stated, as this is a really long thread and I have read a lot today.