Cleaning cycle - removing cartridge

[scrubadub]

A number of people have mentioned elsewhere that removing the cartridge rather than the entire battery when the cleaning cycle kicks in eliminates the bad taste problem. Recently I've been using six 901 batteries from kits I purchased when Jason did his Ebay clearance. Consequently they all had their cleaning cycle over this weekend. With all six of them I removed just the cartridge, let the battery do it's thing while connected and then put a drop of liquid on the atomiser when it finished. There was no horrible taste with any of them.

I know it's not a new tip but I thought given the number of batteries it happened with it was worth confirming that it works a treat.

Many thanks to the others who already pointed this out

[Tex]

Thanks for the info I'm finding so many helpful threads

[jarvis]

I just don't see how the cleaning cycle is supposed to work. I don't see how something in direct contact with a heat 'resistant' fiber is supposed to "burn itself clean". The fiber that acts as a wick is supposedly made out of a heat-resistant aromatic polyamide fiber, which most are rated for a maximum 200c for frequent use. When they reach temperatures over that they start to break down (what kind of poisonous gasses are released when that happens is of concern and hasn't been addressed by manufacturers). Perhaps removing the cartridge brought the temp down a bit and spared the fiber. I hope the newer generations of e-cigs are eliminating the feature all together.

[SuperStack]

Maybe it depends on the brand as well. The problem is that the cycle can actually kill an atomizer, or severely decrease its performance - even if no bad taste is experienced.

I still think that disabling it entirely is the much better way to go (and manually clean it every so often instead).