Refilling the cartomizer: The Movie

**SMILIN** · 10-28-2009, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by kc0cmp

Enjoy!
Had my first attempt been 3 seconds shorter..yes 3 seconds, the video quality would have been roughly double what it is here

still, i think the resolution is good enough to get the idea...It'll be done processing after a few minutes..quality will vastly improve at that point. still wont be like the raw file tho

YouTube - How-to guide to refilling KR808D-1 or Vapor King cartomizers

Larry,

Thank you, love the movie

**rp_iowa** · 10-29-2009, 05:53 PM

Great video - THANKS!!! Made it all super easy. Am less than a week into vaping and refilled some carts today after viewing the video. Hardest thing was finding something I had readily available to pry the cap off. I ended up using a small 'alan wrench/hex key'. vapor output and flavor are very close to what I got from the new cart - so all is good - THANKS AGAIN FOR THE WONDERFUL VIDEO!!!

**kc0cmp** · 10-30-2009, 02:54 AM

Originally Posted by SMILIN

Larry,

Thank you, love the movie

You're quite welcome, and I'm glad people enjoy it. You know I love makin informational/instructional videos...I shoulda been a sex therapist

**kc0cmp** · 10-30-2009, 03:02 AM

Originally Posted by Flowersoul

Some of mine get hot after a refill, so I, too am curious about this.

there are three possible causes:

1: the cart has all the juice on the top so you're vapin harder trying to get more power...Solution: shake the juice down a bit toward the battery end.

2: Cart is a little flooded after refill and youre hittin it harder and longer to get vapor (flooded carts don't produce till cleared) Solution: 1 sharp hard short blow through the mouthpiece end (juice droplets will fly) remember..sharp hard and SHORT..a long blow will utterly empty it..followed by a long hard blow through battery end (sends any juice that wondered into the internal tube back to the batting) Thats how you clear a flooded cartomizer without wastin all your juice..when in doubt though, less juice not more is better when refilling.

3: cartomizer has been filled several times or you're usin one of those brands/flavors that tends to gunk up the atty wire. Solution: There is, at present, no good way to clean the atomizer, although you can flush out the batting and change flavors with distilled water/alcohol..this will not clean the actual atty coil..and most of the accepted methods won't work. Some flavors work for a very long time in a cartomizer, some junk up the atty coil very rapidly... Why does this cause overheating? a gunked up atty coil has its heat dampened by the carbon/gunk buildup..so it doesnt reach full atomization temperature..but does heat the surrounding batting and cart metal case.

**leeshor** · 10-30-2009, 03:35 AM

Sex therapist! Hadn't thought about that! Maybe I should start doing my own videos

But seriously, not only are your videos superb but your explanations can't be beat.

**Flowersoul** · 10-30-2009, 05:00 AM

Originally Posted by kc0cmp

there are three possible causes:

1: the cart has all the juice on the top so you're vapin harder trying to get more power...Solution: shake the juice down a bit toward the battery end.

2: Cart is a little flooded after refill and youre hittin it harder and longer to get vapor (flooded carts don't produce till cleared) Solution: 1 sharp hard short blow through the mouthpiece end (juice droplets will fly) remember..sharp hard and SHORT..a long blow will utterly empty it..followed by a long hard blow through battery end (sends any juice that wondered into the internal tube back to the batting) Thats how you clear a flooded cartomizer without wastin all your juice..when in doubt though, less juice not more is better when refilling.

3: cartomizer has been filled several times or you're usin one of those brands/flavors that tends to gunk up the atty wire. Solution: There is, at present, no good way to clean the atomizer, although you can flush out the batting and change flavors with distilled water/alcohol..this will not clean the actual atty coil..and most of the accepted methods won't work. Some flavors work for a very long time in a cartomizer, some junk up the atty coil very rapidly... Why does this cause overheating? a gunked up atty coil has its heat dampened by the carbon/gunk buildup..so it doesnt reach full atomization temperature..but does heat the surrounding batting and cart metal case.

Thank you so much......your explanation was clear and effective!