The Ocelot "Hot Swap" Method (switching cartos in a tank w/o draining the juice)

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OH NO!! The carto in my tank died and I just refilled it with juice!

Never fear! The Ocelot Method is here! I may not be the first person to think of this, but I haven't seen it before, so I'm claiming it as my own! I shall go down in vaping history! [I've seen a cart-to-carto swap, but that won't work if your carto is flanged.] (There is a link at the bottom to the video I just added!)

Note: This will only work with tanks that have interchangeable top and bottom caps. It will not work with DCT/SCT tanks that have a concave bottom cap to hold the carto flange. I haven't tried it with cartos that do not have a flange.

You will need:

A tank with a dead carto
A "Slap Yo' Mama" or similar tank tool
A new carto
(The tank in the picture is sitting on a cone cover, not a necessary component.)


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Remove the drip tip and insert the tank tool.

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Push the old carto down into the tank.

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Remove the tank tool from the old carto (I hold the bottom of the carto so it doesn't come back up when the tool is pulled out).

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Put the tank tool on the new carto.

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Push the new carto with the tank tool attached down into the old carto. [Note: there is less juice in the tank in the remaining images, because it fell on the floor while I was trying to balance the parts to photograph them. It didn't leak; the towel is dry.]

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Flip everything over. When the new carto is pushed up into the tank, the old one comes out of the top.

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All done!

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Et voilà!

"The Ocelot Method" for changing cartomizers in a carto tank - YouTube

Comments

Uh oh, somebody's giving Baditude a real run for his money on forum Tank Master:laugh:! (laziest person in the world that I am, I spent way more than I can afford on a VVG Reo, and am back to attys, after all these years). But you are Queen Of Tanks -
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Cool trick!!! I never thought of that:)
I just always used the "syringe method".
Will definately give this a shot next time!!

Great Pics and tutorial BTW:thumb:
 
I get frustrated using a syringe. It annoys me when I can still see juice in the tank, but the needle is too short or won't bend enough for me to get those last few drops.
 
I just used your method and let me say fantastic! I kind of talked a little crap in jest when you first posted this BUT as with dragonblood the carto always freaking dies at the worst time. Took a used but still good carto and in 10 seconds I was on my way to going about my business.. I will henceforth share this as my own method :p Na kidding I'll share this as YOURS!~ THANKS OCELOT
 

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