Vaporizer is hard to draw through

[Zeon]

Hi,

Since about a week ago it has become very hard to draw through my e cigarette. It still produces vapour, but I have to press the button for a long time and only a fraction comes through. I implemented some suggestions I read online, such as poking through the vent holes with a needle (they weren't clogged) and flooding the atomizer and blowing through it (it did appear that a few "chunky" bits fell out, as well as some liquid that was darker than usual), as well as replacing the wick, but to no avail. For reference I am using a Kanger Mini Protank 3 and a Spinner II battery. The amount of charge left on the battery does not seem to affect the draw in this case.

Any advice is appreciated.

Kind regards

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

Just from reading my first thought was a gunked coil. When you say replace the wick I am assuming you meant you replaced the coil head (coil and wick). The only other thing I could suggest is to take everything apart and give it a thorough cleaning and install a new coil head.

 

[Zeon]

Yes, I believe I replaced the coil head and the wick, I might be confused so here is a picture which shows what I replaced

By thorough cleaning, do you mean dipping it in alcohol/boiling water, etc?

 

[djsvapour]

Maybe the replacement coil isn't a good one... it can happen.

I have a bad one every 100. Newbies seem to get 2 bad ones every box (of 5).

What's that all about?

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

Yes, I believe I replaced the coil head and the wick, I might be confused so here is a picture which shows what I replaced

By thorough cleaning, do you mean dipping it in alcohol/boiling water, etc?

Yes thats s the coil head. Like DJ said, you could have gotten a bad one. CLeaning..I use vodka rather than rubbing alcohol as I prefer not to risk any leftover residue from cleaning (they both evaporate well). Water works too. Use a q tip for scrubbing. I'd try another coil first though.

 

[Zeon]

I'm confused... surely vodka, which is processed for consumption, should leave more residue than pharmaceutical grade alcohol? Anyway, how exactly would I go about doing that? Should I simply fill up the atomizer with rubbing alcohol? For how long should I leave it be?

 

[Bunnykiller]

how tight are you making the atty fit to the battery?? no need to overtighten it, just make it slightly snug. Overtightening it can reduce airflow from the bottom of the atty where the air enters it..

 

[suprtrkr]

I would break the tank into pieces and soak them in alcohol.

 

[spacekitty]

Why waste good Vodka???

I always clean my stuff in 91% Isopropyl alcohol (NOT rubbing!) and it can be found on the shelf right next to the other kind.

Make sure that you clean the threads of the batt with a Q-tip, too, and if nothing else seems to work, you can always try lifting up the center pin with a small screwdriver.... VERY gently!!!

(btw, the Vodka I drink is triple distilled... lol)


Oh... and Welcome to the ECF!!!

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

Why waste good Vodka???

I always clean my stuff in 91% Isopropyl alcohol (NOT rubbing!) and it can be found on the shelf right next to the other kind.

Make sure that you clean the threads of the batt with a Q-tip, too, and if nothing else seems to work, you can always try lifting up the center pin with a small screwdriver.... VERY gently!!!

(btw, the Vodka I drink is triple distilled... lol)


Oh... and Welcome to the ECF!!!

I don't waste good vodka... I bought a large bottle of the very cheap stuff just for cleaning... the good stuff is in an entirely different cabinet!

 

[LuNar]

If the eliquid looks darker then usual its probably because the coil is gunked up and needs to be changed.

You said you have a vision spinner? Try changing the voltage higher that might produce more vapor for you.

 

[spacekitty]

I don't waste good vodka... I bought a large bottle of the very cheap stuff just for cleaning... the good stuff is in an entirely different cabinet!

Yeah... the last time I went to buy the 91% stuff, it was almost as expensive as Vodka... LOL!!

 

[edyle]

if you think about how the air has to flow, it is a very difficult and imprecise pathway where the air has to come in from the sides, squeeze though a slot at the top of the battery, get through a hole in the 510 thread of the protank 3, then go down to get to the hole at the bottom of the coil head on the centerpin - oh btw, that centerpin has to have a slot through it where the air could pass (I've seen before where a batch of coil heads did not have the slot so there was no airflow), then the air has to move up through the coil head .

I used to run my protanks on the ego-threaded bases from miniprotanks instead of using the 510 thread base that came with the protanks.