510 atty's save 'em/ toss 'em

[phenom5]

I'm down to my last, brand new, unopened 510 (TW) atomizer.

I've got 4 in rotation, a couple that work well, and a couple that are hit & miss. My wife's got 3 going. I've also got a 1/2 dozen atty's that have crapped out on me...

So before I order another pack, I figured I'd see if I can bring some of these back to the land of the living. So I channeled my inner Dr. Frankenstien, and soaked the atty's in some hot water, blew them out, and let them drain/ dry out over a couple of days.

My question is, at what point do you consider an atty something that can be saved. I've got 2 that heat up, but don't make any noise, or vapor (presumed dead). The other 4 heat up, make some noise, and seem to produce vapor, but I don't seem to get much TH from them.

How long should I dry burn atty's?

Thanks for the help. If there's one aspect of vaping I don't like, it atomizers. Seems like there's a little black magic involved with these things.

 

[larktdl]

I am not going to tell you when you should toss a atty but for dry burning try

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...nty-tip-cleaning-your-atomizer-right-way.html

Seems to work okay but make sure the atty is fairly dry otherwise there is a chance you may
short out the coils due to moisture. I don't use water, use Vodka instead as it evaporates quickly.

 

[phenom5]

Thanks for the tip lark. I'm giving it a go right now.

 

[River]

I hate a weak atty, most of mine get tossed after a couple of months.

I do all the standard things like overnight draining and the rare coke bath, hot water stuff, "dry" burn every once in awhile but at some point I give up and toss it because even though it may be making a bit of vapor it's just not enough to make me happy.

It's a bit wasteful but I still feel I get my moneys worth out of them.

 

[CaptJay]

If my attys work at all, and arent like trying to suck through 3 layers of wool to get anything out of then I keep em. I currently have 3 - all over 4 months old now - that are truely DEAD. They do nothing - well they look the same but other than that they dont fire up; those are getting tossed out. I dont like cleaning mine period apart from blowing htem out - tried it once, and killed the atty (though it might have been dying anyway, that was the sole reason I cleaned it lol)
I agree with you about the black magic part.

 

[Lab]

when they are to that point think of it this way.. you are going to toss it anyways.. burn the hell out of the thing and see if it works.. i had one to that point i dry burned it till the battery got hot and it came back to life.. on some dry burns at that point get the atty hot then put a drip of liquid on it and it will start glowing red..

 

[Rosa]

If I had dead attys (none yet, knock on wood) I'd do this first.. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/69834-my-atty-resurrection-method.html and then go to the classifieds (I think someone there wanted them)

 

[oldtechno]

My opinion here...if the atty will heat up, try to save it.

If it doesn't heat up at all--it's gone, toss it.