A few weeks back I dropped my mini ICare in a glass of water. I immediately fished it out and shook the water out of it. It autofired on me a few times which it had never done before. After an hour or so, I put it on the charger. It even autofired on the charger a few times. After a day or so it was fine. No more autofiring and it works as well as it ever did. I think it just needed to dry out some.
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Had that happen with a different mod several years ago, dropped it in a 4' swimming pool
It was only there for a few seconds until I fished it out. I took out the battery, dried it the best I could, and put it for a few days in a container with some rice. I am still using it, so there was no damage once it dried out. 
Not sure if this will work on the iCare, but worth a shot.
Thanks! I put it in some rice last night. I will leave it there until the end of the day and then see how it works
Standard cell phone response: Take apart as much as possible and put into a dish of rice to try to get the water out. Try not to fire it until it's completely dry. Pray that the gods be pleased with your actions.
(aaaaand I didn't realize that was another page until after I responded. At least great minds think alike!)
The bad part of this is that the battery is internal and it was firing on its own. I hope having it sit in the rice helps it. My wife LOVES these tiny mods... They are so tiny and work great.
Let us know how it works out.
Let us know how it works out.
So I had something like this happen to me yesterday night, but it fell in my fish tank (don't ask). It started autofiring, so I shook the water out, took the chimney out, drained the juice and set it upside down and let it drain out. I checked to see if it would charge once it stopped autofiring, and it would from what I could tell, and it would display the red light when I plugged it in. Then after around 30 mins or so I put the top back on (but didn't put the chimney in) and set it in a bag of rice overnight. I just took it out of the bag and put a little juice in it, and found that it still displays a red charging light, but refuses to fire.
Any ideas, or am I boned?
Any ideas, or am I boned?
Burying an item in rice in the hopes of drying it out is not the cure all that many believe it to be (it really doesn't do much). Best bet is to disassemble as best as you can and let it dry naturally or in front of a fan. After 48-72 hours, if it still doesn't work, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that the item is toast.
I don't think we think it's a cure-all, just that the rice will help suck out some of moisture. Might still be toast, but at least a valiant effort was made.
I would shoot at least the USB port with contact cleaner, then in front of a fan or blow drier. Eat the rice.
My wife dropped her cell phone in the toilet not too long ago.
It was all wonky, and sometimes it would start vibrating.
Took it apart and put it all in a bowl of couscous.
Better than rice because it's smaller.
=)
It was all wonky, and sometimes it would start vibrating.
Took it apart and put it all in a bowl of couscous.
Better than rice because it's smaller.
=)
Have tried iCare. Loved it at first, in fact I bought a couple more + spare coils thinking it would be my long-term solution. First bad experience was with pure VG. It was literally spurting hot droplets to the back of my throat. Very nasty. So I replaced the coil and switched back to 70%VG/30%PG, which worked well for a while.
Then I noticed the online directions say to "saturate" the coil before use; while the manual says to drip two or three drops into the coil (interestingly the manual doesn't say what or where the coil is). So I tried that, which is kind of tricky because the coil is in a metal cylinder with some tiny holes, or you can drip it in the opening at the threads.
So my first question is whether people do saturate the coil and how. Also HOW MUCH to saturate it because forcing liquid into the top opening of the coil (where the threads are and you can see some cotton wick) has produced for me all kinds of problems, including massive painful spitback with even the lightest draw, gurgly/bubbling noises, and a horrible taste like burnt hair or something. In some cases all at once. This is happening now with two devices simultaneously. Now I'm thinking the things worked better BEFORE I started following the directions to saturate new coils before use.
So I've actually gone from loving the iCare to having two in use that I'm almost afraid to use. Can anyone provide guidance? Would too much liquid in the coil/wick area cause these problems? Still with 70VG/30PG.
I guess I'll try replacing the coils again but wanted to get some feedback first on whether and how to get the coil wet because I'm going through a lot of coils.
Then I noticed the online directions say to "saturate" the coil before use; while the manual says to drip two or three drops into the coil (interestingly the manual doesn't say what or where the coil is). So I tried that, which is kind of tricky because the coil is in a metal cylinder with some tiny holes, or you can drip it in the opening at the threads.
So my first question is whether people do saturate the coil and how. Also HOW MUCH to saturate it because forcing liquid into the top opening of the coil (where the threads are and you can see some cotton wick) has produced for me all kinds of problems, including massive painful spitback with even the lightest draw, gurgly/bubbling noises, and a horrible taste like burnt hair or something. In some cases all at once. This is happening now with two devices simultaneously. Now I'm thinking the things worked better BEFORE I started following the directions to saturate new coils before use.
So I've actually gone from loving the iCare to having two in use that I'm almost afraid to use. Can anyone provide guidance? Would too much liquid in the coil/wick area cause these problems? Still with 70VG/30PG.
I guess I'll try replacing the coils again but wanted to get some feedback first on whether and how to get the coil wet because I'm going through a lot of coils.
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Firstly, it depends on how thick your 70VG30PG fluid is on whether it'll adequately wick or not, but you can always thin it down a bit with vodka or distilled water (upto 10% if necessary). I am using all VG (unflavoured, but 8mg/ml) with 10% vodka at the moment without a problem, although I normally use 70PG30VG instead.
Secondly, I prime a new coil by dropping a few drops down into the coil and then blowing into it, which forces the liquid into the wick surrounding the coil. I usually put 3 drops in, blow, put another 3 drops in, blow again and then screw the coil head onto the air tube assembly, screw that into the body and use as normal. First couple of toots I try and only do short pulls, but after that it's okay.
Secondly, I prime a new coil by dropping a few drops down into the coil and then blowing into it, which forces the liquid into the wick surrounding the coil. I usually put 3 drops in, blow, put another 3 drops in, blow again and then screw the coil head onto the air tube assembly, screw that into the body and use as normal. First couple of toots I try and only do short pulls, but after that it's okay.
So 70VG/30PG is not always about the same in thickness? That might explain a lot. Because I've been using 3 different brands. How to know if it's too thick?
I'm waiting for Foggy to be mass producing those 1.6 coils w/ cotton /rayon
Wow this is a humongous thread.
I'm seeing some subdiscussions about wick materials. Are people actually changing out the wick and coil in the Eleaf iCare?
I'd ensure the liquid you are using wasn't too thick. Secondly, don't over-fill, even if you leave it 1/8" under the max line. Thirdly, when screwing the coil assembly into the now filled tank, hold your finger over the hole in the air tube which will help prevent excess fluid seeping into the coil head while assembling.
For something as small as the ICare (and everything about it is small, the coil heads, the fluid inlets for example), I aim to have the fluid about the same viscosity of PG.
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