Hi! had a question about the atomizer.. my 401 was working fine last night.. vaping away like crazy.. then this morning when i get up, refilled my cart - dropped a drop on the atty and nothing.. fresh batteries and all.. do the atomizers just conk out like that or am i just doing something wrong.. thanks for your help!
atomizers
- Thread starter Malicedoll
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
Malice........Alas your poor atomizer might have just went "Cold" on you!...In other words It Died!( based on the sound of your description!)....You could try the "coke" method to see if it just needs a good cleaning if you can't get to fire back up!...Sorry to hear!
The Wiz!
I had an issue where I thought the atty had died and it turned out it was not seating on the center post of the battery. I gently pried on the center post to raise it and voila! vapin.
thanks Wiz.. trying to clean it out now.. see if that works..
Center post? hmmm.. i'll have to try that once it cools down! if it's dead.. can't hurt.. hehe
Thanks guys for the help!!!
Center post? hmmm.. i'll have to try that once it cools down! if it's dead.. can't hurt.. hehe
Thanks guys for the help!!!
I've noticed a couple of things that do that to me.
First is too much liquid and some got into the battery and the switch gets stuck, I just blow it out good through the little holes on the end of the battery, or I have blown it out with butane as well. Symptoms are the LED doesn't come on when you take a drag.
Second the underside of the atomizer has gotten a little buildup on it, that wasn't letting the battery make good contact, I just wiped it out with a piece of cloth. When it does this the LED may not come on, or it might come on but not much vapor or flash a bit on and off.
As well sometimes if the battery just isn't screwed on tight at all.
I though I lost an atomozer 3-4 times so far, but it's always been one of those things.
I lost one for the 801 penstyle and there was just no way to revive the thing. Curiously though, right before it died it worked better than usual. Last ditch effort I suppose. It's wise to always have a back up.
Hi Mal, the only time that happens to me is if the connectors get dirty. The 401 seems pretty sensitive to it. Just wipe the battery and atomizers connectors with some paper towels..then you can move onto the other measures that actual require effort
If you have a volt/ohm meter or even just a continuity meter you can test out cold atties. If is good you should read like 3 Ohms of resistance by placing one lead on the center (by hole) and the other on the outside threaded area. A dead atomizer is just like a burnt light bulb where the filment is separated or broken. In a cold atty's case the coil is broken and an Ohm meter will just read OL, which just means the resistance is so high it can not be read by the meter. The led WILL still light if the atty is dead, it is completely independant from the atomizer. Blow on a battery with no atomizer and you'll get the same result. If the led does not light up it probably is flooded from dripping. I have been trying to resurrect my last 401 passthrough by blowing it out with no luck and I know that is what happened to it.
My first dead atomizer went this way. Was working fine in the car, got into the hotel and nothing. Multimeter said no continuity. Took it apart and the coil had separated from the wire for power on one side. It was way crusted with black stuff and a couple of threads on here indicate that the crud may expand and pull the connection sometimes, which is what it looked like to me.
- Status
Similar threads
