Atomizers

[allure]

Then wash it out and drop a lot of liquid on the atty 15 drops or so, then let it stand for 6 hours or so, then blow it out and drip 5 or so drops more and see if it helps.

kevin

I doubt it, the liquid will seep through the battery end if you put 15 drops. I think the last resort is using 1 second dry heat up with the 4.5v power and pour some drops of H2O2 along with it.

 

[green-lantern]

I have purchased several 801 attys from bestecig.com and they consistently work fine for a few days and then out of nowhere it appears that they stop wicking the cartridge and I get that horrible metallic taste. My original 5 attys died shortly after that- the coils do not even heat up.

I am hoping the replacements Beci sent me (for free!) will not die as well. So far, one out of the 5 replacements has turned to the metallic taste.

Any ideas as to the cause and/or solution for this?

I read in another forum that if you run the atomizer too dry, the wicking material can lose it's ability to wick the liquid. If you then continue to try to vape it, it can kill the atomizer. You might try to top off your carts more, at the first sign of any metallic or burnt taste or even before. If you still getting some heat from the atty, but no vapor, you can try the suggestion for a fix which was to soak it in cola over night, hoping the phosphoric acid? will bring back it's ability to wick. Then wash it out and drop a lot of liquid on the atty 15 drops or so, then let it stand for 6 hours or so, then blow it out and drip 5 or so drops more and see if it helps.

kevin

Sometimes I think I get little pieces of the cart down in the atty and it causes a burnt taste but what he said. Keep topping off when you start to get a different taste and if it starts to get hot.

 

[Pinepig]

I seem to get pretty good life out of mine, these are some things I do. I only have experience in two products so far but common sense tells me it's helping.

If dripping, don't over do it, three drops is more than enough for 6-8 drags on a 401 sized atty.

On my 701 ( cigar ) I use the carts, they are huge and will last along time but I check the wicking material every 1/2 hour or so if I'm doing the constant vape thing and top them off with a few drops from a bottle if they look dry. It does not mean you will never have to refill the cart from scratch ( the fluid in the cart starts looking dark brown and seems to be thicker in consistancy, this can't be good for the atty ) so I go ahead and clean the cart out and start from clean fluid at that point.

When I refil a cart I take the time and get the majority of the crap out of the atty too ( I'd guess it is brown and thick too ) , just hold a paper towel against the bridge of it and blow from the other side ( Remove battery for this ). When you aren't getting anymore juice on the paper towel, you're done. Place 3 to 6 drops ( 3 for small atty's, 6 for huge ones, 4 or 5 for those tweeners ), put a new cart on, and set it on it's side for 5 min before vaping.

If you have a penstyle/401 check the area between the cart and the battery frequently for juice, wipe up with the corner of a paper towel if you see any, I've seen quite a few folks have battery problems and it seems that dripping a conductive juice inside of them is bad ( imagine that ). It's my guess that juice also lowers the voltage to the atty causing an incomplete vaporize of the juice leading to clogging conditions. I swap batterys long before they are dead to help vapor production.

While you are vaping, pay attention to how much vapor it's producing, if the vapor starts dropping off, stop and investigate, atty's starting to get clogged ( quick blow on the paper towel trick ), juice between it and the battery ( paper towel wipe ) , dry cart ( top off or clean and refil ) , low battery ( swap it out ) are the ones that seem to be the most common and the easy ones to fix.

I know the damn things are fiddly ( at least so far in my experience ) but keeping everything clean and tidy ( no over/under juice ) seems to go a long way in the life of these things, hey it's a small price to pay for not putting all that crap in your lungs nor paying the outragous tobbaco taxes.

I haven't got to the point where I need to ust some kind of acid to clean off the coil on any of mine yet, I'm kinda curious on how long they are going to last without doing that just by cleaning them as I have been doing. I'll let you know when one of mine dies outright.

My Prodigy will probably ship today. ( sorry I had too )

 

[Curtis]

Hey Steve, I ordered a couple of 801 atomizers with the liquid I just picked up today. I noticed when I ordered, It said the availability was Pre Order only. Do you not have them in stock? Will I have to wait for my liquid until you get the attys?

Thanks in advance

 

[rinkusu]

whoa! juice is now available! /me heads over to the site....

 

[tropic420]

Curtis, don't know if this helps but I ordered 901's with the prodigy and they shipped sorry I couldn't be more help

 

[Curtis]

Thanks Tropic.