atti problem.. first day user. help me!! :)

[Spokane]

ok, so I got my cig.. smoked on a pre-fill for a bit.. then decided to try my camel.. so i took off cart.. filled an empty cart that I bought empty. and put a drop on the atti. then smoked for a bit.. but then it started to not produce much vapor.. so i checked it out.. and there was a little bit of camel down in the plastic part of the atti.. so I tried to blow out the juice. idk if i got it all out... but now i have to primer puff it like 10 times to get almost non-visible smoke.. some times no smoke. and by non-visible i mean like not even enough to inhale..

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Spokane--sounds like you flooded your atomizer---take it blow it out though the atomizer hole and turn it upside down (cartrdge side down) on a piece of paper towel and let it drain for a while and then try it again---it should fire right up ---next time be a little more sparce with the e-liquid. ------Sun

 

[Spokane]

Yea, I thought I flooded it.. but it really did not seem like much got down in there. thank you for the tip.

How many drips is good enough for a 401 cart? and should i drip directly onto a 401 atti?

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Spokane--just use the tip of the cartidge---no core and use 2-3 small drops at most. that should do it for you-------Sun

 

[Spokane]

ok, i have been letting it dry out since about 6pm pacific time. and it seemed pretty dry.. so i screwed it on and tried vaping.. the cart and atti area get pretty hot.. but i get no vape.

 

[Sun Vaporer]

ok, i have been letting it dry out since about 6pm pacific time. and it seemed pretty dry.. so i screwed it on and tried vaping.. the cart and atti area get pretty hot.. but i get no vape.

Spokane--it is still not dried out---when you flood an atomizer--the wick around the coil is saturated and can to dispurse the heat to the mesh. So the heat you are feeling is the coil getting hot but the heat is not getting to the mesh. Give it some time and you may have to add a little more e-liquid once it does dry out to reprime it. Sometimes it takes it standing on end all night for the fooded e-liquid to drain out so give it some time--if that does not work, then we have a different issue as the mesh may not be wicking properly and in that case you need to flood the atomizer with e-liquid on purpose and let it drain again----atomizers are very timid at best---but since this is a new atomizer, do not give up on it till you try these methods---------Sun

 

[Spokane]

Sun, you are the most helpful mod that I have ever encountered on a forum.. lol
Thank you very much for the info, i should probably tell you that I soaked it in alcohol for a few min then shook it out and let it dry a bit.. so if i leave it over night do i have to flood it in the morn and let it sit upside down again? or since i put it in the alcohol should i flood it and let it sit all night right now?


Good thing I have two spare atti's in the mail atm

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Sun, you are the most helpful mod that I have ever encountered on a forum.. lol
Thank you very much for the info, i should probably tell you that I soaked it in alcohol for a few min then shook it out and let it dry a bit.. so if i leave it over night do i have to flood it in the morn and let it sit upside down again? or since i put it in the alcohol should i flood it and let it sit all night right now?


Good thing I have two spare atti's in the mail atm

Spokane--No problem and thanks as we were all new to this at one point in time. I would flood it again, blow it out, and let it drain overnight. The alcohol dried out the mesh and the bridge----that should do the trick--if not PM me tomm--------Sun

 

[Spokane]

Thank you Sun, you're an awesome mod.. I'm sure all the other mods on ECF are just about as awesome too