What would cause an atty to get very hot to the touch after just a couple of draws? I have even cleaned it and it does not seem to change. Is it getting ready to die on me?
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What would cause an atty to get very hot to the touch after just a couple of draws? I have even cleaned it and it does not seem to change. Is it getting ready to die on me?
Kinda hard to say seeing that we don't know
What type of Atty it is
What the Ohm rating is for the Atty
What type of Battery your using it on
Or if other attys get hot also or if it is just this one.
In my case one atty while aging (can't put a figure on it) went down in resistance from 1.7 Ohm to 1.1 Ohm making it to behave the way you described. I must add that the vape was hot too not just an atty.
Get a meter and check the resistance.
Get a meter and check the resistance.
If the atomizer wire is bunched up and touch itself, not in a coil, can this cause a drop in Resistance?
Also, if the OP has a meter, check the output voltage. I heard of run-a-way batteries from fried circuit boards but I'm not sure if this is true or not.
It is one of the 510 attys that came in my kit and it is about 1 1/2 month old now
I will try to check it with the meter I have
I will try to check it with the meter I have
I don't know the cause but I do know that Scottbee has the same observation - some random attys/cartos goes down in resistance.
Well, my ohm meter says it is 4ohms
measured others and even a carto and they all measure the same
maybe it was just getting too dry.....I do put about 4-5 drops on them after cleaning
maybe sometimes it needs more. I just don't want to flood it
measured others and even a carto and they all measure the same
maybe it was just getting too dry.....I do put about 4-5 drops on them after cleaning
maybe sometimes it needs more. I just don't want to flood it
OK, now the atty seems to be doing better. My resistance reading seems to be in the good range according to what I have read. I just kept dripping drops of juice onto it, vaping on it again (still hot and low vapor output, not too good taste), doing this over and over til it finally came back to life! I guess, as I stated in the cleaning thread, I was guilty of cleaning them and putting them away in my goodie box DRY! They sat in the box for a couple weeks bone dry. I am gonna get some PG to put on them after cleaning before storing from now on!
That is what my ohm meter tells me. I checked other atty and a cartomizer as well and they all read the same. I am using a digital meter. It is old so, I am not sure how accurate it is
OK, I checked them with my Provari and it says they are 2.2ohms so my ohm meter is wrong or, as you say, the leads are introducing some resistance.
2.2 ohms is in the normal range for a standard 510. A guess here, but lots of heat and not much vapour could be a sign of a fouled coil. The heat maybe because you have to apply power for a long time to get any significant vapour out it. As you have a Provari, sometimes just using it for a time at an increased voltage can help burn off the carbon from the coil, and help kick the atty's back into life. Maybe try in the 4.5~5v range? Otherwise I do dry burns.
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