Brought an atty back from the dead!

[rolandpibb]

Washed it out a few times using the kids old snot sucker, let it dry, did a dry burn and it lit up orange. No smoke no pop, so I threw it on my 510 batt and tried dripping. Not a lot of vapour or flavour. Figured it was for the trash.

I saw a vid on de-bridging. Seemed pretty easy. Did it and now it is a great dripping atty!

Before you chuck your attys in the trash, try de-bridging. Worked for me!

Have a great weekend all!

 

[Switched]

If the coil is caked, de-bridging will do nothing for the coil. That's how rumours get spread...

When an atty is on its last legs, moving it up to 5V will give it some new life. caution, once brought up to 5V it will not perform well at 3.7V afterwards.

 

[rolandpibb]

If the coil is caked, de-bridging will do nothing for the coil. That's how rumours get spread...

When an atty is on its last legs, moving it up to 5V will give it some new life. caution, once brought up to 5V it will not perform well at 3.7V afterwards.

Wow, having a rough Friday?

I'm not furthering any rumors, I'm just stating what worked for me. I figure if other people have attys that are not working it's worth taking 2 min. of work in order to get perhaps a few more days or weeks out of it.

 

[Switched]

Wow, having a rough Friday?

I'm not furthering any rumors, I'm just stating what worked for me. I figure if other people have attys that are not working it's worth taking 2 min. of work in order to get perhaps a few more days or weeks out of it.

No a bad Friday. In all honesty you got lucky as de-bridging didn't bring it back from the dead period. When you start getting 6-10 months out of your atties and have a proven method in keeping them alive for that length of time, then I will listen to your advise. Sorry, all you are doing is spreading rumours on speculation without any anecdotal data.

 

[rolandpibb]

No a bad Friday. In all honesty you got lucky as de-bridging didn't bring it back from the dead period. When you start getting 6-10 months out of your atties and have a proven method in keeping them alive for that length of time, then I will listen to your advise. Sorry, all you are doing is spreading rumours on speculation without any anecdotal data.

Yay, internet argument! sigh

You assume facts not in evidence. I did not mention anything about atty longevity, nor do I purport to be an expert. I simply stated that my atomizer was not working well after a cleaning and instead of just throwing it out (seems like us new vapers go through atomizers quite quickly in the early stages of vaping), I decided to try a mod, and it worked for me. If someone else is ready to throw their atty out, and this method works for them, great. If they try this and it doesn't work, oh well, they just wasted 2 mins of their time on something that they were going to throw out anyway. Perhaps I used the term "dead" too loosely for your liking? Perhaps I should have used the words crappy atty?

Your point about 5V bringing back new life could have been much better received had you just stated that, this may not work, and could be used in a different fashion. The context of your words is quite snotty and I am lost here as to why you're up on your vapey high horse.

 

[Switched]

Yay, internet argument! sigh

You assume facts not in evidence. I did not mention anything about atty longevity, nor do I purport to be an expert. I simply stated that my atomizer was not working well after a cleaning and instead of just throwing it out (seems like us new vapers go through atomizers quite quickly in the early stages of vaping), I decided to try a mod, and it worked for me. If someone else is ready to throw their atty out, and this method works for them, great. If they try this and it doesn't work, oh well, they just wasted 2 mins of their time on something that they were going to throw out anyway. Perhaps I used the term "dead" too loosely for your liking? Perhaps I should have used the words crappy atty?

Your point about 5V bringing back new life could have been much better received had you just stated that, this may not work, and could be used in a different fashion. The context of your words is quite snotty and I am lost here as to why you're up on your vapey high horse.

The point I was trying to make is that de-bridging your atty might have proven successful this time, this particular instance. But the bridge has nothing to do with poor performance. That is all I am saying. It was luck, nothing else, and not a proven technique.

I will not dismiss the fact that new vapers go through loads of atties in the beginning, it is a fact. But at the same time there is allot of bunk out there wrt how to prolonged their life. It is simple, blow 'em out every now and again and vape away.

Your discovery although new to you and I am sure amazing had nothing to do with making your atty work like new again. No seasoned vaper will buy it, many others may, and that is the problem. If your atty (the coil) was truly caked, it would not have been brought back to life. OTOH your atty might still have been wet and if you would have patiently vaped through the spot, I am convinced that it would have been fine without de-bridging. That is all that I am saying. Would you like me to send you an original 510 atty that was acquired 16/3/2010 that has never been cleaned. It performs around 85% capacity, damn good considering all my eGo batteries require replacement because the internal resistance is just too great for them to continue performing.

 

[rolandpibb]

While I had no luck with my atty in the state that it was in, de-wicking and de-bridging got me my desired result: Vapability from something I was going to write-off.

Switched, I appreciate your knowledge and your willingness to pass it along. We can all do with more ways to save time, money, and effort.