burnt atty taste mean bad atty?

[Hinterscher]

I have an atty that seems to work fine, but tastes burnt. I tried dripping several times to make sure the coil was wet and even tried the whole soaking/boiling in pepsi, cleaning with alcohol thing and it still tastes nasty. Its a dse901 and I normally get a really good flavor with it. Is it about to go doa on me or what?

Thanks

 

[Houdini]

That burnt taste usually means your cartridge is dry.

 

[Hinterscher]

I keep topping off until I'm afraid I might flood it...

 

[willsgirlie]

it just probably has a burnt taste stuck on it, so to speak, from last time you let it run dry. bad atty=not working at all.. lol I think you can still salvage this one, maybe rinse it out.

 

[Hinterscher]

Cleaned it really good this morning. Maybe it's just me today or the juice is nasty or something.

 

[groundsclown]

Do you have another atty to try out?
I've had this happen a few times. The first few times I tried salvaging them (cleaning, more cleaning, dripping only..etc)
The only thing I can think of is, the wicking material under the bridge also runs down to the coil. I think it's possible that, when an atty is run to dry for to long, the wick burns & possibly frays, causing that atty to ALWAYS taste burnt. Had it happen with both 901's & 510's.
Anymore if it happens, I try dripping only with it for a day to see if it clears up. If not, I toss'em in the trash. Ain't worth wasting otherwise good tasting juice.

Rob

 

[enico]

You might want to look at your cart and see if the stuffing is burnt. Try changing the cartridge, sometimes that's the culprit.

If you just cleaned the atty sometimes it takes a bit to get back to a decent flavor. Puff on it for a day or two and the flavor usually goes back to normal.

 

[laurieok]

also check to see if there is a stray "hair" from the cartridge. This happened to me and when I got out my glasses and looked down at the atomizer I saw this hair. Pulled it out with tweezers and the burnt taste was gone!