Burnt taste

[Jeremyv]

On day 5 with ego c and things were great at first but now I get horrible burnt taste every or every other toke. Tried changing tank and put a silicone cap on but same thing. Any advice one my first atty.

 

[robcope]

Atty could be getting clogged and should be cleaned. Change atty's, make sure to prime the new one with a few drops of e-juice and give it another try. You can find great videos on youtube for cleaning atty's. I am sure you will get more responses and more info. I hope this helps. Remember thick (VG heavy) juice will clog the atty faster.

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[spider362]

I have 10 heads for my "C" and use 7 of them rotating 1 a day and cleaning them once a week.

Been using them for about 2 months now and each one is as fresh as the day it was new. No burnt taste, either.

 

[Jeremyv]

Thanks. Thought that it might be the atty. this was the only thing that scared me about the ego c but knew the time would come just hoped it wouldnt have happened so fast. Any tips on an easy way watched the cignot video but seams complicated. Guess I will have to just dive right in. What tools will I need. Thanks all.

 

[spider362]

If you're asking about the dry burn thing, I don't do it. Of course I only use Menthol which is practically clear. I don't use any of the dark stuff.

My cleaning procedure:

• Soak overnight in warm water,
• rinse,
• put them in a sonic cleaner with warm water for 9 minutes (3-3 minute cycles),
• blow them out from the spike end,
• soak them in PGA to displace any water left to get rid of any impurities left by the water (this step can be omitted if you use distilled water),
• then drip 3 drops of juice down the spike to prime it.

 

[Jeremyv]

Well don't have sonic cleaner and don't plan on getting one can I skip step. And what do u use to blow it out.

 

[NaOH]

Dirty wick. Pop the spike and remove the wick and hold it over some flame until it goes white. Also clean out the coil and chamber while you've got it opened up. Almost good as new after that.

 

[spider362]

Well don't have sonic cleaner and don't plan on getting one can I skip step. And what do u use to blow it out.

Sonic cleaner is not really necessary. I just happened to have one on hand.

I use a syringe with a short piece of vinyl tubing on the end that the head will slip into and pump it back and forth to suck/blow the excess water out. Just blowing with your mouth will do the same thing, just blow through the spike end to make sure the wick stays seated against the coil.

 

[Jeremyv]

Ok I gave it a try but when I removed spike didn't know with side of wick to hold over flame. Coil was easy to dry burn then I rinsed. Gonna give a try today. I guess if I still taste burnt hits I was unsuccessful. Went with the cignot method on YouTube. Thanks for all the help

 

[spider362]

Once you remove the spike plate there should be a short length of wick sticking out the bottom (flat side of the spike plate). This is the part that touches the coil and will usually be dark, or black. Hold the spike plate by the spike with a pair of pliers or tweezers and hold over a hot flame. I wouldn't use a cigarette lighter or candle because they are not hot enough and will leave carbon deposits on the wick. You need something that produces a blue flame such as a butane or acetylene torch or the flame of a gas cooking stove.

If the wick gets pulled out of the spike, use a pair of tweezers and grip the wick right below the metal cap and push it in from the flat side until the top of the cap is flush with the lower part of the angled cut of the spike.

If you still don't get proper flow you may need to adjust the height of the wick in the spike.
Lowering it will increase flow and raising it will decrease flow.