Can juice destory an atty?

[Etch]

I have lost 4 atomizers in 3 days. All dying for no particular reason. 2 Standard 510's that have been running smoothly for weeks, a LR thats been running smoothly for weeks, and now...another BRAND FREAKIN new atty - dead after about 2 hours.

Just about lost it when the latest one died...but i figure something isnt right. When 4 attys die at the same time (3 of which were in regular rotation) there has to be a cause. So - the only conclusion i can come to - is i recently switched juices and the atty deaths happened around the same time.

New juice (70/30 - 30mg from VB) started on monday. Its now wednesday - and im down 4 atties.

Is it possible the juice is killing them?

 

[akcrabslayer]

My wife and i have been using the same two juices for about four months now and have had the same thing happen with the standard 510's.Finally got tired of atty's failing at the rate of two a week on average so we have both switched to lr 306 atty's for the last week,so far so good,there vape hasn't changed since day one,hopefully they will last!

 

[cskent]

I had been using the same atomizers for a couple of months and got a different juice from a different vendor. One quit so I figured "oh well they're supposed to die eventually". I put the same juice in the other atty and it quit within an hour. It still vaped, just really badly. I got rid of the juice and put a new set of atty's into use. I set the "dead" atty's aside for another couple of months and found them recently. I tried a dry burn on one and it came back to life, same with the other one. So you might give the dry burn a try and see if it works for you.

 

[Etch]

of the 4 - 3 dont fire at all (cant try dry burn). 1 you can see the faintest red of the coil, but not enough to generate any vapour. I've tried dry burning on it - but i could sit there for a week before i see even a bit of vapour.

I havent tried a 306 yet, though im sure i will soon. Cost aside - the rage of an atty dying at exactly the wrong time is too much.

 

[Nomoreash]

I've only had 2 die in 4 months and those died 2-3 days after taking them out of the package. Surprised me because those were authentic Joye and none of my others are. I think it's just luck of the draw. Juice shouldn't destroy and atty but some can gunk them up faster than others causing them needing to be cleaned more often. Heavy VG and Dark Juices seem to gunk them up the most.

 

[enree]

It is dificult to find the rootcause in this manner. What is your set? The type of battery and atty? See if the connection is good. I've never experienced juice killing an atty before.

 

[Java_Az]

Not all juice is created equal. I had all kinds of atomizer problems when i first started vaping. I wont name the vendor but something was going on with the juice. I switched vendors to one that stated they only use pure additives and no water. I have switched to DIY ing my own juice since then( now i know exactly what goes in my juice). But after i switched off the first vendor my atomizers have been lasting longer then a week. So if you ask me i for sure believe Juice makes a difference. I am puffing on a atomizer right now that i have been using for 2 1/2 months straight. Best advise i can give, is try looking at other vendors juice check out the reviews section there are quite a few out there that put out high quality pure juices. Might cost a bit more but in the long run you will save money on not having to replace atomizers all the time.

 

[Etch]

Standard sorta setup i suppose.

Dripper on eGo 900mah (regular 510 atties - not the mega cone ones).

If its just a fluke...well, thats quite the coincidence. I really hope its not just a fluke because then i just have to accept it. If i can find a cause i can fix it. When you cant just walk to the store to pick up atties, losing them at this rate is really tough to accept.

I did think about the connections though. The atties died while connected to 2 diff batts. I must admit - the connection on 1 did need a cleanup. I cleaned it after the 2nd atty died when i started to think something was messed up. By the time the 4th one died, everything was immaculate.

I've changed juice now because its the only thing i can think of. I've already had to buy a pack of analogs "just in case."

 

[Etch]

@java_az FSUSA was all i used up until this most recent order from Vapor Bomb. I had to see what the fuss was about on some of the flavours. I dont know the cause of this issue - so i dont want to start pointing fingers at VB. Its entirely possible there is some other reason. I could blame the atties too..or maybe its user error. Dont know what i could have done - but its possible.

Really im grasping at straws i suppose. Maybe i have to just let it slide. But f i lose a 5th in the next day or 2 there is going to be an eGo shaped hole in my wall.

 

[Ed W]

I had two 510 atomizers die on me in a 3 week period...I went and got adapters that go from a 510 battery to a 801 atomizer. And started using my DSE801 Atomizers that are 2 years old and haven't failed me yet and still going strong. If you feel the juice had something to do with it they may be flooded out try soaking them in some vodka for about 15 min then run them under hot water blow them out from the battery side then run hot water threw them again and blow them out then place them cart side down on a paper towel or cloth let them remain that way over night then try them again the following day.

 

[dormouse]

Re 70/30, I vape 70/30 from BWB all day with no problem. I've only been vaping for 4 weeks and use an atty for a week before dropping it in a jar of alcohol and switching to the cleaned dry one.

Some people think dark colored juices gunk up attys faster. I can't see why since it's usually just food coloring but some think that.

I find when my cart is not wicking well, I overuse the atty trying to get a good drag. I can feel how hot the atty gets when I'm doing that so I just have to stop and do a full pull-out-the-stuffing type refill of the cart so I get really good wicking.

 

[enree]

Still difficult to tell. How long did you puff? Too hot will destroy the atty. High voltage with low resistance attry is not good. Puffing dry atty is not good either. So there are many ways that atty dies.

 

[Etch]

So - more background!

I clean every 2-3 days with alcohol, rinse dry. Have had a decent rate of keepin atties alive up to this point. Only lost 1 in 3+ months prior to this.

I dont exactly time my drags - but 4-6 secs on a standard 510, less then that on a LR.

Im pretty aware of the heat side of things and dont really overdo it - but when they died, it was a first use moment. As in - i used it - set it down for an hour so, came back - and it didnt work.

Its an eGo - so no high voltage issue. (though i realize the risk of killin the battery LR on an eGo).

Definitely not a dry atty issue because i decided to rinse em out to see if i could recover 1 or 2 of them. Enough juice came out that i can safely say it wasnt dry. And as far as flooding goes - no issues before they died. No gurgles, ran fine.

 

[enree]

Now it seem that you have been vaping a lot. I also come to understand that you are using only one atty at a time. Atty has a life, measured by the number of puffs. The more you drag, the quicker it dies. Different manufacturers produce different atty's quality. So you do need to experiment a bit.

 

[JD1]

My three 510 attys are about four months old and still going strong. A couple of weeks ago I ordered some of the 2.8-3.0 ohm C2 R4 cartos from Mad Vapes. I've been using one steady for over a week now and I think they are going to be pretty durable. If you don't mind a little work to set them up, I highly recommend them. I removed both plugs and leave them out and use a cut down cart as a mouth piece. That way I can remove the mouth piece, drip about ten drops, pop the mouth piece back on and vape. No syringes or complicated filling needed. Five of these for little more than one atty.
JD