Can't figure out why my cartos are flooding....

[Mythus2012]

I got my first tank/carto set up a couple weeks ago...using an LT, Boge (sp?) single coil/poly-filled cartos (not sure resistance), standard tank. My friendly neighborhood (experienced) e-cig vendor set me up very well out the door and I was vaping like crazy and very happy. I refilled a couple times no problem. Then...my carto flooded. OK, worked through that. Then, got down to about a 1/4 tank and flooded again and couldn't get it right. Decided to give it up and try a new carto. Set myself up, pefection...until down to about 1/4 tank then flooded. Same thing again worked it out, now its constantly flooding again. I don't want to go through another carto until I can figure out why, I only have 3 left and my closest store is 70+ miles away...

Any ideas out there??? Please...I really miss my great vape!!!

 

[Boognish]

How many holes do the cartos have punched in them?

 

[Mythus2012]

2 the guy at the store punched them for me...don't know how to do it myself.

 

[Boognish]

I'm new to tanks too and I've read a lot about people having their cartos either flooding(too many holes, thin juice, vaping too hot and heavy) or drying up(1 small hole, thick juice, won't absorb right). I've had both problems so far. Someone will chime in soon and hopefully help us both out.

 

[Mythus2012]

Fingers crossed

 

[DarkAynjil]

1st - Temperature will cause pressure differences in the tank (so if you leave it in the car for a few minutes on a hot day, it will flood) colder temps will make it hard to feed. 2nd - too high a voltage seems to make these carts flood (2.0 ohm dcc @ 6v = insta-flood for me, but I knew that, I was just testing the limits...) because it will heat the liquid in the tank causing pressure differences. 3rd - it's very easy to nick an o-ring putting a new cart in a tank. Get a box of o-rings and switch them out any time you have flooding issues, as the nicks are hard to see in these o-rings. A leaking tank is frustratingly intermittent.

Hope this helps.