cartomizers - what equipment do I need.

[OldDragon]

I'm guessing that I need to get a drip tip for my cartomizer - gets too hot when using and burning my lips. Believe that any 510 tip will work?
Also I got some ce-2 carts, came with the little plastic tip which has already bent too much to go thru the fill holes. What size metal needle do I need to get to fill the carto, one site had 18 gage but not sure if it would be too big or too small. I already have one of each, small one = no juice will go thru, big one does not fit in the fill hole.

 

[horton]

The 18 ga. blunt needle would be way to big for the CE-2 carto's. You would need either the special flexible needles especially for those carto's, like you have or you might be able to get away with a very small bore standard luer lock syringe needle probably in the 26 or smaller ga. size. The flex works best because you can move it around to get in the small fill holes easier and less chance of doing any damage to the carto, but in a pinch you could use the regular smaller bore needles it's just a matter of finding the real small ones. You probably can straighten that little plastic tip one to work again. That's been my experience. Hope this helped.

Just happened to think of this.... you might be able to get away with an insulin syringe and needle, but it would be quite a bit of pressure on the syringe depending on the viscosity of your juice trying to push through that tiny needle.

 

[otrpu]

I use a 20 GA needle on my hypo for filling C-E2 XL 510 cartos. If you use VG ya need to thin it back alot. JMHO

Cheers,
otrpu

 

[KayleePup]

My DIY kit came with a bunch of syringes. One of them was a 1 ml that had a small needle. It is just the right size to fit in the E2's. I also bent the little plastic one but the metal one has worked great! It even fits on the 5 ml syringe so I can get the carto filled easily.

KayleePup

 

[REDDOG1]

where did you get the DIY kit at?

 

[5cardstud]

I use an 18 ga. you just gotta drip the juice into it then put the plunger back in. Works good for me.

 

[horton]

Kaylee -- if you are referring to the little plastic needle that came with the E2's, that's OK. They are supposed to be flexible. Sort of like the angiocath needles used for placing IV lines. Won't hurt a thing if it bends, unless you bent it enough to kink it. But you would have to try pretty hard to do that. But as you said, the 1 ml syringe with the small needle works just fine with the E2's as long as it's long enough or you can angle it in.