Cleaning atomizer

[Blue Knight Max]

Sorry I am not that rich. As we have SSI which isnt much. I cant afford to smoke analogs any longer nor could I afford to not quit so I am willing to spend my time trying to maintain and get the longest life possible out of everything I order.

Figuring out what I spent on e-cigs compared to buying patches and gum or analogs I am saving money already. Addiction or not I have to quit as my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer so I didnt have much choice.

Having an income of 2400.00 a mth go to 674.00 a month is tough so yeah I plan to get all the bang I can for my buck.

OK OK EVERYBODY HOLD ON!!! FIRST THINGS FIRST.

YOUR HUSBAND HAS STAGE 4 CANCER. PLEASE PM ME WITH HIS NAME. I WILL MAKE IT MY BUSINESS THAT MY CHURCH PRAYER GROUP AND I PRAY FOR HIM AND FOR HEALING. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!

GOD BLESS.

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Ok, onto everywhere else.

I can understand in today's tough economic times that there are those that may not have the luxury of always having a stockpile of atomizers handy. Then there is of course the fact that when you are ready to order, everywhere you go, everyone seems to be sold out. I guess I have been lucky with atomizer orders.

Don't get me wrong, I want my atomizers to last as long as possible to. That's why I try my luck at "Preventive maintenance".

1. Instead of waiting for them to get clogged before their time, I drain them every night to delay that.

2. I rotate my atomizers through out the day. I am a heavy chain vaporer and by rotating them, I am not overworking the atomizers that may cause them to just give out on you with all the abuse I put them through.

3. In order to avoid ripping or tearing the internal wiring inside apart, I very carefully unscrew the atomizers on/off the batteries. Many people have shorted out the wiring internaly by man handling the atomizers when screwing and unscrewing them off the battery causing them not to function anymore.

4. Once a week, the one's that start to fall behind in vapor or start to taste alittlle like metal. I give them a quick rinse under the tap, blow them out, drain over night, good as new the next day.

Yes, we are all in pursuit of the same thing..staying away from analog cigs for the obvious reasons. But, as far as money saved, it varys from person to person. For me personally, I have spent in the last 3 months more money (purchasing other models, e-juice, atomizers etc) than I would've if I were still smoking analogs.

I have found that many people on this forum (including myself) have become e-cig addicts. Not that it's a bad thing, but one of the setbacks of being a e-cig addict is that you will eventually find yourself spending more money than what you originally thought.

If you have not gotten their yet, I highly encourage you all to stay on top of your e-cig habits and expenditures before you find out at the last minute how much you have really spent.

And yes, I believe that somebody will find the perfect way to keep our atomizers going for months on end, and when that day comes, I'll be here reading the post. But if you dig deep from last year to present, the number of different ways to clean atomizers has gotten incredibly crazy.

From my experience that average life time of my atomizers, doing what I do, is about 2 1/2 months.

Yeah, the upfront cost are high, but in the long run, I believe that I'll be saving a good amount of money. Couple that with time saved and being productive elsewhere...even more money.

For those that have their labcoats on and continue to come up with creative ways to save us all, keep up the good work!

The greatest things in life always started with an idea !!

 

[chokmah]

OK OK EVERYBODY HOLD ON!!! FIRST THINGS FIRST.

YOUR HUSBAND HAS STAGE 4 CANCER. PLEASE PM ME WITH HIS NAME. I WILL MAKE IT MY BUSINESS THAT MY CHURCH PRAYER GROUP AND I PRAY FOR HIM AND FOR HEALING. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!

GOD BLESS

First thank you for taking the time to add him to your prayer list. His name is Richard Wyatt and has stage 4 non smalls lung cancer. It was 10 cm in his upper right lobe and has spread to some of the nodules in the lung. Luckily it didnt spread to any other organs or his bone. It was discovered on 1-1-09 and confirmed 1-5-09. He has finished his last round of chemo before test will be done again in early April. We have been shown shrinkage after he finished his radiation 2 weeks ago. Thank you again for doing this for a stranger as we have seen the works of prayer already and continue to pray for more.


God Bless

Back to the regular thread of cleaning atomizers..

 

[Blue Knight Max]

First thank you for taking the time to add him to your prayer list. His name is Richard Wyatt and has stage 4 non smalls lung cancer. It was 10 cm in his upper right lobe and has spread to some of the nodules in the lung. Luckily it didnt spread to any other organs or his bone. It was discovered on 1-1-09 and confirmed 1-5-09. He has finished his last round of chemo before test will be done again in early April. We have been shown shrinkage after he finished his radiation 2 weeks ago. Thank you again for doing this for a stranger as we have seen the works of prayer already and continue to pray for more.


God Bless

Back to the regular thread of cleaning atomizers..

No Problem,

Amen

 

[chokmah]

Ok so I did the coke cleaning for 45 min then let the atomizer dry and then dripped liquid on the atomiser and it seems to not be producing as much smoke as it had been. How long should I have let it dry? Maybe there is still water in there? Any thoughts on what I could try?

Well after several puffs it is starting to produce a little more vapor. For anyone who had done this coke trick is this normal?

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Well after several puffs it is starting to produce a little more vapor. For anyone who had done this coke trick is this normal?

That is the kind of feedback we want to hear--How cold was the atomizer when you started? And how is it doing now. Also please note which model you are using for us--we need feedback--Thanks--Sun

 

[chokmah]

That is the kind of feedback we want to hear--How cold was the atomizer when you started? And how is it doing now. Also please note which model you are using for us--we need feedback--Thanks--Sun

I had it pretty cool when I started. Its the classic penstyle that fits on the RN4072.

Now I only dried it for about 10 min after rinsing it and blowing on it. (basically until nothing else was coming out of it. I dripped a few drops (3 or 4) to prime it. Battery light would come on but no vapor at first. I set it up to dry some more although seems just the dripped liquid came out. Re dripped 2 rops and started getting little more smoke but not as much as I had prior to this. Atomizer is still getting warm although it still seems like not as much vapor. It may be my imagination though as I had high expectations I guess.

 

[shoes]

With my 901 I had to puff rapidly 10 or 15 times in a row before the atomizer warmed up. Then its worked fine.

 

[opusMorian]

Well after several puffs it is starting to produce a little more vapor. For anyone who had done this coke trick is this normal?

I have tried this Coke method on the 89mm that electroniccigarettesales sales. It works pretty good. For 3 days since I tried the coke trick, it has been working like the first week I got it.I have had this one for about 2 months. I will try it on a 901 next when the smoke starts to diminish, but so far I have not have much problems with ant of the 901b atomizers I purchased.

 

[chokmah]

Yeah it must be a re-warming or priming thing as it seems to be producing more and more vapor with each puff I do. Thanks to you all as I think this coke maintenance may actually work weekly as a bonus to the blowing and letting them drip overnight.

 

[RjG]

That is the kind of feedback we want to hear--How cold was the atomizer when you started? And how is it doing now. Also please note which model you are using for us--we need feedback--Thanks--Sun

Were you able to actually visually see a reduction in carbon deposit on the coil Sun? I am curious if Cola is dissolving some of the buildup, or if the Cola is just cleaning the atomizer really well.

 

[Faethe]

This is what I do. I am also going to try Oxyclean and see what that does. Oxyclean got the burnt up nasty crap off the inside of my stove. Perhaps t will work with vaporizers?

What i do now is fill a small plastic tub with really hot water, a little dawn dish soap, and bleach. I put the lid on the tub, then agitate the hell out of it. Wait a little while, agitate again. Open lid, take atomizers out, rinse with water.

Next, a little white vinegar in the plastic tub with very hot water. Agitate. Wait a bit. Agitate some more.

Take atomizers out, rinse with water. Then put in a clear water bath, agitate, and rinse.

1. If you use the dishsoap and bleach with out the vinegar, your atomizer tastes like crap.

2. The atomizer kinda tastes like crap, but not like Dawn, anyway.

Black weird stuff comes out now and then. I look at it through the clear plastic bowl

I am going to try the cola trick

 

[ZambucaLu]

This is what I do. I am also going to try Oxyclean and see what that does. Oxyclean got the burnt up nasty crap off the inside of my stove. Perhaps t will work with vaporizers?

I tried the oxyclean because I had some here....nothing spectacular. If you have some on hand, it might be worth a try. Otherwise, don't waste your money.

Lu

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Were you able to actually visually see a reduction in carbon deposit on the coil Sun? I am curious if Cola is dissolving some of the buildup, or if the Cola is just cleaning the atomizer really well.

The atomizers that were disected and placed in the cola could easily be chipped away clean. Not having been in the cola, there way no way the residual was going to chip off without destroying the coil, and that was with boiling, steaming, even stove cleaner--so there is something to this cola theory by all means--it is using it on an unassembled atomizer that will make it viable. Again, I have not got one to fire that was totally cold--but I have got "wimpy ones" to get red hot again. As for maintence, I am using 2 this week rotating and then will clean one with cola bath ahd boil other one --then test results and dismantle to actually see if there is a difference---Please keep the reports coming--Sun

 

[Terraphon]

The question was asked if it is normal for the atomizer to take a while to start producing again.

The answer is an emphatic YES.

Once they do start producing again, though...*kaboom*

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Yeah it must be a re-warming or priming thing as it seems to be producing more and more vapor with each puff I do. Thanks to you all as I think this coke maintenance may actually work weekly as a bonus to the blowing and letting them drip overnight.

The metal mesh that surrounds the coil housing needs to get hot again from the heat thrown off from the coil. Trog et al theorized that after time, the mesh looses it is ability to wick the liquid. I can not confirm this contemplation, but it does make sense that many short hits are needed to get the mesh heated and drawing the liquid from the cartridge. Further evaluation of re-priming needs to be done as this may in fact cause flooding from the onset and failure as heat is obtainable but no vapor is produced.

As we have learned, by Terraphon et al -- bone drying the atomizer by current being directly applied through the atomizer is a key element to in furthering atomizer reserection. While I can see the degregation of the carbon residual on the coil after exposure to cola--I think that there needs to be a revisit of Terraphon's original furtherance of this method by shattering the loosened carbon with cold water applied directly to the hot atomizer--A follow up by Terraphon et al will be forth coming.---Sun

 

[chokmah]

Yeah its working quite well now. Like new if not better.. I will definately do this coke soaking trick again on all my atomizers.

Thanks for the tip guys and gals...

 

[Terraphon]

Roger, that. Further testing will take place and the results will be posted.

(I assume this means I'm getting sent more guinea pigs )

Truth be told, though, if superheating and then flash cooling the atomizer IS the key, that will mean that most people won't be able to do it unless they rig up a box.

Also, I'm playing with some more electronics. I may have another battery with a "turbo" switch...my GOD that almost frightens me.

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Roger, that. Further testing will take place and the results will be posted.

(I assume this means I'm getting sent more guinea pigs )

Truth be told, though, if superheating and then flash cooling the atomizer IS the key, that will mean that most people won't be able to do it unless they rig up a box.

Also, I'm playing with some more electronics. I may have another battery with a "turbo" switch...my GOD that almost frightens me.

Terraphon--they are headed your way tomm--so when you get a chance have a go at them. Check your PM in a few for details---Sun

 

[Terraphon]

Terraphon--they are headed your way tomm--so when you get a chance have a go at them. Check your PM in a few for details---Sun

Will do. Looking forward to getting to play some more

 

[surbitonPete]

Just a little note ..the most carbon is removed while the coke is still 'fizzy' once it has gone flat not much more cleaning happens but it is without doubt the best cleaner I have come across so far.