Daily dry burn for cleaning atties.

[Robert]

I now only dry burn once a week or so- I haven't lost any- due to gunk- Now I dry burn at 6+ volts. This even brought one what I thought was dead atty back to life completely! I think the gunk is from the juice maybe? I only been using nhaler for a while now? JC gunked up the one I though was dead.

 

[ournature]

Hi Ournature, no I have only done this with penstyle atties, I have never had a BE112 so there could be a difference.

be112 is actually a penstyle atty like 801, m201, rn4072 and so on..
anyway i will try a shorter dry burn with a new be112 and see if i'll get less burnt taste..
thanks

 

[Bitmaster]

That goes for the M400 series as well. Bad taste that will not go away after one dry burn

I feel like I keep trying to put out this fire in every thread that raises the topic, in hopes of saving some of you from potentially trashing your atomizers. ;-)

I've noticed this: with certain attys - depending on where they're from and how they're built, 'dry burning' can result in burning up the fiber glass wick underneath the mesh material. So be careful. I myself tried this on two different types of 801 atomizers (the BE112 and a Rocky Mountain Vapor 801), and both of them were rendered unusable after attempting a dry burn. No amount of cleaning after the fact would remedy this.

So, be careful. I myself am never doing it again, that's for sure. YMMV, of course. =]

 

[surbitonPete]

That goes for the M400 series as well. Bad taste that will not go away after one dry burn

Well perhaps the dry burn is only any good for RN4072 and 801 penstyles.

 

[ted26]

Well perhaps the dry burn is only any good for RN4072 and 801 penstyles.

Works fine on jantys penstyle atties

 

[Qlike]

Started daily dry burning a 'in use' atty as per surbitonPete. From getting about a week out of them my in use one lasted about two weeks. I have been dry burning my new atty daily for about a week now and have no issues. The thing is hitting like the day I first put power to it.

After my last vape of the day I pull off the atty and blow it out until it's clean, then use a bit of tissue to gently soak up any excess fluid from inside. I wipe off the outside and screw it back into the battery. I then hit the switch until the bridge glows red for a split second, power off and blow out what's left.

Seems to be working great!

Thanks surbitonPete

 

[surbitonPete]

Started daily dry burning a 'in use' atty as per surbitonPete. From getting about a week out of them my in use one lasted about two weeks. I have been dry burning my new atty daily for about a week now and have no issues. The thing is hitting like the day I first put power to it.

After my last vape of the day I pull off the atty and blow it out until it's clean, then use a bit of tissue to gently soak up any excess fluid from inside. I wipe off the outside and screw it back into the battery. I then hit the switch until the bridge glows red for a split second, power off and blow out what's left.

Seems to be working great!

Thanks surbitonPete

Phew that's good to hear Qlike.... a lot of posters are saying the dry burn isn't any good, so I have found myself wondering if I should even have posted it in the first place. All I really know is that it's been working great for me.

 

[boochips]

Phew that's good to hear Qlike.... a lot of posters are saying the dry burn isn't any good, so I have found myself wondering if I should even have posted it in the first place. All I really know is that it's been working great for me.

Still working great for me. Same 2 801s for over 2 weeks now. These 801 attys came from rockymountainvapor.

 

[casey8579]

Just lost my first one after 42 days of the dry burn. It just went cold between puffs. No drop in performance at all before it died.

I am very happy with this, peak performance until death for 6 weeks is fantastic.

 

[MaxUT]

Works fine on jantys penstyle atties

I burned one of those off this morning (I think the Janty is a 302 style). Vapor production was falling off yesterday, so...

This morning I hit the switch and ran it for about 10 seconds at 5v. Forgot to blow it out first! Arghh!

Filled the ultrasonic cleaner with boiling distilled water, dropped in the atty and ran the cleaner for 6 minutes.

Pulled out the atty and slung the water out. This works better for me than blowing through it, besides, that rascal was hot! Set it upright on spacers so that air could rise up through the battery end to help dry the interior.

Well, the burn and wash helped a little... I think maybe I burnt on an extra layer of crust by not blowing it out first. I'm working on another 302 atty now and will try a "wet burn" after it comes out of the tank.

 

[orlampagal]

I have about 7 atty's I should try this with. One or two has that nasty chemical taste as well... I'll have to buy some vodka

Thanks for keeping up with the new ideas to try.

 

[MaxUT]

Caution: don't leave 801 attys soaking in alcohol for days on end... I had two of them come apart when trying to unscrew them from the battery connection. 8-o

Apparently these attys are glued together, and said glue does not keep it together after it goes on a several-day "drunk."

 

[surbitonPete]

Just lost my first one after 42 days of the dry burn. It just went cold between puffs. No drop in performance at all before it died.

I am very happy with this, peak performance until death for 6 weeks is fantastic.

Hey casey that's great ..it's starting to look as if getting somewhere around 40 days out of an atty can be expected, I didn't even get an atty performing well for a 'week' before I tried this method.

 

[casey8579]

Originally Posted by surbitonPete
I didn't even get an atty performing well for a 'week' before I tried this method.

Hi Pete, yeah me either. 3 or 4 days into a new atty I would begin to notice performance drop off. Now they are good til they die.

I wonder if people that don't do any cleaning just don't notice the slow degradation of performance? Kinda like the old frog in the boiling water story. Slowly turn up the heat and the frog doesn't realize until too late.

 

[defunkt]

My two attys are still going strong after about 10 days of doing a daily 8 second burn.

Plus, I brought one of my attys back to life after I had killed it using the 510 and making the mistake of trying the hydrogen pyroxide tech.

I think the 5V burn really gets these attys cleaned up well.

 

[defunkt]

A quick update on this daily burn tech:

I've now almost gotten 5 weeks out of one 510 atty with a daily 8 second burn. I do think my 5V Prodigy has a lot to do with keeping the atty working this long.

Not bad though and I'm definitely sold on this tech.

 

[kgonepostl]

45 days pete?
That's almost 4x as long. Keep us updated on your new atty. Is your new atty from the same website?

 

[Kalcode]

both of you have made good points and its good to see a decent debate in this thread. without both sides of the story a person wouldnt be getting the full picture. i think it helps the thread alot and reminds people that everything posted is a persons personal experience and that all advice comes "as-is". every atty is different even if from the same model and manufacturer therefore will react differently. I HAVE tried the dry burn on an automatic 401 and while i cant say itwas better or worse method... it didnt hurt it from what i can tell. 401 attys are a dime a dozen anyway.

PS. to dry burn an auto just blow on the led end of the battery till u see it activate

 

[grink]

yeah the alcohol dissolves the glue. the best way to get the .... taste out of an atty (only if you are dripping) is to remove the bridge and the nasty wick. try not to touch the filament.

 

[sjohnson]

My original two Joye 510 atomizers get a dry burn every 3-4 days, and they're now over 8 months old and still working like new.