dead atty?

[Convict]

hey all, been vaping for about 2 weeks now, just took the full step to no cigs today, and completely out of the blue my aty stopped working. I have a joyce 510 eGO I noticed no bad tastes or anything, and if anything it was most likely too wet then ever too dry. I had took out the cart to put a few drops of liquid in, and when I went to use it I noticed that there was a change in the draw, almost less resistance then was normal and tried with diff batteries and it just refuses to heat up at all.

Did I kill the atty? and if so what would most likely be the cause? I had tried direct dripping for a cpl days but stopped when I noticed liquid collecting on the battery itself where the atty screws in and went back to using carts with filler. Had been working all day from what I noticed without any issue, I don't have a voltage meter to test it either. I tried blowing it out and nothing, am letting it sit overnight for now but thought I would post anyway. and hope maybe someone with some insight comes across this

 

[Col. Gaunt]

hey all, been vaping for about 2 weeks now, just took the full step to no cigs today, and completely out of the blue my aty stopped working. I have a joyce 510 eGO I noticed no bad tastes or anything, and if anything it was most likely too wet then ever too dry. I had took out the cart to put a few drops of liquid in, and when I went to use it I noticed that there was a change in the draw, almost less resistance then was normal and tried with diff batteries and it just refuses to heat up at all.

Did I kill the atty? and if so what would most likely be the cause? I had tried direct dripping for a cpl days but stopped when I noticed liquid collecting on the battery itself where the atty screws in and went back to using carts with filler. Had been working all day from what I noticed without any issue, I don't have a voltage meter to test it either. I tried blowing it out and nothing, am letting it sit overnight for now but thought I would post anyway. and hope maybe someone with some insight comes across this

Sounds like it just might be flooded. Get a paper towel and then blow into the open end of the atty where the cart goes. Repeat until no more liquid comes out then try it. You might have to let it drain for a while by placing it thread side down on the towel to get all the excess liquid out.

 

[Convict]

ok yeah I did try blowing the heck out of the thing till I went blue in the face lol. had been letting it sit the other way around for a bit, will turn it around and let it sit till morning and see if that helps.

 

[Col. Gaunt]

ok yeah I did try blowing the heck out of the thing till I went blue in the face lol. had been letting it sit the other way around for a bit, will turn it around and let it sit till morning and see if that helps.

No need to let it sit both ways, the liquid accumulates on the threaded side. Well, if blowing it out did not help what might have happened is that the round pin on the bottom of the atty might have gotten pushed in too much if you tightened it on the battery too hard. Take a small screw driver and gently pry upward on this round pin around the edges. Only a little so that it is sitting higher then it did before. Hopefully, if the atty is still alive, it will be able to make the connection with the battery. If this does not work, then your atty is probably dead. The only way to tell for sure of course is with the use of a multi meter.

 

[Convict]

ok will give that a try if it doesn't work after sitting for the night, thanks for the tips Hopefully with any luck it just flooded or the pin. If not is it common for atty's to just die like that if they get flooded? like, have never had any problems with it till just now

 

[Col. Gaunt]

ok will give that a try if it doesn't work after sitting for the night, thanks for the tips Hopefully with any luck it just flooded or the pin. If not is it common for atty's to just die like that if they get flooded? like, have never had any problems with it till just now

Atty's just die. Not necessarily due to being flooded but they only last so long, some, longer then others. Since they are mass produced there is no guarantee that each one will last x amount of time. I have gotten brand new attys and they came DOA. Some times attys blow (burn out) after only a day or so.

How long had you used this atty?

Oh, I also want to apologize, been running on little sleep and completely missed that you had mentioned in your original post that you had already tried to blow it out.

But after re-reading your original post, where you mentioned that e-liquid was collecting on top of your battery, you really might have flooded the "crap" out of it and sitting thread side down overnight might do the trick.

Remember, always have extras, I over due it but have 40 of each atty that I use, "ban fear also" never rely on just one atty or battery.

P.S. depending on the battery being used, if it is an unsealed battery and e-liquid gets into it from flooding, your battery will be garbage. No worries with your ego though, those are sealed.

 

[rrrentman]

Man lots to read around here. Thanks all for your post

 

[Convict]

yeah I had read about flooding on battery as being a bad thing and immediately had cleaned off what I could with some paper towel. That was a few days ago and had been working fine ever since, but am definitely being more careful now about over filling/flooding.

As for how long i've had it, has only been a couple weeks now, and I had gotten a couple extra batteries since wife and I are both doing it, had no clue the atty's were prone to burning out till this happened, so will definitely stock up on a cpl extras.

I also noticed when using it that the aty tends to heat up quite a lot, and will normally set it down at that point to cool for a few minutes (ex pipe smoker so am used to doing that from pipes), but since today was first day without any smokes at all I'm curious if it may have just overheated and burned out. In any case will see in the morning though I fear it might truely have just died.

Thanks again for all your help And even if it does work again I'm definitely buy some replacements, I'm just thankful it happened when the other aty was available, though I dunno what wife has been doing to it hers tastes HORRIBLE lol though that might be from the pear flavor liquid she uses. I dunno how to describe it other then "stale" tasteing

 

[Col. Gaunt]

As for how long i've had it, has only been a couple weeks now, and I had gotten a couple extra batteries since wife and I are both doing it, had no clue the atty's were prone to burning out till this happened, so will definitely stock up on a cpl extras.

I also noticed when using it that the aty tends to heat up quite a lot, and will normally set it down at that point to cool for a few minutes (ex pipe smoker so am used to doing that from pipes), but since today was first day without any smokes at all I'm curious if it may have just overheated and burned out. In any case will see in the morning though I fear it might truely have just died.

Thanks again for all your help And even if it does work again I'm definitely buy some replacements, I'm just thankful it happened when the other aty was available, though I dunno what wife has been doing to it hers tastes HORRIBLE lol though that might be from the pear flavor liquid she uses. I dunno how to describe it other then "stale" tasteing

Regarding your atty heating up, first of all the 510 burns hotter then the 901 or 801 by design, the hotter the atty burns the more e-liquid that will be vaporized from your cart per vape, the 901 is a milder vape then the 510 and the 801 is milder still.. Do not worry about it getting hot, that is what attys do.

To get the most out of your atty, make sure that it never gets too dry, each time you refill your cart, prime your atty with 2 drops of e-liquid, this will ensure that it will be nice and moist, there is a small amount of filler material in attys. A dry atty can burn out alot faster and make for a nastier vape.

Regarding the taste in your wifes atty, some flavors are quite strong and can linger in the atty. Does your wife also think that it tastes horrible? If so you might have to flush it to remove the taste. There are many ways to clean an atty, you can do a simple burn of it by depressing the battery button, minus the cart and letting the atty get cherry red and burn off the unpleasant taste or you might have to flush it with hot water for a while the let it air dry for a day or so or take a hair dryer to it. Do not used compressed air to dry your atty, the chemicals in compressed air are poisonous.

You will read or shall I say can read of many methods of atty cleaning, which one you chose is up to you, personally I have never had to clean an atty and I have been vaping for almost a year.

Glad that I can be of help, please feel free to ask any questions you might have and I will do my best to answer them.

 

[Convict]

ok well after few hours sittiing it still won't fire up. also tried moving the pin a bit and still nothin so I think it's definitely hooped

Thanks for the top about priming the atty when filling the cart, I had NEVER done that yet. As for the other aty tasting bad to her, yeah she thought it was from mixing liquids so was cleaning the carts out, but I am using my normal cart and definitely notice i tastes very off as well.

I've read a bit here and there about aty cleaning especially since this one died, and I must say I'm a bit leery to try it, have seen a few horror stories especially involving using water, and the other methods I've seen recommend using vodka, and I dunno something engraved in my brain tells me it's just never a good idea to submerge anything with electronic components into liquid, with the possible exception of maybe isopropyl, and even then that seems pretty sketchy.

I might try cleaning the dead one and see it if works, I doubt it will but isn't like can do any more damage to it at this point, as for the one with bad taste though I will most likely just leave it be and see if it will just vape the flavor out (lord knows I've smoked much worse tasteing things in my life heh).

On a more curious note there IS an old method for cleaning pipes I had considered for cleaning the atty, which involves filling the bowl with rock salt and then adding isopropyl/vodka/rum which would end up drawing out the ghost flavours into the salt while not damaging the pipe at same time and then just letting it sit overnight or for a couple days ot be sure it's fully dry. I'm not sure how well this would work though but might try it if the taste doesn't go away soon (but not till I get some replacements heh)

on a closing note about the dead atty I still definitely notice ever since it happened the draw on that atty has been VERY loose as if it lost whatever it was that caused resistance in it.

Anyways, thanks again a tonne for all your help and information it really and truly did help and I now know MUCH more about the atty's then I did last night and am gunna be ordering a few extras on the side

 

[Col. Gaunt]

ok well after few hours sittiing it still won't fire up. also tried moving the pin a bit and still nothin so I think it's definitely hooped

Thanks for the top about priming the atty when filling the cart, I had NEVER done that yet. As for the other aty tasting bad to her, yeah she thought it was from mixing liquids so was cleaning the carts out, but I am using my normal cart and definitely notice i tastes very off as well.

I've read a bit here and there about aty cleaning especially since this one died, and I must say I'm a bit leery to try it, have seen a few horror stories especially involving using water, and the other methods I've seen recommend using vodka, and I dunno something engraved in my brain tells me it's just never a good idea to submerge anything with electronic components into liquid, with the possible exception of maybe isopropyl, and even then that seems pretty sketchy.

I might try cleaning the dead one and see it if works, I doubt it will but isn't like can do any more damage to it at this point, as for the one with bad taste though I will most likely just leave it be and see if it will just vape the flavor out (lord knows I've smoked much worse tasteing things in my life heh).

On a more curious note there IS an old method for cleaning pipes I had considered for cleaning the atty, which involves filling the bowl with rock salt and then adding isopropyl/vodka/rum which would end up drawing out the ghost flavours into the salt while not damaging the pipe at same time and then just letting it sit overnight or for a couple days ot be sure it's fully dry. I'm not sure how well this would work though but might try it if the taste doesn't go away soon (but not till I get some replacements heh)

on a closing note about the dead atty I still definitely notice ever since it happened the draw on that atty has been VERY loose as if it lost whatever it was that caused resistance in it.

Anyways, thanks again a tonne for all your help and information it really and truly did help and I now know MUCH more about the atty's then I did last night and am gunna be ordering a few extras on the side

You are very welcome, you also might wanna look at this for the heck of it http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-cigarette-maintenance/102443-atty-cleaning-dummies.html

 

[Convict]

ok well for an update, it seems the 2nd atty has just died now as well. I'm thinking and wondering if it could be due to the new batteries we got? We ordered the original eGO kit from another site, and ordered the extra batteries from HappyVaper and wasn't until after we got those that the atty's died. In any case going to order some replacement atty's from happyvaper and see what happens. But for now I have nothing and am freaking out lol.

 

[Col. Gaunt]

ok well for an update, it seems the 2nd atty has just died now as well. I'm thinking and wondering if it could be due to the new batteries we got? We ordered the original eGO kit from another site, and ordered the extra batteries from HappyVaper and wasn't until after we got those that the atty's died. In any case going to order some replacement atty's from happyvaper and see what happens. But for now I have nothing and am freaking out lol.

he attys are fine but when you use one of the extra batteries they die. How old are the attys that you are using and where did you buy them from? I really wish you had a multi meter, then we could see what the bad attys are reading and measure the battery voltage too.

Are you still dripping and if so what liquid are you using?