Does anybody know...white pot
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Short answers but don't worry about those bits.
Thermoplastics, PTFE, ceramics etc are up to the job.
John.
Does anybody know what the white plastic little pot that houses the heating coil is made of? Is it just regular plastic? Can it melt?
I'm pretty sure it's ceramic on my 510, but I couldn't tell you on others. Ceramic is stable up to VERY high temperatures depending on it's chemistry, and so shouldn't melt at the temps attys produce.
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Considering attys run at like 200-300 degrees F (don't ask me to site my source I read it some where in the forums here), I doubt you'd cause issues with damaging the ceramic. It's more likely that your e-cig as a whole would end up bursting into flames if your atty reached those temperatures.
Ceramic. I've torn apart a few dead atomizers. Great learning experience on how important liquid is in our attys!
Secound part to this if it is ceramic which I also think it is. Then why would they not just make the carts (inners) out of ceramic as well since I read I while back that some people had issues with the carts melting?
Ceramic. Although called a pot, the shape is just to hold the bits in place, not hold liquid.
It holds the mesh in place around the edge to feed juice from the cart to more mesh behind the pot, shielded from the coil heat. Behind the pot and at the sides are small holes where liquid laden air is drawn past the coil.
It holds the mesh in place around the edge to feed juice from the cart to more mesh behind the pot, shielded from the coil heat. Behind the pot and at the sides are small holes where liquid laden air is drawn past the coil.
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carts melt from pushing a metaltube enclosed atomizer too hard, heating up the tube itself. Entirely operator error, usually from chainvaping (abuse) or using atomizer/cart combinations on highervoltage mods then they are designed for (abuse). Not all ecigs have carts that insert into a metal tube. Not all manufacturers want to accept liability for use of higher-voltage mods, so they don't design their atomizers/carts to accommodate higher voltage or chain-vape conditions. For instance, VG can morph into some pretty nasty stuff at higher, extended temperatures whereas it's pretty inert at short-burst, normal tempertures.
Considering the number of chemicals used in eliquid, most of which we don't know since we usually purchase relabeled product that lacks ingredient lists, it's probably safer healthwise to stay within the lower voltages manufacturers recommend and build their equipment for, and leave the high-voltage mods for the Darwin Award volunteers.
I've heard the 'pot' described as both ceramic and porcelain
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Considering the number of chemicals used in eliquid, most of which we don't know since we usually purchase relabeled product that lacks ingredient lists, it's probably safer healthwise to stay within the lower voltages manufacturers recommend and build their equipment for, and leave the high-voltage mods for the Darwin Award volunteers.
I've heard the 'pot' described as both ceramic and porcelain
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