Any ideas? I sacrificed one by soaking it in alcahol but that killed it. I have another that still produces some vapor but very weak. any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Does anyone know how to revive a weak 510 atty?
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Try to give the atty a pep talk and tell it that if it behaves you will take it out to dinner--maybe Applebees.
My line of attack for weak atties:
1. soak in warm distilled H2O, blow out and dry with heat.
2. Rinse with PGA then blow out and dry at 110 to 140F
3. Rinse with hydrogen peroxide followed by distilled H2O, blow and dry with heat.
4. Final resort is to dry vape a clean dry atty for several seconds being careful not to inhale. May shorten life of atty.
A flooded atty will not always vape so it is good to dry it first.
A dry atty must be primed before it will produce good vapor; be careful not to overheat a dry atty coil.
1. soak in warm distilled H2O, blow out and dry with heat.
2. Rinse with PGA then blow out and dry at 110 to 140F
3. Rinse with hydrogen peroxide followed by distilled H2O, blow and dry with heat.
4. Final resort is to dry vape a clean dry atty for several seconds being careful not to inhale. May shorten life of atty.
A flooded atty will not always vape so it is good to dry it first.
A dry atty must be primed before it will produce good vapor; be careful not to overheat a dry atty coil.
How do you know the bath killed it? When you soak them, it takes a long time for them to spring back to life. Check it with a meter to be sure;
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ee-if-your-atomizer-truly-dead-voltmeter.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ee-if-your-atomizer-truly-dead-voltmeter.html
I usually trust anything between 2.5 & 5 Ω on any atty. The Chinese don't hold good tolerances on these things, and the meter could be off a bit too.
Only the comp.air can kill them or some stronge shake,no the alcohol,what did you do after the wash? problaby is notdead just wet
...and the Chinese make the meter too, prolly, like mine. does that make the margin of error exponential?
right, its only MOSTLY dead, which means slightly alive!
after a good soaking in a shotglass of cheap rotgut vodka, i rinse it off with distilled water, blow it out and set it upside down on a shamwow. the magic of Vince comes out of the shamwow and infuses my atty with vapor magic. EVERY TIME. if you dont believe it, i will have vince hit your girlfriend/sister/wife.
...and the Chinese make the meter too, prolly, like mine. does that make the margin of error exponential?QUOTE]
Using a Chinese tester to test a Chinese product. We need a large margin of error.
If you weren't so cute, I would come to your house and poke you right in the forehead with my pointy elbow of death for a comment like that!
If you weren't so cute, I would come to your house and poke you right in the forehead with my pointy elbow of death for a comment like that!
Promise? I'll look forward to it! LOL
Thanks for the suggestions guys, except the one about taking my atty to Appklebees, me and my atty prefer Bugaboo Creek
Okay I laughed when I just read that until I realized you were serious by googling that name. It's a Steakhouse. Interesting!
Here's what works for me, PJ. I've taken from some and refined my own method.
Start with Everclear. Vodka might work, but I dunno being that I never tried it. Everclear = Good. <g>
About 3 drops directly into the atty. Let it sit for 10 minutes or so and then add 1 fresh drop and vape it out of there. No baths, no rinsing... vape it! You'll taste the mint from 2 weeks ago, the cola from 3 weeks ago, that rancid RY4 from last week that you hated -- they all come back for a visit. That first hit with the fresh drop of Everclear is the best one. The vapor is hot and moist and I think I catch a buzz. I'm such a cheap date. LOL
*Lather, rinse and repeat* if necessary. You will swear your atty is sparkling clean until you re-treat it with more Everclear and see clouds of vapor all over again. That fresh drop of Everclear is key though... don't over vape the atty too dry. Cool down periods are important too.
Good luck and post back.
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What I finally wound up doing (afterI had 5 fail on me) two were brand new I think they were clogged. i put some alcahol in the attys then rinsed with distilled water I used the hair dryer on them but they were still wet. then I dry vaped iIt took alot of dry vaping at one point instead of drawing in I blew thru the cartridge and alot of water came out. I got two of them working like brand new. the others vape pretty good too except one still very weak but Id say all in all it worked Thanks for all your help. I was suprised after on,y one day if vaping two new attys produced very little vape so I decided I had nithing to loose by tring this method. Im glad I did because I was so frustrated I was ready to thow them all out
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