Drippers, Clean Battery Better.

[sdaniels]

OK, so I've started dripping the past three days instead of refilling every night and waiting for absorbtion.

Problem, my one GREAT battery stopped heating the atomizer, light came on... but no heat.

I decided to risk cleaning it, not reading anything other then pipe cleaner grabbed one, kinda to big. I was concerned that I may break somthing inside, so I used... Technical International Supply Corp - Tube Cleaning Brushes

All this black crap started oozing out, I spun it a few more times then wiped with a cloth... viola, back to Niceeeeeeeee.

 

[green-lantern]

Did you use the brush on the atomizer or the battery? I've had some trouble out of one of the switches on my battery but I'm afraid to try and stick something down there to clean it in fear of breaking it.


and where did the black stuff come from?

 

[sdaniels]

I used it in the battery, the black crud came out of the battery. I blew through it and used an air compressor but nothing came out. The small brush pulled it right out. I'm assuming its fluid that passed through the atomizer into the battery hole and burnt since I vape pretty hard and my stick actually gets to hot to hold sometimes.

 

[ainako]

I wonder if this could help with the USB passthroughs as well

 

[Nuck]

What model ecig?

 

[Sun Vaporer]

If you take apart the battery, you will find that the pressure switch is housed in plastic so anything you put up the battery hole is not going to clear the e-liquid that gets in the housing of the switch. Knocking the housing may help clear the switch being stuck, but you run the risk fo breaking one of the 2 wire leads to the battery as they are connected right on the other side of that hole. Dripping is a sure killer on a battery or passthough unless it is a manual with the battery hole plugged--Sun

 

[sdaniels]

This was on a Smoking Everywhere Gold Edition battery, and Sun is right. I slid it in like a surgeon until I felt the end starting to touch something, then I raised it just a hair and spun it around back and forth, NOT UP and DOWN. Then I gently slid it out and repeated.

It didn't appear to do anything, until I gave a quick burst of air... just using my mouth, and then I noticed little bits of black on the edge of the battery connector side. Then I wiped it and noticed it was a black oily substance. So I blew again and more came out. Using a paper towel I made a wick and spun it around, same black substance. I repeated a couple of times and it was gone. Battery is back baby.

FYI: As always with sensitive electronic components, I would try this unless you have to. For me it was to the point where I felt like I was sucking a Mc Donalds Shake every time I used this battery, and it was my longest life solid battery. I knew it had to be the battery because the same atomizer and cart on another battery worked fine. Always test your atomizer, cart, and another battery first.

 

[SpaceCadet]

I need to try something on my Evo batteries, I have a feeling they are just full of crud! I blame igetcha for teaching the art of Evo dripping

 

[2kool2]

All this black crap started oozing out, I spun it a few more times then wiped with a cloth... viola, back to Niceeeeeeeee.[/QUOTE]


What do you mean by spun it ?

 

[bri1270]

Can the hole in the batteries be filled with something to prevent liquid from getting in there in the first place?

 

[ZambucaLu]

Can the hole in the batteries be filled with something to prevent liquid from getting in there in the first place?

If you cover the hole, how would you activate the battery switch in there? No can do.

Lu

 

[sdaniels]

In response to "What do you mean by Spun It?"

Let me say I gently, almost surgically rotated the battery while keeping the brush inserted into the hole at the battery connection end, while attempting to feel if there may be any electronic parts in the way of completing a full rotation. When I felt confident that there wasn't anything to prevent the movement I twisted the battery back and forth rapidly... while maintaining current insertion depth.

Is that better?

Look people, I don't have any issue driving 5 minutes down the street to pickup another battery for $50... or even 20 minutes and just picking up an NJoy kit for $80, so I try some stuff that may indeed destroy your e-cig. If you are at all nervous or in doubt about working on your e-cig components AT ALL, don't do it!

I'm the guy that has torn apart my LCD television because the colors where off and MacBook because the cooling fans where to loud... which actually was caused by cigarette smoke. I've been voiding warranties since I was 10.

These are electronic components and can be destroyed very easily. Cellmeister gives some great tips in this post to help prevent such a problem... http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...105-vapor-guys-super-mini-wow.html#post125063

 

[DCrist721]

Can the hole in the batteries be filled with something to prevent liquid from getting in there in the first place?

If you have an e-cig with a manual switch or you mod it to have one. Otherwise the there will be no suction to activate the switch inside of the battery.

 

[bri1270]

If you have an e-cig with a manual switch or you mod it to have one. Otherwise the there will be no suction to activate the switch inside of the battery.

Yeah - Not one of my most thoughtful questions...