Dry burn on a 3.7v?

[DawnsDone]

I'm very very new to all this so please excuse my question if it's been answered a hundred times!

I have the riva and have researched various cleaning methods on the forum for the attys. I feel from that, that a dry burn when done daily starting with a new atty seems to be the way to go, but I have a question and a problem

The prob: I take off the cart and hold the button down for a few seconds, maybe for or 5 and it starts sizzling and smoking, I release blow out the vapor and repeat but my coil doesn't glow at all like in the videos I've watched which all say to hold til it glows but I get too scared I'll break it and let go. Should I hold it down longer or can you not do a dry burn with a riva battery?

Second everywhere I read it says never let your atty go dry cause it can damage it, but isn't that what we're doing with a dry burn?

 

[attymiser]

You are always taking a risk when dry burning but the rewards outweigh the risk. If you are not cleaning your atty before the dry burn, the coil will take much longer to glow because there is still juice in it keeping it from glowing, hence the "sizzle". You do not need to do it daily but definately weekly or whenever performance drops IMHO.

Read this...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-cigarette-maintenance/102443-atty-cleaning-dummies.html

Or try another cleaning method posted on ecf before doing a dry burn.

 

[DawnsDone]

Read this...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-cigarette-maintenance/102443-atty-cleaning-dummies.html

What are you trying to say?

 

[attymiser]

LMAO
No offense intended.
Good Luck!

 

[zoiDman]

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The prob: I take off the cart and hold the button down for a few seconds, maybe for or 5 and it starts sizzling and smoking, I release blow out the vapor and repeat but my coil doesn't glow at all like in the videos I've watched which all say to hold til it glows but I get too scared I'll break it and let go. Should I hold it down longer or can you not do a dry burn with a riva battery?

Second everywhere I read it says never let your atty go dry cause it can damage it, but isn't that what we're doing with a dry burn?

I think most people in those Dry Burn Video do it way MUCH too long. All your trying to do is burn off the built up gunk on the atomizer coil. It's not supposed to be a tanning lamp. When I did my first dry burn, I would hold the button down for like 20 seconds like in the videos. It worked great. My atomizer also only lasted for 3 dry burns.

Now I hold the button just long enough to see a wisp of smoke and then let off. Probably take 10 or 12 of these short burst. But I have one atty that has been dry burned about 15 times. So I don't see what your doing as a problem. I see it as a Good thing.

Letting your atty go dry isn't going to hurt it. But the taste you will get will gag you.