dry burning can be dangerous! (video) thought I lost my eye..

[jiveman]

YouTube - 510 atomizer almost takes my eye out..(dry burning can be dangerous!)


I caught this on video because I was just about to do a juice review. My atty had just flooded moments before, so before I got started with the video, I blew it out into a paper towel like normal and decided to do a quick dry burn before I added more drops to vape.

Immediately after pushing the button, the atomizer decided to "pop" loudly, spraying juice directly into my right eye..

As you see in the video, I immediately ran to the faucet to flush my eye out. For a few minutes I thought I had damaged my eye permanently. I was blind. Contemplated a trip to the hospital, it burned that bad.

This just goes to show that dry burning can be dangerous, especially after blowing out your atty.

I'm now wary of dry burning, despite it having been a great technique for keeping my atty running smoothly after flooding.

As I think back, since my atty wasn't hot, and it didn't have time to really heat up before it popped, the burning sensation was likely just the nicotine affecting my eyeball.

Scary stuff. Be careful if you're dry burning!

 

[DaMulta]

I think a lot of us have had liquid in the eye. I was filling a cartomizer with 36Mg onetime, and went whip it in. A drop flew into my eye.

Burned like hell, but I walked away.

 

[jiveman]

I think a lot of us have had liquid in the eye. I was filling a cartomizer with 36Mg onetime, and went whip it in. A drop flew into my eye.

Burned like hell, but I walked away.

yea, i think the shock and temporary blindness and crazy burning is scary, but probably not as dangerous as it seemed.

my initial thought was that something from the atty had blown up into my eye, cause it felt pretty solid, like a piece of the bridge or something, but it was just juice.

although...heart attack in the making right there for you old folk! lol

i'm going to dry burn away from my face now, if at all.

 

[tarazarr]

Dry burning is a BAD idea period.....It accomplishes nothing really, an attomizer is designed to work in a wet enviroment, dry burning it only serves to overheat the fragile little heating element, making it brittle and shortening it's life...

IMO dry burning is just bad advice from Obssesive Compulsives here (sorry) who have dreamt up a 37 step cleaning process that is just insane overkill and does far more harm than good.

If an atomizer is gunked up by being used for a week or so without being rinsed out, a quick 20 minute soak in vinegar, and then gently rinsed in warm water is all you need, GENTLY blow out the excess water and screw it on your battery and vape away...

Bottom line don't dry them out, they are intended to be wet, it's what keeps the coil from overheating to begin with. Your e-juice is made with water in it, a little water hurts nothing and only mixes with your e-juice, a couple of puffs after cleaning evaporates the water residue and your back to vaping full strength juice again...

 

[Automaton]

Wow, that was seriously frightening. Glad you're ok.

I do the alcohol thing.

Drop your atty in 70% or higher isopropyl alcohol. Let it soak for 5 minutes or so.

Then, pick it up, bridge facing up, and watch the alcohol drain out the bottom. You're looking for a stream. If it's "dripping" instead, dunk it back in the alcohol, pick it up again, and let it drain. You should get a stream after 5 or 6 times.

Just takes a few minutes, and no liquid shooting into your eye. Working well for my 901 and LR.

 

[jRP]

YIKES, scary stuff

 

[jiveman]

Wow, that was seriously frightening. Glad you're ok.

I do the alcohol thing.

Drop your atty in 70% or higher isopropyl alcohol. Let it soak for 5 minutes or so.

Then, pick it up, bridge facing up, and watch the alcohol drain out the bottom. You're looking for a stream. If it's "dripping" instead, dunk it back in the alcohol, pick it up again, and let it drain. You should get a stream after 5 or 6 times.

Just takes a few minutes, and no liquid shooting into your eye. Working well for my 901 and LR.

i like that idea. thanks.

 

[jiveman]

Dry burning is a BAD idea period.....It accomplishes nothing really, an attomizer is designed to work in a wet enviroment, dry burning it only serves to overheat the fragile little heating element, making it brittle and shortening it's life...

Yea, this was a wake up call. Dry burning is really unnecessary. I agree. It's just something I've done my entire time vaping, I don't know why I picked up this habit. Today, I just blew out the atty when flooded and put some drops in and it worked just the same. Crazy how I just assumed this was always necessary. It's definitely a pointless activity, I see that now.

 

[KayleePup]

Wow, that was seriously frightening. Glad you're ok.

I do the alcohol thing.

Drop your atty in 70% or higher isopropyl alcohol. Let it soak for 5 minutes or so.

Then, pick it up, bridge facing up, and watch the alcohol drain out the bottom. You're looking for a stream. If it's "dripping" instead, dunk it back in the alcohol, pick it up again, and let it drain. You should get a stream after 5 or 6 times.

Just takes a few minutes, and no liquid shooting into your eye. Working well for my 901 and LR.

I really don't like the isopropyl alcohol wash. I know that it will do the cleaning but is it really what you want to be inhaling? Water is a good solvent also, just takes longer. I found the denture cleaner got the gunk out of my atty just fine, then rinsed with distilled water (we have pretty hard water and didn't want calcium to build up).

From Ask.com
ask.com/wiki/Isopropyl_alcohol

"Isopropyl alcohol vapor is more dense than air and is highly flammable with a very wide combustible range. It should be kept away from heat and open flame. When mixed with air or other oxidizers it can explode through deflagration.["

"Isopropyl alcohol is oxidized by the liver into acetone by alcohol dehydrogenase. Symptoms of isopropyl alcohol poisoning include flushing, headache, dizziness, CNS depression, nausea, vomiting, anesthesia, and coma. Use in well-ventilated areas and use protective gloves while using. Poisoning can occur from ingestion, inhalation, or absorption."

Just my .
KayleePup

 

[Automaton]

Isopropyl alcohol evaporates completely. It doesn't leave any residue at all. That's why they use it for stuff like cleaning film - if it left a residue, the film wouldn't play.

I leave mine in front of my window fan for 6-12 hours, and they are totally dry. An easy way to tell is to "sniff test" them. If you can't smell alcohol, it's dry.

And really, in front of my fan, I could probably have it dry in a couple hours (though waiting is always better, for the reasons you state).

 

[DC2]

Dry burning is a BAD idea period.....It accomplishes nothing really, an attomizer is designed to work in a wet enviroment, dry burning it only serves to overheat the fragile little heating element, making it brittle and shortening it's life...

Maybe you should go tell that to all these people...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/69834-my-atty-resurrection-method.html

The fragile little heating element on my first atomizer lasted over a year.
And every time I dry burn my atomizers they work like new again.

I am now on my second 510 atomizer in 13 months.
And I didn't lose the first one by dry burning, in fact it still works.

But the center post seems to have shifted or something, not sure.
But the atomizer doesn't seem to be making good contact with my battery anymore.

But yeah, it does still work sometimes, I just stopped using it.

 

[DC2]

I am now on my second 510 atomizer in 13 months.

To be fair, I should probably mention that I am a fairly light vaper.
I only go through about 1ml per day, so 13 months sounds longer than it really is.

 

[HzG8rGrl]

Very frightening. So glad you are ok.
I would still keep an eye (no pun intended) on your eye.