Dry your atty, but keep it wet too! wtf?

[IronyAlways]

Hey all,
Sorry, but I'm a little confused. I'm getting seriously conflicting messages and have no flippin idea what to do with the atomizer when I'm done vaping for the night . Some people say to blow the niquid out and leave it upside down to drain (I'm assuming that means metal side up right?) and others say that you need to keep it wet to make it last longer. AHHH. I'm sure the answer is here somewhere but I haven't been able to find it and am getting frustrated. But, to anyone concerned, the 510 is still holding up really well and I'm enjoying it. I just want to hold of atty troubles until I can actually afford to buy more in bulk, since they're cheaper that way. Please help if you can.

I.A.

 

[Ladycats]

Hey all,
Sorry, but I'm a little confused. I'm getting seriously conflicting messages and have no flippin idea what to do with the atomizer when I'm done vaping for the night . Some people say to blow the niquid out and leave it upside down to drain (I'm assuming that means metal side up right?) and others say that you need to keep it wet to make it last longer. AHHH. I'm sure the answer is here somewhere but I haven't been able to find it and am getting frustrated. But, to anyone concerned, the 510 is still holding up really well and I'm enjoying it. I just want to hold of atty troubles until I can actually afford to buy more in bulk, since they're cheaper that way. Please help if you can.

I.A.

Blow it out, both ends, and leave it metal side (tip end) down, battery (screw end) side up .... keep it wet, while in use .. as in vaping ....

 

[IronyAlways]

Ah, well thank ya. You summed that up so easily I feel a bit dumb. Also, one other thing, I was reading in the tech forum (which I can't post in for some reason) about doing dry burns with a pass through to clean the atty out once a week or so. Would blowing on the front of the cig with an auto battery accomplish the same thing? Sorry again for the noobish-ness.

-I.A.

 

[Kent C]

Hey all,
Sorry, but I'm a little confused. I'm getting seriously conflicting messages and have no flippin idea what to do with the atomizer when I'm done vaping for the night . Some people say to blow the niquid out and leave it upside down to drain (I'm assuming that means metal side up right?) and others say that you need to keep it wet to make it last longer. AHHH.

I.A.

You're right there are conflicting tips on that. I've been soaking mine in Everclear for a few hours, blow them out both sides (this is KreeL, although I don't think he does the Everclear) let them dry bat side up, blow them out again then put them in a zip lock so they aren't exposed to the air/dryness. Rotating them out every 2 days (again KreeL).

 

[Kate51]

Let me see if I can help.
During use, your atomizer heats up the liquid in the cartridge, providing of course that it's making proper contact with the "heat" source, a coil which hides under the bridge in a little well and heats when you draw or push a button on the battery. The heat keeps drawing the liquid downwards from the wicking inside.
Not all of the liquid however is going to be atomized by the "mesh" that surrounds the coil...there is mesh all around the base of the unit, which all absorbs some of the liquid.
After a time, this liquid starts to get a little charred, or overcooked, if you will, because it's been heated every time you draw, but maybe not vaporized and inhaled from above.
If you don't find a way to empty that out once in awhile, it will keep charring and tasting very "burned". Nasty taste. So blow into the atomizer from the base, yah, unscrew it from the battery, and blow it hard, several times, until it quits dripping onto a paper towel. Gently tapping it in the upside down position helps dislodge the droplets too, but I said gently. The unit inside the atty can dislodge and slide up into the "mouth" end, can break wires or twist them if you don't take care.
After you stand it battery contact side up overnight or when it's not in use, the next time you re-attach the battery, drip a couple drops back onto the atty, because a dry atty can kill itself from too much heat. Sometimes you can hear a kind of "gurgle" noise, that is a warning signal you may have too much liquid in and around the coil, or a flooded atty. Time to empty it, OR take the cartridge off and just vape for awhile without it until the gurgle goes away.
You never want to puff on a dry cartridge. A dry cartridge tastes burned, or plasticey.
That should explain the dry and wet aspects everyone talks about, it's kind of important. If the atomizer is flooded, i.e., it hasn't been emptied out for a time, it can leak liquid into the battery, if it's an automatic type battery. This can kill a battery, as you know. If it's a sealed battery (a Manual type) it can still leak out around the connection and cause problems with conductivity.
Yes, I burned one or two attys before I figured it out. And shorted a battery. Hate that.
That was before I found ECF, so had to learn a lot the hard way. Keep them out of water, also...any kind of water.....

 

[Kent C]

... You never want to puff on a dry cartridge. A dry cartridge tastes burned, or plasticey.
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Thanks Kate. That is likely where some of the plastic notes coming too, other than primer fluid. I've noticed that - time to refill/redrip ...