E-Cig gave me a shock to my teeth twice?

[Davesubaru]

I have been using V2 E-Cig for about a year.



I use the corded one shown above with the same cartridge.

I have been refilling the same cartridge about 3-4 times a day for a month.

The PC USB power tends to be weaker compared to a power outlet.

I vaped from a power outlet (plug the usb to the charger and to the power outlet).

Definitely gives more vape this way. But when my bottom tooth touched shown in

the picture below, I got a weird shock on my tooth.



So I was wondering if the volts go to the metal inside the cartridge as well

(the paper is covering the metal). The liquid might have leaked to my

tooth which which was charged with electricity? I tested to see if I

had the same reaction by touching a drop of e liquid on the same tooth,

but no shock like feeling. I tried a different cartridge and put my tooth

on the same spot and no shock.

This just happened today with just that cartridge. I threw that cartridge away.

I don't have sensitive teeth either. Anyone else experienced this or want to tell

me why this happened? Thanks!

Can teeth even conduct electricity?? I'm so lost.

 

[Papadragon]

Never heard of this I do no I forgot to trim wire on a rba and shocked my face !

 

[crxess]

Clean your threads well, may be poor contact not grounding cleanly.

 

[BigBen2k]

The carto casing is grounded; check to see if the cover (tape) has slipped off of it.

But this is a symptom of a larger problem; whatever you're using to power it, isn't isolating you from the mains (and it should).

What powers your passthrough, when you get shocked?

 

[Katya]

Hmm... Are you sure it wasn't just a squirt of hot eliquid into your mouth? That happens sometimes when your carto is overfilled or lousy or wattage is too high.

Never heard of electric shocks from an e-cig, but I guess anything is possible...

If this continues, don't use the device anymore and contact your vendor--you may have gotten a defective device.

 

[BigBen2k]

Hm, worse case, the polarity on the passthrough is reversed, but you're still supposed to be isolated.

The passthrough isn't at fault, IMO.

 

[Shadav]

on occasion I get this from my vivi nova but i'm fairly sure it's just hot juice being spit off the coil up the mouth piece and my brain is translating it into a shock as you hear the coil "buzz" and feel the shocky/heat

 

[Davesubaru]

Clean your threads well, may be poor contact not grounding cleanly.

Might be the case since I sometimes overfill and the e liquid spills from the bottom.
And I just rub it with tissue paper and fit it to the passthrough. Which means some
of the e liquid spillage is present on the bottom of the cartridge as well as the top of
the passthrough.

The carto casing is grounded; check to see if the cover (tape) has slipped off of it.

But this is a symptom of a larger problem; whatever you're using to power it, isn't isolating you from the mains (and it should).

What powers your passthrough, when you get shocked?

I used a corded usb manual passthrough. I plugged the usb to a charger and
plugged it into a power outlet so I could get more power (more smoke and
throat hit compared to plugging the usb to a computer).

Hmm... Are you sure it wasn't just a squirt of hot eliquid into your mouth? That happens sometimes when your carto is overfilled or lousy or wattage is too high.

Never heard of electric shocks from an e-cig, but I guess anything is possible...

If this continues, don't use the device anymore and contact your vendor--you may have gotten a defective device.

Yes I have experienced hot liquid a few times from overfilling but that didn't
shock me at all. It was a weird shock when the edge of the cartridge touched
my tooth while I used the manual passthrough. Other cartridges don't cause
that problem. But still willing to understand how electricity can go to the
cartridge as well. Perhaps the usb e cig was not intended to be smoked from
a power outlet? Anyways, I'm just going to retire from this type of E cig and
move to Ego Ce5. Tired of refilling every few hours.

 

[zoiDman]

If I had something like that Pass-Thru (and had used it for Over a Year) and it did ANYTHING Electrically Weird, I would Toss it in a New York Minute.

That, or put it in a Drawer to be used as a DIY Heart Defibrillator.

 

[tj99959]

If I had something like that Pass-Thru (and had used it for Over a Year) and it did ANYTHING Electrically Weird, I would Toss it in a New York Minute.

That, or put it in a Drawer to be used as a DIY Heart Defibrillator.

^^ what he said!!! Nothing useful to add as long as you are using that thing.

 

[Jin Ng]

Anyone know where and who sell e ciggie in sg?

Kindly PM me. Thanks.

 

[e-pipeman]

Well - I had a couple of electric shocks in my lips when I misaligned a head in a protank. I'm not saying it's repeatable, but I am saying that it happened.

 

[Katya]

Anyone know where and who sell e ciggie in sg?

Kindly PM me. Thanks.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-get-e-cigarette-singapore-2.html#post2787862

 

[Jin Ng]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-get-e-cigarette-singapore-2.html#post2787862

Yes Singapore. It is illegal to sell e ciggie in my stupid country. But it is legal to sell cigarette!Anyone with contact selling e ciggie and e juice pls PM me.Thanks!

 

[Ronald3638]

My son in-law told me yesterday that he had a CE style cleromizer spark at the head. I can only think that the positive lead of the coil it so close to the post that a small bump made it touch.

PBussardo has a video where he talks about someone who said they got a shock using a metal drip tip on a Vivi Nova.

A PBusardo Tutorial - Vivi Nova Cleaning & Rebuilding - YouTube

Around the 5 minute mark.

 

[awsum140]

Try "flipping" the dongle in the wall outlet, assuming you are in the US or using a 120v, nominal, AC wiring system. To me it sounds like poor isolation and could simply be a polarity problem as a result. Those wall warts aren't exactly a high end power supply with full isolation.

 

[Ryedan]

But when my bottom tooth touched shown in

the picture below, I got a weird shock on my tooth.



This just happened today with just that cartridge. I threw that cartridge away.

I don't have sensitive teeth either. Anyone else experienced this or want to tell

me why this happened? Thanks!

Can teeth even conduct electricity?? I'm so lost.

I've heard of this kind of thing before, but never experienced it myself. I suspect the cartridge is the problem and that you have solved the problem by replacing it.

 

[Ryedan]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-get-e-cigarette-singapore-2.html#post2787862

Yes Singapore. It is illegal to sell e ciggie in my stupid country. But it is legal to sell cigarette!Anyone with contact selling e ciggie and e juice pls PM me.Thanks!

Click on the text 'where to get e cigarette in singapore?' in Katya's post. It's a link.

 

[awsum140]

If we think about how the connections are made in any carto or other delivery system, one side of the coil is always connect to the metal body of the device. This means the metal body is part of the electrical circuit that supplies power to the coil. When using a passthrough IF there is any leakage of mains power, even through an isolation capacitor, that power can appear on the body of the device and anything attached to it. If the other side of the coil, the side normally connected to the center pin, were to short out to the body it would prevent any vapor production and overload the battery/passthrough and force it into shut down.

Since cartos are metal shells they provide a "connection" to the lips and mouth of the user. The same is true of many bottom coil tank style devices with metal mouthpieces. In my mind, this makes good isolation from the "mains" a primary concern and is a good reason not to use a passthrough.

 

[Bobnoj]

Ive had some cartos that must have been wired up wrong from time to time as I had a similar experience. Changed the carto and it was fine. I had another one that made my battery get red hot so much have been a dud.