Ego-C issue: Need Help from an Ego-C veteran

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Bradleyfs

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Hi all,

Obviously I'm new. This is my first post and my first e-cig. Although I have searched, I have not been able to find something on my specific issue. So here goes.

Last week I received my new Joyetech Ego-C from Cignot. At first it worked perfectly, and still seems to work, but yesterday noticed that it seems to be going through e-liquid pretty fast and was becoming very hard to draw on.

This is what I noticed. I will take a few light but longer draws. After that, I unscrew the top portion which contains the tank (but not just the tank itself). When you unscrew the portion I'm talking about, the top of it is the tank and if you look up the bottom of it, you see the underside of the atty. e-liquid seems to be accumulating on the underside of the atty. So I then wad up some tissue paper clean it out, and screw it back on, and take another few draws. Unscrew it, and again, there is e-liquid that has collected under the atomizer again. My guess is that this should not be happening.

I assume I'm doing something wrong, but I'm not sure what it could be. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to stop it?

Thanks! (by the way, I love the forum - although I just joined, before getting the ego-c, I read tons of posts!)
 

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Welcome to ECF, first off! Sounds like the atty may be flooding on you. A lot of times that is caused by too strong of draws, where it is pulling more liquid into the atty then there is being vaporized, especially with thinner liquid. You may also not have the atty situated on the base securely enough and the liquid is just seeping around it as well.
 

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I agree with PittBoss that this sounds like the atomizer is flooding. Might be caused by a clogged/dirty atomizer which might also explain the harder draw - try a new one and see what happens. If that fixes it, you'll know what the issue was. I clean my eGo-C atomizers every 4 - 5 days. Letting them get too messed up makes cleaning them a lot harder so you'll get less life out of them. How many days have you been using this atty? Let us know what happens if you do change the atty.

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Bradleyfs

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Thanks guys. I think Pittboss' conclusion (i.e. that more liquid is going into the atty than is being vaporized) is precisely what is happening, but I do not think it is caused by either hitting to hard or the atty not being seated correctly. Due to my pre-reading, I was aware of those common mistakes and have been trying to avoid them.

I've only been using the ego-c since Thursday night and my vaping would probably be considered pretty light (once charge lasted until today), so I did not think that atty could have needed cleaning, but so far that could certainly be the problem. It would certain explain why it was doing fine until today. Like it started to get gunky and was not vaporizing as well as it should.

I will try a new atty and see if that helps. With respect to cleaning the atty, how do you do that on the ego-c? I read some things that said people just soak them in hot water, I read another thing that said people actually remove the spike on top of the atty. I would think you would have to remove the spike on top of the atty to clean it, but that spike does not look removable (I have not tried though, as I did not want to break it!)
 

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I just bought an ego-c 650mah kit myself. Had it about 5 hours and loving it. Of course it's new so cleaning attys isn't an issue yet, but I am still on a flavor quest, so I am sure I will be trying different things out as time goes on and I have already found that just one cart's worth of High Caliber Killa Vanilla (which rocks BTW) still shows up occasionally when I am using their Cherry (Which is currently my all evening flavor)
 

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Bradley, the juice you are using will have a big impact on the length of time between when atty cleanings are required. I do not yet have enough of a handle on this to be able to give you good info on it, but I know from my limited experience that it does make a significant difference. I agree that a few days of use should probably not gunk things up too badly, but still, try the new atty and let us know what happens.

If the new atty fixes the problem, that is really good information. What you might think of as slow easy drags might still be a bit fast for the hardware. I take drags that last about four to six seconds and that works for me for the juices I use.

As far as cleaning goes, I use a ultrasonic cleaner with pure grain alcohol and water in it (safe to inhale if there is any left in there). If I don't get to them soon enough and they get really bad, I take them apart, pulling the 'spike' and clean them from the inside out. I try not to let them go more than 4 or 5 days or the wick can get 'burned' onto the coils (not good for longevity!). There are a lot of tutorials on cleaning these things on ECF and the web. Do a search or let us know if you need help finding them.
 

Bradleyfs

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Well, here is the result. I did not replace the Atty - but I did pull out the one that was in there and clean it. What a difference! It must be my e-liquid, but it got gunked up fast! With a newly cleaned atty, it seems to be working fine. So, end result, it appears that gunked up atty caused it not to vape well, which caused e-liquid to build up and drain below the atomizer head.

Thanks for all the help!
 

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With the silicon end caps I recommend buying a leather punch and pre-punch the holes in the end caps. Anything overhanging can interfere with the liquid getting to the wick. Additionally, you want a perfectly round hole to create a good seal and prevent leaking outside of the wick.

The hard plastic end caps definitely cause you to go through ALOT of liquid.

A hard draw is usually caused by a dirty wick. Wicks can become dirtier when atomizers are burned flooded causing a caked on tar like stuff around the wick.

I clean my attys by first placing a coffee cup of water in my microwave for 3 minutes. Drop the atomizer in the water. Then after I see the eliquid stop coming out of the wick, I shake and swirl it around in the water. A good set of hemostats or tweezers is good for that. You will see little black specks come out. When they stop coming out, remove from water and let dry overnight. Prior to use prime with a drop or two of your favorite e liquid.

I have had absolutely zero luck removing the spike.

Just cleaning about once a week like I said above has made my atomizers last 2 months.
 

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I agree with 2GLR -- cleaning the wick is a major pain (at least for me), and I've ruined as many as I've saved trying that method, but more power to those who have mastered the fine art of eGo-C spike removal. I just soak my atty's in vodka for a couple of hours, let them dry for a little while, dry burn them ever so delicately, soak them in vodka for a couple more hours, blow them out, and let them dry, and this works well for me.

Another good thing to do is to blow the excess juice out of the atomizer base if it floods or if you see a little spot of juice on your battery connection.

I like those silicon endcaps a lot. I just poke a hole in the middle and remove the excess with tweezers or an X-acto, and I never have leaks. One cap usually lasts me about a month or so, too, so at $.15 a piece or so, it's no concern whatsoever.

Bigsmke is absolutely right about types of juices dictating the need to clean versus as opposed to time in and of itself. Some juices such as those with organic solids like natural tobacco extracts are hell on attys, whereas others like certain Halo juices and Ecopure seem to make attys last forever. One thing that can help if you like juices that wreak havoc on attys is to alternate those juices with clearer, cleaner juices. You might get a little more life out of an atty before it needs cleaning that way.
 

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Hi all,

Obviously I'm new. This is my first post and my first e-cig. Although I have searched, I have not been able to find something on my specific issue. So here goes.

Last week I received my new Joyetech Ego-C from Cignot. At first it worked perfectly, and still seems to work, but yesterday noticed that it seems to be going through e-liquid pretty fast and was becoming very hard to draw on.

This is what I noticed. I will take a few light but longer draws. After that, I unscrew the top portion which contains the tank (but not just the tank itself). When you unscrew the portion I'm talking about, the top of it is the tank and if you look up the bottom of it, you see the underside of the atty. E-liquid seems to be accumulating on the underside of the atty. So I then wad up some tissue paper clean it out, and screw it back on, and take another few draws. Unscrew it, and again, there is e-liquid that has collected under the atomizer again. My guess is that this should not be happening.

I assume I'm doing something wrong, but I'm not sure what it could be. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to stop it?

Thanks! (by the way, I love the forum - although I just joined, before getting the ego-c, I read tons of posts!)



First of all congratulations! The vaping life is awesome and freedom!! I started vaping 8 months ago- very loyal to the eGo-T. I read all the tips all the time and followed them- I have the A and B and C attys. I often had great success- along with all the drama. I am not one that needs or wants to switch out my delivery system all the time or get the newest product, etc- I was determined to stick with the attys. no matter what. Not long ago I tried a clearomizer out of curiousity and what a massive difference- there is minimal-to-no issues, in comparison, and I cannot understand why I was so loyal to the atty drama. Plus, now I have an easy system to show to encourage others to quit the nasties without having to explain how to constantly try to avoid the atty issues. There may only be a DOA warranty on these but my longest one lasted 5 weeks and the shortest one three weeks- darn good in my book.
 

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First of all congratulations! The vaping life is awesome and freedom!! I started vaping 8 months ago- very loyal to the eGo-T. I read all the tips all the time and followed them- I have the A and B and C attys. I often had great success- along with all the drama. I am not one that needs or wants to switch out my delivery system all the time or get the newest product, etc- I was determined to stick with the attys. no matter what. Not long ago I tried a clearomizer out of curiousity and what a massive difference- there is minimal-to-no issues, in comparison, and I cannot understand why I was so loyal to the atty drama. Plus, now I have an easy system to show to encourage others to quit the nasties without having to explain how to constantly try to avoid the atty issues. There may only be a DOA warranty on these but my longest one lasted 5 weeks and the shortest one three weeks- darn good in my book.

I agree MPage, and I too use Clearomizers, but in addition to my eGo-C. I like to switch flavors a lot, and that's why I use the eGo-C, because it's quick and easy, but the Clearos are for flavors I tend to vape more. The only reason I don't recommend Clearos to people right away is that for me, quitting smoking was all about the right equipment and right juice combo. It took some time and experimentation to find juices that I liked well enough to want to vape the 1.6 mL's-worth that fits into an eGo Vision Clearo. If I had to vape that much of a new juice I didn't like or go through the hassle of cleaning out a tank every time I got some flavor I didn't like, I would probably still be on analogs, but that's just me. Others might not be as obsessive over flavor as I am.
 
With the silicon end caps I recommend buying a leather punch and pre-punch the holes in the end caps. Anything overhanging can interfere with the liquid getting to the wick. Additionally, you want a perfectly round hole to create a good seal and prevent leaking outside of the wick.

The hard plastic end caps definitely cause you to go through ALOT of liquid.

A hard draw is usually caused by a dirty wick. Wicks can become dirtier when atomizers are burned flooded causing a caked on tar like stuff around the wick.

I clean my attys by first placing a coffee cup of water in my microwave for 3 minutes. Drop the atomizer in the water. Then after I see the eliquid stop coming out of the wick, I shake and swirl it around in the water. A good set of hemostats or tweezers is good for that. You will see little black specks come out. When they stop coming out, remove from water and let dry overnight. Prior to use prime with a drop or two of your favorite e liquid.

I have had absolutely zero luck removing the spike.

Just cleaning about once a week like I said above has made my atomizers last 2 months.

This is my first post :) and response -- and just wanted to say thank you for posting this, as I have had the same leaking problem (allllllll over my hands too) and Im going to try your cleaning trick. Hopefully that helps. :vapor:
 

Tezcatlipoca

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This is my first post :) and response -- and just wanted to say thank you for posting this, as I have had the same leaking problem (allllllll over my hands too) and Im going to try your cleaning trick. Hopefully that helps. :vapor:

Welcome to ECF, and good luck with it! Those leaks can be pretty frustrating, but once you get if figured out, the C is a great device!
 
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