Failtacular (Tank)

[Lbox88]

I am having terrible luck with my first tank. Every carto I put in I've fried!

Here's the tank.

Here's the carto's I have/trying to use.

Here's the liquid I'm trying to use with it. 18mg nic, 33% VG

Now, I put in roughly 40-50 drops in the carto to the point is starts leaking out the holes and the filling looks like a slushy. Then put in tank, fill tank, and tried to use. Poof, burned filling. So, try again, but let tank sit a good 15 minutes and primer puff before trying to take a puff off it with the button pressed. POOF! Try one more time, try to punch additional holes in carto, ended up ruining that cart and it's basically square instead of round, toss that one and decided to try one more time. again. Fill carto, fill tank, let sit overnight so I KNOW the filling should all be saturated, primer puff a lil until it seems like it's on the verge of flooding and then go to take a hit......
















poof.

Serisouly? what could I be doing wrong? About to just go get some Kanger T2's and a bunch of heads and call it a day.

 

[recidivus]

What battery, what voltage? Dual coils tend to run "hotter" than singles I believe. I, personally, prefer single coil cartos.

 

[Lbox88]

3.8V on a Provari, 18650 batt.

 

[recidivus]

I'd personally try it on a lower voltage. Normally with a new feed I start on the low end and bump it up every couple puffs. Different juices get a burny taste at different watts. With the 1.5 I just wrapped (I know it's not a carto, just an example) I started at 3.2v and finally ended up at 3.5v, much higher this juice was getting pretty harsh.

 

[Lbox88]

I'll have to try that, I hate to keep burning up cartos like this lol.

 

[luvinit]

Wow, that totally sucks!! I have those tanks and love them. But I prefer single coil cartos too, especially in tanks. Dual coils do seem to burn a lot hotter and I don't have much luck with them. They burn out faster. I've got some single coils that have lasted me more than a month. But I second the advice here.. start at the lowest voltage you can and inch up from there. I have one juice that absolutely burns immediately if I vape it above 3.4 volts.. nasty!!

 

[Lbox88]

hmmm, that's interesting. I can go all the way down to 2.9V, so I'll start out there to begin with. I know one of the guys over at Mr. E's actually runs his DCT's at 4.1V and has no problems, but that is probably due to the fluid he's using I guess.

 

[samwest]

Bad cartos? What does your Provari say the ohms are? I too use single coil cartos in tanks (1.5ohm to 2.0) they run better. Seems more like bad cartos as a Provari doesn't usually allow you to draw enough amps to fry stuff.

 

[recidivus]

He may also have additional holes punched in his cartos that can keep up with the coils. I use higher VG and need 2 holes at minimum (though too many/large and it floods...)

 

[BlueSnake]

I use single coil 3ohm cartos, but I have LR DC cartos with no problems. I've used 1 hole, 2 hole and the only problem I ever had was not getting the carto fully filled and then it burns quickly. I always make sure the juice is starting to seep out the punched hole/holes on the carto and it starts to drip out the bottom. When I have them filled that way I've never had a problem. My VG runs 30 to 40% and it hasn't caused any problems with cartos/tanks.

Do you have another device you can try it on? I can only guess that you may have a bad batch of cartos or their is a problem with the device.

 

[Lbox88]

Standard cartomizers and stardusts work flawlessly on my ProVari, I must just be running too high of a voltage and frying them. If I kill another I will go out and get some higher res single coils and try that instead. I have vaped off a tank like this and it really seemed to work well, so it would be nice to have my all day juice(RY4 or Pure Michigan) in one of these for less fuss in refilling.

 

[Lbox88]

Cross your fingers folks, just filled the tank/carto up and letting it sit for a bit before I take a hit.

 

[WillyB]

hmmm, that's interesting. I can go all the way down to 2.9V, so I'll start out there to begin with. I know one of the guys over at Mr. E's actually runs his DCT's at 4.1V and has no problems, but that is probably due to the fluid he's using I guess.

Actually?

Those Smok duals can take a lot of volts, much more than the same ohm singles. Many folks routinely run them at 5+V.


To the OP, something don't makes sense, but running true 3.8V on a Provari is not too much voltage. Something else is wrong.

 

[klynnn]

Try filling it this way and see if it helps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOU-P5lNro

 

[luvinit]

So??????? Did it work?


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[Lbox88]

Apparently I am an epic failure when it comes to these lol. Dripped about 50 drops into the filler until it was coming out of the breather at the bottom and the 2 pre-punched holes in the side of the carto, put it in and filled the tank, let it sit about an hour so sit and soak standing up, then used the method in the video link above from klynnn to make absolutely sure that the carto was soaking wet. Set my provari for 2.9V and......






































poof.


LOL, I am just going to go into the shop with the last carto from this pack and have them show me and do it with them in person. I can't believe I have fried/destroyed almost a whole pack of cartos.

 

[klynnn]

If you use the method in the video you don't put any juice in the carto at first you just fill the tank and then prime it. Is your juice extremely thick? Personally I use the vivi nova the most. They are so much easier.

 

[Lbox88]

It's 33% VG, and is somewhat slightly thick I guess. I am going into the shop this week at some point, gonna start getting 20% VG to try out and I think pick up a pair of Kanger T2's or Vivi Nova's for my 2 all day vapes.

 

[Baditude]

Maybe you just prefer a cooler vape. I know that I do.

I've tried those 1.5 ohm dual coils in my cartotanks, and they were just too harsh for me. The juice tasted scorched. And this was on an unkicked Silver Bullet. I started using 2.o ohm cartos, and they were much better, but I still thought I detected burnt taste occassionally. I read here that a lot of people prefered single coils, so I gave them a try.

I switched to these:

Single Coil XL Tank Cartomizer for the SmokTank XL and I'm much happier. Just as much vapor production, flavor is great, and no more burnt taste since changing 2 months ago. I also have noted a moderate increase in battery life. I use the single hole for normal 50/50 PG/VG and two holes for higher VG.

Note the spelling. I don't know if these are made by Smoktech or if Smoktek has them made for them by someone else. The 2.0 ohm are great on my 3.7v mods, and the 3.0 ohm work great on my Provari. YMMV.

 

[Lbox88]

I'll pick a few of those up to try also, because yeah, everything tastes burnt, whether I was at 2.9V up to 4.1V.