Flooded atty (i think) HELP!!

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Are you using the standard filler material that comes with the cartridges, or something else?
Did you prime the atomizer with a few drops after you blew it out?
Did you blow it out better, based on how much juice came out, the first time or the second time?
How long did you use it between needing to blow it out the first time and the second time?
 
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Might want to read this and see if it helps at all...


Dry atomizers, flooded atomizers, and wicking
Basically, you want to keep your atomizer happy with plenty of juice, but not too much as to flood it.

A good sign that it's flooded is that it gets a little harder to draw on and you get little or no vapor.
Flooding it, however, won't hurt it at all, and you can just blow out the extra juice.

Letting it get too dry, on the other hand, is not good for the atomizer supposedly.
But regardless of whether it is bad for the atomizer or not, you still don't want to do it.

You can tell it is too dry when it starts to taste like crap.
A nasty sort of burnt plastic type of taste.

One reason it might get too dry is if you burn through the juice faster than it can wick up more.
That is why people experiment with different kinds of filler materials to use in their cartridges.

If you take only a drag or two every now and then, you should be fine.
But if you use these like a cigarette, the wicking process will have trouble keeping up.
There are ways to deal with this, and people have different methods that work better for them.

And of course, when the cartridge is running low on juice, it needs topping off for this reason.
 

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I am using the standard filler.

I smoke it like a cigarette for the normal duration of a 72.

More juice came out the first time I blew it out.

I did not drip after I blew it out and it worked ok for about 5 puffs after I blew it the first time.

Ill read that post when I get home bc I'm on my BB right now.
If you are using the standard filler then it probably wasn't leaking.
Which means it probably wasn't a flooding issue.

If you were using it like a cigarette, then it is probably a wicking issue.
Which means a dry atomizer.

When you blew it out the first time you might have instead needed to add more juice.
And when you blew it out the second time it became completely dry.


That is the best I can come up with.
What doesn't make sense is that it worked okay AFTER you blew it out the first time.
Also a dry atomizer does not taste sweet, it tastes like crap.
:)

I hope all of this helps, but your symptoms don't fit any disease I know of.
 

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Ok well I just remembered something. Earlier I thought there was some filler burning to the wick inside the atty so I pulled it off. It looked odd and not really like the filler but I thought that it was just melted together. I think it was the wick/heater thingy(whatever is part of the atty). Also I took it off the cart to see if it was doing anything and it was turning red. I didnt know this is what they look like when dry.

Did I pull the atty heating element out? I think I might have...... :-x..... then I probly burnt it dry for too long. Now its shot even if I prime the atty.

My first mistake and atty down the tube..... :mad:
 

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I didn't pull all of them out just like two, but now it won't vape after I blew it out a couple times.

Right. You pulled out the wick on your atty. And while some folks will tell you that this doesn't hurt anything.. what you are actually seeing is more typical. The thing just won't wick enough liquid to produce a satisfying vape.

There is no "fix" for this short of getting another atty. The one you have now is only good for "dripping" and it won't work properly with a cartridge.
 
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