Haven't lost an atty yet

[144man]

I've been at this for 4 months now with a Joye 510, and have yet to have an atty fail. I go thru about 3 or 4 carts a day, vaping PG liquid. About every week, I'll switch attys and soak one in isopropyl alcohol overnight. No atty failures at all to date. In fact, I've become so confident that I no longer carry a spare in my pcc, just 3 extra full carts.

 

[Scottbee]

In fact, I've become so confident that I no longer carry a spare in my pcc, just 3 extra full carts.

You have just officially jinxed yourself....

 

[FrogHat]

I've been at this for 4 months now with a Joye 510, and have yet to have an atty fail. I go thru about 3 or 4 carts a day, vaping PG liquid. About every week, I'll switch attys and soak one in isopropyl alcohol overnight. No atty failures at all to date. In fact, I've become so confident that I no longer carry a spare in my pcc, just 3 extra full carts.

shhhhhhhhhhh...... mess yourself up saying things like that

 

[beast775]

i was vaping the first week alot and i thought,I dont know why everyone is talking about attys going bad and a moment later almost no heat!well it went bad.

 

[martha1014]

I been vaping for 9 months and have only had about 5 go bad. I have some that are 6 months old of course I dion't use is constantly. I have had more batteries go bad.

 

[Lab]

i thought i had lost 2 attys after 3 months but they are working like new again now.. just needed a real long dry burn..

i did loose one though but it was my fault not failure..

 

[Dkrom68]

I dont think you should be using the isopropyl acohol for soaking your atties due to chemicals left behind you might be vaping.

 

[Brewster 59]

I dont think you should be using the isopropyl acohol for soaking your atties due to chemicals left behind you might be vaping.

crest pro is the bomb for cleaning attys imo

 

[sjohnson]

As long as you let it dry, isopropyl leaves nothing behind. It's an alcohol, and like the ethanol we can drink the only thing that can be left behind is what's in it, the water and alcohol themselves evaporate without residue.

Nothing wrong with Crest Pro, but there has to be a lot more "left behind" with that than with isopropyl.

In either case, a simple water rinse will dilute and flush any remaining material.

 

[jexmex]

Besides risking DEATH, you are also risking eating the glue that holds the dang thing together.

Please use common sense when cleaning your atty, and dont use anything you would not drink or want to inhale. (BTW, I do not recommend drinking Crest Pro either, but if you did that, you would not be DEAD).

 

[sjohnson]

There's more risk of DEATH crossing the street that vaping from a dry, isopropyl alcohol-cleaned atomizer. The poison (isopropyl alcohol) is gone, evaporated into the air, in a dry atomizer.

Isopropanol

Isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol; CH3 -CHOH-CH3) is a low molecular weight hydrocarbon. It is commonly found as both a solvent as well as a disinfectant. It can be found in many mouthwashes, skin lotions, and rubbing alcohol. Because of its widespread availability, lack of purchasing restrictions, and profound intoxicating properties, it is commonly used as an ethanol substitute.

Isopropanol is rapidly absorbed across the gastric mucosa and reaches a peak concentration approximately 30-120 minutes after ingestion. Isopropanol is primarily metabolized via alcohol dehydrogenase to acetone. A small portion of isopropanol is excreted unchanged in the urine. The peak concentration of acetone is not present until approximately 4 hours after ingestion. Both the CNS depressant effects and the fruity odor on the patient's breath are due to acetone.

Isopropanol ingestion

* Following an isopropanol ingestion, the patient may not complain of anything specific. Rather, the patient may simply appear intoxicated, as with ethanol intoxication.
* A history of abdominal pain, nausea, and sometimes hematemesis may be obtained.

Isopropanol ingestion

* As previously stated, the patient who consumes isopropanol may appear inebriated, as with ethanol. Isopropanol concentrations of 50-100 mg/dL typically result in intoxication, which can progress to include symptoms such as dysarthria and ataxia, while lethargy or coma can be seen with levels exceeding 150 mg/dL. Cardiovascular depression can occur with levels exceeding 450 mg/dL.
* The presence of acetone may induce a fruity odor on the patient's breath.

Toxicity, Alcohols: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

This is an abstract of the ingestion of a considerable amount of isopropanol. It takes a LOT more isopropyl alcohol (found in mouthwashes according to the above link) to make you drunk or cause DEATH than we have remaining in the atomizer even if you don't dry it out.

Do you or someone you live with use fingernail polish remover? You get acetone exposure from that, but not from evaporated isopropyl alcohol.

You get hit with more toxins from gas fumes when you drive a car than you're likely to get from a clean, dry atomizer using isopropyl. The only thing left on the atomizer after isopropyl cleaning is atmosphere and atmospheric moisture. Common sense tells me those are safe. For all I know, Crest Pro contains isopropyl alcohol, it's supposed to be common in mouthwash. With isopropyl alcohol USP, at least I know what I have a SLIGHT risk of ingesting.