Hello! My story... is so exciting!

[0xDeadC0de]

Hi everybody. I found ECF a couple weeks ago and have been lurking around, I love the information in the modding section. 60 days ago I finally got my first ecig, the Joye EGO from TW (A place many of you already know I'm sure). Overall I'm mostly happy.

The upside, I barely use any analogs.. It would be none, and is none when I don't live in a house where other people smoke analogs inside, but I can't stand the smell of them unless I have one myself a day (I know I know.. I should just move..) For the first four weeks of using my EGO I didn't live here, and in the other house nobody smoked inside (or at all), and I found it very easy to not pick one up.


vape on!

 

[0xDeadC0de]

Recently I've been on a 'rebuild the atomizer!!' kick, I ordered my 36 gauge nichrome wire from that store that sells 10ft for $2 with free s&h before I even found that site listed in the rebuild the atomizer threads, and am waiting for it to arrive in the mail. I'll need to go out and find some good wick material, maybe order the silica stuff online, I don't know yet...8-o

The reason I want to rebuild my atomizers is they keep getting an extremely foul taste after a week of usage (I'm a pretty heavy vaper ), and they lose performance pretty quick. I've found the performance can be temporarily restored with the boil clean method, but the foul taste eventually stops going away even with boiling for 20+ minutes.

The first atomizer I got with my kit wasn't fully dead, but I couldn't use it because it tasted horrendous every time I'd take a drag. so my first attempt I took a small propane hand torch, and cooked the crap out of it to get rid of the glue holding it together... Of course i did it all wrong and tore up the connector threads and basically destroyed it , but that did let me get a look inside.

About 45 minutes ago I finished fully taking apart and putting back together another 510 atomizer (from TW) that was starting to develop a bad taste, and performing like crap in general. (And, it still works, YAY! ). 3 hours.. phew..

I had to torch it to get it apart, I tried boiling for 15 minutes as suggested in the rebuild thread, but it wouldn't come apart.. boiled longer, still nothing. so I put a pair of pliers around the gold colored band, put a rubber band around the plier handle so it wouldn't fall out, and used a torch to burn above the gold band..
I did a few 10 second burns (moving it all around trying not to stay in one spot, and making sure I didn't burn to low as to not melt the (rubber?) parts that keep the + and - seperated) and kept testing with another pair of pliers, until it finally started to wiggle, and was able to pull the connector out of the bottom with the atomizer core still intact. The band was still on the main cylinder, but the core was out.. I then separated the band from the cylinder with the torch, being a little (but not much) less careful now that I couldn't really destroy anything (And I had spare of this part from the first go). This was required to make it easier to re-assemble later..

I have 2 left in my multipack, one I'm using now, one spare - and the one I worked on that's now super easy to take apart. I can't wait to get the rest of the materials I need to finish the rebuild, replace the coil, wick, and the non conductive materials used to keep the wires from making contact where they shouldn't... I just read on here (something I've never seen on any TW forum thread ) that LR atomizers can destroy ego batteries? That would be bad, I'll have to make sure it's over 2ohms right?

As soon as I can afford to, I plan on making a couple box mods of my own too, and playing around. I'm glad I found this place, what a great wealth of information. Thank you guys for existing!

 

[Jessara]

Hi and welcome to (posting on) ECF! Once you get 5 posts, I believe, you can post in other sections (like the mod forums). This might have been better for one of those? Although there will probably be a few pass by that can answer your question. Personally everything you said was pretty much over my newbie head!

 

[tdh]

Hello and welcome.

I find that using a spare battery connector helps a lot when disassembling attys. You can work them pretty hard without hurting the threads. Also, sticking something into the cart end that just barely fits (i.e. a drill bit) will allow you to squeeze pretty hard without flattening the tube. Sometimes acetone also works better than water. That said, I usually just cut the threads off with a drimmel. The tube comes out about a couple mm shorter, but it is way easier than boiling.

I wouldn't go under 2.5 with an ego but 2.0 should be safe. The battery is going to die sooner or later anyway and lower resistances will always speed up the process. I usually prefer 3.2@5v to anything under 2.5 ohms, though. Shorter wires get too hot, imo, and make for a less comfortable vape and worse flavor.

 

[dlbald]

Get the posts then ask in the veterans, or most likely, the modders forum. The eGo may be alright for a little while but not positive. I think it wants higher res attys.

 

[0xDeadC0de]

I'm glad to be here Jessara. I will probably end up reposting that in the rebuild atties thread once I reach the required thead count.. but for now, I guess that post will help me reach it and as you said might catch the eye of a wanderer or two .

Thank you tdh, I will keep that info in mind. The drill bit idea is a really good one, I did kind of bend this atty a bit (Not to bad though, but because it's bent I'm using the tube from the first atty I destroyed, which isn't bent at all). I kind of want to try a 1.5ohm, since that's what the TW LR atties are rated as, but if it will damage my gear i will have to think twice (because of money concerns really.) I'll have to try the acetone next time too, but if it still fails i'll probably end up torching it too.

How do you mean cut the threads off with a dremel? Do you have or know where I can see pictures of what you mean? I would love an easier method for first time disassembly as the plan is to never buy more attys again - and rebuild them. I love this kind of tinkering. If I could afford new ones without it hurting my bank, I wouldn't hesitate to buy them. I know they're not extremely expensive but the materials needed to rebuild them are far cheaper than buying a bunch of new ones.

When I torched it, I let it cool down a bit, then put it onto my battery to pull the atty connector off. I would have preferred a spare battery connector, but don't have any atm, I'll wait for a battery to die before I have one, or until I can afford a tap and die set to make some. My budget sucks quite frankly.

 

[tdh]

You are almost up to the 5 posts required to hit the mod and veteran threads.
I have no experience with the cone shaped atties, so I really can't be much help with them. With the regular 510 atties, you just cut a little bit above the threads with a cutoff wheel until you can see brass all the way around, then break it off. I think that we could use a fresh atty disassembly thread in the moder's forum.

On a low budget, you should probably look into using cartos until you get a system that works for you. There are several forum suppliers that carry them for <$2 each, and you could try different resistances and get some spare parts at the same time. You can also get battery threads for <$3 each. I get these things from MadVapes because they have a good selection for mods at a reasonable price, but there are others.

Most of the info that I have found on disassembling atties was from a couple of old threads here. I can't seem to find any good ones atm, but there is one that discusses several methods in considerable detail, including which size drill bit to use. Its probably about time for another thread, imo.

You should probably ask on the veterans forum about how low you can go with your resistance on the ego. There are several different batteries available so 1.5 might be doable with one of them. If not, box mods can be made for <$10.

 

[0xDeadC0de]

heh i've been trying post in the mod section for a while now, still won't let me (this post will make the count 7). Maybe it needs to update, or maybe I need 15? I don't know.. I'll start a thread tomorrow, I really should have gone to sleep 6 hours ago, but got all caught up with this atomizer stuff (I'm all excited about having taken it apart and putting it back together, and it still working )

I'm not using the cone attys, just the regular 510's. I'll def. be checking out MadVapes. Talking about mods, and finding good suppliers for parts that I can mod with are the two main reasons I really came here.

 

[mlinky]

Welcome. Yep, you could skip right over to the mod forums. It takes a bit of time for the site to register that you have made your minimum number and allow you to post elsewhere.

Whoops, I just saw that you're already there. Have fun!