Hey question about atomizers

[Kelly1988]

Hey so I'm new to diy and I'm making batches now for the first time.. I bought two dripping atomizers for sampling from AVID vape. They are 2.5 bridgeless and I'm not sure how to start them.. I'm not sure if there's fluid inside because when I blow nothing comes out

Should I first dry burn them with vegetable glycerin? Like add a few drops and vape it until the coil turns red? Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help

Kelly

 

[sonicbomb]

They are 2.5 bridgeless and I'm not sure how to start them.. I'm not sure if there's fluid inside because when I blow nothing comes out

Can you clarify/expand on this, as I have no clue what it means.

Dry burning is just that, dry. You do not need to add any fluid.
The purpose being to burn off any impurities if they are new, or gunked juice if they are used. If it is a new build then this is also a way of checking that the coils are heating evenly. If it's for de-gunking, some people also rinse the coil under water between pulses of heat.

 

[Izan]

Hey so I'm new to diy and I'm making batches now for the first time.. I bought two dripping atomizers for sampling from AVID vape. They are 2.5 bridgeless and I'm not sure how to start them.. I'm not sure if there's fluid inside because when I blow nothing comes out

Should I first dry burn them with vegetable glycerin? Like add a few drops and vape it until the coil turns red? Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help

Kelly

Hi,
No need to dry burn.

Add a few drops of test juice and let it sit for a few minutes.
Add two or three more drops, replace drip tip and vape.
I would start 2.5Ω at about 5 or 6 watts.
You will get about three pulls per drop more or less.

Cheers
I

 

[bombastinator]

Missing information:
-Which model of atomizers were bought
-what the heck “2.5 bridgeless” means
-why there would possibly be fluid inside a new RDA

This whole thing is very confusing to me. It almost sounds like this person only has experience with pre filled pods and is assuming RDAs behave like they do. I’m not sure what is going on.

 

[440BB]

Missing information:
-Which model of atomizers were bought
-what the heck “2.5 bridgeless” means
-why there would possibly be fluid inside a new RDA

This whole thing is very confusing to me. It almost sounds like this person only has experience with pre filled pods and is assuming RDAs behave like they do. I’m not sure what is going on.

Those are the original 510 atomizers that were used with foam filled cartridges to vape on 510 batteries. Bridges inside those attys wicked liquid to the fixed coil and wick. Dripping started when someone removed the cartridge and directly dripped onto the bridge. Bridgeless attys were developed specifically for dripping. The 2.5 refers to the ohms of that atty. This style of attys often came with a few drops of fluid, likely PG, either for preservation from oxidation or as a primer.

They are still the easiest way to test a flavor IMO.

 

[bombastinator]

Those are the original 510 atomizers that were used with foam filled cartridges to vape on 510 batteries. Bridges inside those attys wicked liquid to the fixed coil and wick. Dripping started when someone removed the cartridge and directly dripped onto the bridge. Bridgeless attys were developed specifically for dripping. The 2.5 refers to the ohms of that atty. This style of attys often came with a few drops of fluid, likely PG, either for preservation from oxidation or as a primer.

They are still the easiest way to test a flavor IMO.

Hah! I remember those now! I’d totally forgotten about the whole bridge thing. That was back when I’d just started vaping. I can see how it would be easy. Those things were really really tiny compared to modern equipment. You could get a test off just one or two drops of fluid. Not sure how accurate the test would be as practically no one vapes at 2.5ohm any more. A hot coil is a hot coil though I guess.
That’s some really ancient equipment there.

 

[440BB]

Hah! I remember those now! I’d totally forgotten about the whole bridge thing. That was back when I’d just started vaping. I can see how it would be easy. Those things were really really tiny compared to modern equipment. You could get a test off just one or two drops of fluid. Not sure how accurate the test would be as practically no one vapes at 2.5ohm any more. A hot coil is a hot coil though I guess.
That’s some really ancient equipment there.

I prefer "classic and vintage"
The funny thing is that just yesterday I was rummaging through my boxes of stuff and found a bunch of 510 and 306 attys, hooked one up and spent some time tasting flavors just like it was 2012 again. Still tasty and simple but the heavy VG liquids need a touch of water or PG to flow well.

 

[bombastinator]

I prefer "classic and vintage"
The funny thing is that just yesterday I was rummaging through my boxes of stuff and found a bunch of 510 and 306 attys, hooked one up and spent some time tasting flavors just like it was 2012 again. Still tasty and simple but the heavy VG liquids need a touch of water or PG to flow well.

Those things were old tech even in 2012. I remember pulling bridges out of my cloud9 attys to try the new bridgeless hotness (still can remember the name of that proprietary connector they used RN(some number)) soon after I started vaping. 2006-8 maybe? My memory for names and dates has never been good.

 

[440BB]

Things sure became antiques quickly in this vape business! Different threading used to be a big issue back in the day. I think there were two types of RN4081!
I still like and use some of that stuff, low wattage MTL.

 

[bombastinator]

Things sure became antiques quickly in this vape business! Different threading used to be a big issue back in the day. I think there were two types of RN4081!
I still like and use some of that stuff, low wattage MTL.

Yup. That’s the way emerging technology goes, and ecigs have been moving at a speed comparable to computers.

Yeah, that’s the main reason 510 won the connector war iirc. It wasn’t that it was a particularly great connector, it was fairly strong, and would deliver more power than some, but most importantly it wasn’t proprietary.

 

[zoiDman]

Hey so I'm new to diy and I'm making batches now for the first time.. I bought two dripping atomizers for sampling from AVID vape. They are 2.5 bridgeless and I'm not sure how to start them.. I'm not sure if there's fluid inside because when I blow nothing comes out

Should I first dry burn them with vegetable glycerin? Like add a few drops and vape it until the coil turns red? Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help

Kelly

If this is what you have...

SR510 (Cisco Spec) 2.5ohm Bridgeless Atomizer

... then they would be OK to do a quick Dry Burn.

But I Wouldn't Dry Burn them (or anything else) by adding a few drops of VG. I would just put a New One on a Mod, set the Wattage to something Low like 12 Watts, then give the Power Button a couple of 3 ~ 4 Second Pulses.

If No Smoke comes off the Coil, you are Good Go.

If some Smoke does come off the Coil, keep giving it some Pulses until the Smoke Stops. If you see the Coil start to get Red, Stop.

The Description says that these Atomizers are Not Supposed to come with any "Primer Fluid". So Dry Burning might not be necessary? But I would do a Quick Dry Burn anyway.

BTW - I always Cracked Up when I saw the phrase Primer Fluid.

LOL

Primer for what? Because the (what I always called it) Mystery Fluid is Unvapable. So it sure as Heck is a Primer for e-Liquid.

 

[vapdivrr]

Those are the original 510 atomizers that were used with foam filled cartridges to vape on 510 batteries. Bridges inside those attys wicked liquid to the fixed coil and wick. Dripping started when someone removed the cartridge and directly dripped onto the bridge. Bridgeless attys were developed specifically for dripping. The 2.5 refers to the ohms of that atty. This style of attys often came with a few drops of fluid, likely PG, either for preservation from oxidation or as a primer.

They are still the easiest way to test a flavor IMO.

Hh 357 was the bomb

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[Kelly1988]

Hi,
No need to dry burn.

Add a few drops of test juice and let it sit for a few minutes.
Add two or three more drops, replace drip tip and vape.
I would start 2.5Ω at about 5 or 6 watts.
You will get about three pulls per drop more or less.

Cheers
I

Hey thanks for your reply! I've been sampling a lot of my diy juices and I'm using the 2.5 ohm atomizer. I've had it at about 6.8 watts/4.2 volts... Do you think I can turn the wattage up a bit? I just want to be safe, I mean it's probably common sense but I don't want to ruin the atomizer. I just need a little more throat hit. Thanks again!

 

[Izan]

Hey thanks for your reply! I've been sampling a lot of my diy juices and I'm using the 2.5 ohm atomizer. I've had it at about 6.8 watts/4.2 volts... Do you think I can turn the wattage up a bit? I just want to be safe, I mean it's probably common sense but I don't want to ruin the atomizer. I just need a little more throat hit. Thanks again!

Hi Kelly,
You could try another watt or two, but be gentle.
I find they start to dry hit very quickly when pushed too far.


Cheers
I