How hot can the atomizer get when you hold the button down?

[Flaklaflubillibu]

I've seen a video where the thing got red hot while the person was cleaning it. You can't tell me it is combustion free if you can "burn off" the caked on juice. Anyone know numbers?

 

[Moonflame]

Ovens and stoves get red hot without combustion. Heat and Fire are 2 different beasties and E-cigs use heat not fire.

 

[kelleymcm]

you only get "combustion" as you put it , when DRY burning.
ie: "DRY" no juice .

And I have read lots of different #'s on coil temp ...
300 degrees is one I have seen the most.... I think ?

matters "NOT" as long as that sucker heats up & vapes !

 

[Flaklaflubillibu]

Yeah, but if put a piece of paper up to a red hot heating coil on a stove, it will catch fire. I've lit cigarettes using a stove before. Some if not most components in juice will vapoize and not burn, but I suspect some can get burnt by an atomizer under the right conditions, and one such condition is if the filler or wick has not caught up to keep the atomizer "wet" from the last drag. Users are constantly complaining of burnt tastes. I am putting 2 and 2 together. I want to believe just as much as the next person that this little more than harmless water vapor, but unless you have a convincing argument(s) to the contrary, I am little concerned of the 4,000 chemicals this thing might be giving off.

 

[dormouse]

It depends on the voltage of the battery at that moment and the ohms resistance of the atomizer. On top of that. I doubt anyone has ever measured it. Slim battery models can use standard resistance attys and cartos relative to their voltage. Fat battery models and mods can usually use standard or hotter low resistance attys and cartos of various ohms.

 

[WomanOfHeart]

Yeah, but if put a piece of paper up to a red hot heating coil on a stove, it will catch fire. I've lit cigarettes using a stove before. Some if not most components in juice will vapoize and not burn, but I suspect some can get burnt by an atomizer under the right conditions, and one such condition is if the filler or wick has not caught up to keep the atomizer "wet" from the last drag. Users are constantly complaining of burnt tastes. I am putting 2 and 2 together. I want to believe just as much as the next person that this little more than harmless water vapor, but unless you have a convincing argument(s) to the contrary, I am little concerned of the 4,000 chemicals this thing might be giving off.

Where are you getting the other "4000" chemicals that e-cigs might be giving off?

People have had their e-cigs go off in a pocket or purse and the worst that's happened has been a super hot or popped atomizer. No fire, no smoke.

The vapor comes from a combination of the moisture of the VG/PG hitting the atomizer and the hygroscopic properties of those two ingredients. They attract moisture, so they pull the naturally occurring moisture from your mouth and that helps create the vapor.

The burning taste that people describe is from either the atomizer or cartomizer not being kept moist. I've never heard of anyone being able to vape through this taste, nor have I heard of anyone holding down the button on a manual long enough to cause a fire. Most 510/808/eGo/Riva type batteries actually have an automatic shut off that shuts off the unit before the atomizer can overheat.

 

[MickeyRat]

Yeah, but if put a piece of paper up to a red hot heating coil on a stove, it will catch fire. I've lit cigarettes using a stove before. Some if not most components in juice will vapoize and not burn, but I suspect some can get burnt by an atomizer under the right conditions, and one such condition is if the filler or wick has not caught up to keep the atomizer "wet" from the last drag. Users are constantly complaining of burnt tastes. I am putting 2 and 2 together. I want to believe just as much as the next person that this little more than harmless water vapor, but unless you have a convincing argument(s) to the contrary, I am little concerned of the 4,000 chemicals this thing might be giving off.

I'll admit the possibility that an improperly used atomizer can burn rather than vaporize some of the filler. However, under normal pressure conditions, juice will vaporize before it burns. Just don't use it 80 feet underwater in a bathysphere or in a hyperbaric chamber and you should be alright in that regard. If you're getting a burned taste, something's not right and you need to fix it before you continue vaping. Under normal conditions there is no combustion. Even under abnormal conditions there aren't as many chemicals as in cigarettes.