Humidity

[500KV]

It's been really rainy here for the past week and everything is kinda soppy humid..you know.
It seems that the high humidity (80%+) affects how my penstyle atomizers perform.
I bundle them up and put them in a 150 degree oven for an hour or so and they work like new for a day or so.
So has anyone else noticed this *damp atomizer* effect?

Not you guys in Arizona..

 

[desync0]

It doesn't help that PG and glycerin's are humectant's, so any open containers of juice (ie the cart in your ecig) will soak up some of the moisture from the air, and water doesn't vaporize too well with these tiny atomizers.

I guess you could store it in a dry, cigar humidor type box, but with some sort of desiccant. The "crystal" cat litter would work, or a couple of those little desiccant shipping pouches.

But I can't see it being that humid to have to go to that extreme?

Have you tried pulling the cart and wiping off any condensation after it's been sitting? That might help a little bit.

 

[500KV]

It doesn't help that PG and glycerin's are humectant's, so any open containers of juice (ie the cart in your ecig) will soak up some of the moisture from the air, and water doesn't vaporize too well with these tiny atomizers.

I guess you could store it in a dry, cigar humidor type box, but with some sort of desiccant. The "crystal" cat litter would work, or a couple of those little desiccant shipping pouches.

But I can't see it being that humid to have to go to that extreme?

Have you tried pulling the cart and wiping off any condensation after it's been sitting? That might help a little bit.

I think it's more a matter of the air I'm sucking in while vaping being so saturated and the fact that I've been leaving the atomizers sitting out when not in use.

The humidor and desiccant idea might work for sure.

Probably just need to start storing them in a zip-lock.
Yeah, there is plenty of condensation on the cart's.
The humidity right now is 92% and not really hot enough to close up and turn the air on.

 

[sascha]

Interestingly enough, it rained several days during my 2nd week of vaping. I had all kinds of problems and ended up so dissatisfied and frustrated that I bought a pack or two of analogs.

I thought it had something to do with humidity and the batteries/switches, though....but I agree, when it rains I notice a difference.

 

[katink]

It doesn't work for outside; but how about putting some de-humidifiers into your home? (you know, those boxes that pull moisture out of the air)

Even putting down some boxes with salt seems to help in this regard, if you need it cheap.

This way you can at least use your stuff normally in your own home/room (I hope)...

 

[GreySaber]

I've that this problem too..... I'm glad to see I'm not alone! My manual 510 seems to be working alot better all of a sudden then my 901s.... I think because I can sort of 'lean on the switch.' (Oh, and rather then start a 510 vs 901 debate, this is the 901s took a sudden downturn from their normal performace.)

 

[brialeeanna20]

OH dont tell me that i live on the gulf coast of texas were it is 110% Humidity

 

[GreySaber]

Of course it's POSSIBLE my problems were caused by my not having the batts all the way screwed in. (DOH!)