I must be doing something wrong?

[darkirby]

I'm a vaping newbie, and I just got my ego twist in the mail. and here's exactly what I did.

charge the ego using the usb charger.
load a CE3 cartomizer with juice using a syringe into a small hole in the rubber(the one thats NOT in the center of the cartomizer).

light turns green on the charger, so I take it out. I screw on my cartomizer and press the button 5 times to turn it on (if the light lights when it's pressed, it's on... right?

hold the button while inhaling through the mouth piece... and exhale nothing, but taste something(regardless of the voltage I put in there).

now I'm just hoping I don't get something bad from tasting juice that isn't vaped(i got a 0mg nicotine, so thats a little more safer).

but any idea what I might be doing wrong?

Edit: I charged it into my computer, and after maybe 45 minutes and it went green, after a few minutes of attempted vapes, I stucked it back into the charger, and it went red again, so I'm hoping maybe something happened with a charger. so I stuck it back into a wall charger. and hope that it works after it turns green later.

 

[Vchick]

Try taking a couple of dry pulls (without pushing the button) it should help start the wicking process, hth!

 

[Will Bennett]

well you might be having 1 of a few problems but if the button is lighting up when you press it then the ego is on.

 

[aDeLx]

here's a ce3 filling guide

maybe you got a bad one, you might want to change to a new one if the problem persists

 

[darkirby]

how long does a first charge normally last?

and I'm doing these dry pulls, I think I'm good now cause I taste it, and it's on my lip a bit... it seems.

 

[recidivus]

Other thoughts: It sounds like there's no power getting to the coils.

Do you have another 510 threaded battery you can test the cartomizer on, the battery may not be making contact with the carto.

This could also mean that the new carto has a bad coil, or was damaged somehow.

Do you have another carto/atty that you have used successfully or something you can test on the twist?

Generally, when you put a filled carto/atty/clearo etc on a battery and fire it up, you'll hear a slight sizzling from within.

Now then, I wouldn't worry about the juice, I've gotten so much nicotine juice in my mouth now, the worst thing about it is the taste.

 

[dkim210]

Silly question, but after you clicked it five times to turn it on, does the button light when you're holding it down for a drag?

 

[darkirby]

here's a ce3 filling guide

maybe you got a bad one, you might want to change to a new one if the problem persists

I followed those instructions exactly, so I assume i did the loading part right.

I'm still hoping on the "I didn't charge the battery enough" problem.

 

[gthompson]

Are you getting vapor now? Do you hear the crackling sound when you press the button?

 

[darkirby]

@recidivius I got a pack of cartos, but no other batts. I'll try another cartomizer if the battery charger has a green light and things aren't working still

@dkim210: I know of that 5 button press lock unlock feature, and when i press the button it does light.

 

[Syn007]

Seems to me that the coil is not firing up at all too. Try to screw the CE3 tighter onto the battery. If nothing happen or it don't make any sizzle sound at all, your carto is probably a dead one.

 

[gthompson]

Sometimes you get a bad one, it happens. You have to expect a small percentage of that, quality control in China isn't very good. It's a little discouraging if the first one you tried was bad, but in my experience, the failure rate isn't all that high.

 

[gthompson]

Seems to me that the coil is not firing up at all too. Try to screw the CE3 tighter onto the battery. If nothing happen or it don't make any sizzle sound at all, your carto is probably a dead one.

To add to this, I had one recently that wouldn't fire if I had it too tight. Back it off about a quarter turn and it fired just fine.

 

[Kremppie]

The only other thing I can think of, is possibly the battery post is wet with juice. You can easily dry it with a Q-tip.

 

[dkim210]

+1 Drying with Q-tip
+1 Backing off the CE3 to loosen a touch.

I just picked up my Twist last week and had to do both with some intermittent connection on mine.

 

[darkirby]

does anyone know of the length of a charge it should have before I try to vape with it?

it's an ego twist 1000mah IIRC.

the strange thing was it was green when i unscrewed it from charge, but putting it back in and now plugged to the wall... it's still in the red.

 

[SolemnPenguin]

Some times the center pin on the carto can be pushed too far in. You can gently pull it out just a bit with a small flat headed screwdriver or some tweezers. Some times you can get it with a fingernail. If you look carefully at 510 connection and align it with one eye so that the threads are in a single plain you should see a bump from the center post sticking out.

If not it's probably not making connection with the positive post in your battery.

 

[darkirby]

apparently I was one of the few who had to turn it back a bit...

thanks a bunch guys. you guys sure are active and awesome.

 

[DC2]

General rule of thumb is 100mah is equal to about 1 hour of vaping, but this can vary widely depending on how much you vape.

 

[gthompson]

It works now? YAY and happy vaping!