I bought a provari about 2 weeks ago and was recommended by an ECF member to try out the IBT carto tanks. At first is was running perfectly but now even when I put on a new carto it drips out of the bottom onto the connection on my provari. I dont know if that will damage it or not. I dont want to ruin my provari after I just spent 220 bucks on it. I ordered another tank from them and a bunch of different cartos. When I ordered they only had 3.2 ohm smok in stock. I ordered 8 more 3.2 ohn and 8 more 2.0 ohm. I know the ohms dont have to do with the leaking and I wanted to get the Boge cartos but they were out of stock. Is there a way to stop this from leaking and getting it vaping back to perfection like it was? Also when I turn the volts up to 4.4 and higher I get a burnt smoke flavor. I dont think 4.4 is even that high, could it be the juice I have. It is Johnsons creek red oak line all PG. I just ordered from Roar vapors and also Ahlusion to try some different juice from different companies with different pg/vg ratios. I have been vaping for awhile but this science part of it I dont have down at all. I just want it to hit good and taste good, the whole reason I stepped up from an ecab to a provari. Any wisdom for this would be much appreciated.
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In my personal experience Johnson Creek juice was always too thin. Would leak out of my atties quick and would give me too many dry burn hits. That could possibly be your problem. Once you get your new juices maybe load up a fresh cart and see if it is any better. Also make sure you're not over filling the carto.
Good luck! I'm looking into an ibtanked myself actually.
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As mentioned, it could be that the juice is too thin for the carto you have. You can get cartos that are punched with one, two, or even three holes. The idea is that the juice will feed from your tank into the holes of the carto which will keep your carto saturated. If your juice is too thin it can over wick and flood your carto. A huge tell of this is if your carto gurgles when you take a vape.
It could also be that the inner oring came out, is damaged, or isn't seated correctly.
This oring makes a seal between the carto and the end cap. If it is damaged or missing it will leak onto your 510 connection. One of my tanks from IBTanked was sent to me without this oring installed.
IBTanked sends you extra orings just in case you need to replace one.
It could also be that the inner oring came out, is damaged, or isn't seated correctly.
This oring makes a seal between the carto and the end cap. If it is damaged or missing it will leak onto your 510 connection. One of my tanks from IBTanked was sent to me without this oring installed.
IBTanked sends you extra orings just in case you need to replace one.
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Ah yep, I was sent a tank once and the bottom inner seal was missing. Luckily I caught it before i filled it!
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I will replace the o rings when I get home and see if that fixes it. Plus some of my new juice came today in the mail. I hope that fixes it. This tank was the best thing I ever bought until about 2 days ago. The end caps didnt want to go on smoothly. I had to force them in. I am going to change them and hopefully that will fix it
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A few things can cause a cartotank to leak. Overfilling the carto during priming the carto can do this (pretty hard to do this in my opinion) or getting juice in the center air hole can do this, too. I gently put part of a wood toothpick into the air hole to prevent juice getting in there. Then there's no need to blow out the carto hole after finishing the priming process.
You're not filling your tank with the top cap off, are you? Only fill the tank fully assembled, and through the hole in the top cap of the tank with the carto half way hanging out the bottom cap. Only fill the tank 80% full.
Are you sure the tank or carto is really leaking? A drop of condensation from vapor reconstituting into liquid from the drip tip and air tube is quite common and ends up on the Provari's connector pin. Just clean the connector pin area with alcohol on a Q-tip applicator.
A worn or missing inner o-ring in the tank caps can cause leakage. IBTanks provides extra o-rings with a new tank, and more replacements are available on the website. Are you using a tank tool? IBTanked provides a combination drip tip and tank tool with their complete tank kits. An even better tool is the Slap Yo Moma tool from Big Daddy Vapor or the tank tool from Valley View Vapes. Not only will one of these make filling/assembling your tanks faster and easier, they also protect your tank's inner o-rings from damage by inserting a cartomizer. I consider one of these tools indispensable. A PBusardo Review - Slap Yo Mama Multi-Purpose Adapter - Big Daddy Vapor - YouTube
You may need to adjust your vape draw. Pulling too hard and short increases the amount of juice wicked from the tank that can lead to flooding. A more gentle and long pull works best for a cartotank. Imagine sucking on a straw in a milkshake (but gentler).
You may need to adjust the number of holes you use in your cartomizer to match the viscosity of your e-juices. Smoktech tank replacement cartos can be purchased with one, two, or three holes that are laser-drilled. Use one hole for thin juices, two for normal, and three for thick juices. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...nched-single-coil-cartomizers-cartotanks.html
"When I turn the volts up to 4.4 and higher I get a burnt smoke flavor." Seems simple to me to just not turn the voltage up higher than 4.4. I use 2.5 ohm Ikenvape Platinum and 3.0 ohm Ikenvape 510 Fusions and rarely go over 4.5 volts on my Provari's. What's the point of going higher? Just because someone else has said that they use voltages higher than that does not mean you need to. Find your own sweet spot with your individual flavors and personal setup.
Although often said to be used only as a general guideline, the Safe Vaping Power Chart suggests not going higher than 5 volts on a 3.0 ohm carto. Your particular juice flavors may just taste better with less than 4.5 volts; adding more volts may cause them to taste burnt on your current Provari/cartotank setup.
To ensure you are priming your cartomizer and filling your tank properly, I suggest browsing my cartotank setup guide. There's more than one way to set up a cartotank, but you've had issues and maybe you will find a different way works better.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/baditude/3710-5-cartomizer-tank-setup.html
There is an admitted learning curve to using cartotanks initially. A little knowledge, experience, and a solid methodology of filling one goes a long way. Be persistant and it will come. The most important step is priming the cartomizer properly; how well you do this will determine how well that carto will perform for the life it has in the tank.
You're not filling your tank with the top cap off, are you? Only fill the tank fully assembled, and through the hole in the top cap of the tank with the carto half way hanging out the bottom cap. Only fill the tank 80% full.
Are you sure the tank or carto is really leaking? A drop of condensation from vapor reconstituting into liquid from the drip tip and air tube is quite common and ends up on the Provari's connector pin. Just clean the connector pin area with alcohol on a Q-tip applicator.
A worn or missing inner o-ring in the tank caps can cause leakage. IBTanks provides extra o-rings with a new tank, and more replacements are available on the website. Are you using a tank tool? IBTanked provides a combination drip tip and tank tool with their complete tank kits. An even better tool is the Slap Yo Moma tool from Big Daddy Vapor or the tank tool from Valley View Vapes. Not only will one of these make filling/assembling your tanks faster and easier, they also protect your tank's inner o-rings from damage by inserting a cartomizer. I consider one of these tools indispensable. A PBusardo Review - Slap Yo Mama Multi-Purpose Adapter - Big Daddy Vapor - YouTube
You may need to adjust your vape draw. Pulling too hard and short increases the amount of juice wicked from the tank that can lead to flooding. A more gentle and long pull works best for a cartotank. Imagine sucking on a straw in a milkshake (but gentler).
You may need to adjust the number of holes you use in your cartomizer to match the viscosity of your e-juices. Smoktech tank replacement cartos can be purchased with one, two, or three holes that are laser-drilled. Use one hole for thin juices, two for normal, and three for thick juices. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...nched-single-coil-cartomizers-cartotanks.html
"When I turn the volts up to 4.4 and higher I get a burnt smoke flavor." Seems simple to me to just not turn the voltage up higher than 4.4. I use 2.5 ohm Ikenvape Platinum and 3.0 ohm Ikenvape 510 Fusions and rarely go over 4.5 volts on my Provari's. What's the point of going higher? Just because someone else has said that they use voltages higher than that does not mean you need to. Find your own sweet spot with your individual flavors and personal setup.
Although often said to be used only as a general guideline, the Safe Vaping Power Chart suggests not going higher than 5 volts on a 3.0 ohm carto. Your particular juice flavors may just taste better with less than 4.5 volts; adding more volts may cause them to taste burnt on your current Provari/cartotank setup.
To ensure you are priming your cartomizer and filling your tank properly, I suggest browsing my cartotank setup guide. There's more than one way to set up a cartotank, but you've had issues and maybe you will find a different way works better.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/baditude/3710-5-cartomizer-tank-setup.html
There is an admitted learning curve to using cartotanks initially. A little knowledge, experience, and a solid methodology of filling one goes a long way. Be persistant and it will come. The most important step is priming the cartomizer properly; how well you do this will determine how well that carto will perform for the life it has in the tank.
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I do have extra o rings and I am going to change them and look up how to prime the carto properly. I have the tank tool from ibtanked and I fill it up properly except for the fact that I fill it all the way up. I did not know 80 percent was what I was supposed to do.
I watched a few videos online and people were saying a tank setup or a viva nova setup should be vaped at 5 volts so I thought something was wrong. I normally stay at 4.0 because that is the best spot for me.
When I take the tank off my provari I can see the juice drip out from the carto. Little drops bur they keep coming every couple seconds. And where I screw it in the provari I can see this small puddle from where it was dripping out.
I will try everything you said because I am new to all this stuff. Thanks for your help.
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I watched a few videos online and people were saying a tank setup or a viva nova setup should be vaped at 5 volts so I thought something was wrong. I normally stay at 4.0 because that is the best spot for me.
When I take the tank off my provari I can see the juice drip out from the carto. Little drops bur they keep coming every couple seconds. And where I screw it in the provari I can see this small puddle from where it was dripping out.
I will try everything you said because I am new to all this stuff. Thanks for your help.
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I did everything you said and it is working like a champ. I dont know if it was the o rings or filling it up in the top of it. But I think it was the juice. I am using juice from roar vapor and I can turn up the volts as high as I want without a burning flavor I turned it up so high I got an error E1. But I was just testing it out to see how high it would go. I will just not vape Johnsons Creek anymore, if I had a smaller not as powerful device that juice is good. But in these tanks I just dont care for it.
Where does everyone get their juice from. I would like to try something I couldnt find on my own. Like if I never came on here I would never have found these IBTanked tanks, and they are the best thing I ever used. Just curious if anyone knew of a 5 star juice company that I wouldnt find on my own like how I wouldnt have found IBTanked on my own.
Where does everyone get their juice from. I would like to try something I couldnt find on my own. Like if I never came on here I would never have found these IBTanked tanks, and they are the best thing I ever used. Just curious if anyone knew of a 5 star juice company that I wouldnt find on my own like how I wouldnt have found IBTanked on my own.
Cool. I was browsing the forum the other day and saw people talking about them. I ordered 5 bottles last week. Still hasnt shipped though
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That is the down fall with Ahlusion. It does take 3-5 business days to process your order. Give you an example. When I place an order on Monday at 8am I won't get it till Saturday. But well worth the wait. Since you are new like me I will share this with you. There are lots of hyped juices out there. I have spent hundreds of dollars in trying so many different types of juice. Finally I took a step back and wanted a company that uses the best ingredients and Ahlusion was the place for me.
Just recently got some namberjuice from namberjuice.com. So far it is one of my favorites. I've only tried two flavors so far but I like them both. Cartomator Crush is excellent and thunderbird takes a close second. I will be getting more!
My next order I will be trying some from velvetcloudvapor.com. Ive heard good things about it. It is 100% vg but they do thin it a little with some distilled water so that it is not too thick for cartomizers, clearomizers, etc. They make it fresh when you order so it needs to sit for up to a week to steep.
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My next order I will be trying some from velvetcloudvapor.com. Ive heard good things about it. It is 100% vg but they do thin it a little with some distilled water so that it is not too thick for cartomizers, clearomizers, etc. They make it fresh when you order so it needs to sit for up to a week to steep.
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I heard normally with all juices to let them steep. Which I dont know what the really means besides let them sit out. Do I have to open the caps or can I just let them sit on a table. Whats the best way to steep.
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What kind of juice do you like from there. I ordered 5 bottles. Cant wsit to get them. Got their signature sarsaparilla some coconut islandy flavor cherry cola berry whipped cream and I think a plain coconut. Island from johnsons creek is my favorite flavor ever. But I havent had much else since that is pretty much all I order the past 1 1/2 years.
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The last several months 90% of my e-liquids have been coming from vendors that use all-natural, all-organic flavorings. Not that I'm a health nut, but my experience is this combo results in more flavorful juices.
I'm a huge fan of Dripeez. They seem to specialize in fruit flavors. My two niches of flavors are fruits and coffee's, so I get all my fruit flavors from here. They also have an excellent coffee and cinnamon flavor. You get the option of several pg/vg ratios. I've settled on a simple 50/50 ratio.
I get my coffee flavors from Virgin Vapor (Kona Velvet Milkshake) and Vaperite (Double Espresso and Kona Cream). I also use Copper Creek (Coffee and House Blend). These vendors also offer pg/vg ratio's of choice.
I'm a huge fan of Dripeez. They seem to specialize in fruit flavors. My two niches of flavors are fruits and coffee's, so I get all my fruit flavors from here. They also have an excellent coffee and cinnamon flavor. You get the option of several pg/vg ratios. I've settled on a simple 50/50 ratio.
I get my coffee flavors from Virgin Vapor (Kona Velvet Milkshake) and Vaperite (Double Espresso and Kona Cream). I also use Copper Creek (Coffee and House Blend). These vendors also offer pg/vg ratio's of choice.
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Thanks bad. I ordered from copper creek almost 2 years ago. I totally forgot about them. They had good fruit juices that tasted just like fruit. Not that fake candy fruit flavor. I am not a fan of that.
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There are so many good juice companies out there. I'm more into sweet bakery and candy flavors. For bakery flavors I pretty much exclusively use Ms. T's Bakery for her snickerdoodle cookie and sugar cookie. For my candy I go to Vixen Vapers for Tiger's Blood which they describe as a strawberries and cream with a hint of white chocolate. I have a 250 ml bottle of this stuff. I love it! I do venture into the tobacco world from time to time and use Boba's Bounty and Gorilla Juice from AVEjuice (super think stuff and not the best for cartos).
I have tried many other companies that aren't really my cup of tea, but I can see why others like them. Alice in Vapeland makes some very good "designer" juices. I do like it, but not enough to buy more. There are others that can't get enough. They sell sample packs at a reasonable price. I highly suggest you try them.
Vaping Monkey E-liquid at Vaper Venue is also good. If you get the chance try Monkey Cream. It sounds funny, but is actually pretty good. They describe it as a Crispy Cream doughnut. I don't know if I'd say that, but there is something creamy and sweet going on. It's very good.
I have tried many other companies that aren't really my cup of tea, but I can see why others like them. Alice in Vapeland makes some very good "designer" juices. I do like it, but not enough to buy more. There are others that can't get enough. They sell sample packs at a reasonable price. I highly suggest you try them.
Vaping Monkey E-liquid at Vaper Venue is also good. If you get the chance try Monkey Cream. It sounds funny, but is actually pretty good. They describe it as a Crispy Cream doughnut. I don't know if I'd say that, but there is something creamy and sweet going on. It's very good.
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Actually just learning about steeping myself. Been vaping for years and never heard of it until recently. It's my understanding, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, that you just let it sit for a few days. Maybe taste test it along the way. Also I believe its only really necessary for juices that are made fresh to order.
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Steeping intensifies some flavors and makes some nuances come through. For example, a freshly mixed Vanilla will have a very light flavor. If you let it steep the flavor will become more intense and the actual color of the juice will change. Orange cream that meany vendors carry is a flavor that has vanilla in it. Freshly mixed it generally tastes like orange with a subtle hint of cream, but let it steep and it really comes alive. It can also make the perfumy taste that you get from some fruit flavors go away.
You don't necessarily need to steep a flavor. Try it when you get it and if you like it vape away. A lot of times the flavor will get better, but not always. Some flavors don't change no matter how long you steep them. There's also the fact that steeping won't make a bad juice good. If you hate it when you get it, you will probably heat it after it steeps.
There are a lot of methods for steeping. Many people say to shake it and take the cap and nozzle off and let it sit for 24 hours. Then return the cap and nozzle and let it sit for and other week in a dark place and then repeat. These techniques might speed up the process, but none of that is really necessary. All you need is time. Let it sit for 2 to 4 weeks and the rest will take care of it's self. Don't be afraid to use your liquid while it's steeping. You aren't going to mess up the process.
You don't necessarily need to steep a flavor. Try it when you get it and if you like it vape away. A lot of times the flavor will get better, but not always. Some flavors don't change no matter how long you steep them. There's also the fact that steeping won't make a bad juice good. If you hate it when you get it, you will probably heat it after it steeps.
There are a lot of methods for steeping. Many people say to shake it and take the cap and nozzle off and let it sit for 24 hours. Then return the cap and nozzle and let it sit for and other week in a dark place and then repeat. These techniques might speed up the process, but none of that is really necessary. All you need is time. Let it sit for 2 to 4 weeks and the rest will take care of it's self. Don't be afraid to use your liquid while it's steeping. You aren't going to mess up the process.
Had the same problem with the same set up, Don't think it was the O ring. I believe it may have been the Higher Ohm Carto and using a higher Voltage, e.g.5.2 Volts. At least, I noticed that with mine. Probably burned out the carto.
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