Is This 510 Atomizer On It's Last Legs?

[richs10]

I've got a 510 atomizer that seems to work intermittently. It was one of the originals I received with my original 510 kit and it worked great for a good while. Then I decided to clean it by washing it out, blowing it out and "doing the burn" with my 5 volt manual pass through.

It did the burn well, but I could only get one side to glow bright red. Then it stopped glowing completely. Now, when I try to use it, it sometimes will burn brightly on that one side, but on the next hit, it is completely dead. Then it works again on that one side. Very erratic.

Any ideas? I don't want to toss it if there's a way to make it work again.
Thanks,
Rich

 

[richs10]

As a bit of follow-up:
I decided to try to use this atomizer on my 5volt pass through and it seems to be producing good vapor. Drips well too. But it just doesn't cut it using my eGo battery. I admit I don't know much about the voltage issue, but can anyone explain why this is happening?

Thanks
Rich

 

[richs10]

Ok, I guess this part of the forum doesn't get a lot of action.
Did I post in the wrong place?

Rich

 

[wolflrv]

The one's that end up glowing only on one side are usually cause the wick is coated heavily...best bet is to continue to blow through both ends..do short 5v dry burns..maybe drip a drop or two at 5v...vape that away..or just take primer puffs(don't inhale) if tastes really bad. I've found that when they get like that it's usually on it's last legs..sometimes you can resurrect them for another week or so...other times I just vape them at 5v till they die. As far as the crud buildup..check your juice..if it's dark colored, it may have undesirable ingredients like caramel color that will definitely mess up an atty.

 

[richs10]

Thanks wolflrv,
I think its probably going but I'll see how long it lasts using the 5 volt.
This is my first atty to fail in over a month of vaping, so I guess that's still pretty good.

 

[wolflrv]

yeah..that's pretty good! I had one atty that was like that..and I just couldn't friggin' kill it..but it wouldn't vape worth anything either..LOL! I finally sacrificed it to the 6v gods...LOL! It got about four 3-sec vapes and bit the big one...LOL!

 

[bestthingever]

I've had that problem before, and never could get the atty back to where it should be. After fiddling around with it for what seemed like days, I found the easiest & best thing to do was just replace it.

 

[richs10]

Down one atty.
Glad I bought spares......of every frickin' think.

Sometimes, paranoia is a good thing!

Thanks guys,
Rich