Killing Batteries?

[nickyz7777]

Hi, I'm new to vaping and have decided that I will definitely drip rather than buy cartos. I have a blu atomizer and yea i know, everyone talks alot of .... about blu and how they're pieces of junk, etc. However, I have been hearing more and more on these forums that you can somehow kill your automatic battery when the liquid from an atomizer drips into the battery. How can you prevent this, preferably without modding? Do you just have to let the liquid sit on the atomizer for awhile before vaping?

 

[djbishybish]

You just need to make sure you don't overdrip. If you drip too much, it can leak out the threaded end and into your battery. If you're extra careful, you should be fine...but definitely look into a manual battery so you don't have to worry about that.

 

[Carmiol]

Yeah, EXTRA carefull!

New to vaping + dripping + auto battery = high chance of killing your batt...

Cartomizers are more auto battery friendly, and even then you have to take some precautions.

 

[Puffadder]

At least until you get the hang of it I would recommend removing the atty from the batt while dripping. Dab the atty on a napkin or tissue (or your t-shirt up to you really) to make sure the threaded end is dry and then reattach the battery.

 

[JustaGuy]

+1 on manual batts if you drip, at least hold the e-cig with the batt end up, no more than 3-4 drops at a time.

 

[zoiDman]

I think what will happen is sooner or later you will get tired of recharging you Blu batteries and will Upgrade to something else. When you do, go with a Manual battery.

Until then, just go slow. You will probably tend to Over Drip verses Under Drip in the beginning.

 

[dormouse]

1. if you are adding juice to cartomizers - ALWAYS take the carto off the battery. After adding juice - clean up the threaded end. Then if the carto has a defined center air channel, tilt the open end down into a tissue and puff into the threaded end to clear the air channel. WHILE the battery is still open end down, make a soft point or narrow soft clump of tissue and poke it up into the open carto until it touches the stuffing to get any loose juice. To be even safer, you can put that tissue in right before you tilt it down to do the puff into the threaded end. It will not be the most filled carto but it will be much less likely to leak.

2. Give up Blu. Buy Joye (not a clone) 510 manual instead (and do NOT share chargers - it has the same threading as Blu but Blu is reverse polarity and will fry a 510 battery with its charger and vice versa.). AZSMokeFree has a nice roomy PCC for 510 that works with the manuals (2 battery slot one of which is for charging and 6 other slots). You can use Blu cartos on it or use any standard resistance 510 cartos on it (most are blanks and the most popular are Boge - you would use the standard resistance which is around 3 ohms)