So I bought some e-liquid for my only 2 day old JS and when I refill a cart and vape it a bit then pull the cart off the atty it is all leaking outside of the cart...which makes a huge mess on my hands and very inconvienent when im out and about. so am i vaping too hard or is it a design flaw or what? id at least like to try and figure out how i can reduce the leaking if not get rid of it. thanks.
Leaking in my Janty Stick
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It's condensation on the outside of the cart. It's normal. If you notice liquid coming out between the gray and black seams, then it's a leak.
Just a head's up here from one JS user to another --
The JS doesn't like thin liquid. Refrigerate your juice whenever you can. It thickens up that way.
Good luck.
I get a 'sweating' on the side of the white part of the cartridge but never to a leak point. Are you using any cartridge modification like pyramid tea bags?
Simple questions:
Is your cartridge fully seated into the atomizer?
And when you top off, the filler should be moist on top but no juice bubble.
Also what ejuice are you using?
JC is very thin. Doesnt take much in the cart as much os other thicker liquids I find.. IMO
Seems to do that to me also if I use too much. Leaks out of atty. I even thought to maybe thicken it up with some VG to see if that would help. Haven't done it yet. Dont want to cut the flavor anymore.
Seems to do that to me also if I use too much. Leaks out of atty. I even thought to maybe thicken it up with some VG to see if that would help. Haven't done it yet. Dont want to cut the flavor anymore.
Urgh, ours do that too. We got ours last Wednesday and they both have this problem. What worries me most is today I tool my atty out, to blow it and clean it, I realized that little space that holds the atty had an awfull lot of juice on the sides and whatnot. Hopefully that doesn't screw it up. I was also having issues with the cart not wicking at all, that was with the juices I got from janty. Well I tried every suggestion I got on here to no avail. Finally got my juice from dawn today and the cart is actually letting me smoke it dry thank gawd! Lol anyways, just sayin we had the same issue and more!
First question....to be honest im not sure if it is or not, the cart is sitting inside the mouth piece so i assume when i push the mouth piece onto the atty that its fully seated
Second question...ive been switching between using the JS carts that came with it and using liquid xpress dr pepper which i randomly bought (not so great imo, but nothing really to compare to yet)
Oh and im not using any mods...yet...i might use the straw mod soon
That is condensation on the outside of the cart holder, and I get it also, that's normal. Give your atty a little time to heat before you puff the vapor, that will help, but normally if you pull hard when you puff it gets worse. So just give it heat, and gently pull for vapor. Keep your atomizer blown out, I do mine once a day or once every two days, depending on use, so you don't have a lot of liquid pooling in the bottom. You should have just a tiny bit of condensation on the cartridge cup itself, if there's too much, either your filler is packed too loose, letting too much liquid pull down, or you are just pulling too hard. You should be hearing your atomizer kick in and sizzle when you push the button. If it's not doing that, blow it out from the backside, hard! Could be some juices are thinner than others, also, in that case your cart filler could stand to be a bit more dense. Make sure your cartridge filler is touching the "bridge" of the atty, also. I use a piece of folded paper, put it into the atty until it hits the bridge, then bend it at the top. Campare that to where your cart fits the top on the atty, that little ridge there, and see if the end of the cart is shorter than the paper fold. It has to touch it in order to vaporize the liquid well. Some of the carts are a bit too short, pull the wicking till it sticks out of the cart just a bit, AND DO NOT TWIST THE CART INTO THE ATTY, it will push it up to far, like a lever. Push straight in and pull straight out. Always. Twisting it will make fibers stick onto the mesh in there, that will also cut vapor production, and create a barrier. Make sure there's no fibers stuck on there, use a tweezer to carefull remove it. Don't dig too hard, will pull the mesh apart! Just some ideas to try.
Wicking is the action of the juice to come to the top (closest to the atomizer) of the cartridge. If you do what is called sometimes 'power vaping' where you're really drawing a lot, you're atomizing the juice off the top of the filler in the cartridge and sometimes it takes a while for that juice in the middle and lower part of the filler to 'wick' upwards where you get more atomization. The result of power vaping can be, little or no vapor and taste - it's because the juice hasn't wicked up to the top yet.
But that really wouldn't have anything to do if you're getting leaks. What I meant on the 'fully seated is the black rim of the mouthpiece being flush with the top rim of the atomizer casing. It just presses together but sometimes some cartridges fit tighter than others so that you have to force them down a bit to seat them properly - that would be the only area that could 'leak' - which is why I asked. The atomizer itself should be fully sealed at the bottom so there shouldn't be any leaking there, so the only other place would be between where the atomizer connects to the cartridge/mouthpiece.
Like people have said, when you take the cartridge out there is some condensation on the outside of the white part of the cartridge and that is fairly normal but once inserted it shouldn't be leaking out the seal between the atty and mouthpiece unless it isn't fully seated.
If you're getting juice in the mouth, then that usually is you filled the cartridge too full or you dripped to many drops on the atomizer.
I think that certain pyramid teabag modifications result in juice leaking out of the cartridge, so if that was the case I could see how the whole atomizer casing could have a lot of juice in it and it might make it's way out through the top of the atty. The only other reason for a leak is if the atty or mouthpiece is cracked, which is unlikely.
Or you're sucking too hard. Long, easy puffs are the way to go with most PV's.
Hey Neighbor,
I'm from Naples (Vanderbilt Beach area). I had the same thing happen to mine today at work. I went to pick it up and the entire black side was soaked. I wasn't condensation but a good old fashioned cart leak. I took it apart and wiped everything down and it's been fine ever since. When I got home, I blew it out really well and flushed the atty with Vodka. All my attys are draining now, so I have to go take a nap while they dry out.
You got a lot of good answers here today as usual so good luck.
Lynn
I'm from Naples (Vanderbilt Beach area). I had the same thing happen to mine today at work. I went to pick it up and the entire black side was soaked. I wasn't condensation but a good old fashioned cart leak. I took it apart and wiped everything down and it's been fine ever since. When I got home, I blew it out really well and flushed the atty with Vodka. All my attys are draining now, so I have to go take a nap while they dry out.
You got a lot of good answers here today as usual so good luck.
Lynn
Lynn, are you feeling better today?Hey Neighbor,
I'm from Naples (Vanderbilt Beach area). I had the same thing happen to mine today at work. I went to pick it up and the entire black side was soaked. I wasn't condensation but a good old fashioned cart leak. I took it apart and wiped everything down and it's been fine ever since. When I got home, I blew it out really well and flushed the atty with Vodka. All my attys are draining now, so I have to go take a nap while they dry out.
You got a lot of good answers here today as usual so good luck.
Lynn
Happy Vaping!
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