LR 510 Atomizer (Burnt Taste)

[tata]

I recently got an LR 510 atty and I've been using it for just a week now. There is a burnt taste even after placing a few drops of juice. I tried cleaning the atty to eliminate the taste but to no avail. Is this natural for an LR atty or its time to get a new one? TIA.

 

[dormouse]

How are you cleaning it? And hopefully you already HAVE a spare atty. If you are using attys you should always have 2 spares. One to alternate cleaning and vaping. And one total spare.

I switch to a clean atty after priming it well and letting the juice soak in.

I blow out the dirty atomizer.

Then I do freshly boiled water in a deep bowl, using a tongs scoop some through the atty repeatedly. The tilt the atty underwater to let out all air bubbles and let it soak 15-20 min then scoop water through again.

Then blow it out

Then drop in a jar of alcohol (pure grain, or if you remember it is poison, rubbing alcohol). Use tongs to tilt it under the alcohol to get alcohol inside and air out. Then let it stay in that overnight. Next day shake it out then set to dry.

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When I used attys all the time I have to swap and clean every weekend. Now I use cartomizers for 95% of my vaping. On 510 and Ego/Riva I use Boge cartos (most popular cartos for 510 threads). I use standard resistance but many like the hotter LR 2.0 ones. I recommend you learn on the standard res if you have never used cartos. With them I use juices with 20% or less VG and avoid juices that seem to drop a lot of flavoring sediment.

 

[JustaGuy]

Burnt taste comes from 1. juice not reaching atty, 2. dirty atty. Dirty atty seems the more common cause, if you're sure there's plenty of juice. Juice that gets burned/dried on it does not come off easily. I clean my attys everyday. How are you cleaning it?

It could also depend on the batt you're using with the LR atty.

Edit: how did you type so much in so little time, dormouse? Yes, how are they cleaning the atty?

 

[tata]

Thanks guys for the quick reply. I just soaked the atty in warm water for about 20 minutes and let it dry overnight. I'll try your suggestions to better clean the atty. I'm using a ugo 750mah passthrough.

 

[JustaGuy]

Thanks guys for the quick reply. I just soaked the atty in warm water for about 20 minutes and let it dry overnight. I'll try your suggestions to better clean the atty. I'm using a ugo 750mah passthrough.

Warm water may not do it. I soak attys in boiling hot water. I also dry burn too, but would not advise that for you. Everyone says not to dry burn LR attys, could pop/destroy them. I only use standard 510 attys.

Edit: and do not leave a used atty sitting overnight. also, some juice clogs/sticks more.

 

[tj99959]

Once the burnt tast is there, the burnt tast is there. The only real chance to get rid of it is to dewick/debridge the atty.
I do that to my atties before I ever use them, so I have never had the problem.

I use an atty for two days, and then it spends the night in a cup of alcohol

 

[Boodle]

Not picking on anyone but the dry burn could be dangerous and it kills your battery faster and could easily pop your atty. What concerns me is the soot that's inhaled after a dry burn. I've done it and could feel it in my mouth. That can't be good. If you're doing a dry burn be sure and put some juice in after and blow it through into a tissue several times.

There are 101 different ways to clean an atty. Pure Grain Alcohol to vinegar and hot water baths, sonic cleaners and so on. They have all worked for me. If it's not too gunked up hot water, blow, more hot water, blow then dry should do it. Good luck.

 

[JustaGuy]

Not picking on anyone but the dry burn could be dangerous and it kills your battery faster and could easily pop your atty. What concerns me is the soot that's inhaled after a dry burn. I've done it and could feel it in my mouth. That can't be good. If you're doing a dry burn be sure and put some juice in after and blow it through into a tissue several times.

There are 101 different ways to clean an atty. Pure Grain Alcohol to vinegar and hot water baths, sonic cleaners and so on. They have all worked for me. If it's not too gunked up hot water, blow, more hot water, blow then dry should do it. Good luck.

I'm dry burning this way http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/69834-my-atty-resurrection-method.html and rinse out with water after. Ashy, burn taste completely gone. Do have to be careful with it. I have not lost an atty yet, 5th month using Joye 510 attys and newer attys that came with Riva.

But again, OP, do not dry burn LR attys.

Edit: some with more experience do say not to dry burn, so YMMV.

 

[tata]

Thanks guys! This is very informative to someone new to vaping.

 

[JustaGuy]

Not picking on anyone but the dry burn could be dangerous and it kills your battery faster and could easily pop your atty. What concerns me is the soot that's inhaled after a dry burn. I've done it and could feel it in my mouth. That can't be good. If you're doing a dry burn be sure and put some juice in after and blow it through into a tissue several times.

There are 101 different ways to clean an atty. Pure Grain Alcohol to vinegar and hot water baths, sonic cleaners and so on. They have all worked for me. If it's not too gunked up hot water, blow, more hot water, blow then dry should do it. Good luck.

You may be right about batts being killed faster. I don't know yet, only been a few months, but all that button pushing could add up.