I've been vaping on my m401 for about 48 hours now and i just now got a burnt taste even though my carts are topped off... hmm...
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I was having the same issue with my M401. It was Ployfill getting into the atomizer. Take a good look at the atty with plenty of light. Even a small fiber has caused an issue. I recently changed from standard polyfill to the polyfill batting (comes in sheets, just cut a small square, fold it and your done).
Good luck.
J
Good luck.
J
Thanks ! and how about my Janty Dura-C ...like now one of the atty's is doing the same except its an even more of a harsh taste and the base of the atty glows orange after 3-4 seconds....is it burnt out or is it the fibers as well?
This can even happen with the polyfill batting. My advice: Slow your role. Let the atty cool down a bit if it starts to feel a bit on the warm side. The metal wick technically isn't supposed to be the part of the atty that gets hot. If/when it does, it will start to give a slight burning taste from the polyfill. So if you're sucking on that thing like you're Jenna Jameson in her glory days, you'll end up with a less-than-pleasant taste in your mouth.
I've had my M401 for a little over 4 weeks now and have recently had one atty die on me. Since I was sure it was dead, I tore it apart to check out the design. The heating element is simply a small peice of porcelain with a thin wire wrapped around it. The reason it had stopped working is because there was a layer of charred, black carbon that had built up on the thing. No doubt that added to the bad taste before it crapped out on me. I'm wondering if something like an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner would have gotten that stuff off and saved it.
I've had my M401 for a little over 4 weeks now and have recently had one atty die on me. Since I was sure it was dead, I tore it apart to check out the design. The heating element is simply a small peice of porcelain with a thin wire wrapped around it. The reason it had stopped working is because there was a layer of charred, black carbon that had built up on the thing. No doubt that added to the bad taste before it crapped out on me. I'm wondering if something like an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner would have gotten that stuff off and saved it.
I love the jenna jameson reference....
But seriously, The other issue I ran into was when I started stuffing my own carts. I was putting too much polyfill in and it was not wicking out correctly. Also as Saytr mentioned, getting it too hot (which I frequently do) can make it taste bad.
I recently had some 401 attys that I thought were dead, and after some soaking in denatured alcohol and coke. Then a final rinse and dry. They are working like new.
J
I wouldn't use denatured alcohol. There are chemicals added to it specifically to make it toxic to ingest. If even a little gets left in the metal wick or something, that's very bad. Yuck.
I've used isopropyl alcohol to clean mine. I just made sure to rinse the hell out of it with hot water before I dry it out and use it. It has yet to give off a bad taste or get me sick.
I did the alcohol soak for a few hours, then a coke soak for a few days. A good rinse followed by a few days of drying. Darn atomizer worked like new. The alcohol I used is stuff we get at work form a chemical supplier. The MSDS lists it as anhydrous denatured alcohol.
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