you can get wall mount USB adapters that you can plug into.. for things like iPods and such. I have one for my iPod, and got one (basically) for this eGo charger.. anything that scales down to 5v for the input should be fine for the pass through, I'd think.
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you can get wall mount USB adapters that you can plug into.. for things like iPods and such. I have one for my iPod, and got one (basically) for this eGo charger.. anything that scales down to 5v for the input should be fine for the pass through, I'd think.
Best cleaning I've ever done (following Ping's steps with textbook results). My attys must have been gunked badly: I'd just gotten Bananas Foster & Atomic Cinnacide from TV, and before cleaning I could baely tell them apart for the weakness of the non-cinnamon ingredients. After cleaning, the bananas come through!
The dry burn is essential maintennance for kerosene (paraffin) heaters, another wicking device, and it indeed works wonders on our atomizers!\
Just saw your post. Wow!!!! These are some powerful mods you came up with. Do they get great vapor? How about th? Just how much juice is there in the base juice reservoir...looks like at least a pint.
When will the mojofunk mod be available to purchase?
You rock!!!!
I finally got around to trying this with the 510 atomizer I had been using for eight months.
I had been cleaning it with a Coke bath every week and using it every other week, so it had been in business for four months. But the vapor was starting to get weak, and it was getting a burnt taste that cleaning didn't get rid of.
SAVED ANOTHER ATOMIZER!!!
It's working like new again, and I have a feeling that using this method my atomizers just might seriously last forever. I am going to vote this cleaning method as the best new thing in the next Vapy Awards.
I had been cleaning it with a Coke bath every week and using it every other week, so it had been in business for four months. But the vapor was starting to get weak, and it was getting a burnt taste that cleaning didn't get rid of.
SAVED ANOTHER ATOMIZER!!!
It's working like new again, and I have a feeling that using this method my atomizers just might seriously last forever. I am going to vote this cleaning method as the best new thing in the next Vapy Awards.
HP your method works really well! Resurrected 6 of 7 old atomizers and I am truly impressed. Thank you.
This method is awesome. I have had a lot of success with this. I tweak the process here and there depending on what is going on with my atty, but this is probably the best atty maintenance method I've come across. I'm so glad I hadn't thrown out all my old 510 attys. Many of them are back in business!!!
Just revived a friend's 901 atty with this great method. As the battery was auto i just used my KR battery to dry and blind burn the 901 atty. As soon as it was dry i used the button pulse for 2 rounds of 30 secs. The atty is performing as a brand new one.
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this resurrection method is excellent, i used to do a similar cleaning before, 5 seconds dry-burns in a row after a quick wash, but now i understand it did clean the taste but not restore the coil perfectly.
This method involve more burning-dissolving of the gunk and if you mantain the 'orange' glow by pulsing the button the atty won't pop.
It's amaizing, thank you so much for your very useful post.
this is pure genius.
This method involve more burning-dissolving of the gunk and if you mantain the 'orange' glow by pulsing the button the atty won't pop.
It's amaizing, thank you so much for your very useful post.
this is pure genius.
Thanks HP,
It works a treat, My clogged up atty works as new, and another one oldest i have still can't get coil glowing but there is a significant performance boost after i work on it for about 30 min, I might to do it again to it but happy with the results as it is.
Thanks a lot,
It works a treat, My clogged up atty works as new, and another one oldest i have still can't get coil glowing but there is a significant performance boost after i work on it for about 30 min, I might to do it again to it but happy with the results as it is.
Thanks a lot,
Yup, I agree. I do it all the time now. I'm not sure if it'll ever quit smoking a little but you can tell once it stops smoking a lot and the bad smell goes away.
YES. I've always thought of dry burning as a dangerous (for the atty) and last resort kind of method. Up until now I've been soaking in isopropyl alcohol, vinegar, you name it, and my atty still wouldn't taste good. I dry burned it and it WORKS. THANK YOU.
By the way I am an auto-batt only user. I simply insert the battery end into my mouth, walk up to a mirror so I can see the orange glow, and puff into the battery with my cheeks.
By the way I am an auto-batt only user. I simply insert the battery end into my mouth, walk up to a mirror so I can see the orange glow, and puff into the battery with my cheeks.
I gotta agree, I was always skeptical of dry burning as well, but I realize now that I wasn't giving it enough time and I was also letting it get too hot. with this method, I found you get the best results if you do it twice through like the OP said. It works the first time, but the second time makes it better than new.
This is the only method I use, and I have attys that are 4-5 months old and still going strong. One in particular, I have vaped well over 300ml through and it hits like the day (after) I got it.
1. Blow out any excess juice.
2. Rinse with hot water and blow out thoroughly. (no need to dry over night, or anything. They have a built in dryer
3. Connect to battery...preferably something higher voltage than stock. I use my variable voltage power supply that's connected to a PS passthrough and set it to about 5.2V for a 510 (6.5ish for an 801), but if all you have is stock, then that will work too.
4. Push button until you see orange hot...carefully...not super bright (white hot).
5. Let off button and blow down the barrel (from a distance, not with your mouth actually on it), this kind of flash cools it and also gets some of the moist air out to speed the drying process.
6. Repeat (steps 4 and 5) 5-10 times... you will see that gradually (once you've got it dry) the glow will occur much quicker.
7. Once you have it to this point, press and release the button at a rate that just holds the orange glow (kind of a manual 'pulse width modulate'). Keep this glow going for 20-30 seconds, being very careful to maintain the glow at low orange (not bright red/white) or you'll pop it.
8. Once you have done that, repeat steps 2-7 one more time.
At this point you will have an atty that performs like (or better than) brand new. I have used this technique with 510, 801, 901, 401, and 4081 attys and it always works for me. I like this method because it is quick and simple. No need for any cleaners or overnight soaking. Takes 2-3 minutes and you're back in business.
** You do have to use some caution, as you can pop an atty pretty easily until you have the method down. I haven't popped one in quite some time though.
**Also, no need to remove the wick (that's in there for a reason), as you are baking all the gunk out when you do this. This is the reason for the second rinse in the middle of the process. You basically turn the gunk to ash with the sustained orange glow, then rinse the ash out.
If anyone tries this, give some feedback and let me know if you find any ways to perfect this method. Seems to work great, but there are always ways to improve
Edit: (some tips on the "rinse, dry and burn" stages of the process)
**Tips on the 'rinse' stage (step 2)
Step 2 is meant to get as much juice out of the atty as possible. The more juice you can get out with the water rinse, the faster you will get the atty dry in steps 4&5. (The water will evaporate off much quicker than juice.)
- Rinse by just running hot water from the tap first. Then once you have it somewhat clean, fill the atty barrel with water then (before all the water runs out), put it in your lips and blow the water through really hard. This will give all the nickel foam that's in the atty a kind of "power wash" and get most of any remaining juice out.
**Tips on the 'dry' stage (steps 4 & 5):
Steps 4 and 5 are meant to get the atty 'bone dry', before you move on to step 6 and the button pulsing.
-The more water you can blow out before connecting to the batt, the better. Blow through the atty really hard from both ends (not at the same time
- You can also blow gently down the barrel (from a distance), while holding the button in step 4 to speed the drying process. This will clear the hot moist air out of the atty and allow for a quicker drying time. The key in these steps is to get the atty dried out.
Tips on the 'Burn' stage (step 7)
The whole key to not popping the atty is keeping a good visual on the coil, and watching the hottest part while pulsing the button. I have had a few attys that will get bright hot on one end of the coil and nothing on the other end of the coil. The way to make this method the most effective is to maintain that orange glow at the hottest end while pulsing the button. If you keep it up long enough you will see the glow slowly migrate across the coil. When you are all done the entire coil should glow when the button is pressed.
Once you are past the drying step, you should not hold the button for more than one second. It should really be much shorter than that. More like a button pulse of 2-3 times a second.
Thanks so much, wish I knew about this last week I just threw out like 5 attys.
highping,
Thank you for this. I was starting to lose hope in my stock atty that came with my eGo (considering a analog while waiting for new atties). Then, I found this post. I did everything in you instruction exactly the way you described. My first pull after doing this (filled cart and few drips on the atty), I got at least three times the amount of vapor production I was getting before the cleaning. Also, I noticed I could taste the flavors of my liquid a lot more. I will probably run this on all my atties from now on.
I have gotten new atties that had a metal taste as soon as they arrived. Do you recommend doing this before using a new atty?
Thanks again!
Louie
Thank you for this. I was starting to lose hope in my stock atty that came with my eGo (considering a analog while waiting for new atties). Then, I found this post. I did everything in you instruction exactly the way you described. My first pull after doing this (filled cart and few drips on the atty), I got at least three times the amount of vapor production I was getting before the cleaning. Also, I noticed I could taste the flavors of my liquid a lot more. I will probably run this on all my atties from now on.
I have gotten new atties that had a metal taste as soon as they arrived. Do you recommend doing this before using a new atty?
Thanks again!
Louie
No Louie. It is the primer you are tasting. Just blow the primer off. Hit the button for 6 seconds, add a drop of juice and the taste should be gone. It will be gone after a few puffs.
I can't thank you guys enough!!!!
While at work I reached into my pocket only to find that my battery was on and my new (2 week old) eGO was to hot to touch. The smell, taste after was burnt plastic nasty.
So......
I read this, rinsed out my atty in the sink, blew through it a few times, cycled it in my ultrasonic cleaner a few times, removing it rinsing in the sink and blowing through each cycle.
I then did the orange glow burn, blew through, 4 times and then rinsed and put back in the ultrasonic 2 more times.
Did the orange glow burn again
My nasty atty which I thought was trashed now works better than new, bad smell and taste are gone!!
You guys rock!!!
While at work I reached into my pocket only to find that my battery was on and my new (2 week old) eGO was to hot to touch. The smell, taste after was burnt plastic nasty.
So......
I read this, rinsed out my atty in the sink, blew through it a few times, cycled it in my ultrasonic cleaner a few times, removing it rinsing in the sink and blowing through each cycle.
I then did the orange glow burn, blew through, 4 times and then rinsed and put back in the ultrasonic 2 more times.
Did the orange glow burn again
My nasty atty which I thought was trashed now works better than new, bad smell and taste are gone!!
You guys rock!!!
I have a question for Highping or somebody else that can help me,
i discovered this resurrection method few weeks ago and it works great.
Now, i restored about 15 old 302/801 atties (they might last for the rest of my life using this method).
of course i'll be using just one atty at the time untill it dies.
What should i do to the rest of my resurrected atties?
I mean, now they are cleaned and dry, can i store them like that for months in a shell or should i put a sort of a primer before storing? like maybe 3-4 PG drops?
would they maintain unused better dry or wet with PG?
i discovered this resurrection method few weeks ago and it works great.
Now, i restored about 15 old 302/801 atties (they might last for the rest of my life using this method
).of course i'll be using just one atty at the time untill it dies.
What should i do to the rest of my resurrected atties?
I mean, now they are cleaned and dry, can i store them like that for months in a shell or should i put a sort of a primer before storing? like maybe 3-4 PG drops?
would they maintain unused better dry or wet with PG?
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