My Atty Resurrection Method

[tea]

Thanks! I was wondering if you had to sort of vape through that burnt taste to clear it out completely, and it finally seemed to work as per debak's instructions. I was getting worried because I'd drip several times, and each time as the liquid would burn off the off taste would return. I tried vaping through plain VG and PG, too. I definitely don't think I was overcooking... if anything, I was being overly cautious. But anyway, I redid the entire process x2, but this time did not dry them as thoroughly (with a bike pump). I'm thinking maybe something about burning while they're still wet helps to cook out some of the gunk.

And thanks highping, your method is going to save me a boatload of cash. I've been a pretty dedicated dripper, but I'm going to give your cart mod a try. I couldn't for the life of me understand why people used carts... they've always seemed to stop delivering liquid after no more puffs than a 3-drop drip. Sounds like just the solution for me.

 

[guitardedmark]

So I have read this thread through and through and I have dry burned at least 50 times. I have experiences at least 5 joye 510 batteries frying and at least 5-10 attys frying. The weird thing is, whenever a battery fries it fries INSTANTLY once I press the button to dry burn. Its always a cold battery and when I activate it to do a dry burn it instantly smokes and dies. I cannot figure out why this is happened. Its happened to at least 5 batteries.

I have the same issue with the atties. I use cisco 306 LR 1.5. Sometimes as soon as I activate the battery, the atty dies. It's happened a lot and it seems like when I do the burn it sounds louder like the battery I'm using is a 5v instead of a 3.2 joye 510. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Aaaron]

i have a couple questions and i'm sorry if they've already been answered:

1) when you say "rinse with hot water" do you mean actually hold the atomizer under a running faucet? i just want to make sure i'm clear on this because i read somewhere that doing that can damage something inside the atty and you should only soak it.

2) when you say "blow it out" are you blowing from the battery side, the cartridge side, or alternating both?

also, i'd like to add that you should try "sucking" instead of "blowing." i know you'll get water and possibly other stuff from inside the atty in your mouth, but if the aim is to dry out the atty sucking works better because you're not putting your hot/wet breath through it. just something that's worked for me when drying/cooling an atty.

 

[DC2]

1) when you say "rinse with hot water" do you mean actually hold the atomizer under a running faucet? i just want to make sure i'm clear on this because i read somewhere that doing that can damage something inside the atty and you should only soak it.

I can't imagine why anyone would say that.
When I rinse my atomizer I hold it under a very hot running faucet.

Been doing it for more than a year with no problems.

2) when you say "blow it out" are you blowing from the battery side, the cartridge side, or alternating both?

I usually blow my atomizer out from the cartridge side, but conventional wisdom has always been to blow it out from the battery side.
This is just in case there are any loose particles of anything in the atomizer, you don't want to blow them down into the atomizer mesh.

I've been blowing mine out from the cartridge side for a long time now, with no problems.

But I have recently started blowing from the battery side first after I do a dry burn, just in case.
This is because doing a dry burn could theoretically knock some small chunks of baked on gunk from the atomizer coil.

 

[ukeman]

sorry highping, i don't get where to look for your cart mod... i am a dripping fanatic, but open to improvement... don't like bottom feeders or cartos.

Thanks Chaz. Glad I could help.
If you like dripping, you should check out my cart mod (in my sig). You might be surprised how close it is to dripping without all the hassle of dripping. I personally think it hits better and more consistently than dripping.

 

[deback]

sorry highping, i don't get where to look for your cart mod... i am a dripping fanatic, but open to improvement... don't like bottom feeders or cartos.

The link is in his sig (signature at the bottom of his messages).

 

[highping]

So I have read this thread through and through and I have dry burned at least 50 times. I have experiences at least 5 joye 510 batteries frying and at least 5-10 attys frying. The weird thing is, whenever a battery fries it fries INSTANTLY once I press the button to dry burn. Its always a cold battery and when I activate it to do a dry burn it instantly smokes and dies. I cannot figure out why this is happened. Its happened to at least 5 batteries.

I have the same issue with the atties. I use cisco 306 LR 1.5. Sometimes as soon as I activate the battery, the atty dies. It's happened a lot and it seems like when I do the burn it sounds louder like the battery I'm using is a 5v instead of a 3.2 joye 510. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My best guess for why you are frying stock batts would be that you may have way too much water still in your atty when you start your burn and it is shorting the protection circuit in the battery. If this is the case, you may want to re-check some of your 'fried' batts. I think (not positive) that some stock ("smart") batts will stay locked out for up to 15 minutes when over-loaded.

If you are using LR attys, you have to be extra careful with this technique. Pulsing the button becomes much more important, and you need to watch the coil more closely.

 

[highping]

i have a couple questions and i'm sorry if they've already been answered:

1) when you say "rinse with hot water" do you mean actually hold the atomizer under a running faucet? i just want to make sure i'm clear on this because i read somewhere that doing that can damage something inside the atty and you should only soak it.

2) when you say "blow it out" are you blowing from the battery side, the cartridge side, or alternating both?

also, i'd like to add that you should try "sucking" instead of "blowing." i know you'll get water and possibly other stuff from inside the atty in your mouth, but if the aim is to dry out the atty sucking works better because you're not putting your hot/wet breath through it. just something that's worked for me when drying/cooling an atty.

Like DC2, I have never had any issues blowing from the cart side.

I like to get close to the stream of water and then fill the atty and blow the water through before it can run out (about 5-10 times in a row usually does it). Before connecting to a batt, I always blow from the batt side hard until no more drops of water come out. Then I suck the air through from the cart side for 10-15 seconds. I can usually tell when it's pretty dry because, while sucking in, the atty will get really cold as the water is being evaporated, and the start to get warmer when it's near dry.

That sounds like a long process, but it usually only takes me about a minute for the entire rinse and 'blow-dry'.

 

[Koman]

This is actually some pretty good stuff. Thanks for sharing!

 

[guitardedmark]

Like DC2, I have never had any issues blowing from the cart side.

I like to get close to the stream of water and then fill the atty and blow the water through before it can run out (about 5-10 times in a row usually does it). Before connecting to a batt, I always blow from the batt side hard until no more drops of water come out. Then I suck the air through from the cart side for 10-15 seconds. I can usually tell when it's pretty dry because, while sucking in, the atty will get really cold as the water is being evaporated, and the start to get warmer when it's near dry.

That sounds like a long process, but it usually only takes me about a minute for the entire rinse and 'blow-dry'.

I would suggest using distilled water too as there will not be any unwanted minerals left in the atty.

 

[guitardedmark]

My best guess for why you are frying stock batts would be that you may have way too much water still in your atty when you start your burn and it is shorting the protection circuit in the battery. If this is the case, you may want to re-check some of your 'fried' batts. I think (not positive) that some stock ("smart") batts will stay locked out for up to 15 minutes when over-loaded.

If you are using LR attys, you have to be extra careful with this technique. Pulsing the button becomes much more important, and you need to watch the coil more closely.

After I rinse I always make sure to blow them out and make sure they are COMPLETELY dry. When the batteries fry, there is a lot smoke and the smoke comes of the the "button". It also sounds like the atty does when its firing but much louder. This is driving me nuts! I've asked a lot of people and no one seems to have this issue. What could possibly be doing this?

 

[Frenchdude]

Appreciate your post.. worked like a charm for me... I just used my Ego to dry...Worked great with my Joye LR 510's too.. I just got some new 306 Cisco 1.5's and a 2.0 but they are too new to try... Love the method and will continue to use it... I cant see how anyone can pop one if they READ your instructions carefully and follow them...

Thanks again!

 

[keelalagirl55]

Okay....got a question for anyone who wants to ping in.....the dry burn is great...but how would you get a REALLY clean an atty for auto batt? (assuming no manual batts avail).

Kinda hard to dry burn them as you cannot see the atty for one and the other....well....I wouldn't want to have the burning gunk in my mouth if I could avoid it....bleh.

Thanks for any tips

 

[highping]

Okay....got a question for anyone who wants to ping in.....the dry burn is great...but how would you get a REALLY clean an atty for auto batt? (assuming no manual batts avail).

Kinda hard to dry burn them as you cannot see the atty for one and the other....well....I wouldn't want to have the burning gunk in my mouth if I could avoid it....bleh.

Thanks for any tips

I have heard suggestions from others in this thread that you can stand in front of a mirror and blow on the batt end while watching the atty coil in the mirror. However, most auto batts have a pretty short cutoff timer, so I'm not sure how well this works. Worth a try though.

 

[VaporMadness]

I have heard suggestions from others in this thread that you can stand in front of a mirror and blow on the batt end while watching the atty coil in the mirror. However, most auto batts have a pretty short cutoff timer, so I'm not sure how well this works. Worth a try though.

I remember trying to do that once a long time ago. An exercise in frustration. I'd suggest getting a manual batt of some kind for this purpose.

 

[keelalagirl55]

That's kinda what I figured....thanks for the replies

 

[Fusion_Vap]

I just wanted to say thank you for this thread!

i have been running on one atty for the past 3 months of me starting to vape. Before, this atty was giving me a little "steam" when i took a long soft drag. Now its hitting like the day i got it.

Thank you again!

 

[donnah]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Just tried this on an atty that was only producing a thin vapor.. now it is much better!! I used my eGo battery and it worked great!

 

[norcalx360repair]

Woks like a charm! Thank you!

 

[motallero]

Dry burning doesnt do anything helpful.. stick with the hydrogen peroxide method