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I was getting a bit of a flooding problem like sonabraham. My atty was screwed on nice and tight, and even if I close the liquid control, the atty keeps getting flooded. I found that changing to another atty solved the problem. I kept at it and found that of the 6 or 7 atties I have at this time, 2 of them don't flood, the rest do.
I finally figured out why......on the 5 that did flood, when the juice control is complete closed, I can still see a gap at the bottom where the connector will meet the bottom of the tank. With the 2 that doesn't flood, it sits almost flush with the bottom of the tank that's supposed to seal it off and reduce/prevent juice from flowing in. And.....the 5 that did flood were cheap ones. If I assembled everything, and left the air control close, the juice control closed, and I try to take a draw, I have a hard time sucking on the 2 that doesn't flood. The 5 that floods, well....the gap is large enough that it actually allows air to come through.
I kinda solved this problem.....at least it worked for me. As the bottom of the atty wasn't sealing enough near the bottom when the juice control is completely closed, I took an old cartomizer condom, cut off one end of it, slipped the thing until it just about comes to the bottom of the atty, and a little bit beyond. Now, when the juice control is closed, no juice goes in, and I can still control the juice like normal. This only works for me if the condom sleeve is placed just right to start. The lip of the condom extends just ever so slightly beyond the bottom of the atty and even with the juice control closed, it's pushed up slightly and sits better and creates a better seal. No more leaks so far.
I finally figured out why......on the 5 that did flood, when the juice control is complete closed, I can still see a gap at the bottom where the connector will meet the bottom of the tank. With the 2 that doesn't flood, it sits almost flush with the bottom of the tank that's supposed to seal it off and reduce/prevent juice from flowing in. And.....the 5 that did flood were cheap ones. If I assembled everything, and left the air control close, the juice control closed, and I try to take a draw, I have a hard time sucking on the 2 that doesn't flood. The 5 that floods, well....the gap is large enough that it actually allows air to come through.
I kinda solved this problem.....at least it worked for me. As the bottom of the atty wasn't sealing enough near the bottom when the juice control is completely closed, I took an old cartomizer condom, cut off one end of it, slipped the thing until it just about comes to the bottom of the atty, and a little bit beyond. Now, when the juice control is closed, no juice goes in, and I can still control the juice like normal. This only works for me if the condom sleeve is placed just right to start. The lip of the condom extends just ever so slightly beyond the bottom of the atty and even with the juice control closed, it's pushed up slightly and sits better and creates a better seal. No more leaks so far.
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No problem at all sham. If issue is solved then we are all happy. I am glad that you vape on your UFS with pleassure
cheap atties maybe are bad made, or bended, who knows. If your trick works then I am glad buddy
Got my GGTS in the mail this morning, just now put it all together with the UFS and filled it with some Atomic Cinnacide. When you put it down for a while do you just close up the adjustable draw to keep it from leaking, I sat it down earlier and had a big puddle at the bottom.
I dont think you need to do that if you are keeping it down standing..
I leave mine overnight with the liquid and air both fully open and I dont see any leaks at all till now.
Vapes perfect without flooding also the fist try
I leave mine overnight with the liquid and air both fully open and I dont see any leaks at all till now.
Vapes perfect without flooding also the fist try
There is another thread in the GG section showing the exploded view for the wiki article. That should show you if it is assembled correctly. Might as well check it out since you should clean it out and Vaseline everything up.
cheap atties maybe are bad made, or bended, who knows. If your trick works then I am glad buddy
Now that the leaking problem has been fixed, there's another leaking problem.
It seems that I have some atties that I purchased from China that leaks by itself every time the juice control is open. The moment I open it, I can see juice slowly dumping into the collector tank. In a matter of minutes, all of it is gone. I did screw the atty in nice and tight. As long as the juice control is closed, it's fine. The moment I open it, even if it's for an eight of a turn, the juice slowly dumps into the collector.
Once I changed over to an atomizer made by a reputable company, it's back to normal and vaping perfectly. No more dumps.
Not all atomizers are alike, and some of them can cause leaks by not sitting flush with the bottom of the tank, sealing it nicely....or by leaking with the juice control open. I've verified this several times.
Get good atomizers....that's all I have to say. Anything below US$4 is testing my patience.
If anybody is interested on Cameron site there are 8 units of UFS in stock and couple of GGTS
I'm getting a random dumping of juice into the collector tank also. Will work fine for hours, then all of a sudden I just suck a mouthfull of juice into my mouth. Dissasemble it all, clean out the air inlet portion of the tank, re-assemble it and all is fine. Trying to figure out why it is doin this, it seems random. Thats 3ml of juice at least that gets wasted each time.
Almost sounds like over time, you are getting more juice into the system than you need. Then all of a sudden it reaches a point where it has to go somewhere (up the mouthpiece).
1.) Are you getting a gurgling sound the whole time your vaping? or at any point prior to the mouthful of juice?
2.) Are you using both o-rings at the top of the connector core or just one as had been suggested to make turning the tank for adjusting the juice flow easier? If using only one, is it the top o-ring or the bottom one you have in place?
3.) If the airflow is too tight compared to the juice flow, you will gradually put more juice in the collector tank than is being used by the atomizer. the air through the collector tank wont be completely sealed off until the juice covers the highest exposed air hole in the bottom of the collector tank. Once all 4 holes are covered, you will then get a mouthful of juice. This could be causing the random effect. This all being said, try adjusting the juice flow/air flow a little to help overcome this problem.
4.) If none of this helps, then try punting
as I have no other ideas Lol 
1.) Are you getting a gurgling sound the whole time your vaping? or at any point prior to the mouthful of juice?
2.) Are you using both o-rings at the top of the connector core or just one as had been suggested to make turning the tank for adjusting the juice flow easier? If using only one, is it the top o-ring or the bottom one you have in place?
3.) If the airflow is too tight compared to the juice flow, you will gradually put more juice in the collector tank than is being used by the atomizer. the air through the collector tank wont be completely sealed off until the juice covers the highest exposed air hole in the bottom of the collector tank. Once all 4 holes are covered, you will then get a mouthful of juice. This could be causing the random effect. This all being said, try adjusting the juice flow/air flow a little to help overcome this problem.
4.) If none of this helps, then try punting
as I have no other ideas Lol
Almost sounds like over time, you are getting more juice into the system than you need. Then all of a sudden it reaches a point where it has to go somewhere (up the mouthpiece).
1.) Are you getting a gurgling sound the whole time your vaping? or at any point prior to the mouthful of juice?
2.) Are you using both o-rings at the top of the connector core or just one as had been suggested to make turning the tank for adjusting the juice flow easier? If using only one, is it the top o-ring or the bottom one you have in place?
3.) If the airflow is too tight compared to the juice flow, you will gradually put more juice in the collector tank than is being used by the atomizer. the air through the collector tank wont be completely sealed off until the juice covers the highest exposed air hole in the bottom of the collector tank. Once all 4 holes are covered, you will then get a mouthful of juice. This could be causing the random effect. This all being said, try adjusting the juice flow/air flow a little to help overcome this problem.
4.) If none of this helps, then try punting
Nope, it has happened enough that I know before hand when I'm fixing to suck juice. The draw will start to get tighter, and then I know its time to dissasemble and dump the juice. You may be right about the juice flow, been trying to find that happy medium with the LR attys. Maybe too much juice and it floods and dumps, too little and it burns. Feels like I am constantly having to adjust the juice supply though.
Swapped to a 2.2 ohm atty this morning, and it hasn't dumped all day. I don't have to crank up the juice flow to compensate for running dry now.
Try adjusting the juice flow in as small of increments as you can. If you have to compensate a dry atomizer once and awhile during the adjustment process, then add a few drops of juice by removing just the mouth piece. once you add the juice, adjust the juice a little (1/16th of a turn or less, if you can).
Another point here is if you are using LR atomizer, you may find that you will need to not tighten the mouth piece down hard onto the o-ring as Imeo has mentioned earlier. This will also help in keeping the atomizer wet. But you will also need to make sure you are not over feeding the atomizer or it will flood even easier.
Another point here is if you are using LR atomizer, you may find that you will need to not tighten the mouth piece down hard onto the o-ring as Imeo has mentioned earlier. This will also help in keeping the atomizer wet. But you will also need to make sure you are not over feeding the atomizer or it will flood even easier.
I've had one of mine randomly dump as well, it was vaping great with 0 gurgling when I sat it down for a couple of minutes and came back to juice running out the airholes and an empty tank, very strange.
I removed it, then it dumped its juice for the first time. I thought that was the cause so I reinstalled it. To make the draw better, I drilled out the mouthpiece (center hole), its a pinhole to start with and Draw noticably got better. has always bugged me that the GGTs has adjustable air but I always have it cranked all the way open.
I figured it out, I vape extremely hard. I was using those 1.8 ohm ciscos and I would get a burning every once in a while and I thought it was a wicking issue, so I kept turning up the juice. thats why it was dumping.
I stepped down to some 2.0 ohms, and they won't burn at the rate I vape, so I don't have to crank the juice flow up.
So I have learned that you can run the 1.5-1.8s if you are a light vaper, but if you hit that thing hard it will burn the juice. 2.0-2.2 for heavy vapers. Crank the juice flow up too high, and it will dump the entire tank into the air portion while it sits idle.
I stepped down to some 2.0 ohms, and they won't burn at the rate I vape, so I don't have to crank the juice flow up.
So I have learned that you can run the 1.5-1.8s if you are a light vaper, but if you hit that thing hard it will burn the juice. 2.0-2.2 for heavy vapers. Crank the juice flow up too high, and it will dump the entire tank into the air portion while it sits idle.
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