So I got my kGo kit last week which came with two CE5 clearos, and have been great. I went back yesterday and picked up some more fluids and two new clearos. One of the clearos, when screwed firmly into place, doesn't seem to let any air through the bottom four holes. If I loosen the threads slightly, it is much better. What can be done, if anything, to correct this? I tried the same clearo on two batteries and have the same problem.
New CE5 with VERY low air flow?
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telijah, I had this issue once using CE5's, which I use a lot. If you look into the bottom of the clearo you will see in the center a small cylinder which has a slot milled into the end. I took a very small pair of needle nose pliers and gently and slowly worked this post out towards the battery. Kinda gently twist the cylinder side to side a few times, pulling it out at the same time. It does not take much movement. This did it for me. Hope this helps!
Edit: Just realized that what I thought were CE5's are actually CE4's, so not sure if my info above is correct for you. However, if the bottom of the clearo looks the same as my description and you have no other fix in mind, might be worth a shot instead of throwing it out.
Edit: Just realized that what I thought were CE5's are actually CE4's, so not sure if my info above is correct for you. However, if the bottom of the clearo looks the same as my description and you have no other fix in mind, might be worth a shot instead of throwing it out.
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Mine are actual CE5, the ones found here (and is where I got mine): Tankomizers - Ce5 Clearomizer - SmokersVapor.com 6836 Park Boulevard Pinellas Park Fl, 33781
Although, their clearos come with wicks that are pre-soaked in 100% no-flavor pg... The other clearo didn't seem to have a problem when I filled it, but can the pre-soaked wicks have something to do with it? I took a couple of long hard drags on it just now and seems to be doing slightly better. Also, not suire if some flavors are "thicker" than others, but this one is butterscotch, if it makes a difference...
Ya, you have the CE5, the one with the wick inside the tube.
Don't know about the pre-soak and as I've not tried these myself you should take any advice from me with a big grain of salt, but if something you are doing is making it better, I would continue down that path for a while and see where it leads.
You did say that when you unscrew the clearo a bit the draw gets lighter which does lead me to think the airflow is being restricted when it's screwed down properly. That is the situation I had with my CE4 and I made better by increasing the airflow. Take it one step at a time and see what changes you can make to improve things. Hopefully someone who knows more about CE5's will see this thread soon and explain things
Don't know about the pre-soak and as I've not tried these myself you should take any advice from me with a big grain of salt, but if something you are doing is making it better, I would continue down that path for a while and see where it leads.
You did say that when you unscrew the clearo a bit the draw gets lighter which does lead me to think the airflow is being restricted when it's screwed down properly. That is the situation I had with my CE4 and I made better by increasing the airflow. Take it one step at a time and see what changes you can make to improve things. Hopefully someone who knows more about CE5's will see this thread soon and explain things
Being new to wick systems in general, maybe I do not know some basics... I have 4 clearos now as I wanted to keep two with menthol and two with two other flavors. Are there draw bac ks to having a clearo that has simply sat too long with fluid?
telijah, I have let CE4 clearos sit for weeks with juice in them and never had any issues. I would either just continue using them with the juice in them with great results, or clean them out, dry burn and change to a new juice. I do dry burn them after every couple/few tankfuls anyway. I've found they need that to stay good. The silica wicks do not seem to degrade when doing this, but leaving it too long will decrease their performance noticeably, leading to burnt hits, reduced flavor and vapor. Good thing is it's so easy to do.
I've just started to use menthol/mint and cinnamon flavored juices. They are pretty strong and so far have been the hardest flavors for me to clean out of a juice delivery system in prep for the next flavor. I have to take extra care with these and always now dry burn all the liquid out of the clearo when switching between them. OTOH, when switching between fruit flavors, drink flavors, or any other than the ones in question I've found it's easy - wash out the clearo, flick dry and put in the next flavor.
I've just started to use menthol/mint and cinnamon flavored juices. They are pretty strong and so far have been the hardest flavors for me to clean out of a juice delivery system in prep for the next flavor. I have to take extra care with these and always now dry burn all the liquid out of the clearo when switching between them. OTOH, when switching between fruit flavors, drink flavors, or any other than the ones in question I've found it's easy - wash out the clearo, flick dry and put in the next flavor.
Thanks bigsmke. Coincidentally, the store I go to locally warned me about the menthol flavors being incredibly difficult to get the flavor out, which was one of the reasons for be buying two new tanks in a different color. My thought is, since I really like the menthol, I keep the two clear-colored clearo dedicated for the menthol fluid now and will likely never put a different flavor in those. Thanks again!
OK, back with another clearo now having the same problem. I do believe it has something to do with the center post on the bottom. One of my clearos now, even when not connected to the battery, I cannot draw air through it at ALL. I can tug on that post to draw it out and the air flow is considerably better, but as soon as I put it back on the battery, it's "closing up". It is seated just as deeply into my other two clearos that have no issues. Anyone with deeper knowledge on the guts of this thing have any suggestions?
OK, made some progress, but still not resolved. Figuring I would be tossing this clearo, I pulled the post all the way out to peek inside. I found what looks to be another rubber bit inside the tube, looking crooked/not aligned right:
So I simply shook the clearo and it appeared to have straightened out:
So I put the small center post back in slowly, screwed on the battery... same problem.
So I simply shook the clearo and it appeared to have straightened out:
So I put the small center post back in slowly, screwed on the battery... same problem.
The problem seems to be that the rubber piece inside is blocking to two small air holes at the top of this center post:
I cannot find a way to pluck that piece out and see how well it is suppose to sit on the top of this tube
You can see, there is a very small lip around the top of the post, above the two holes. I cannot tell if the rubber piece is suppose to be above the holes, resting on this lip, or below it. Either way, it seems every time the post is re-inserted, that rubber piece is slipping around and staying on those holes, blocking the air altogether.
I cannot find a way to pluck that piece out and see how well it is suppose to sit on the top of this tube
You can see, there is a very small lip around the top of the post, above the two holes. I cannot tell if the rubber piece is suppose to be above the holes, resting on this lip, or below it. Either way, it seems every time the post is re-inserted, that rubber piece is slipping around and staying on those holes, blocking the air altogether.So, I did all of this because I was having trouble finding a supplier that carries just the base. Now I have found a couple, and at only 2 bucks a pop, it is not worth trying to fix this. Gonna order about 10 of these suckers.
Oh, good point. Here is one of them
Unlimited
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CE5 Clearomizer: Spare Base - Groove-E-Juice Store
There were only a handful of others though, I just Googled "CE5 base" and found a few.
Unlimited
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CE5 Clearomizer: Spare Base - Groove-E-Juice Store
There were only a handful of others though, I just Googled "CE5 base" and found a few.
Thanks for sharing all that telijah! Hopefully the new bases will fix it for you. I suspect something is wrong with either the post or the rubber piece. Or maybe it just was not assembled right from the get go and it's not possible to reassemble yourself without production fixtures to make the placement correct.
One other thought. You really should be able to get these clearos replaced as they are defective. I've found a lot of suppliers are willing to do this when I've occasionally has legitimate issues with their products. Vape happy!
One other thought. You really should be able to get these clearos replaced as they are defective. I've found a lot of suppliers are willing to do this when I've occasionally has legitimate issues with their products. Vape happy!
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