Newb with Jazz E-pipe needs help please

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TomCarter

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After my wife had a major heart attack back in April, my best friend's brother got me into, I guess you folks call it "vaping". I liked it at first. He set me up with an E-go setup with a 2 wick tank and I used 50/50 PG/VG liquid, and within a few days, I put the cigarettes down cold after 24 years of smoking at least a pack a day. I felt great, wife and family were all ecstatic, and things were great.... for about 32 days. The urges for a cig came back about two weeks in, but, I kept after it. About 20 days in, and I caved and tried a cigarette, and couldn't handle the taste. I lit it, was grossed out and that was that. About 12 days later though, due to issues with not getting enough vapor, and some of the liquids tasting like crap, and work stress, moving stress, the medical bills from my uninsured wife, her not being able to work, etc., I fell off the wagon and went back to my smokes. Since then, my best friend, who now lives two doors down, my wife and several family members have been all over my case to go back to the e-cigs, and I really want to. I am SICK of smoking.

I have tried all sorts of different tanks, different liquids, etc. NOTHING would satisfy the urges because no matter what kind of tank of liquid I tried, nothing is working. My best friends brother, who lives with him, has quit. He swears by "American eliquid" 100% VG juice and has bought me a few bottles. I like the flavor, just not enough vapor. I have tried different setups that leak, are a pain in the @$$, don't put out enough vapor or have a horrible plastic taste.

Best friend, since his bro and I smoked but smoked a pipe occasionally (social thing, you'd have to know him), bought an E-pipe. Actually, his daughter bought it for him for Fathers Day (I found it online for her). He LOVES it. So, he bought me a Jazz E-pipe on Ebay and brought it over tonight.

I popped the battery in, loaded a cartomizer ("Smok" 1.7 Single Coil 510) with 100% VG Black Cherry flavored liquid, put it together, got a GREAT vapor cloud. Sweet! FINALLY! Then after the third, a REALLY horrible burnt wood taste. Just FOUL. He could smell it sitting across my desk. The brass cover was loose, so we tightened the nut, and now, it gives off a foul taste WHEN it "vapes", and that is very little when it does, and that is about every 5 or 6 attempted puffs on it. It only works intermittently and when it does, VERY little vapor. And that vapor is NASTY.

Help! What am I doing wrong here. What have I potentially done to damage the pipe? I feel like a failure, sitting here feigning for a cigarette, most of the railroads I work on have outlawed smoking on duty, and I REALLY want to kick the habit.

Could any of you fine folks offer any advice as to what I may have done wrong, what I may have broken, what may be wrong with my pipe, or???

I'm desperate here. :unsure:
 

Niles Krane

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Im not an expert on cartos but there are a couple of things that come to mind 1. was it primed (did you drop liquid into the carto so it was properly saturated before filling the tank?) that may cause a burnt taste. 2 A ? is this a variable voltage device if so maybe turning down the voltage. 3. As i have read there have been some problems with cartos and atomizers coming out pre shorted in other words shot from the box. Personally it sounds like A it is not primed to do this take the cart out and drip the liquid in to it until the holes i believe have a lil liquid coming out. B shorted (replace) the carto and prime then fill with liquid. I hope this helps stick with it and maybe go to a Local shop and see if they can't help nothing is worth the Ciggarette, i kno the feeling of nicotine withdrawl but stick with it and maybe possibly the atomizers/ cartos in your e cig are shot as well. That is the only thing i can think is causing this is a short causing the wicking material to burn hence the bad taste.
 

TomCarter

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Dec 5, 2013
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Stockton, CA
Thanks Niles, I appreciate your time and advice. I had no idea I had to prime the cartomizer, so I gave that a shot. Made a mess of the juice all over my hands, but that's ok. It's working a *little bit better*, but, still intermittently working and still a small vapor, not like the Youtube reviews show. I do appreciate the advice though, thanks again.
 
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