Ok what is priming an atomizer?

[the_vape_nerd]

I just got a new E-power. Arrived in the mail 30 minutes ago.

It already had an atomizer and mouthpiece installed and the battery seems to be working ok.

I hit the button and took a drag and it tastes like inhaling burnt styrofoam. I pulled apart the mouthpiece from the atomizer, there does appear to be liquid here.

Is there something I'm missing here? Should I have primed the atomizer? If so, how do you do that? I've searched that subject here, and I'm sure the info is here, I just can't find it?

All help appreciated.

 

[AttyPops]

Blow the atty out 1st into a Kleenex or something.
Drip 2-3 drops of e-juice into the atty.
Put wet cart on and vape.

 

[the_vape_nerd]

Ok I found this tip and tried it out. I mean I'm getting a lot of smoking but my throat is on fire. This can't be just e-juice in there, its like burnt plastic.

 

[AttyPops]

You did that all in 2 minutes? And it's still not working?........

What atty is it? The cart foam needs juice too.......

Clean out the atty.

 

[the_vape_nerd]

Well, before you posted your reply I had found that suggestion within another post. So I went ahead, blew out the atty into a paper towel. Dripped about 3 drops of juice into the atty. The vendor says these carts were pre-filled??

 

[Thank You]

pre-filled with what??

 

[the_vape_nerd]

pre-filled with 18mg strength of tobacco ejuice?

 

[the_vape_nerd]

ohhhhhhhh K...now i feel like a super idiot

on further inspection i notice that at what first appeared to be a cart inserted into the atomizer...is just a mouthpiece with no filler at all? I opened one of these pre-filled deals and put it on...im still tasting a bit of plastic though...do you think i could have damaged the atomizer?

 

[wdave]

I just got a new E-power. Arrived in the mail 30 minutes ago.

It already had an atomizer and mouthpiece installed and the battery seems to be working ok.

I hit the button and took a drag and it tastes like inhaling burnt styrofoam. I pulled apart the mouthpiece from the atomizer, there does appear to be liquid here.

Is there something I'm missing here? Should I have primed the atomizer? If so, how do you do that? I've searched that subject here, and I'm sure the info is here, I just can't find it?

All help appreciated.

Flood the atty with juice and always keep it wet.

 

[AttyPops]

ohhhhhhhh K...now i feel like a super idiot

on further inspection i notice that at what first appeared to be a cart inserted into the atomizer...is just a mouthpiece with no filler at all? I opened one of these pre-filled deals and put it on...im still tasting a bit of plastic though...do you think i could have damaged the atomizer?

You could have... a dry atty coil can "pop"/break. Plastic from the cart can melt onto the wick too. However, more likely you have burnt stuffis. Rinse it out with warm/hot tap water. Blow through the open (non-threaded) end with a full breath or two. Put a couple of drops of juice in. Put filled cart on. Vape.

If you don't have juice, put filled cart on and wait a minute or two. vape.

Cleaning melted plastic off of the bridge is nearly impossible..... switch atties 1st if you can (assuming the end of the plastic cart is melted).

 

[the_vape_nerd]

I do not see any melted plastic on the atty at all. I also don't see any damage to this plastic cap ( I guess this was just sent for shipping purposes?). The atomizer itself has a burnt smell to it. And I think what happened is, I was hitting the button with no juice in there, no cartridge either and may have burned this atomizer. I will try a new one when I get home tonight.

 

[JustaGuy]

All the Joye attys I ordered came with an empty cart as cover, mouthpiece as you call it, probably like what you had. Yeah, you need to take that off and put a filled cart on the atty. You might have burned the few drops you dripped into the atty and have to clean it now. I think your atty is ok. Try another atty if you have one, but with a cart filled with juice and drip 3 drops into the atty too. Lots of threads here about cleaning attys. Good luck!