I just bought a phiniac xlv2 tank and I am using boge xl prepunched lr cartos. 2 holes. When I first filled the tank the carto was wet at the top like it should be. But now it's dry and white. Do the pre punched not work very well and I should punch them myself? Or is this normal and okay? A quick response is appreciated.
Phiniac tank, Carto not wet at top of poly fill.
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Question 1: What you see is normal. Even though you prime a carto adequately, after a few vapes the juice at the top gets sucked down through the polyfill towards the bottom on the cartomizer, where the heating coil is. Even though juice from the tank fills the carto through the punched holes of the cartomizer, it will never fill it to the point of keeping the top filler wet. As long as the filler surrounding the heating coil is wet, it won't burn.
Cutaway diagram of the inner parts of a punched cartomizer. (click to enlarge)
Question 2: It depends upon how much is "leaking". A drop can be considered normal, and is likely just vapor in the air hole condensing back into liquid form and collecting at the connector.
If it is more than that, there is either juice in the air hole from improper fill technique. Or your cartomizer has become flooded.
I fill my cartos by dripping juice from the top. I place a wood toothpick in the air hole to keep juice out.
Flooding can be caused from an improper draw technique. Too hard of a draw or puff can cause too much juice to enter the carto and flooding it, the excess juice has no where else to go but into the air hole and out the connector. A gentler and longer draw of 4 - 6 seconds is suggested. I suggest that new tank users imitate sucking on a straw in a thick milkshake.
Extremely thin e-liquids may cause a carto to flood. If that is what you are using, perhaps a one hole pre-punched carto would work better.
Cartotank Setup Blog: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/baditude/3710-5-cartomizer-tank-setup.html
List of vendors selling pre-punched cartomizers: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...nched-single-coil-cartomizers-cartotanks.html
Cutaway diagram of the inner parts of a punched cartomizer. (click to enlarge)Question 2: It depends upon how much is "leaking". A drop can be considered normal, and is likely just vapor in the air hole condensing back into liquid form and collecting at the connector.
If it is more than that, there is either juice in the air hole from improper fill technique. Or your cartomizer has become flooded.
I fill my cartos by dripping juice from the top. I place a wood toothpick in the air hole to keep juice out.
Flooding can be caused from an improper draw technique. Too hard of a draw or puff can cause too much juice to enter the carto and flooding it, the excess juice has no where else to go but into the air hole and out the connector. A gentler and longer draw of 4 - 6 seconds is suggested. I suggest that new tank users imitate sucking on a straw in a thick milkshake.
Extremely thin e-liquids may cause a carto to flood. If that is what you are using, perhaps a one hole pre-punched carto would work better.
Cartotank Setup Blog: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/baditude/3710-5-cartomizer-tank-setup.html
List of vendors selling pre-punched cartomizers: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...nched-single-coil-cartomizers-cartotanks.html
Wow that helped a lot. Thank you for your quick and detailed response. Much appreciated.
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I agree, I am fairly new to carto tanks as well and it has helped resolve some of my issues that I have had with mine
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