Pre-nic heated sonic cleaner?

[Clappingwithonehand]

I run my juice for an hour with the heat on before adding nic to the mix, add nic, then run for 2-3 more hours with the heat off to protect the nicotine from breaking down.
Idk if I'm being overprotective. Any thoughts?

 

[wallacecarey]

I do all my steeping/tasting before adding nick.

 

[jblack741]

To be honest I had never given this any thought. I was very happy because my e-liquid mixes were so much better after running in a heated UC than they did with simple shaking and putting in the humidor. The thought of not adding nic until later is interesting and I'll have to try that on my next run.


Hmmm... Learn something new everyday!

 

[TheRac25]

what happens when the juice hits your coil and gets vaporized? yeah youre being "overprotective"

 

[dannyv45]

Steeping is the process of binding all component molecules together. Leaving one of the components (the NIC) out kinda defeats this purpose. So you may be over thinking this a bit

Recent testing has shown that UC'ing while maintaining the water temp at a constant 150F produces the best results. You can read about it in the steeping and ultrasonic steeping part 3 thread starting at about 3/4 of the way through the thread.

 

[Clappingwithonehand]

I watched the water temperature and the thermocouple trips at 135 degrees. I've read that nicotine starts to break down at 150 so I guess there's no need to turn off the heater.