So with my batch of CE3's they tend to leak around the air hol on the bottom. If you look at the underside you can see a seal around the air hole and thats where I usually get leaks resulting in juice on the battery threads and eventually leaking out. Anyone played with this seal? I mean I could just glue around the seal and see if that works but I'm hesitant to do something like that as that area heats up.... dont really want to vape glue lol. Anyone have some ideas on the innner workings? Would it be detrimental to use something to try and seal that center post?
Repairing a CE3
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I think what you are describing is around the battery post right? It surrounds the post, and is rubbery. It is not meant to be a seal. Most likely the atomizer inside is flooding. This happens to me too. Most likely, the filling hole on top is not air tight. If it allows air in [loss of vacuum effect], too much fluid will go into the atomizer, causing flooding. If you stand it upright for 10 minutes, does the CE3 leak all over the place? Test this off the battery.
When this happened to me, I replaced the inner cap from a dead CE3 and that stopped the leaking.
When this happened to me, I replaced the inner cap from a dead CE3 and that stopped the leaking.
After reading the posts here, I just, carefully, took apart one that I have retired. To me, the rubbery thing at the bottom is definitely a seal. It seems to be there for two things - 1. to insulate the center battery post, and 2. to seal the liquid chamber at the bottom. It is actually more of a grommet with a small flange on the top, just under the atomizer, and a larger flange on the bottom under the battery post.
The one I took apart was leaking at the bottom, a definite leak and not just condensation. Examining the wick cup carefully showed an "open" space, quite small but there never the less, where I think liquid was able to leak. It might have been repairable by carefully relocating the exact position of the wick/coil assembly in the cup to center it better. It was definiterely off to one side of the cup. That could be the basic problem when leaks occur, the coil/wick assembly is not properly blocking the air hole at the base.
As a side note, I also found out where that piece of wire comes from that seems to stick out sometimes in the vicinity of the wicks. It is one side of the coil connection. That side is made by wrapping the coil lead up the side of the cup befor it is press fitted into the metal base. If it's a little long it will stick out and can actually be trimmed with a pair of flush cutters if you wanted to.
The one I took apart was leaking at the bottom, a definite leak and not just condensation. Examining the wick cup carefully showed an "open" space, quite small but there never the less, where I think liquid was able to leak. It might have been repairable by carefully relocating the exact position of the wick/coil assembly in the cup to center it better. It was definiterely off to one side of the cup. That could be the basic problem when leaks occur, the coil/wick assembly is not properly blocking the air hole at the base.
As a side note, I also found out where that piece of wire comes from that seems to stick out sometimes in the vicinity of the wicks. It is one side of the coil connection. That side is made by wrapping the coil lead up the side of the cup befor it is press fitted into the metal base. If it's a little long it will stick out and can actually be trimmed with a pair of flush cutters if you wanted to.
I've never had one leak just sitting there. What happens is the threads on the CE3 will fill with liquid, maybe a drop will make its way external to the unit while attached to the battery. So far I've never had one just empty its contents. This also only occurs when the juice level drops below half. What I can notice is that if I clean the threads and the inside around the battery post, on the CE3, I can then leave it stand for a few minutes and more juice will leak out. So it's my thinking that if I could fix whatever gap exists around the air hole it would be fine.
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