shocked from cartridge?

[wiccangirl]

the other day, I got a 5 pack of cartridges from Greensmoke. Of course the first one I reach for is my favorite flavor - Coffee. I put it in, and take a few starting puffs. I heard a snapping sound coming from the cartridge and thought "okay, well I've heard crackling before.. so maybe this is just a fresher cartridge" I took another puff, and felt a very painful shock go to my tongue! I shook it off and thought "okay, maybe it just needs to be warmed up a bit more" took a few more puffs, and every single puff shocked my tongue.

I'm scared to try another cartridge now. What happened?

 

[Scottbee]

Are you using them on a mod?

 

[wiccangirl]

Are you using them on a mod?

no, I'm using the greensmoke system, their cartridges, their battery, everything.

 

[Fishin' Cricket]

What the crap?

 

[hecknaw]

Yep!! can't say dat i've heard uf this problem before. Was it sort uf like touch'n er tongue to a pos. connection on 9v battery? I believe that I would toss out battery as i don't think its an atty problem/it's not par for a E-cig So i would'nt use it!!

 

[Corpo]

This is definitely a huge issue with your battery, atomizer, or bother. Definitely contact your reseller and test with various bats and atts if you can. It is incredibly unlikely but possible to get a damaging shock from such a low voltage battery. If a sudden drop in impedence occurs while you're smoking it you could potentially get pretty hurt. Safety first!!

 

[CaptJay]

I can understand your hesitation in trying it again - anyone remember the short story by Stephen King called 'Quitters inc'? lol
Have you tired changing out the battery if you have a spare and using the new ones - carefully of course - I would say its a battery issue as nothing else has a charge that could shock you. The atty by itself and the cart alone have no electrical charges.
It does sound like a faulty battery; I'd also recommend returning it as defective and possibly dangerous. When you detatch it from the unit to send it back wear rubber gloves (not kidding, wear rubber gloves) and make sure you are free of static. I'm a terrible static hoarder - I can get shocks off everything metallic at times (shop shelving, car doors, other people)- so don't add to the issue; ground yourself use rubber golves and return that sucker.

 

[Fishin' Cricket]

Bump/update?

 

[zadrockn]

The same thing happened to me yesterday with a Kr8! Shocked my lip on a draw three times. when I came home to do scientific testing I could not duplicate the shock, everything worked fine! I was using a brand new cartomizer that I had ordered empty and filled with 18 drops of liquid the day before and a new battery about the same size as the smaller greensmoke battery. What gives! I'm trying to quit smoking analogs and I get shocked! Not sure if it was the battery or the carto, I can't get it to to it again! Did anyone find out what caused the shock? Wiccangirl?

 

[ChellyNelly]

This just happened to me (just once, a very small shock). Anyone know what is causing this? Like I said, just the one time with my manual battery (510 one from Aqua Vapor).

 

[DaveP]

What you are experiencing is probably not battery voltage. 3.4v won't do anything but cause a slight tingle. Since you are getting vapor, that proves that the battery is under load and there's a closed circuit drawing current. If the battery were shocking you, it would be a tiny tingle, not a zap.

I think it's static charges from the juice, heat, and low humidity. The same thing happens when a volcano erupts. Lightning begins to strike from the charge differential involved. Try touching something metal before and while you are vaping when this happens. That will drain the static charge from your body and prevent static buildup.

Are you drawing sparks as you walk around and then touch metal? If so, you might want to check the humidity where it occurs. If it's low, buy a humidifier. Just my opinion.

 

[dormouse]

They are not cartridges. They are cartomizers aka cartos regardless of what GS calls them. Here we call them by their real name, cartomizers or cartos so people know what you are asking about and don't have to waste their time trying to answer the wrong thing. A cartridge is a totally different thing that pushes onto a separate atomizer.


And for people with don't know, Greensmoke is not 3.4v. I believe it's 3.7 unregulated, a KR808D-2 - the near-twin of KR808D-1 (but KR808D-2 is incompatible threading). So like KR808D-1, it vapes like a 3.7v mod (except you can't put LR cartos on it since it's a slim battery)

1. If you are using a metal drip tip as a mouthpiece in place of the end cap (in which case it is possible to get a shock on a normally functioning cartomizer), then don't do that. Use a delrin or plastic drip tip only

2. And if you are not using a metal drip tip then the cartomizer may be defective. Stop vaping it and contact the company.


One other possibility - if a carto has a bit too much juice in it and was not cleaned up/settled properly, it can spit a boiling hot tiny droplet of juice right at your tongue which will feel almost like a burning pinprick and will cause a blister. You may be feeling that.

 

[DummyMe]

I'm 99% sure that static electricity is your culprit. Depending on how low your humidity is the higher the electrical charge can get. Especially sticking a "dry" piece of metal in your "moist" mouth. Wow!! Try using a plastic drip tip or other non-metal tip, anyway. I don't like using cartos without a drip tip. I don't like the taste of metal in my mouth from the cartos using just the white plugs.

 

[tj99959]

A common with an atomizer is to have it spit sparks at you which feels like a shock, but I have never had a carto do that.

But I never stove pipe a carto, nor do I use metal drip tips.

 

[DaveP]

I've spent some time in areas with 10% humidity in winter and almost anything that moves can generate a shock. It got so bad at one point that I carried my keys in my hand to push elevator buttons.

I can see a pv building a charge coming out of a coat pocket, but you'd think that the charge would hit you as soon as it cleared the pocket and there were two areas of different potentials present.

 

[dormouse]

Do your other cartomizers have the problem? if not, then you have a defective cartomizer. Many cartomizers have a loop of wire that comes up the middle of the center air channel to slightly above the stuffing then it bends 180 degrees and heads back down into the stuffing to complete the circuit down lower in the carto. If that loop is extra high it could be very close to the mouthhole in the endcap near your tongue. And your lips are on the outside of the carto and your hands on the metal barrel of the battery. I have never torn apart a carto but the metal outer shell of the carto may be carrying the negative voltage and that central wire the positive voltage. Under normal circumstances people are not shocked by cartos (except with one kind of carto w/ a metal drip tip as a mouthpiece). Contact Greensmoke and tell them the problem.

If all of your cartomizers have the problem then I have no clue - contact Greensmoke.

 

[hairball]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has experienced a small shock while vaping. We had a terribly dry summer here. I was vaping on a 6V mod with a dual coil cartomizers shorty and it bit me. At first I though my mod had a short. Took off the carto, pulled the batteries, put new batteries in, and a new shorty carto on. It did it again. Went in the house, it stopped. Went back outside to finish mowing, and POP. Did it again. Inside of my house has a humidifier running non-stop if the air outside is dry. I think what you and I both have experienced is static electricity. I'm not new to vaping, and only have experienced this that one day, so it's a reasonable conclusion IMO.