So what did I do wrong

[Tinman402]

or is this the norm..

I got my 510 LR atty last wednesday and well it just died...

I kept it wet.. Blew it out everynight, and even did the hot water rinse and blew it out and burned it off like I saw on the youtube vids on cleaning them..

Is this just the nature of the beast.. My 306 lr attys should be in tomorrows mail I hope..

 

[llopps]

Luck of the draw.
Some of my atties have only last days, others weeks or months.

 

[Tinman402]

I only ordered 2 of the 306s.. I got 2 regular 510 attys and about 5 regular 510 cartomizers and 6 XL ego cartomizers on hand... How many LR attys should I have on hand I wonder..lol

Maybe I should order some more? I like dripping and dripping in the regular 510 atty just isn't the same I see now and I like the drip..

 

[llopps]

I use the 801 LR atties exclusively at this point, and it eats juice. I'm dripping every several drags.
I rotate them daily, I figure when one goes I got two more on hand until I can order more.

And, if they all go I still have five of the regular atties around.

Can never have too many spare parts. I found that out the hard way.

 

[hiram13pm]

I use both LR attys and cartos... and I've only blown one so far. LR atty, when I mistakenly put it on my 5v mod. Lasted about 10 minutes before it went pfffft. Couldn't be your voltage, could it? Well, all electronics have an "infant mortality rate", so to speak. It may have been weak to begin with.

 

[Tinman402]

just a regular ego battery..650mh ..

Probably just ran it's life.. I will just have to add more to my next order.. I am gonna wait and see if the 306s are better.. I also read that ones made by EM are the best to get as far as LR 510s..

Just wanted to make sure I didn't clean it wrong or was doing somethint wrong..

 

[Vini]

Once I've got 2 LR Joye attys and one of them died in about 15 minutes, another was working for a while. I think I burned it.

 

[The Fool]

Hi Tinman, I have tried every method of cleaning and still only seem to get an average of 7 days of heavy vaping out of an atomizer. Maybe it's the way that I vape that's killing off my atties, don't know. But whatever, the e-cig has kept me off cigarettes for 9 months now, so it's a small price to pay.

I read yesterday in a post that LR 306 atty's have a longer life and can be used on a 510. I'm going to try this out. Good luck to both of us!

 

[Rosa]

I'm curious to know... of the people who's atty's regularly die, how often do you do some sort of cleaning treatment on them? I've been using the same two atty's since March and they are still going strong - I've never cleaned them before and I have this theory that it's not really all that good for them. Any thoughts?

 

[Java_Az]

I'm curious to know... of the people who's atty's regularly die, how often do you do some sort of cleaning treatment on them? I've been using the same two atty's since March and they are still going strong - I've never cleaned them before and I have this theory that it's not really all that good for them. Any thoughts?

I clean mine every two days. But i never ever put water in mine these days. I use PGA soak them then after 15 mins dip then in the alcohol let it run threw the atomizer. Blow the alcohol out with lung power and then bake in the oven @ 200f for a hour. I never dry burn anymore either ones i have dry burned died fairly fast. But since i have been doing it like this i have not lost a atomizer.

 

[Tinman402]

I'm curious to know... of the people who's atty's regularly die, how often do you do some sort of cleaning treatment on them? I've been using the same two atty's since March and they are still going strong - I've never cleaned them before and I have this theory that it's not really all that good for them. Any thoughts?

I am wondering the same thing.. I ran hot water through it about 2 days ago.. blew out all the water.. then burned it off about 5-10 second burst like I wa advised...

I think I will try the just brun it off every so often maintenance this time..

 

[The Rebel]

Just goes to show you that not all attys are created equal. Unlike Java, I only clean mine with water, blow them out, and then dry burn and have had great success. I'm still using one of the original attys that came with my eGo kit over two months ago (knock on wood!). But it is a Joye atty which might explain the long life.

 

[Col. Gaunt]

The only cleaning that I have ever done on any of my attys is to blow them out. Low resistant attys are very touchy and all it takes is a few seconds of dry burn to fry them out. I have been using LR 306's for several months and have only lost one. This was due to a decrease in the ohms of the atty which changed the taste of the vape, that is how I knew something was wrong with it. I highly suggest purchasing a multi meter and becoming familiar with its use, not only can you test your batteries but your attys as well. What may appear to be a dead atty might just be flooded or due to a bad battery.

 

[zelda]

I've never had great luck with attys since I started vaping. I usually figure if one lasted me 3 weeks that was preety good.

When I first started there were lots of cleaning methods I tried but it really didn't seem to make any difference how they were cleaned. YMMV.

I've had the same attys vary from one lasting an hour to one lasting weeks.

I do believe it's luck of the draw - quality control in China being what it is.

 

[MTSea]

I've only had one broken atty so far and that was due to me getting curious and taking apart an original.

 

[Xanax]

In my 5 months vaping, not one dead or broken LR or regular atomizer.

 

[Rosa]

In my 5 months vaping, not one dead or broken LR or regular atomizer.

Do you clean them or just blow them out?

 

[DeannaG]

I haven't ever used an LR atty, but from everything I've read about them they are very tempermental about being dry. Perhaps it's the dry burn you're doing that's killing them. Just a thought.

 

[Xanax]

Do you clean them or just blow them out?

i rinse them under hot hot water once a week or so, nothing on too much of a schedule. I don't use any other chemicals to clean them. I find that really hot water loosens up the oily juice buildup. The rinsing process takes about 15 min, I blow the water through the atomizer a few times during the rinse. Then I sit them in front of a blowdryer on "cold" setting to dry for 5 mins after blowing out all excess water.

Side note: I've never once dry burned an LR atty.

 

[Xanax]

Oh and I forgot to add that those saying the dry burn did it in are probably right. Yes LR's definitely seem to be more sensitive to being dry than regulars and dry burning is basically purposefully running the atomizer dry for longer periods of time than the occasional "oops forgot to re-drip or top off" so yeah, there's some future advice to take into consideration.