Sparks from PT

[Jbarbaro32]

I was using my PT (which I love!) I had a blank carto that I filled and a spark shot into my mouth and burned my tongue. I was wondering if anyone else experienced this. I could not find a thread on it. It kind of freaked me out. It burned out my cart too.

 

[PRboy25]

No idea, but that is scary8-o

 

[5cardstud]

Sounds like you might have a short inside it. I would have it checked if I was you.

 

[Jbarbaro32]

Maybe I am using it too much??? I have been using it all day today.

 

[5cardstud]

I use mine constantly and with all the turning, picking up and putting down mine got a short in the wire right where it hooks on and I had to tape it to one side so it would work. One of these days I need to fix it. Another thing you might be picking up static elictricity and it's jumping to your PT.

 

[Jbarbaro32]

I use mine constantly and with all the turning, picking up and putting down mine got a short in the wire right where it hooks on and I had to tape it to one side so it would work. One of these days I need to fix it. Another thing you might be picking up static elictricity and it's jumping to your PT.

You are probably right about the static electricity. I have been shocking myself all day! That is scary.

 

[5cardstud]

Might be the soles on your shoes or something your wearing or sliding accross.

 

[Trunus]

Maybe it was just hot juice? It happens to me all the time. Mainly when when I pull out a new carto or refill one.

 

[MrSmokinToad]

Sounds like a cart failure.. ala wire atomizer popped. Like a light bulb element failure.
Unlikely to be a PT issue, unless it happens to multiple carts in a row.

 

[Mary Kay]

I wonder if you overfilled a bit and it cause a short?
I don't know a thing about elecric's except somebody here told me to put covers on my wall plugs so the juice wouldn't leak out

 

[Michelle43]

Maybe I am using it too much??? I have been using it all day today.

Really? You think this is something you have done wrong?

Something is wrong with the hardware not the user.

Do not use that PT again.

 

[Michelle43]

I wonder if you overfilled a bit and it cause a short?
I don't know a thing about elecric's except somebody here told me to put covers on my wall plugs so the juice wouldn't leak out

????Juice getting into your plugs on the wall ?????

 

[PRboy25]

2 much juice at the house I guess

 

[Michelle43]

2 much juice at the house I guess

HaHa yep, to much "juice"

 

[Mary Kay]

No! Some body was teasing me about my lack of knowledge about Electricity. They said to put the cover plugs in my wall sockets to keep electricity (juice) from leaking out.

Juice was just a poor choice of words!

 

[Michelle43]

OP you haven't done anything wrong. Your cartomizer or battery burned your tongue.

There could and may well be a whole debate about how it happened, but the end truth is it wasn't supposed to.

You were using the stuff as it was intended. I am sorry this happened to you.

 

[Michelle43]

Jbarbaro32 could you tell us which cartomizer you were using? Regular or Premium and flavor?

Whatever went wrong I don't want to burn my tongue also. I am sorry this happened to you.
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[Adrenalynn]

And you're sure it wasn't super-heated juice from refilling or drawing too hard? How certain are we that it was a "spark" when the entire process was enclosed?

I've experienced overheated juice droplets hitting the tongue (I suppose it might feel like an arc for those not used to getting "bit" and the tangy metallic taste of a good bite) from refilled premiums on high-volts. Just one more reason I've contended from the start that premiums don't belong on high-volt batteries/PTs/etc.

Electrically that's a LONG path to ground unless you're sticking your tongue in there and standing in water.

Consider a 9v battery that delivers about the same wattage. You have to press the battery hard against your tongue to get bit. It can't, even under ideal circumstance, jump an arc through the open air. The open air is a crummy conductor.

Then you consider a silicon soft-cap or a silicon o-ring which is an incredible electrical insulator - or the electrically inert plastic cap and then add the electrically isolated vinyl label on the cart. You consider these things and compare them to a hot droplet of superheated juice and the answer seems pretty apparent to me. [shrug]

 

[Kevor]

I too have accidentally gotten pretty hot juice in my mouth after refilling my cart.. I'm still getting used to these myself.. So now i try to take a really light draw to test to see if any juice may jump out..

If it's a manual you could try a fresh cart and just press the button without the PV being in your mouth to see..

Not sure how you would activate an auto without it being in your mouth since VK auto's are vacuum activated.. Maybe someone else would have an idea on that..

 

[leaford]

Maybe it was just hot juice? It happens to me all the time. Mainly when when I pull out a new carto or refill one.

And you're sure it wasn't super-heated juice from refilling or drawing too hard? How certain are we that it was a "spark" when the entire process was enclosed?

I've experienced overheated juice droplets hitting the tongue (I suppose it might feel like an arc for those not used to getting "bit" and the tangy metallic taste of a good bite) from refilled premiums on high-volts. Just one more reason I've contended from the start that premiums don't belong on high-volt batteries/PTs/etc.

Electrically that's a LONG path to ground unless you're sticking your tongue in there and standing in water.

Consider a 9v battery that delivers about the same wattage. You have to press the battery hard against your tongue to get bit. It can't, even under ideal circumstance, jump an arc through the open air. The open air is a crummy conductor.

Then you consider a silicon soft-cap or a silicon o-ring which is an incredible electrical insulator - or the electrically inert plastic cap and then add the electrically isolated vinyl label on the cart. You consider these things and compare them to a hot droplet of superheated juice and the answer seems pretty apparent to me. [shrug]

That sounds much more likely. It happens to me too, from time to time.