So, I have a dead BE112 atomizer, and I wanted to take it apart to study it, I tried to take two pairs of pliers and get it detached, but no luck. Has anyone had success getting at this atomizer?
Taking apart an atomizer
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When my husband took his BE112 apart, he pulled very hard on the ring at the base (battery end) of the atomizer (twisting maybe just a bit), it came off. Then he pushed from the top down (careful only to touch the edges). He pushed the parts out the battery end. It all came out intact, could have been put back together no problem. Of course, we did not...we attached it to a battery and watched it go (which it only heated in the middle anymore, hence why we took it apart). Man, it stank really bad when we burned it.
K, this is for experimentation only. If you choose to try and disassemble the atomizer, it may or may not go back together. It may or may not work after disassembly. An exposed atomizer coil can burn you if you hook it up to a battery. Um...have I covered it all? I guess I'm saying, do so at your own risk and please don't get angry with me if you do what we did and cannot get it back together.
K, this is for experimentation only. If you choose to try and disassemble the atomizer, it may or may not go back together. It may or may not work after disassembly. An exposed atomizer coil can burn you if you hook it up to a battery. Um...have I covered it all? I guess I'm saying, do so at your own risk and please don't get angry with me if you do what we did and cannot get it back together.
When my husband took his BE112 apart, he pulled very hard on the ring at the base (battery end) of the atomizer (twisting maybe just a bit), it came off. Then he pushed from the top down (careful only to touch the edges). He pushed the parts out the battery end. It all came out intact, could have been put back together no problem. Of course, we did not...we attached it to a battery and watched it go (which it only heated in the middle anymore, hence why we took it apart). Man, it stank really bad when we burned it.
K, this is for experimentation only. If you choose to try and disassemble the atomizer, it may or may not go back together. It may or may not work after disassembly. An exposed atomizer coil can burn you if you hook it up to a battery. Um...have I covered it all? I guess I'm saying, do so at your own risk and please don't get angry with me if you do what we did and cannot get it back together.
Thank you!
I actually just wanted to see what was inside of one, it's long dead and lying around. I wanted to see what they look like on the inside, so yes, this is completely for a look inside of it anyway
Thanks for the help!
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Whoa, that thing was in there good.... in fact so good that the part that attaches to the battery came out... but the actual atomizer is still stuck in the tube. Luckily there is a dremmel tool on it's way home so I can continue my dissection project. I want in!
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Grin. I wanted in to my 901 atomizer really bad, so I heated the outside tube, screwed a battery into the atomizer loosely, and wiggled. My battery connector came loose. So, I pushed that back in and started to file the atomizer shell. What a pain, it eventually released its guts, but the shell is toast. Gl, my friend, there has to be a better way, and I'm sorry I can't help.
I pulled apart a dead 901 atty today, first I removed the bottom threaded bit, then I used a pencil (eraser side) to just ram the whole thing out. I still can't figure out how the atty died, I was still getting 0 ohms resistance across the 2 lead in wires and it wasn't too terribly dirty.
What I'll try next time: Insert pencil eraser first into atomizer so it touches the wire bridge, ram against something hard while holding onto shell. The bridge should be strong enough to pop the whole thing loose and still hold together.
As for re-assembly: good luck!
Ninja edit: Actually, I do think I know how it died, I rigged up a re-circulating pump to run lemon juice through an atomizer that was a perfect seal, you should have seen the juice shoot out the side hole, it would've gone 15feet easy! I then blew it dry with a can of air using the same fitting and some tubing. I think that the pressure may have pushed the center lead (read: positive battery connection) in so that it bypassed the little rubber insulator and closed the circuit before it ever hit the atomizer. I did notice some fibers on the inside edge of the casing afterwards, but it didn't occur to me at the time that they were the wicking material.
So, protip: Don't use a fuel-filter from a model airplane fuel pump for a fitting, even if it screws into the atomizer *perfectly*, no good can come of running that kind of pressure.
What I'll try next time: Insert pencil eraser first into atomizer so it touches the wire bridge, ram against something hard while holding onto shell. The bridge should be strong enough to pop the whole thing loose and still hold together.
As for re-assembly: good luck!
Ninja edit: Actually, I do think I know how it died, I rigged up a re-circulating pump to run lemon juice through an atomizer that was a perfect seal, you should have seen the juice shoot out the side hole, it would've gone 15feet easy! I then blew it dry with a can of air using the same fitting and some tubing. I think that the pressure may have pushed the center lead (read: positive battery connection) in so that it bypassed the little rubber insulator and closed the circuit before it ever hit the atomizer. I did notice some fibers on the inside edge of the casing afterwards, but it didn't occur to me at the time that they were the wicking material.
So, protip: Don't use a fuel-filter from a model airplane fuel pump for a fitting, even if it screws into the atomizer *perfectly*, no good can come of running that kind of pressure.
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I would say at around 4 quid a go, is it worth trying to repair it? (TECC UK do a pack of 5 attys for 30 quid!)
Easyest thing to do if you don't need to reassemble is pull out the center contact to create a bigger hole then use something in that hole to push out the innards to the mouthpiece end. Once the connecting wires snap, it slides out easily.
Heat the connection area with a lighter to loosen the adhesive. Sometimew it works well, other connectors are stubborn.
I use a punch and tap out the complete inner cylinder and battery connector. The whole works comes out in one piece.
A 3 inch piece of 3/8" copper tubing or plastic faucet tubing will work. I notched out for the atty bridge. Heating the tube will loosen things a little. Some are harder than others to get out.
Forgot: That is for 801/4072 atomizers. Don't know about others.
Forgot: That is for 801/4072 atomizers. Don't know about others.
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Great tip Hocker. Anything to make this godforsaken junk easier to work on is highly appreciated. I couldn't find any 3/8 copper around here and didn't even think about plastic faucet tubing until reading your post. It works like a champ.
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My atomizer body count keeps growing and my inbound order of 25 has been stuck in JFK customs for 100 hours now. I have to reserve the last of the atomizer stash for my wife who's quitting analogs. I gave her the next-to-last one last night and since these things drop like flies, I have to save the last one for her. I guess I'm done with vaping and nicotine until the atomizer shipment arrives or I'm able to resurrect something from the huge bonepile.
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