One of Two of my tank attys is giving me a constant burny taste. Ive tried a lot of dif methods of fixing this prb. Flushing it with water, cleaning with iso, primer puffing directly dripping, letting it sit upright overnight with tank attatched to atty, So I finally wrote to vicki at Cignot about the prob. What do you guys suggest?
Tank Atty Not Wicking Properly
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I got similar problem, 2-3 hits and burned taste. So I take a very thin needle and make a little bit space beetwen wick and spire. Work like a charm for almost one month (I vape 4-5ml/day). I don't know I wrote this correctly so I attach a picture
@edward: AWESOME input! I'll try this too and if it doesn't work that's the last resort for me. I can't handle it anymore.
I got a month out of the attys, but they don't seem to handle cleaning like normal attys do. I went back to dripping, and my wife went back to carts. I am also ordering a bottom feeding juice box this weekend for my be all/end all.....I haven't saved any money since I quit. But i haven't smoked in over a month! So it's all worth it.
I have seen that... have not tried it ( but I might next time )... thanks!
I have been tapping the wick down a little... and sometimes I wonder if I am just jarring stuff loose on it instead of actually moving it ( chuckle )
I have been tapping the wick down a little... and sometimes I wonder if I am just jarring stuff loose on it instead of actually moving it ( chuckle )
I hope you let us know how that bottom feeder does.... I am very tempted to try one.
Thanx man, Sounds like a pln I'm tryin that. The one atty is fine its only my spare that came with the kit. Its like you said its all about air flw to the wick with more room for air means more juice at the wick makes perf. sense thanx again, Ill let you know if it works
I got similar problem, 2-3 hits and burned taste. So I take a very thin needle and make a little bit space beetwen wick and spire. Work like a charm for almost one month (I vape 4-5ml/day). I don't know I wrote this correctly so I attach a picture
This is what Vicky told me to try. That picture makes it so helpful.
What I have personally found is that there are a couple reasons it happens. Normally I think that the original wick gets some black charred gunk on the end of it, and/or it has burnt away from the coil.
There are a bunch of "fixes" for it. I think by doing the above, you are basically dripping on to the atty. Which is one fix. another is to take the needle plate out and try to clean the wick of the black sludge off the end. Another is to slightly push down the wick to try and get it in contact with the coil better, but too much and you can make the tanks leak.
What I have found works the best, is to replace the wick with a new one. Very simple to do, I can do it in about 5 minutes if I take my time. Only drawback I have seen to this method is the silica rope used for the wick doesn't seem to last quite as long as the original. hopefully we can find a longer lasting type. This should fix both the dry hits and the leaking issue. I have one atty that was pretty much shot, leaked like crazy, dry burns, you name it. I have put a new wick in it and am going on about a week now with it working perfectly. Not bad for 5 minutes and about $.25 in wick material. IMHO, the time and money it takes to replace the wick is worth it for the convenience of the ego-t in general.
I do a few dry burns when I have it apart and can see the coil, and that really seems to help too.
here is the best thread on how to replace them.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ego-type-models/169520-simplecjs-ego-t-wick-mod.html
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There are a bunch of "fixes" for it. I think by doing the above, you are basically dripping on to the atty. Which is one fix. another is to take the needle plate out and try to clean the wick of the black sludge off the end. Another is to slightly push down the wick to try and get it in contact with the coil better, but too much and you can make the tanks leak.
What I have found works the best, is to replace the wick with a new one. Very simple to do, I can do it in about 5 minutes if I take my time. Only drawback I have seen to this method is the silica rope used for the wick doesn't seem to last quite as long as the original. hopefully we can find a longer lasting type. This should fix both the dry hits and the leaking issue. I have one atty that was pretty much shot, leaked like crazy, dry burns, you name it. I have put a new wick in it and am going on about a week now with it working perfectly. Not bad for 5 minutes and about $.25 in wick material. IMHO, the time and money it takes to replace the wick is worth it for the convenience of the ego-t in general.
I do a few dry burns when I have it apart and can see the coil, and that really seems to help too.
here is the best thread on how to replace them.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ego-type-models/169520-simplecjs-ego-t-wick-mod.html
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