Uwell Fancier leaking after refilling help please.
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Try closing the air vents when filling the tank. And maybe go a little slower when filling it to give it time to get in the right chamber without overflowing.
“ uwell fancier”. Is that like a cat fancier? Cat fanciers leak after filling too. I understand beer is particularly problematic that way....
Sorry I just couldn’t resist.
Seriously though, this is an issue with a lot of tanks. Generally there is a mitigation method these days. Juice flow control is the big one. If your atty has juice flow control you probably need to use it when filling. Shutting off the air helps too.
Sorry I just couldn’t resist.
Seriously though, this is an issue with a lot of tanks. Generally there is a mitigation method these days. Juice flow control is the big one. If your atty has juice flow control you probably need to use it when filling. Shutting off the air helps too.
Tanks leak when they lose vacuum or the coil floods.
Tips to help maintain vacuum in your tank:
1) All o=rings in place and in good condition. Missing or faulty o-ring will allow air in/vacuum out.
2) Cracked glass
3) Chipped glass where the glass tube seals to the o-ring
4) Dirty mating surfaces, o-rings to metal or o-rings to glass
5) Over filling the tank. One of two things can happen here; 1) if you top the tank off all the way there is no room for the vacuum to form, leave a bit at the top and 2) depending on coil/chimney style you can flood the coil.
6) Juice is too thin. Either to high in PG content for the density of the wicking material or the tank/juice has been exposed to heat which thinned the juice out. Both of these result in the coil flooding and dumping juice through the air flow holes.
7) Letting the tank sit unused for extended periods of time, results in the coil saturating and flooding. Try turning the tank upside down to pull the juice away from the wicking material. Remember to let the wicking material rewet when you go back to vape it.
8) Close the airflow control/holes before opening the tank to fill it. Once you fill the tank but before opening the the airflow take a couple unpowered draws to help with the vacuum.
9) Coil should be finger tight, if you crank on it to hard you could deform the o-ring at the bottom of the coil.
10) Tanks needs to be assembled tightly to avoid leaks around the o-rings. As tight as you can get it with your hands.
11) Vaping at too low a temp, this will result in juice in the coil not being completely vaporized, which saturates/floods the coil.
12) I'm sure I'm forgetting something but it's late. Hopefully others will chime in. I've included a couple videos. There are tons of "How to fix a leaking tank" videos on youtube.
Good luck, only burnt hits suck more than a leaky tank.
Tips to help maintain vacuum in your tank:
1) All o=rings in place and in good condition. Missing or faulty o-ring will allow air in/vacuum out.
2) Cracked glass
3) Chipped glass where the glass tube seals to the o-ring
4) Dirty mating surfaces, o-rings to metal or o-rings to glass
5) Over filling the tank. One of two things can happen here; 1) if you top the tank off all the way there is no room for the vacuum to form, leave a bit at the top and 2) depending on coil/chimney style you can flood the coil.
6) Juice is too thin. Either to high in PG content for the density of the wicking material or the tank/juice has been exposed to heat which thinned the juice out. Both of these result in the coil flooding and dumping juice through the air flow holes.
7) Letting the tank sit unused for extended periods of time, results in the coil saturating and flooding. Try turning the tank upside down to pull the juice away from the wicking material. Remember to let the wicking material rewet when you go back to vape it.
8) Close the airflow control/holes before opening the tank to fill it. Once you fill the tank but before opening the the airflow take a couple unpowered draws to help with the vacuum.
9) Coil should be finger tight, if you crank on it to hard you could deform the o-ring at the bottom of the coil.
10) Tanks needs to be assembled tightly to avoid leaks around the o-rings. As tight as you can get it with your hands.
11) Vaping at too low a temp, this will result in juice in the coil not being completely vaporized, which saturates/floods the coil.
12) I'm sure I'm forgetting something but it's late. Hopefully others will chime in. I've included a couple videos. There are tons of "How to fix a leaking tank" videos on youtube.
Good luck, only burnt hits suck more than a leaky tank.
The Fancier is a b**ch to wick that likes to be fed with high viscosity juice and big coils.
I'd recommend 70+VG and 3mm inner diameter.
You most probably don't have enough cotton in the holes, so take care to stuff them really good and don't cut the cotton
too low, and make sure you spread it out wide enough to fill up the whole ring.
As with most bottom airflow RTAs without juiceflow control closing the afc is advisable too.
I'd recommend 70+VG and 3mm inner diameter.
You most probably don't have enough cotton in the holes, so take care to stuff them really good and don't cut the cotton
too low, and make sure you spread it out wide enough to fill up the whole ring.
As with most bottom airflow RTAs without juiceflow control closing the afc is advisable too.
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