Watch out for burning!

[Gerbus]

I've been vaping for a year now, and I just pulled apart 8 of my old cartomizers of various ages. 7 of them were burnt inside, meaning I haven't been filling them properly (keeping them wet). Just wanted to remind all the new users out there to keep their cartomizers/atomizers wet!

The ejuice is much better than cigarette smoke, but if you're burning other things, who knows?

 

[Shilo]

Yes they need to be refilled often and are meant to be disposable after a certain period of use. Use as thin and clear a juice as possible and good batteries. Thanks for showing these pics for the newbies. I had mild success cleaning with Isopryl Alcohol and got a few more days worth out of some of them but what you have shown there are what happens when they get too dry and the person continues to vape. If the juice starts tasting bad or the carto gets too hot thats a sign too that filler burning is probably going on and the carto is spent.

 

[Serpent67]

Yep, them are shot.

If using cartos and not in tanks I like to add drops every hour or so.

Maybe three or four till you get the slushy look.

 

[ChrispyCritter]

Yeah after taking apart my 1st polly carto (things blackened/melted inside a little) that failed (later I took apart ones that worked fine and same thing) I went to CE2 Clearomizers so I could see what was going on..I also use regular CE2's now but I take them all apart and clean them like new. CE2's rubber cup that is near the coil melts a little also but nothing like polly carts...

 

[nogrin]

Thanks for the tip! I'm new to all of this, so everything i read is new, useful information. This is my 2nd day with my eGo-T. I'm just filling the carto before i go to work and vape off and on all night. Should i be bringing some e-juice with me to add periodically throughout the night?

 

[Spartan8029]

Can you burn the carto while still having the same taste as when wet? I always refill once I taste the vapor flavor changing but I'm not sure if I should maybe refill a bit before then.

 

[kabonk]

they seem to burn no matter how wet you keep them, I use mine in carto tanks so they are always wet and I try not to chain vape, I pull out the polly fill with a pair of hemostats just to look at it before I toss them and they are always burnt on the insides by the coil.

 

[Spartan8029]

well that's not very good, is that supposed to happen?

 

[kabonk]

yeah I kind of think that to every time I pull one a part I just hope burnt carto material is better for me then cigarettes

 

[ChrispyCritter]

yeah I kind of think that to every time I pull one a part I just hope burnt carto material is better for me then cigarettes

It not really burnt it's just melted a little if that makes you feel better..I think ecigs are a lot safer still..you probably breathe in a lot more toxic stuff driving/riding behind other cars for a couple mins than get from a ecig in a year...

 

[kabonk]

not really but thanks for trying, well its been over a year and I haven't had any ill effects yet so I guess I'll live to melt another carto I'm working on one now

 

[ChrispyCritter]

not really but thanks for trying, well its been over a year and I haven't had any ill effects yet so I guess I'll live to melt another carto I'm working on one now

I been vaping for 7 months and I feel a lot better so not too worried...

 

[Spartan8029]

He's the one on the right, twylight.

What the heck are yo talking about? lol

 

[skye]

This is why I mainly do the drip method. I never did like poly fill.
Only use carto's in tanks.
Although, I have had an atty backfire in my mouth once, when I first started dripping.
I learned real fast to make sure to keep the atty wet as well.

 

[Gerbus]

Skye, are you saying attys don't have this burning problem?

I have a gut feeling Kabonk is right, they burn regardless of being kept wet. I guess I don't really care all that much about inhaling the burnt inners, but I do want to maximize the life of my cartos. A tank is something I hadn't considered until now. How can I chain vape best?

 

[swedishfish]

I keep 2-3 pvs going so mine never get super hot.

Sometimes I use the clear dcc and take them apart and clean them and have never seen any burning. I do the same with my echo-e carto. As soon the carto feels warm to me, I pick up another pv.