week old LR egoT atty taste like the smell of fire crackers

[dman87]

hi all
im pretty new at this but i got an LR atty and for the first week it was working just great! awesome flavor and vapor. but for the past two days no matter what juice i put in it, it just taste like the smell of firecrackers after you light them. iono if you know that smell or not... i sure do from haloween.
iono if its becuase my atty is done or just something wrong with it.... i have tried blowing it out many times and soaking it in iso. so iono.....mayb someone with more experiance can let me know if thats just the end of my atty and needs to be replaced or whats wrong with it.
thanks

 

[SmokUmIfUGotUm]

Sounds like you let it run dry. I had the same happen with my first LR atty. They like to be kept really wet.

 

[dman87]

so if i did let it run dry is there a way to fix it or should i just toss it now???

 

[SmokUmIfUGotUm]

Probably should be replaced if cleaning or blowing out doesn't work.

 

[dman87]

okok thats what i thought..... thank you
guess i gotta go order more now cuz my standard atty is about a month old but still works like new......and i dont want that one dieing on me and have nothing. tht sucks my lr atty only lasted a week

 

[WomanOfHeart]

If it'll still fire you can try putting 2-3 drops of plain VG on it. That might fix it.

 

[dman87]

if i dont have plain vg what else can i use??

 

[Smislow]

hi all
im pretty new at this but i got an LR atty and for the first week it was working just great! awesome flavor and vapor. but for the past two days no matter what juice i put in it, it just taste like the smell of firecrackers after you light them. iono if you know that smell or not... i sure do from haloween.
iono if its becuase my atty is done or just something wrong with it.... i have tried blowing it out many times and soaking it in iso. so iono.....mayb someone with more experiance can let me know if thats just the end of my atty and needs to be replaced or whats wrong with it.
thanks

I use LR tank atties, and a week is usual lifetime before cleaning.
I go through 4-5 tanks every day.
I discoverd that a wick is a problem, it builds up with gunk, so i use small flat screwdriver to wiggle wick plate out, burn a wick over a lighter untill it glows and turns white, than couple of dryburns to atty, untill coil glows red.
I use old tank to put a wick plate back in place.
But use caution while dry burning atty, it pops easily.
Usualy it pops during 3rd cleaning, for too much gunk on coil and I stress it too much.

 

[chirodoccm]

when mine start tasting like that I boil them in plain water and let them dry for a day. Seems to work pretty well.

 

[dman87]

@smislow - ive messed around with one of my old attys but dont seem to be able to dig tht plate out..... mayb i just need even smaller screwdriver....

@chirodoccm - do you use a seperate pot for boiling your attys as ive heard its bad to use the same pot to cook food in...thats why i never tried boiling them yet.

 

[dman87]

ok i just boiled my atty and it taste soooooo good again thanks for telling me to boil it