What Am I Doing Wrong!!

[pinkythereddog]

I cracked ANOTHER glass tube on my Kanger Mini Pro tank 2!!!! Am I doing something wrong? I washed it, let it dry, put it back together and when I was just about to put juice in it I noticed the crack straight down the tube! The tube was sitting on the window sill before I put it together and was cold... Could that have done it?

I'm gonna order 3 tubes now from Desert Vapes the way I'm going through them. Ugh!!

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[Fisheeboy]

Are you over tightening something when you reassemble?

 

[PBOB]

I have cracked a couple of PT2 tanks, as well. I believe when I was screwing on the base, I mistakenly griped the tank rather then the bottom section. Wrote it off to my own stupidity. It is not very thick glass, so I should take better care of how I am (ab)using it.

 

[Maurice Pudlo]

Are the tubes edges finished smooth or are they rough cut? Mild temperature changes shouldn't cause cracking of the glass, but a rough cut edge can lead to crack propagation.

Maurice

 

[pinkythereddog]

I honestly don't think I am but it has to be that. I'm surprised that there is no rubber on the bottom and top to prevent glass on metal grinding. So ...... too since I just rebuilt the coil with cotton and it was puffin great.

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[pinkythereddog]

Are the tubes edges finished smooth or are they rough cut? Mild temperature changes shouldn't cause cracking of the glass, but a rough cut edge can lead to crack propagation.

Maurice

They were smooth. I guess I tighten it too much I tend to do that with soda bottles too lol.

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[Indigo-Shade]

Oh noes! I'd better be careful. And for the record, I'd not put anything but a pyrex measuring cup from a warm room next to a cold window. Our glass tanks aren't THAT strong, and any sort of major temperature change does put pressure on glass.

 

[Mikie]

I honestly don't think I am but it has to be that. I'm surprised that there is no rubber on the bottom and top to prevent glass on metal grinding. So ...... too since I just rebuilt the coil with cotton and it was puffin great.

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there should be a washer between the glass and metal bits, usually it lives in the metal pieces in the groove the glass fits into, but mine have come out during washing.

 

[Fisheeboy]

They were smooth. I guess I tighten it too much I tend to do that with soda bottles too lol.

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aint learning fun?

 

[Bunnykiller]

to be brutally honest... you got a Protank (V1,V2,V3,mini etc)... I have read more bad than good concerning PT's on this forum.... and I have 2 of them in my junk box... along with the Evods.... and about 2 dozen coil assemblies... I could have bought another SVD with that money...

 

[authement]

Should be a washer on top and bottom of glass.

 

[pinkythereddog]

Should be a washer on top and bottom of glass.

Wait..... Do u mean the two rubber bands that came with the protank? There are no washers from what I can see.

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[Mikie]

No, those in the box are for the trip tip. There is a washer that goes between the glass on each piece of metal end it contacts. They should be inside the metal ends, but they can come out and get lost. I have had a few stick to the glass when I break them apart for cleaning. They are white.

Even if they are missing and you tightened your tank so hard it cracked the glass, you have to stop doing that lol. With or without them stop that.

If you cleaned your tank using very hot water and then put them in a cold window sill to dry, that could be it too.

 

[sc12]

Definitely should be two washers. One for each end of the glass.