What does it mean when a tank "floods?"

[bloodytears1886]

Hey all, I'm still pretty new to vaping and been doing it for about 2 weeks now. I keep hearing people say their tank floods/ed? What exactly does that mean? I don't know if it's ever happened to me cause I don't know the definition. Any help would be great. I still don't know all the vape terms and lingo. TYIA guys!

 

[DetraMental]

You'll know. You'll here it gurgling for one and you may get fluid all over you and your ecig/pv/apv. This usually is caused by too much fluid or a bad o-ring.

 

[Krint]

Flooding just means you get juice in the inner tube of the tank. You will hear a gurgle sound when you vape and may even get juice in the mouth. This could also lead to leaking onto the battery near the connection where you screw in the tank


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[devauto]

Hey all, I'm still pretty new to vaping and been doing it for about 2 weeks now. I keep hearing people say their tank floods/ed? What exactly does that mean? I don't know if it's ever happened to me cause I don't know the definition. Any help would be great. I still don't know all the vape terms and lingo. TYIA guys!

Hi Bloodytears,

Welcome to ECF.

My understanding of flooding is when there is either too little wick to keep the juice from leaking into the center tube (like when someone removes a flavor wick), or the juice itself is too thin and exceeds the wicking causing the "flooding". There can also be other causes, such as letting certain tanks get too low on juice, which affects the "vacuum" that maintains equilibrium in the tank.

I am certain there are more causes that I have not listed, but I think these are the big 3. Essentially, I think the answer to your question is really to say that juice somehow "leaks" into the tube.

HTH

 

[Amraann]

This happened to me the other day..

I had switched my tank from one battery to another and when I went to switch them back I noticed a puddle on the connection of my battery. I tired one fix that a friend suggested and that seemed to work for about 15 mins... Then it started leaking again.
In the end I had to replace the carto in my tank and all is good now

 

[yzer]

It depends on what kind of atomizing device you are using and there are several basic types: dripping attys, cartridges, cartomizers, carto tanks, clearos, RBAs, etc. All can flood in different ways. It means that there is too much e-liquid (juice) at the atomizer and it's blocking production of vapor.