What does it mean when the atty begins getting really warm?

[Draconia555]

Took my ecigg to the park today....kept it away from water. Watching an outside concert now and had to change tips.....got a little messy due to manufacturing of tips...a yeay, now my atty warms up? I tried really hard to not let any juice in it....took it apart when i changed tips. I hadnt noticed warmth before (first week)....whats wrong?

 

[tybin]

hello. what do you mean it warms up? is it a regular 510 atomizer? or is it a cartomizer?

 

[AttyPops]

Usually it means I'm in hot weather...

ha ha ha

OK. A few things to think about:
1) If the atty is too dry, it gets warmer.
2) It needs cleaning. What is happening then is that you are over vaping it because it isn't working well to begin with. The "gunk" is insulating the coil and it isn't vaping well. You over compensate. Also, since vaporization isn't happening efficiently, due to the gunk, the cooling effect of the vapor carrying away the heat isn't happening efficiently.
3) Make sure the ohms are properly matched with the voltage.

 

[Flyer]

Are you referring to atomizers (dripping) or cartomizers? Basicay, they all get war, just a question of how warm. My dripping atty gets quite warm. My tank cartomizers get a little warm. My clearo's barely get warm.

 

[WCSR]

Are you referring to atomizers (dripping) or cartomizers? Basicay, they all get war, just a question of how warm. My dripping atty gets quite warm. My tank cartomizers get a little warm. My clearo's barely get warm.

Atty's feel hotter than the others because there is no form of thermal insulation whether is be polyfill like you have in a cartomizer, or over an ml of cooling liquid like you have in a clearo/carto tank. The heat from an atty coil dissipates right to the surrounding stainless steel of the battery and carton.

 

[Kemosabe]

my atties get super warm. they always have. i just figured it was because i was taking mega toots

 

[Jixchel]

What kind of ecig and atty? Some get warmer than others, it is normal.

 

[tj99959]

A hot atty normally means you should be using a drip tip so that you don't blister your lip. There is a heating element inside an atomizer, so of course they get warm. Something has to disipate that heat, and something has to insolate you from that heat. Back in the day we used cartridges to do that (a few still do), and now we use drip tips to do it.
Ever put the glowing end of a cigarette to your lips? Wasn't a good idea was it. Why would anyone think it would be a good idea with an atomizer?

 

[jch419]

It probably needs more juice. You can try a drip tip if you find that the warmth is a bit bothersome when you take a draw.


No worries.

 

[AttyPops]

I don't understand some of the comments/replies very well I guess....

I think he is using a cart or drip tip... but to reiterate, you should use either a plastic cart OR a drip tip with an atomizer. No "tailpipe hits", IMO. Metal drip tips will get hot along with the atomizer. Delrin or other plastic drip tips not so much.

Meh. I use carts most of the time. They often come free on atomizers and have a structure that keeps juice out of your mouth when/if you flood it....not that I flood it much. But I hate juice-in-mouth vaping. So much so that I seldom use drip tips. Even after dripping with a drip tip and blowing across it, it can still wreck the taste IMO. But that's me. I don't mind using the carts (as a tip. I remove the fluff though).