Where to punch a carto

[hanzo.esq]

The generally accepted location to punch cartos for use in a tank is near the bottom of the carto. I my boge 510 cartomisers have atomizers near the top of the carto.

Why not punch near the middle of the carto closer to the atomizer? Perhaps one hole low (for low level liquid feeding) and the second hole near the middle (for more efficient liquid transfer to the atomizer)?

Hanzo.

 

[Baditude]

I question the accuracy of that diagram that you posted of the Boge cartomizer. I don't use Boges, and have never dissected one to discover exactly where the heating coil is, but I'd be quite surprised if it is located in the upper third of the carto as that diagram depicts. Locating the heating coil so high in the carto would be an extremely poor design, because as one vapes, juice is pulled downward by suction as one sucks on the carto. A design as shown in your diagram would allow a cartomizer to quickly dry out and allow the filler material to burn.

Below is a more accurate representation of a typical cartotmizer, with a lower placed heating coil and wick hole in the metal cylinder of the carto. Arrows represent either juice movement or air movement while taking a draw.

Why not punch near the middle of the carto closer to the atomizer? Perhaps one hole low (for low level liquid feeding) and the second hole near the middle (for more efficient liquid transfer to the atomizer)?

Although some cartotank users do place holes higher on the carto as you suggest, the problem with this is if the juice level in the tank falls below the higher placed hole air will be sucked into the cartomizer instead of juice.

 

[hanzo.esq]

I question the accuracy of that diagram that you posted of the Boge cartomizer. I don't use Boges, and have never dissected one to discover exactly where the heating coil is, but I'd be quite surprised if it is located in the upper third of the carto

Dissected clogged carto from a night or two ago:

My toys pay the ultimate price when they stop working. Eh eh.

Hanzo.

 

[familiarstranger]

I started punching mine higher once I started using tanks without side fill holes. Since I have to push the carto down to fill it I prefer to keep those holes inside the tank.

 

[Scott Ballentine]

I don't use flanged carto's so I use the bottom fill method in my tank.

 

[Baditude]

Dissected clogged carto from a night or two ago:
View attachment 235415

Hmmmm, you're right, it looks like the heating element is in the top 1/3 of the carto. No wonder that it looks burnt. Must be why I prefer Ikenvape and Smoktech over Boge.

 

[r77r7r]

Dissected clogged carto from a night or two ago:
View attachment 235415
My toys pay the ultimate price when they stop working. Eh eh.

Hanzo.

There's been dissected carto photos around since they started making them. People have accepted that the mess in the photo is not representative of what's going into your lungs. I don't believe it's Boge specific either.

When this new Smoke-tech 1.7 I have is clogged, I'll dissect and post video for comparison, unless someone has one.

I believe most people change out their cartos at the loss of flavor/vapor stage which is probably waaay before clogging/flooding and wouldn't be seeing/vaping the black stuff.