My daughter handed me her mod, with the words it's acting funny. Kept giving a "no atomizer" message despite ruling out various atomizers as the offending party.
Closer inspection revealed juice peeking through the usb aperture as well as within the 510 connector. It was rather evident what happened here and the prognosis was not favorable. At six months of age, this mod was to young to die without me trying some CPR.
WARNING: What follows may be unsuitable for sensitive readers. (On a serious note, I do not recommend anyone else tries this and if they do, they do so at their own risk.)
After removing the batteries the nickel portion of the mod was submerged in Mentholated Spirits and agitated every two to three minutes. This lasted about ten minutes until i was rather sure all juice had been dissolved and washed away.
Concerned that the evaporation time of the spirits would be significantly prolonged if the unit remains sealed, I proceeded to disassemble it. Dried the most of the spirits with TP and let it dry for an hour or so. Assembled it and tested. Success! Was working perfectly again. For a while...
Next feedback I got was that the mod was now completely dead and unresponsive to all forms of stimuli.
Opened her up again and the strong smell of spirits confirmed my suspicion that the short drying period was way to optimistic. Let her dry for another six or so hours, part of that time with board lying on the windowsill in indirect sunlight, and we are back in business.
Moral of the story:
1. Do not just fill and charge your mod without regularly removing the atty and batteries and giving it a good wipe down while checking for possible leaks and other damage. At least once a day would be a good practice.
2. I'm done with bottom airflow atomizers! There are many mods out there where the 510 connector is not (properly) sealed to the mod casing and a single juice dump can be catastrophic. In this case it is suspected that prolonged exposure to condensation buildup around the atty base was the culprit.
3. If you are the "sponsor" of friends or family that rely on you for the technical aspects of vaping, routinely do these checks for them. Encourage them to do the same.
4. Don't take risks like the one I took here without accepting that it could have totally killed the mod. Could even have caused bodily harm were I not aware of the risks and taken precautions to avert them. This mod will remain in my possession for another 48 hours to ensure all is safe and dry before being returned.
5. Do not be too much in a hurry to do the job right the first time round. Rather take a nap and continue later.
Hope sharing this experience can save others some time, money and effort.
Regards
Closer inspection revealed juice peeking through the usb aperture as well as within the 510 connector. It was rather evident what happened here and the prognosis was not favorable. At six months of age, this mod was to young to die without me trying some CPR.
WARNING: What follows may be unsuitable for sensitive readers. (On a serious note, I do not recommend anyone else tries this and if they do, they do so at their own risk.)
After removing the batteries the nickel portion of the mod was submerged in Mentholated Spirits and agitated every two to three minutes. This lasted about ten minutes until i was rather sure all juice had been dissolved and washed away.
Concerned that the evaporation time of the spirits would be significantly prolonged if the unit remains sealed, I proceeded to disassemble it. Dried the most of the spirits with TP and let it dry for an hour or so. Assembled it and tested. Success! Was working perfectly again. For a while...
Next feedback I got was that the mod was now completely dead and unresponsive to all forms of stimuli.
Opened her up again and the strong smell of spirits confirmed my suspicion that the short drying period was way to optimistic. Let her dry for another six or so hours, part of that time with board lying on the windowsill in indirect sunlight, and we are back in business.
Moral of the story:
1. Do not just fill and charge your mod without regularly removing the atty and batteries and giving it a good wipe down while checking for possible leaks and other damage. At least once a day would be a good practice.
2. I'm done with bottom airflow atomizers! There are many mods out there where the 510 connector is not (properly) sealed to the mod casing and a single juice dump can be catastrophic. In this case it is suspected that prolonged exposure to condensation buildup around the atty base was the culprit.
3. If you are the "sponsor" of friends or family that rely on you for the technical aspects of vaping, routinely do these checks for them. Encourage them to do the same.
4. Don't take risks like the one I took here without accepting that it could have totally killed the mod. Could even have caused bodily harm were I not aware of the risks and taken precautions to avert them. This mod will remain in my possession for another 48 hours to ensure all is safe and dry before being returned.
5. Do not be too much in a hurry to do the job right the first time round. Rather take a nap and continue later.
Hope sharing this experience can save others some time, money and effort.
Regards
