Vapour problems with the Vivi Nova

[tourmaline]

Hi,

I'm looking through old posts for advice on vapour problems with the vivi nova's. I've upgraded my riva to a provari after being off the cigs for a year and bought a vivi nova 2.5 kit, with the 3 changeable heads which has lasted ages and I was delighted with it.

So, I just bought another 2 vivi nova kit's, so I could keep one for my regular vape and one when I fancied a change of juice. I thought the 2.8 ohms changeable head already in the new vivi nova was under performing as it needed to be 'run in' and would improve, but it was like sucking on a blocked straw. In the end, nothing was coming out. I can hear the atomiser was firing up and hissing, but no vapour. I decanted my juice and changing to another head, refilled it, same problem - no vapour. ???

I tried the 3rd head, I can hear all the atomisers are working, but no vapour. :'(I still had my old nova, so I dismantled it to see if I could learn how it works and after watching a utube video, I cut notches around one of the plastic top caps to line up with the threads - that didn't work, neither did changing the metal cap and mouth piece.

Thankfully, no problem with the second vivi nova, but anyone got any ideas how this happened and how to fix it? Thanks all, now over 13 months free from smoking.

[Monki]

What happens if you remove the head, screw it back together and suck on it? Is it still hard or free flowing?
It sounds like the heads themselves are fine if they're hissing. I mixed 2 of my juices in my mini nova tonight and gave it a shake to mix them. When it came to vaping it nothing came out. So i took the nova off the battery and blew into the drip tip (nova fully assembled)in short hard bursts over a paper towel to free up anything that was stuck...which ended up in some liquid squirting out. I gave it a clean and did it again, the gave the nova a few blasts....it worked fine again.

Try that ???

[tourmaline]

Mar 4, 2013 23:33:23 GMT Monki said:

What happens if you remove the head, screw it back together and suck on it? Is it still hard or free flowing?

Thanks for the reply. Can only describe it as sucking on a blocked straw, except it wasn't blocked. Or trying to vape with a dead atomiser, we all know that feeling, but these were not dead, as I could hear them hissing.

I tried various drip tips and swopped over the metal, screw top cap and drip tip from the other, working nova, but again no vapour production.

I tried using some boge 510 atomisers I had in my stash from my riva, but many were dead or the performance were bad. I need to look into stocking up on alternative things I can use with my provari. Thanks.

[Brambles]

Has it got the same air holes at the bottom just above the 510 threading and a slot in the center contact to allow air to flow?

[lobeydosser]

Sounds to me that you have a duff central tube.

[tourmaline]

[Source] Brambles said:

Has it got the same air holes at the bottom just above the 510 threading and a slot in the center contact to allow air to flow?

Can't see air holes, unless you mean the gap either side where the wick comes out where it has the ohm's rating. Sorry, but I can't describe it any better.

I emailed the vendor, who asked me to return the item. so I sent it back yesterday. The bad news is, I've just refilled the other vivi nova, as it was 1/4 full and I topped it up to about 3/4 full screwed the top cap back on, sucked on the mouthpiece and nada, no vapour.

I can hear the atomiser working, so I unscrewed the top silver cap and manually held the black mouth tip straight onto the opaque plastic centre and it's producing vapour.

So, it would appear that the problem of no vapour is connected to the screw cap being on, but I can't understand how. I've shone a torch down when the cap is on and it looks as if it's sitting central. I'm at a loss here. ???

[lobeydosser]

With the viva nova off the pv, (IE, on its own)can you draw air through the viva nova?

[tourmaline]

Hi Lobeydosser,

I pulled the plaster centre piece with the circular metal washer inside off, looked at them and put them back on, rearranged the wicks and for some unknown reason, it's working now with the screw cap on. I obviously tried doing this and more on the one I sent back, but nothing worked.

I've been googling problems with nova's, but I'm not much the wiser. I did read that the air vent is on the bottom, don't know if that's right. It it happens again I'll try what you suggested. For this to now work, when I don't know what I done to correct it, leaves me with little confidence that it won't happen again - seems temperamental. I was delighted with my first vivi nova, but my estimation has gone from hero to zero.

Perhaps it's time I tried something else, could you suggest any alternatives? Thanks.

[kirrielad]

Have you tried gently wiggling the centre pin on the nova down? I had the same problem last night and after some gentle teasing down with a cocktail stick, it's a Gid een. Maybe worth a shot?

[DiscoDes]

Ate the new heads you have EXACTLY the same as the old ones?

Sent from my Nexus 4 using proboards

[Roscopecotrain]

Mar 7, 2013 4:27:34 GMT tourmaline said:

Hi Lobeydosser,

I pulled the plaster centre piece with the circular metal washer inside off, looked at them and put them back on, rearranged the wicks and for some unknown reason, it's working now with the screw cap on. I obviously tried doing this and more on the one I sent back, but nothing worked.

I've been googling problems with nova's, but I'm not much the wiser. I did read that the air vent is on the bottom, don't know if that's right. It it happens again I'll try what you suggested. For this to now work, when I don't know what I done to correct it, leaves me with little confidence that it won't happen again - seems temperamental. I was delighted with my first vivi nova, but my estimation has gone from hero to zero.

Perhaps it's time I tried something else, could you suggest any alternatives? Thanks.

Innokin i clear 30 or a dct tank that romelee uses is very good.

Have to wair for him to link it as cant remember where it is from now.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2

[Jen]

Mar 7, 2013 8:47:47 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

Innokin i clear 30 or a dct tank that romelee uses is very good.

Have to wair for him to link it as cant remember where it is from now.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2

+1 on the iClear 30, you can get them from ukecigcabin or vapeescape, IIRC

[Super-Shiny]

Mar 7, 2013 8:47:47 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

Mar 7, 2013 4:27:34 GMT tourmaline said:

Hi Lobeydosser,

I pulled the plaster centre piece with the circular metal washer inside off, looked at them and put them back on, rearranged the wicks and for some unknown reason, it's working now with the screw cap on. I obviously tried doing this and more on the one I sent back, but nothing worked.

I've been googling problems with nova's, but I'm not much the wiser. I did read that the air vent is on the bottom, don't know if that's right. It it happens again I'll try what you suggested. For this to now work, when I don't know what I done to correct it, leaves me with little confidence that it won't happen again - seems temperamental. I was delighted with my first vivi nova, but my estimation has gone from hero to zero.

Perhaps it's time I tried something else, could you suggest any alternatives? Thanks.

Innokin i clear 30 or a dct tank that romelee uses is very good.

Have to wair for him to link it as cant remember where it is from now.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2

Don't think Vapingthings stock them tanks anymore but these do:
Tank: www.e-smokeireland.eu/product-p/agr.htm 
They look slightly different though but same purpose.
Carto's: www.vapeescape.co.uk/boge-pre-punched-cartomisers-%285%29~486

[DiscoDes]

Mar 7, 2013 8:33:52 GMT DiscoDes said:

Ate the new heads you have EXACTLY the same as the old ones?

As i said above you need to check the replacement heads you have are EXACTLY the same as the original ones. There's 5 or 6 designs all calling themselves Vivi Nova heads, firstly ones with a cone, then ones with a flat head, then ones with a small well in the top.

To me it sounds like the bottom of the coil head is different to your original and the air hole is butting up against the centre post in the bottom tube blocking the air hole.

With the tank and top off put in a new head and try blowing through it from the bottom connector, you should be able to do so. If you can't the problem is the heads you have bought are different and will not work.

HTH

[mriley1989]

Hi, my names matt an i got a vivi nova tank for my ecg an it seems to be clogin up in the wick part were i heats up to vape, the wire coil or whatever has black gunk building up on it, it looks like!