Flooded cartos... gggrrrrrrrrr...

[sleepyduck]

Bugger!

New carto. Didn't prime it this time. Dripped the juice into the tank really slowly...

Flooded.

[Karma]

sleepyduck

have you searched for any other posts/tutorials/reviews of this tank on the net?

[sleepyduck]

Thanks, Karma

No, I haven't. It's very new so there may not be any, but I'll have a look.

[sleepyduck]

Can't find anything on the net. Never mind. Deep breaths. I'll get this damn thing working if it kills me. (Which it quite possibly will.)

OK. Another new pre-punched Boge. This one from a new box, just in case the others were from a dodgy batch. Very carefully primed. Into the tank it goes...

Wish me luck

[Karma]

Good luck sleepyduck

[sleepyduck]

Nope. Flooded.

Ommmmmm...

Right, I'm just going to put it to one side for a few days. I'm not doing anything wrong. I know how to use a carto tank. It's just that for some reason, which I cannot fathom, that tank is not working this week. Sometimes life is like that

To be continued...

[Karma]

Booger sleepyduck sometimes vaping is like that. Leave it be and go back to it another day

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Jul 16, 2013 14:49:36 GMT sleepyduck said:

Jul 16, 2013 14:25:29 GMT @ashmal said:

I find its mainly air pressure that causes my AGR tank to flood. Try filling very slowly with a very fine needle and tilting the tank on its side

Thanks, @ashmal, but the AGR doesn't flood from the carto, it leaks from the base where the carto fits. I reckon it's a dodgy o-ring or poor tolerances or both

The S 'n' P doesn't leak from the o-rings, but it flooded like billy-o even when I filled it really, really slowly

Speaking of o-rings, I found that the ones on the SnP were too small. Tried lubricating them with juice, to no avail. Eventually managed to get a carto in by way of brute force and ignorance, but shaved a bit off the o-rings in the process! So now the o-rings are too small... and the cartos are too loose... but the tank isn't leaking... but they are flooding...

Love/hate

I believe the red 'O' rings that come with your SnP are a little softer & may be a little more forgiving if you've got a tight fit.

[chykensa]

Sorry to use the 'Fasttech' word when you are having such huge problems, but I got a big DCT from them about 2 months ago and it works perfectly with Boge 45mm pre-punched cartos. No leaking, even from the base of the carto when refilling.
It was only a couple of quid, and coupled with the Boge cartos, is actually my most cost-effective item of vaping gear that I currently own! (And it's full of my own VC, so even better!).
Andy

[alansi]

Jul 16, 2013 19:31:56 GMT sleepyduck said:

Nope. Flooded.

Ommmmmm...

Right, I'm just going to put it to one side for a few days. I'm not doing anything wrong. I know how to use a carto tank. It's just that for some reason, which I cannot fathom, that tank is not working this week. Sometimes life is like that

To be continued...

On this tank: Salt & Pepper I would try to close filling holes with silicone comes with Boge's to prevent flooding.

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sleepyduck .... Diver arrived and just filled it. Had a tiny drip through the bottom of the 510 connector but aside from that its as good as gold

[sleepyduck]

Jul 17, 2013 11:37:59 GMT @ashmal said:

sleepyduck .... Diver arrived and just filled it. Had a tiny drip through the bottom of the 510 connector but aside from that its as good as gold

Pleased to hear it

If you were a bit closer, I would come round to your place and you could show me what I'm doing wrong and what you're doing right

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I did nothing other than open the holes, tilt it and fill ... it may be as much to do with the carto vs the Diver .... dunno

[sleepyduck]

Jul 17, 2013 12:17:08 GMT @ashmal said:

I did nothing other than open the holes, tilt it and fill ... it may be as much to do with the carto vs the Diver .... dunno

Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been doing... I think my next attempt will involve some thicker juice - been using 70/30 up to now, which is pretty thin...

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Jul 17, 2013 12:28:57 GMT sleepyduck said:

Jul 17, 2013 12:17:08 GMT @ashmal said:

I did nothing other than open the holes, tilt it and fill ... it may be as much to do with the carto vs the Diver .... dunno

Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been doing... I think my next attempt will involve some thicker juice - been using 70/30 up to now, which is pretty thin...

in this weather lots of peoples juice is playing up ... stick it in fridge for a while