Vision ego/Stardust - I think I need help

[suebam]

deesigner,
Thank you so much for your offer but,
Omg!!! Where do I start with re-coiling it?
And how much wire would I need?
And where would I buy the stuff for the wicks?
So many questions and my head is starting to spin

[deesigner]

I've not delved into these atties, I've got a Iatty 2 so have enough fun making the coils for that I'm pretty sure there are enough people on here who can help you though Sue

[domesticextremist]

Now my questions are:
1. Have I broken it?
2. If I have, can I fix it?
3. What did I do wrong?
4. If its not broken, what could be wrong with it?
5. Could it just need a proper clean and if so, how do I do it?
6. Should I just bin it and buy another?

Probably the wick and coil are gunged up with carbonised flavourants
from juice.
Rinse out under the tap then flick out most of the water.
Dry the outside and contacts then attach to battery.
Give it a dry burn. Basically hold the switch down for 10 second
bursts, then stop for five.
Looking down inside, you start to see stuff burning off. Keep going
until you see the coil glowing red.

This can take quite a while.

Once it glows red straight away after activating, it is as clean as it
is going to get.

Fill with juice, and allow the wick to soak it up.
It should get back to something approaching its former glory after
a few minutes use.

[DiscoDes]

I'd rinse again after the dry burn to get rid of any ash/carbon.

[tafilad]

Rewicked two of these today using 0.16 wire,it is thinner than what is in the stardust but seems to vape well.
Not sure of the ohms my meter seems to be rubbish.

The first one i did a few days ago i took to work and put on a proper meter that came out as 3.2 so i have kept to the same length.
For the wicking i am using 3 pieces of 1mm wick wrapped with four coils of wire.

[suebam]

Ok, I've rinsed it and I'm just doing the dry burn.

Fingers crossed

[2risky]

Mar 1, 2012 20:42:15 GMT tafilad said:

Not sure of the ohms my meter seems to be rubbish..

If you just touch the contacts together you can measure the offset error. Mine is 0.5 ohms (cheapo meter), but if you subtract that from the measured reading it comes pretty close

eg measure 3.7, subtract the 0.5 offset gives 3.2 ohm.

[suebam]

Ok, I've rinsed again and I'm doing the dry burn.

Fingers crossed

[suebam]

Des,
Do I put in the juice straight after the 2nd rinse or wait for it to dry?

[DiscoDes]

Shake the stardust then just fill and go, after a few drags it should be fine.

[suebam]

Ok, I did everything as instructed

The first few drags tasted awful, then after that, a vast improvement and I got around 6 drags with flavour and very little burnt taste

Then it started muting the flavour again and now it's pretty much gone back to the way it was before I cleaned it

My tongue is raw from the burning taste

[stitch]

Are you making sure the wick touches some liquid between drags by upending it or swishing it around , I find mine starts to go off taste if I don't and the tank is below half full or empty how ever u look at it

[suebam]

Hi Stitch

Yes, I'm making sure the wick is kept saturated. I keep lying it down then picking it up, swishing it around and trying it again.

I'll keep at it and see how it goes.

[Deleted]

Mar 1, 2012 21:22:59 GMT suebam said:

Ok, I did everything as instructed

The first few drags tasted awful, then after that, a vast improvement and I got around 6 drags with flavour and very little burnt taste

Then it started muting the flavour again and now it's pretty much gone back to the way it was before I cleaned it

My tongue is raw from the burning taste

I did mine again and it's working OK, sorry yours is still bad

[suebam]

It seems to be gradually getting better but maybe thats just because my taste buds are shot to bits