Confused by terminology

[tipsyturtle]

Ok, here goes another daft newbie question! 


I know there's a part of my e-cig that needs washing now and again... but I keep coming across different words for the same parts of it.

I even googled 'Parts of an e-cig" but ended up more confused than ever. There is one diagram that calls what I thought was the atomiser a 'head', while another doesn't identify it at all. There is one part (in different illustrations) called either a tank, a cartridge, a tankomizer, or a clearomiser, (I think this is the part I wash, but am not sure). Other diagrams also call the mouthpiece a drip tip or also a cartridge.

I do know now what an atomiser is! Do I take that out, or wash it too? 

Sorry to be so clueless- but I don't want to ruin the thing!  (Oh- and just in water, or with washing up liquid?) 

Thanks, everyone! 

[izan]

Hi and welcome
What device are we talking about?

Cheers
I

[babs]

Hi tipsyturtle it would help us to help you if you could tell us what your set up is. The mouth piece is always a drip tip and I think google is not your friend as so many news illustrations are incorrect. The heating element is normally called a coil and this is the part that is only washed if wicked with cotton. I wash my tanks as I call them in plain water occasionally putting them through an ultra sonic cleaner. Others wash them with soapy water but if you go this route you need to rinse well always allow time for your kit to dry. Hope this helps it really is a mine field with all the terminology.

[Get Off My Cloud]

Don't know exactly what clearomizer you're using but they all use pretty much the same parts just different styles.

1. Drip Tip
2. Chimney
3. Tank
4. Atomizer/Coil head
5. Base

You can wash the lot in just plain water, be sure that the atomizer part/coil head is completely dried before reusing.
Eventually though the atomizer/coil will just need replacing.

[Pepperty]

I think its safer to say that the battery part is the only bit you mustn't get wet, everything else can be cleaned and soaked (including coils) whatever type of vaping equipment you use it all boils down to basic components of a source of power (battery) a heating element (coil) a wick (inside coil) and vaping eliquid (soaked into wick and to be vaporised on coil)

[chykensa]

Clearomisers are fairly old technology, although they still work well. As new devices have come onto the market, their components have become renamed to reflect these changes, and this is where confusion arises.
Get Off My Cloud and Pepperty have posted some useful information ^^^ but if you need more clarification, please ask!
If you do wash the coil and wicks, do make sure they are really dry before reusing them, apart from that, everything else can be washed and rinsed in handhot water.

[Chrissie]

To help you with the terminology, have a look at this thread tipsyturtle -

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/28309/pics-vids-get-started-abbreviations?page=1&scrollTo=513677

[tipsyturtle]

It's the One Kit from the UKEcig store...

wholesale.ukecigstore.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2/image/700x700/35fb4403ed5f31f4bb27928ee61e35ad/t/h/theonekit-skynews_2-1.jpg.

Does this sort have a wick? I changed the atomiser today but can't tell if it does or not.

Thanks for all the helpful info!

[poochops]

The head you have is pretty basic and been around in various shapes and forms for about five years tipsyturtle, they're fine, we all probably started off on something similar and its suited to your battery so that's good.

The atomiser (piece 4 in @dr00gs post) has a wick and a coil inside and is the business end of the clearomiser you're using. Depending on the e liquid you'll need to change the atomiser every three days to three weeks (let's say) the problem is the coil in the atomiser can get gunked up with carbon and it'll make the flavour really muted/bad. Custards seem to be the worst offenders.

You can wash the atomiser under hot running water, no fairy liquid! And then dry burn it till the carbon burns off, and use it again for a short while, say another 50% of the original life depending on your e liquid, then it needs binning and replacing, or recoiling but that will come later.
Was this a help?

[Deleted]

if it's one of these. The wick and coil are inside already to just screw into your tank. Take time to let the juice soak in for 10 or so minutes to get the new wick fully soaked be for you use it.

[tim]

tipsyturtle The parts to wash are the parts that I sent you, minus the battery itself (with the button) and the atomiser (which came in a bubble pack). So, the mouthpiece (drip tip), tank (clearomiser/glassomiser, etc) need cleaning if you change flavours. If you use the same flavour, there is no need to wash them out unless you get something in there you don't like (ie an ant ).

Hope that helps

[chykensa]

Of course, it may be that the clearomiser that you have is a sealed unit and can't have its coil replaced. tim, can you advise here please?

[tim]

Sept 20, 2015 6:06:07 GMT chykensa said:

Of course, it may be that the clearomiser that you have is a sealed unit and can't have its coil replaced. tim, can you advise here please?

If it's a sealed unit Andy, there's not much you can do with it, but the clearos I sent to tipsyturtle are serviceable.

[tipsyturtle]

I changed the atomiser yesterday... (I've figured out how to do that, at least!)  because it was starting to taste a bit like charcoal.

Not quite as bad as an ant,but getting close.

[Chrissie]

Sept 20, 2015 20:26:00 GMT tipsyturtle said:

I changed the atomiser yesterday... (I've figured out how to do that, at least!)  because it was starting to taste a bit like charcoal.

Well done tipsyturtle