Can you shake down a mercury thermometer.

[doyouwannit]

Can you shake down a mercury thermometer? There's the question. Being a newbie to all this and leaping straight into mixing I come across this problem often. It doesn't work, it's not atomising, it's flooded out!

There are many published solutions that vary from disassembly  and blowing out the coil to steeping in water or rinsing under the tap. The first attempt should be:  remove the tank, remove the drip tip, place index finger over the tip hole and flick the tank as you would a thermometer. The idea, by centrifugal force, is to eject the excess fluid from the atomiser onto the finger, I'm sorry I missed a step, the finger over the drip tip connection should have a tissue, kitchen roll or the like placed  over it to catch the outflow. This technique has returned functionality to my tanks in 99% of cases. As I say, Can you shake down a mercury thermometer, it's all in the wrist action.

When this fails it's under the hot tap.

My son, a seasoned vaper of some three years, said his atomiser was done after ten days to a couple of weeks use. I said give it to me. I soaked it in boiling water for ten minutes and the rinsed under the hot tap for a couple of minutes, reinstalled and as good as new!

 They are the same as I use, kanger with mineral wicks, although for the purists they are not as good as cotton coils they are near indestructible, they may get gummed up with gelatinised fluid but they can be restored by soaking in boiling water and rinsing.

As I say I'm new to all this, when you burn a cotton wick it's done, it cannot be restored, you have to re wick it. With a mineral coil not so, nine times out of ten you can restore it. Sorry if I'm going over old ground.

[doyouwannit]

There's always the afterthought! I use kanger dual coils at 1.5 or 1.8 I get wick material coming out of the wicking holes but they still work OK, kanger should address this, it doesn't look good. I have tried the new VOCC, go to cotton it's better, coils, the small ones that fit aerotanks and T3Ds etc they're useless even after soaking overnight. They may work with very high PG but not with VG, even diluted at 15/20% with distilled water.

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In answer to your question, Yes, I can shake down a mercury thermometer and, thanks to many years of using them multiple times a day at work, can shake the mercury down with one flick of the wrist! Beyond that, haven't needed to use that technique for any of my vaping but then I've only just started!

[doyouwannit]

Dec 7, 2015 9:02:24 GMT @nursemorph said:

In answer to your question, Yes, I can shake down a mercury thermometer and, thanks to many years of using them multiple times a day at work, can shake the mercury down with one flick of the wrist! Beyond that, haven't needed to use that technique for any of my vaping but then I've only just started!

You will at some point, gurgling and no vapour. A quick flick of the wrist and it's good to go again. I can see by your name you would have no trouble at all but there is a knack to it.

[charon]

greetings and to AAEC doyouwannit

Enjoy your time here.

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Dec 7, 2015 12:43:57 GMT doyouwannit said:

Dec 7, 2015 9:02:24 GMT @nursemorph said:

In answer to your question, Yes, I can shake down a mercury thermometer and, thanks to many years of using them multiple times a day at work, can shake the mercury down with one flick of the wrist! Beyond that, haven't needed to use that technique for any of my vaping but then I've only just started!

You will at some point, gurgling and no vapour. A quick flick of the wrist and it's good to go again. I can see by your name you would have no trouble at all but there is a knack to it.

Yeah, I'm sure I will at some point..luckily, 2 weeks in, the only issue I've had is leaking which was resolved. There is definitely a knack to it, I agree...I have seen people spend 5 minutes trying to get the mercury down! Luckily for most nurses these days, we don't use mercury thermometers any more which is a shame as I miss them!

[nanotm]

yeah that's only cos when you wanted a quiet day you "dropped one" and the place got closed for the safety elf's in the funky gear to come in and suck the place clear of it