{"id":3319,"date":"2012-01-24T22:08:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T02:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=3319"},"modified":"2012-01-24T22:11:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T02:11:59","slug":"atomizer-and-cartomizer-connection-problems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/vapor-trails-2\/atomizer-and-cartomizer-connection-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Atomizer and Cartomizer Connection Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Poor center post connection is a recurring issue that new as well veteran electronic cigarette users often encounter. \u00a0When an electronic cigarette atomizer and battery are both working properly, but will not produce any vapor, the center post may be the problem. \u00a0Sometimes it will result in an atomizer only working with one battery or vice versa.<\/p>\n

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Both the electronic cigarette battery and the atomizer or cartomizer must make a positive and negative connection through the threaded connector. \u00a0The positive connection is made through the center post, while the negative is made through the threads on the outside. \u00a0The two are separated from each other by a rubber ring, and therein lies the problem. \u00a0Because that ring is flexible, the center post can sometimes get pushed down too far to make good contact with the center post of the atomizer. \u00a0The same thing can happen to the center post of an atomizer or cartomizer. \u00a0Each time it is screwed onto the battery it pushes the center post in a little and even combinations that once worked well together will sometimes lose connection. \u00a0Fortunately, pulling the center pin out a little on either component usually resolves the issue. \u00a0The following information refers to a cartomizer, but applies to atomizers as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Before trying to adjust the center post, it is a good idea to make sure that the electronic cigarette battery and cartomizer are indeed working properly. \u00a0If the battery works fine with another cartomizer\u00a0and the cartomizer works well with another battery, then both are working fine. \u00a0A more accurate assessment involves the use of a multimeter, which is a good tool for any electronic cigarette user to have. \u00a0 Inexpensive examples are available at Walmart<\/a> and Harbor Freight Tools<\/a>. \u00a0The DC Voltage (DCV) function can be used to check that your battery is producing the correct voltage when the button is pressed by holding one probe on the outside threads and touching the other to the center post. Be careful not to touch both the center post and the outside threads with one probe which will short out the battery.<\/p>\n

Checking to see whether a cartomizer\u00a0is working involves checking the resistance with the 200ohm (\u03a9) function on the multimeter. When the one probe is touched to the center post and another to the outside threads, the reading should be somewhere between 1.5\u03a9 and 5.0\u03a9 depending on the cartomizer being used. \u00a0If the display doesn’t change, the cartomizer is likely bad and should be discarded. \u00a0If the resistance is extremely high, the cartomizer may have shorted out and may short out a battery if used.<\/p>\n

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Once it has been determined that both components of the electronic cigarette are good, but not working together, it is time to try prying up the center post. \u00a0Using a paper clip or similar object inserted into the center hole of the cartomizer, gently move the center post back and forth while trying to work it further out. \u00a0Many cartomizers will have a groove in the center that looks like it is made for adjustment with a flat head screwdriver – it is not, and rotating the center post will eventually result in breaking the positive connection inside. \u00a0Prying from the outside edge of the center post will also work if there is no center hole, but be careful not to damage the silicon ring below it.<\/p>\n

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The same approach can be used on the battery by gently prying out the center pin. \u00a0Again, be careful not to damage the silicon ring under the center pin and also make sure to avoid pressing the button when touching both the center pin and outside threads with the paper clip.<\/p>\n

\"Electronic<\/a>This method will resolve many of the poor connections that often result in vapers throwing away perfectly good electronic cigarette components. \u00a0Hopefully they’ll work for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poor center post connection is a recurring issue that new as well veteran electronic cigarette users often encounter. \u00a0When an electronic cigarette atomizer and battery are both working properly, but will not produce any vapor, the center post may be the problem. \u00a0Sometimes it will result in an atomizer only working with one battery or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":1232,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3319"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3319"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3346,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3319\/revisions\/3346"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}