How To Fix Shorted Vape Problems With Your Ecig

If your ecigs says ‘Shorted Atomizer’ or something similar its telling you that there is an electrical short that is occurring. When this happens, the built-in protection circuit on a regulated mod will kick in and stop your ecig from working. So, when you press the fire button, it will not vape because there is something wrong. Most of time, the short occurs between the coil and tank and it is nothing to do with the battery or anything else. A short can happen because of a dirty 510 connector, things such as dust or old leaking ejuice can get its way into the connector. This can cause a weak dirty connection causing problems for the ecig mod to communicate with the coil inside the tank. Before you come to conclusion, its essential that you reseat the coil inside the tank, as you might not have screwed it in properly before. If you have checked the coil, or have used another coil and your ecig is still having problems with the short, its best advised to attempt to clean the 510 connector. Wiping it down will clean it and usually resolved most short issues that are related to ecig vaping. This how you clean the 510 connector the proper way. If you are wondering what is it, all it is a technical term used to describe the connector on the top of the mod that the tank screws into.

The best solution to provide a good deep clean is using rubbing alcohol, but most people probably wont have that at home. You can use washing up liquid and water to do the same trick, just remember to dry it off afterwards.

1) Remove the tank from the ecig vape mod.

2) Get a cotton bud, pour one drop of washing up liquid onto one side and dab into water.

3) Swirl around the wet side directly into the connector a couple of times. Also clean the bottom part of the tank as well once you have done that.

4) Use the other remaining dry side of the cotton bud to dry off it off. You don’t want to leave water on the connector as this could cause it to rust. So please wipe it immediately once you have cleaned it.

Thats it you have cleaned the 510 connector on your ecig and hopefully have fixed the short problem on your ecig. Reattach the tank back onto the mod, give it a few seconds to recognise it and hit the fire button.  

Cleaning the 510 connectors in most cases fixes this kind of problem with ecigs. If you are still getting a short message on your ecig, then try the tank with another mod. The tanks inside could be worn out causing problems. That way you can distinguish if the tank is now the problem or the mod itself. If require further help fixing your broken ecig let us know and we will get back to you with more info to help you fix it. Keep on vaping. 

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