The LED light on the battery’s tip may be lighting up, but the unit is not producing any vapor. On first glance, it may seem the atomizer is faulty because it’s not warming up and vaporizing the liquid. In some cases, it is the culprit, but it may not always be.
Both the battery and the atomizer contain a contact, which is a small metal disc with a hole in the middle for airflow. On occasion and through charging and regular usage, the contacts on one or both of the units may get pushed in. When this happens, the units are unable to make a proper connection. In order for the entire e cigarette to work properly, the battery’s contact must touch the atomizer’s contact when they are screwed together. Otherwise, the battery will be unable to deliver power to the atomizer, which explains why the battery lights up at the tip and the atomizer does not warm up to vaporize the liquid.
This type of situation can be remedied quickly, and all that needs to be done is lift the contact on the battery. The contact is located at the end of the battery unit where the threads are located, as seen in the photo below:
Using a pair of crafting tweezers, an X-Acto blade, the tip of a metal nail file, or even your fingernail (I’ve used my pinky), lift the edge of the contact. You may need to twirl the battery as you lift up from several locations. Don’t just pull from one side. In the image below, I’ve used a pair of crafting tweezers to lift up the contact.
You’ll want to lift up the contact enough to where it looks like this:
You’ll notice that the contact is lifted, which will allow it to make a proper connection with the atomizer’s contact.
When you screw the battery and atomizer back together, you may notice some resistance as the contact gets pushed back in. Don’t worry about the contact going back in, as this is normal. The same applies to charging the battery: you’ll notice the contact is being pushed back in when you screw the battery into the charging port.
Assuming that the atomizer is really a functional unit and the method is performed correctly, the units should start to work. If the e cigarette still fails to produce any vapor, then the atomizer may truly be defective, or there is some other underlying issue that would need to be resolved.
