Are there any drop in coils that don’t flood ?

[Terry Koontz]

If I let the battery in my mech mod get low,
when I put a new battery in,
the tank leaks out the bottom air flow.
I think the coil must have flooded.
Is that true and are there coils that do not flood ?

 

[Beamslider]

PG/VG ratio? PG is thinner

 

[Terry Koontz]

PG/VG ratio? PG is thinner

70 % vg

 

[Beamslider]

70 % vg

Some bottom tanks leak unless you close off the air holes when you refill them. Also check the gaskets. The tank relies on a slight vacuum to not leak.

 

[Aus11]

Yeah if you do not close the airflows off when refilling your tank may leak, the only tanks I have ever owned that dont do this are the Smok TFV series tanks.

 

[puffon]

Strange that replacing the battery in the mod would make the tank leak.
If you are removing the tank and setting it down on it's side, it might leak.

 

[Terry Koontz]

No, it’s only when the battery goes low.
Does not happen when I fill it.
I do burp the tank.
Guess I’ll just swap battery every day.

 

[Terry Koontz]

Strange that replacing the battery in the mod would make the tank leak.
If you are removing the tank and setting it down on it's side, it might leak.

not when replacing, when current battery goes low.

 

[puffon]

Could be as the the battery loses voltage, it's not putting out enough power to vaporise the juice, causing the coils to flood.
I run tanks on a regulated mod, so can't say for sure.

 

[Terry Koontz]

Could be as the the battery loses voltage, it's not putting out enough power to vaporise the juice, causing the coils to flood.
I run tanks on a regulated mod, so can't say for sure.

yes, that is what happens.
i did not know how to put it in those words.

are any coils better than others for the problem ?

 

[puffon]

are any coils better than others for the problem ?

Sorry Terry, can't help you there.
I just use rebuildable tanks.
Changing out the batteries at around 3.7v may be the solution.

 

[Terry Koontz]

Sorry Terry, can't help you there.
I just use rebuildable tanks.
Changing out the batteries at around 3.7v may be the solution.

being a mechanical mod i don’t know the voltage.

 

[puffon]

being a mechanical mod i don’t know the voltage.

I use one of these:
$1.87 V20D 0.36" LED Two Line 3-Digital Direct-Current Volt Meter Module - measurement range: DC 2.5~30V at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
Just touch the leads to the battery.
Or a DMM would work.
Usually on a mech when the voltage drops off to 3.7v, you will know it, as the vape drops off greatly.
Also use caution using drop in coils on a mech.
If you get a bad coil (shorted) from the factory, it would not be pretty.
Put the assembled tank on an ohm meter to check for shorts.

 

[Bonskibon]

I had a stock coil short out while vaping with it. I was using a regulated mod thankfully, but it does happen. Best to learn to build on a RTA/RDA for safety.

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

Wait... are you using stock factory coils with a mech? As @Bonskibon points out, that can be exceedingly dangerous.

Firing a mech is at its riskiest moment when you're using a freshly charged battery for the first time. If that battery hits a poorly built, low resistance atomizer with 4.2 volts, the current drawn could pop the coil and result in a short circuit.

That would send the battery into thermal runaway and you'd have to drop that mod and run like the wind.

Since you believe that solving the flooding problem means keeping the battery charged up, the risk of hitting a bad coil with a fresh charge is that much higher.

 

[Bonskibon]