does lack of suction cause burnt flavor?

[jacob bonilla]

I changed my coil on Monday ( disposable ) it's a 0.5ohm been using mainly pg based juices ( not sure what ration but they are Carnage by ANML and Razzle pop by Stryker ) today I am tasting a burnt flavor not sure if it's because I'm not inhaling enough or the coil is already done.

running it on the aspire triton tank on an evic vt 60wat at 23-25 watts all air holes wide open. I have put juice on the coil and wick before even using and it was working great but now I'm tasting that burnt bitter flavor. if I inhale a good amount to the point you can hear the inhale it is fine but if I inhale like taking a regular breath it gets that burnt taste.

wondering if it is caused by the suction or not. my last 2 coils had the same issue but I wasn't inhaling too much.

 

[gofishtx]

Sounds like your coil is not wicking properly. Try closing all the airflow and further closing it with your fingers over the slots. Then without firing take several deep puffs to draw some juice into the coil. You can also try thinning your juice with a couple of drops of distilled water or Everclear. If these fixes don't work, I don't know what to tell you as I bought a Triton Tank and every coil I put in it leaked like a sieve, so it is sitting on a shelf unused.

 

[jacob bonilla]

mine doesn't leak but it has this weird constant burnt flavor after just a week so it seems on every sub ohm coil I use. I'm getting ready to put mine on the shelf once my rda comes in on Saturday hopefully but then again I have no wire :/ might hit up my local vape shop see if they sell any. I don't see any displays besides juices/drip tips and I wouldn't doubt they may not carry cotton/wire.

 

[NancyR]

shouldn't be the thickness of the juice if they are high pg like the op said

 

[Wruff]

does lack of suction cause burnt flavor?

It certainly can. Poor air flow over the coil will cause it to burn stuff. Gotta pull that heat off the coil with air flow or it just cooks juice and wick like a red hot stove.

 

[WattWick]

While I have no experience with the Triton in particular; some atties rely on negative pressure to suck liquids from your tank - just as much as they actually wick liquids from point A to point B. So - yes, in some cases a lack of suction may lead to poor "wicking". Or rather - poor transportation of liquids. It's not so much about suction by itself. It's more about suction vs air intake. In pressure based systems - an equal amount of suction and air intake leads to no negative pressure inside the chamber. Reduce the air intake ever so slightly, and you may get the required negative pressure. Just based on what I can tell from pictures of the Triton, it does appear like it could benefit from some negative pressure.

... or it could just be a bad draw in the replacement head lottery.

 

[Wolfenstark]

Ive found drawing in slower can get the vape hotter , possibly due to the lessened amount of air flowing through. Thats probably what is happening.

 

[pfaber11]

I would suggest a thinner juice. If you've tried a few different coils and they all do the same i think that has to be your problem.

 

[gofishtx]

It still sounds like your wick is not wicking properly, it could just be faulty coils with the wicking material packed too tightly. You can try the pin stick method of poking a pin thru the cotton wicking and see if that helps.

 

[crxess]

You described Poor wicking - Wicks failing.

Hard draw increases suction drawing more e-liquid from the tank.

Replace the head and go again.

 

[Bunnykiller]

also, there is the possibility that the way you turn on and off the fire button can cause wick burning... the coil stays hot for a few moments after the button has been un pressed and if there is no airflow/cooling the coil just sits there cooking the wick...

 

[Izan]

I changed my coil on Monday ( disposable ) it's a 0.5ohm been using mainly pg based juices ( not sure what ration but they are Carnage by ANML and Razzle pop by Stryker ) today I am tasting a burnt flavor not sure if it's because I'm not inhaling enough or the coil is already done.

running it on the aspire triton tank on an evic vt 60wat at 23-25 watts all air holes wide open. I have put juice on the coil and wick before even using and it was working great but now I'm tasting that burnt bitter flavor. if I inhale a good amount to the point you can hear the inhale it is fine but if I inhale like taking a regular breath it gets that burnt taste.

wondering if it is caused by the suction or not. my last 2 coils had the same issue but I wasn't inhaling too much.

IMRHO
Suck harder and faster.
A .5 ohm coil at ~24 watts would NEED you to inhale as fast and as quickly as possible. (well almost)
A Mouth to lung, relaxed inhale is NOT going to work.

If you are trying to vape like it's a cigarette, you might consider higher ohms and or lower watts.
Cheers
I

 

[webelevy]

With the Triton, make sure the tank is turned to the vape setting not the fill setting (drip). Also screw the tank on over the coil, make sure the wick holes on the coil line up with the juice holes on the tank.

 

[jlb]

Have you tried another coil? I have had coils that did that and they either weren't wicking properly, or you can get premade coils that actually have hotspots because of manufacturer flaw.

 

[Asbestos4004]

Good news! You really don't suck that much!

 

[Frenchfry1942]

There is a balance to drawing air and juice through the system. If your air is wide open, you get a lot of air and less juice suction. As someone said, tighten the air, do some un-powered draws to get juice back into the wick.

 

[jacob bonilla]

no i haven't tried another brand of coils if that is what you meant. as for why vape it at 24 watts is because i find it provides the most flavor for me although i probably should lower it due to thin juice and coil response time and all that. i've tried the close air holes and suck as well as i read somewhere that it could be lack of air or something inside the juice chamber so i just opened that up for a few seconds and closed it. seems to work fine now.

 

[jacob bonilla]

what I've also noticed with this tank not sure if other tanks are like this is that if it gets low around maybe 25% full it starts to have that burnt flavor. anyone else having that issue with other tanks. I do have an ego one tank but haven't used it in a long time