Hey guys, I'm new to vaping, I recently upgraded from a ....ty gas station vape to a Nebox vape. It works great, but today it started tasting bad and burning my throat really bad. Does this mean I have to change the coil or cotton or something? I know literally nothing about vaping so if someone can explain it I'd appreciate it.
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Sounds like you've toasted the cotton in the coil, so it's time to replace the coil.
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Ok thanks for answering guys, I'm gonna change the coil. I've only had it two days so far though, how can I make my coils last longer? Did I have the temperature too high?
The first culprit is dark sweeter juices. They will "gunk" a coil faster. Chain vaping really fast when the coil doesn't have time to properly rewick will cause the cotton to burn in a coil as well (my personal fav). Too high a temp/wattage will vaporize the juice faster and lead to possible cotton burn. Once you toast the cotton the coil will give bad hits and throat burn.
It would help if you told us what kind of atty you have, the ohm rating of the coil, at at what wattage/voltage you use it and how often 
There are a million ways to ruin a coil prematurely. Some juices and/or vaping styles eat through coils really fast. Many people get 2, 3 weeks or more, depending.
And its only a dumb question if you don't ask it.
There are a million ways to ruin a coil prematurely. Some juices and/or vaping styles eat through coils really fast. Many people get 2, 3 weeks or more, depending.
And its only a dumb question if you don't ask it.
I had the wattage at 40 because that's what it was preset on. I lowered it to 25 now though. Temp I've been using it on is 240. I use regularly throughout the day. I put the other coil it came with on it and it works good now. What is cotton for though?
The cotton is what sucks the juice to the coil so that the coil can heat it and turn it to vapor. The cotton touches the heated coil, making it easy to burn up.
40w was definitely on the high side to start. If it burns out your cools in 2 days you might have a higher resistance coil, like 1.5 to 1.8.
If that's the case you need to be between 8 and maybe 14w. Always start low and work your way up.
If that's the case you need to be between 8 and maybe 14w. Always start low and work your way up.
Whenever you change a Coil, make sure that you drip some e-Liquid onto the Cotton Wick of the Coil Head until it is Fully Saturated Before you use it. The Instructions that came with you NEBOX should have a Note about this.
We Call this Priming the Coil.
Then Fill your you Tank and wait for 2 or 3 Minutes.
+1. New coil time, and prime it carefully. Make sure you have the machine set in the right mode (wattage or temp control for the right wire) and turn down the power.
First off.... Hello and welcome to the forum. Secondly the only dumb question is the one not asked. We all look forward to being able to help out where we can and give and get support when needed.
welcome to ECF. we specialize in "dumb questions" we all knew nothing when we first started vaping.
Welcome to ECF, and ask away whenever a question my arise. As stated we knew nothing at one point of this journey. And we're here to help, so no worries
Also known as wick or wicking. There are other types of wicking, but cotton usually makes the best taste in pre-built coils. For most tastes, anyway.
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