RDA New to rebuilding already having issues (Sapor RDA)

[Jack read]

So recently I got a new RDA after watching countless tutorials and the guy in my local store build a deck i thought I'd give it a try after constructing the deck drying burning the coils and ensuring everything was functioning fine no hot spots ect I wicked the coils once I had added juice and allowed the cotton to soak it up after slowly building up the power to ensure the cotton didn't burn I find myself getting a weird taste and smell from the RDA could this be the cotton burning or another issue didn't have this issue when my local store went over the process with me.

Power 80w
Coils 0.44

 

[Izan]

Hi and welcome,
30 watts should be a nice vape.

Coil wrapping

Cheers
I

 

[Jack read]

Hi and welcome,
30 watts should be a nice vape.

Coil wrapping

Cheers
I

Thanks for the reply Dropped it to 30w still tastes weird nothing like what it was when it was set up for me before could it be the coils?

 

[Izan]

Coils tend to be pretty robust.
I would pull wick and wash/wipe everything down to remove as much burnt taste as possible.

Re wick: Wash your hands first,
don't use too much-cotton
use more-rayon

Ensure post screws are still tight.

When you get a few more posts, a photo or two would be very useful.

Cheers
I

 

[Jack read]

Re wicked used a lot less cotton this time seems to be okay the taste isn't as strong now I shall post again if I have any issues thank you for you're help.

 

[Wheelin247]

So recently I got a new RDA after watching countless tutorials and the guy in my local store build a deck i thought I'd give it a try after constructing the deck drying burning the coils and ensuring everything was functioning fine no hot spots ect I wicked the coils once I had added juice and allowed the cotton to soak it up after slowly building up the power to ensure the cotton didn't burn I find myself getting a weird taste and smell from the RDA could this be the cotton burning or another issue didn't have this issue when my local store went over the process with me.

Power 80w
Coils 0.44

You could be experiencing the taste of cotton before it is broken in. It takes a little while to break in the cotton, also depending on how much cotton is in your wick (more cotton, longer break in period). Keep it lower watts for a while and bump it up slowly.


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[sonicbomb]

@Jack read did you thoroughly clean the RDA before you used it? There will be residual machine oil on most devices out of the box which will need to be removed. Tastes nasty and is toxic too, yummy. Strip the device down and scrub with some dish soap and a toothbrush, then rinse well.
New cotton has a break in period too where it tastes likes socks, could be that.

 

[Vapefiend]

Just curious could you describe the taste/smell?

 

[Wheelin247]

Just curious could you describe the taste/smell?

To me it taste like a burnt taste. Like subsonic said it taste like socks...lol...but true.


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[Tony80]

Sock taste is fresh cotton, it goes away fairly quickly though. Burnt taste, probably too much power, or poor wicking.

 

[Wheelin247]

Sock taste is fresh cotton, it goes away fairly quickly though. Burnt taste, probably too much power, or poor wicking.

It's not burnt but taste that way to me. A few other people has mentioned the same thing. It does go away after a few hits once the cotton gets broken in.


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[Tony80]

What cotton are you using?

 

[Wheelin247]

Cotton bacon, rayon, Ko Gen Do. All of it taste that way until it gets broken in the. The flavor of the juice comes in


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[Tony80]

Ok. I know that the cotton that came with my tank had a stronger flavor, but with cotton bacon I can barely taste it. Not really anything that can be done about it, if you aren't burning cotton then it's all good.

 

[Vapefiend]

Edit. Sorry wrong thread.

 

[Vapefiend]

Edit. Sorry wrong thread

 

[Solaire]

yer lower your power, work up the watts slowly.
this'll give your cotton time to get comfy in it's new home,,,
Sometimes ,when it comes to cotton,,,,,, less is more .

 

[Tesla109]

80 watts for a 0.44 ohms is way too high. I have a build at 0.24 ohms at firing at 60 watts and that's already too hot for me.

Like many above suggested, drop the wattage. If you vape at too high of a temp, your coil will start becoming burned and too heated.

Good Luck!

 

[Tesla109]

80 watts for a 0.44 ohms is way too high. I have a build at 0.24 ohms firing at 60 watts and that's already too hot for me.

Like many above suggested, drop the wattage. If you vape at too high of a temp, your coil will start becoming burned and too heated.

Good Luck!

 

[Vizzle]

That burnt taste is also from scorching the cotton. When you put new wicks in, it's generally a good idea to start low and see what the heat flux is like on that build you're using. I know the coil verbage can be daunting. But you'll pick up the jargon quick.

A lot of people make honest mistake.
example: take cotton out, dry burned coil, rinsed or brushed or did both, turn wattage down (people forget this part a lot) dry burn again to vaporize any water residue from cleaning process and ensure still has no hot spots, let coil cool off a minute, insert new cotton (whatever thickness floats your boat, you'll get used to it) snip and trim cotton, tuck cotton in rta or rda channels, juice it up, hit the power button to test vaporrrsss (if didn't turn down wattage, this is where you can scorch fresh newly juiced cotton) juice up more, and vape. If you scorched the cotton even the tiniest amount, usually you can taste it for the life of that cotton strip til you rewick. Hope this helps.