Hello everyone!
I'm hoping someone can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong in this situation because I'm at my wits end!!
I'm brand new to vaping (and dripping) and just started to build my own coils. I've been using steam-engine for all the calculations and to make sure I'm vaping safely. Wrapping the builds hasn't been as complicated as I thought it might be, but wicking???? It's freakin' kicking my {Moderated}! At least I THINK the problem is with my wicking because I've actually built higher and lower resistance wraps, with different inner diameters to see if it would solve the BURNT/DRY HIT problem but it has made no difference at all.
I've googled, researched, read, watched a ton of youTube videos on wicking and it looks so simple! Which it is, because I follow the instructions to the letter and when I'm done wicking, everything looks beyootiful and exactly like what I've seen in the tutorials, but as soon as I fire it up, I get a burnt/dry hit either on the very first hit or the second for sure!
The RDA housing also gets VERY hot to the touch (but not hot vapor).
Here's the material/equipment I've been working with:
Wick: Japanese cotton pads
Wire: only have 24g Kanthal
Juice: Max VG juices, mostly >90% VG (Virgin Vapor, Velvet Cloud, etc)
Builds (all dual coils):
Mod: 18650 Mech Mod (Copper Limitless Mod) or iPV3 Li mod box
Batteries : Sony VCT4s
I only have the Japanese cotton pads, but I've tried more cotton, less cotton, thicker wicks, thinner wicks, longer wicks, shorter wicks, tighter wicks, looser wicks, you name it, I've tried it! I've also tried playing with the height of the coils in relationship to the cyclop air holes on the Plume Veil and I didn't see much of a difference. There seems to be adequate air flow.
I've also inspected the coils for hot spots and cannot see any. Both coils usually heat up at the same time from the center out, and there are no hot leads or anything of the sort.
I've put the RDA on both the mech mod and the iPV3 Li, and I get BURNT hits right off the bat with both, except maybe with the box mod if I vape at lower wattages (around 35 watts or so), then it takes about 3 hits before I get the burnt hit, but any higher wattages and I get the burnt hit immediately on the first hit.
I've attached some pics of some of the different builds/wicking I've tried.
How can I correct this issue? It shouldn't be THAT hard to build and wick your own coils, even for a noobie. Something is really off here. I just don't know what! Please ADVISE, pretty please?
I'm hoping someone can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong in this situation because I'm at my wits end!!
I'm brand new to vaping (and dripping) and just started to build my own coils. I've been using steam-engine for all the calculations and to make sure I'm vaping safely. Wrapping the builds hasn't been as complicated as I thought it might be, but wicking???? It's freakin' kicking my {Moderated}! At least I THINK the problem is with my wicking because I've actually built higher and lower resistance wraps, with different inner diameters to see if it would solve the BURNT/DRY HIT problem but it has made no difference at all.
I've googled, researched, read, watched a ton of youTube videos on wicking and it looks so simple! Which it is, because I follow the instructions to the letter and when I'm done wicking, everything looks beyootiful and exactly like what I've seen in the tutorials, but as soon as I fire it up, I get a burnt/dry hit either on the very first hit or the second for sure!
The RDA housing also gets VERY hot to the touch (but not hot vapor).
Here's the material/equipment I've been working with:
Wick: Japanese cotton pads
Wire: only have 24g Kanthal
Juice: Max VG juices, mostly >90% VG (Virgin Vapor, Velvet Cloud, etc)
Builds (all dual coils):
- tried a 0.4 ohm (10 wraps around 2.4mm drill bit)
- also tried a 0.3 ohm with a larger inner diameter (6 wraps around 3.0mm drill bit)
- and even larger ID (6 wraps around 5/32" drill bit) for .35 ohms
- also tried a 0.2 ohm spaced coil (4 wraps around 3.0mm drill bit)
Mod: 18650 Mech Mod (Copper Limitless Mod) or iPV3 Li mod box
Batteries : Sony VCT4s
I only have the Japanese cotton pads, but I've tried more cotton, less cotton, thicker wicks, thinner wicks, longer wicks, shorter wicks, tighter wicks, looser wicks, you name it, I've tried it! I've also tried playing with the height of the coils in relationship to the cyclop air holes on the Plume Veil and I didn't see much of a difference. There seems to be adequate air flow.
I've also inspected the coils for hot spots and cannot see any. Both coils usually heat up at the same time from the center out, and there are no hot leads or anything of the sort.
I've put the RDA on both the mech mod and the iPV3 Li, and I get BURNT hits right off the bat with both, except maybe with the box mod if I vape at lower wattages (around 35 watts or so), then it takes about 3 hits before I get the burnt hit, but any higher wattages and I get the burnt hit immediately on the first hit.
I've attached some pics of some of the different builds/wicking I've tried.
How can I correct this issue? It shouldn't be THAT hard to build and wick your own coils, even for a noobie. Something is really off here. I just don't know what! Please ADVISE, pretty please?
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