0.5 coil became 0.81 after re-wicking. Dangerous?
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Make sure the trap screws are tight.
Didja aggressively dry burn the coil?
Or gently dry burn & strum then re adjust coil and check screws.
Didja aggressively dry burn the coil?
Or gently dry burn & strum then re adjust coil and check screws.
I get a slight difference from time to time, but if it jumps up to high I do what @Topwater Elvis said and adjust or tweak the coil a bit to bring it back down.
Just from re-wicking?
It shouldn't have...
You should remove the wick, test your coil to ensure that you don't have hot spots, measure it again to see what the reading it.
Wicking should not change the resistance, so either you've moved the wraps a bit and something's touching wrong, the screws got loose or the wire bent and might break...
But it's a bit weird, if things are as I'm describing, the resistance should have dropped, and not increase.
Possibly that it wasn't set right before, so the wraps might have been touching or the legs not connecting right, and when you put in the new wick, you'd have "corrected" it.
It shouldn't have...
You should remove the wick, test your coil to ensure that you don't have hot spots, measure it again to see what the reading it.
Wicking should not change the resistance, so either you've moved the wraps a bit and something's touching wrong, the screws got loose or the wire bent and might break...
But it's a bit weird, if things are as I'm describing, the resistance should have dropped, and not increase.
Possibly that it wasn't set right before, so the wraps might have been touching or the legs not connecting right, and when you put in the new wick, you'd have "corrected" it.
Well, to be honest, I've readjusted the coil a bit by putting a screw driver into it and lowering it so it sits closer to the air hole at the bottom (I didn't touch the screws). I dry burned it at 25watts for 2-3 seconds maybe twice or three times...
Update:
I opened it and poked it with a screwdriver now it shows 0.55ohm lol....
I'm still very new to this... In case something is wrong with the wire/coil kanger mini mod should stop working right? It won't like blow up or anything?
Update:
I opened it and poked it with a screwdriver now it shows 0.55ohm lol....
I'm still very new to this... In case something is wrong with the wire/coil kanger mini mod should stop working right? It won't like blow up or anything?
I tried to tighten them but the screws are as tight as they can be.
Not sure what gauge wire you are using, but anything thinner than 26ga doesn't hold well in that RBA, unless the wire is wrapped around the screw.
Sounds like you're shorting across a coil. I'm betting that When you re wicked there was too much cotton and you had to force it. You pullled the coil out of shape.
I'd try another dry burn, and give the coil a goood wiggle with the mandrel you used to wrap it. Make sure the thing looks regular and the coils don't overlap.
I'd try another dry burn, and give the coil a goood wiggle with the mandrel you used to wrap it. Make sure the thing looks regular and the coils don't overlap.
Thanks for the comment!
I'll replace it with a spare coil tonight.
My question still though... Will kanger mini 75w mod shut down in case something goes wrong with the coil? Or does the short happen so fast that the battery will explode anyway?
The mod and battery should be fine regardless. It's just a coil with a hot spot. This does mean the coil won't work well and will eventually melt through. It's pretty easy to fix. The short will show up as unevenly bright spots during a dry burn. Look for the hot spots and poke at them till it's an even color. I've done fixes for problems like this with just a tooth pick.
Make sure your leads aren't touching the side of the rba head.
Ditto. The only possible danger is melting the coil and wasting it. It's not impossible that the coil will spontaneously fix itself too. I've seen that happen.It is safe. Vape on
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