RDA All My RDAs - My Own Soap Opera

[Woofer]

Dual coils are not ideal to learn with imo.

When you have the wick removed pulse the mod and observe how the coils are heating.
They should heat from the center out and evenly for both coils.

I agree with eddiea it appears that there is not quite enough cotton.
However if the coils are not right no amount of wicking will fix it.

 

[sedition]

Make sure you've dry fired the coils prior to wicking, to check that they both heat up evenly, the glow should start from the center and spread toward the legs. The dry hits could be because of one coil racing ahead of the other.

Also, some builds need time to kinda 'settle' - they'll spit a fair bit to begin with, then when everything sets into place it becomes much smoother. I find this more with thicker gauges. Best way to deal with it is start at a low wattage and creep it up - back it off when it starts to spit, then up it again later.

If all else fails, try a spaced coil rather than compressed. I swear by them. The wrapping method where you wrap two strands like you're building a parallel, then unthread one strand from the other, produces nice even spaces.

 

[itskohler]

@layne try bumping the power down a tad then working your way up. Gotta start soft, then increase it.

When you get it right you'll be like...

AWWWW HELLLLLL.

 

[lanye]

@layne try bumping the power down a tad then working your way up. Gotta start soft, then increase it.

When you get it right you'll be like...

AWWWW HELLLLLL.

That's me every day.

 

[itskohler]

I'm sure.

 

[lanye]

I'm sure.

My Teleos/Cloud Science just arrived via FedEx so my motivation to continue troubleshooting is renewed.

 

[itskohler]

Get after it like a ...... on a Friday night!

 

[lanye]

Get after it like a ...... on a Friday night!

Please. Thursday night is the new Friday night. At least in college towns.

 

[itskohler]

That's true. A-Sqaud will be pounding the streets for a pounding.

 

[lanye]

That's true. A-Sqaud will be pounding the streets for a pounding.

Totally forgot that I there was Japanese cotton in this order. SWEET.

 

[itskohler]

Japanese cotton is the bees knees, What I do, and I know a few other that do this...It has a thicker layer on the top and bottom. So I lightly pull that off of both sides, leaving lthe middle to be used.

 

[lanye]

Japanese cotton is the bees knees, What I do, and I know a few other that do this...It has a thicker layer on the top and bottom. So I lightly pull that off of both sides, leaving lthe middle to be used.

I'll try that! Is there some sort of trick to know how much wick to use?

 

[lanye]

I also found my spare set of trauma shears (still in the box, never used) that I'm going to designate as my cotton shears

 

[itskohler]

You want the cotton to have resistance on the coild but very little. Enough to fill the space, but not so much that you cant move the cotton back and forth without it bunching up.

 

[lanye]

@itskohler @eddiea @Train2

Here's what I've done:
1) Took the RDA completely apart, gave it a nice Vodka bath, rinsed with water and dried.

2) Pulsed the atty on my HexOhm 2.1 to check for hot spots. Strummed the coils so they heat more evenly, bumped them up and out a bit to leave more space for the tails of the wick.

3) Completely destroyed one pad of Japanese cotton by trying to thread it through the coil with the tougher outer layer removed. Cut the pieces into different sizes and no matter what it just shredded.

4) Decided to leave the thicker outer layer on the next pad. Tried to use too much and broke the piece off in the coil.

5) Tried again, this strip cut a little skinnier. Success!

I've only taken two hits off of it but so far no funky cotton taste. Can we just officially name it the Bunny .... taste? Seems appropriate. I'm wary to raise the wattage above 10 at the moment.

 

[itskohler]

Step 2 should have been "take a shot of vodka". Are you cutting the cotton with the grain of the fibers? Usually long-ways.

 

[itskohler]

Slowly raise your wattage. Typically if you use higher wattage, you make more heat, burn more juice, shorten the amount of time until you get a burnt hit. So hit harder and harder as you increase power.

 

[lanye]

Step 2 should have been "take a shot of vodka". Are you cutting the cotton with the grain of the fibers? Usually long-ways.

I cut against the grain because that's what Youtube told me to do...Am I still doing it wrong?

 

[itskohler]

Calm your .... Kim.

Yes, that was wrong. Cut with the grain.

 

[itskohler]

Lol it edited my word for bewbs.