I have tried several different methods of wick for my Big Budhha, (such as putting the tails in the channels or putting the tails at the end of the channel) but all end up in my wick burning into two with a nasty smell. Could low ohms be a factor, should I drip liquid into the coil so it sucks better?
Big Budhha not wicking properly
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Hi Sam,
The ends of the wicks should just be lightly touching the build deck. Watch how he does it in this video, for example:
I wick mine this way, running dual coil at 0.67 Ohms, and haven't had a dry hit yet vaping nearly pure VG. Low Ohms could always be a factor, how low are you going?
The ends of the wicks should just be lightly touching the build deck. Watch how he does it in this video, for example:
I wick mine this way, running dual coil at 0.67 Ohms, and haven't had a dry hit yet vaping nearly pure VG. Low Ohms could always be a factor, how low are you going?
You should never dry-fire your coils with cotton in them!! That works with silica wick, but not cotton. Always drip a lot of juice on the cotton so they're thoroughly wet before firing the coils. They should be thoroughly wet, and make sure the wick is snug but not squeezed too tight by the coil so that the juice can flow into the cotton that's inside the coil. Then, when they start to dry out again, drop more juice on them. When your sure everything is working correctly, screw on the bottom part of the chimney, make sure your cotton is sitting in the right place, and the cotton is still wet, then test-fire the coils again. If it's still working OK, screw on the top part of the chimney, put on the tank, screw on the top cap, fill it with juice, and you're ready to go.
The cotton won't burn if it's wet, no matter how hot the coil is. The juice has to boil off first. So, if the cotton is burning, that mean it hasn't absorbed the juice, so you're not dripping enough juice on the wick, or you have too much cotton choking up the coil (so use less cotton).
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I made sure the wicks were soaked if fire on my coils, the burning smell and taste does not occur when I have the chimney off. However whenever I screw the chimney on and fire it I taste and smell burnt wick. Any solutions?
Did you assemble the whole thing and fill it with juice before firing it? How hard are you drawing on it when you vape? Does the draw feel airy or tight?
Yes I set it up properly, the draw on the big Buddha isn't airy in the first place but it does not feel anymore restricted. I feel like the issue has to do with how the coils are setup. If the wire is touching any part of the positive or negative post will this affect it?
If you set it up the way it was set up in the video, only the legs of each coil would be screwed into the posts. Neither coil is touching any other part of the posts or build deck.
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