Burning wicks immediately

[mrmack00]

I probably should have researched more before hand but that's neither here, nor there, as my 65 watt device is on its way. My buddy had a little box mod, so in anticipation of my device, I thought I'd try my kanger mini tank on his box mod at 30 watts and blow a few clouds. I didn't expect much, it's a 1.3 ohm coil with 28 gauge wire. My juice was 70vg / 30 PG, 3 ml nic, creme De mente. It hit pretty hard, as expected, but immediately burned out the wick in like 2 seconds.

My question is why? This tank is used on the kanger box at higher wattage and 30 watts doesn't seem outrageous, especially on a 1.3 ohm coil. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

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[edyle]

Coil wrapping | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators

according to steam engine, that is red hot.

should run nicely at 15 watts:
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[mrmack00]

Thanks. I'll definitely start using this when mine comes in the mail. Another friend of mine using the full kanger sub box used the pre-made .5 ohm coil and we pushed it to 40 watts and it seemed fine. Sub ohm Vaping is weird!

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[edyle]

Thanks. I'll definitely start using this when mine comes in the mail. Another friend of mine using the full kanger sub box used the pre-made .5 ohm coil and we pushed it to 40 watts and it seemed fine. Sub ohm Vaping is weird!

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different coils run at different wattages.

 

[mrmack00]

Wouldn't a higher ohm coil be able to run at higher wattage than lower ohm? Like with mechanicals- you have no wattage or voltage control, so people lower the ohm build to vape at higher wattage, right?

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[edyle]

some coil heads come with the wattage range printed on them:

the actual wattage that will work best will depend on the eliquid, the ambient temperature, and probably how long you use the coil too (i usually find i would run a fresh coil at lower wattage then need to raise it by the next day or two)

 

[edyle]

Wouldn't a higher ohm coil be able to run at higher wattage than lower ohm?

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with the same wire thickness yes. it would need higher voltage and wattage.

with premade coils you don't know the wire thickness.

there are also dual coils

 

[mrmack00]

Well my plan is to use the recently ordered kayfun 4 with Sub ohm kit and run about .5 out. 6 ohm coil on 26 or 28 gauge wire. Perhaps I'll use higher vg juice, like 80/20. And if there are wicking issues, I expected to be able to use that kanger mini tank with the massive juice holes. I'll try to use that calculator when I get off work, but does that sound feasible? 30 watts seems fine to me but I just don't want to burn my lungs out again lol.

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[Two_Bears]

I probably should have researched more before hand but that's neither here, nor there, as my 65 watt device is on its way. My buddy had a little box mod, so in anticipation of my device, I thought I'd try my kanger mini tank on his box mod at 30 watts and blow a few clouds. I didn't expect much, it's a 1.3 ohm coil with 28 gauge wire. My juice was 70vg / 30 PG, 3 ml nic, creme De mente. It hit pretty hard, as expected, but immediately burned out the wick in like 2 seconds.

My question is why? This tank is used on the kanger box at higher wattage and 30 watts doesn't seem outrageous, especially on a 1.3 ohm coil. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

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I used the Subtank Nano, and the OCC HEADS I used was hit or miss. Most of them worked fine. Then every now and then I would get a head that was jam packed with cotton and it had a very hard time feeding almost any ejuice.

I also use DIY 70/30 EJUICE

 

[Captain Pegleg]

Well my plan is to use the recently ordered kayfun 4 with Sub ohm kit and run about .5 out. 6 ohm coil on 26 or 28 gauge wire. Perhaps I'll use higher vg juice, like 80/20. And if there are wicking issues, I expected to be able to use that kanger mini tank with the massive juice holes. I'll try to use that calculator when I get off work, but does that sound feasible? 30 watts seems fine to me but I just don't want to burn my lungs out again lol.

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I can't get the subtank mini to work well over 20 watts, with any coil I've put in it, including the RBA Plus with all sorts of varying wicking amounts

Wouldn't a higher ohm coil be able to run at higher wattage than lower ohm? Like with mechanicals- you have no wattage or voltage control, so people lower the ohm build to vape at higher wattage, right?

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First part of that sounds backwards. Lower ohms need more power so, higher wattage

 

[Phassat]

Comb the cotton... That will help for easier and faster juice absorption. But can't do it with pre made coil