Burnt aspire bvc wick normal?

[missiondrago]

Here are pictures of the same coil and wick from aspire bvc. I have been using it lightly for a week. I vape about 1.5ml a day; chain vaping for 3-4 15min sessions a day. 4-6 sec drags on 4.2v (1.8ohm). It was still working fine when before i took it apart, but my concern is the burnt portion of the wick. Is this normal? and would i be able to continue using it or will it cause health problems vaping on a burnt wick?

 

[Sgt.Rock]

Is that actually burnt or it it juice gunk?

 

[missiondrago]

its burnt, the juice im using is light color and doesnt gunk up

 

[BoomerFZ1]

I may just be too particular, but when I taste a burnt hit, I toss the offending wick (or coil if it's one of my Kanger or Nautilus coils) and start fresh. I don't think you can ever get that taste to go away when a wick has been fouled. Again, I'm OCDish so take this advice as you will.

 

[missiondrago]

has anyone else also seen their wick burnt?

 

[Topwater Elvis]

It doesn't look burnt to me, it appears to be faintly discolored and normal for any wicking material in contact with a hot coil.
Unless you fire it dry I doubt an authentic aspire bvc would burn at 9.8w.

Even unflavored will leave a slight residue on the coil, the coil is surrounded by saturated wicking material after a vape as the coil cools it stops producing vapor but is hot enough to caramelize the juice that remains in contact with or on the coil. This leaves a residue on the coil which is transferred to the wicking material discoloring it.
Add any flavorings and the amount of discoloration will increase.

 

[missiondrago]

It doesn't look burnt to me, it appears to be faintly discolored and normal for any wicking material in contact with a hot coil.
Unless you fire it dry I doubt an authentic aspire bvc would burn at 9.8w.

Even unflavored will leave a slight residue on the coil, the coil is surrounded by saturated wicking material after a vape as the coil cools it stops producing vapor but is hot enough to caramelize the juice that remains in contact with or on the coil. This leaves a residue on the coil which is transferred to the wicking material discoloring it.
Add any flavorings and the amount of discoloration will increase.

thanks for the explanation! is it safe to continue using the coil with this residue on it?

 

[KGB7]

Its not bunt, its dirty from juice.


This is how a burnt bvc coil looks like.

 

[Noraj1067]

I had the same concerns. I just threw a coil out that was still working ( had been using for 8 days) because it was all black and gunky. It makes me nervous that I'm breathing in burnt cotton and or burnt juice.