Burnt taste from AGA-t2. Worked flawlessly for 2 weeks ? Any Ideas ?

[Vap3ster]

My AGA was working perfectly pretty much since I got it, including today. So I rinse out my aga t2 and freshly filled it up with some ahlusions 70/30. (I use it all the time without problems) Right away getting a burnt taste. So I pop in a new #500 SS mesh wick and coil I pre built this weekend 2.5 ohms. Same burnt taste. I completely dissemble clean check all rubber rings and spacers and fill with a different and clear juice same burnt taste and smell even with cap off just a burnt smell off the vape.

It has been working perfectly since I got it about 2 weeks ago. I have built 4 different SS wicks and coils that have all worked fine never any problems like this actually never any problems at all. My coils are always between 1.5 -2.5 ohms and I never go over 4.0 volts.

It was working fine today with a wick and coil I just put in Friday I rinse it out put a fresh tank and it turns into the burnt smelling APV

 

[Vap3ster]

I am going to bump my own post here. No one has any idea whats wrong come on I am not a noob I have set up the thing multiple times and got it working properly. This sudden change just has me stumped.

 

[BuzzKilla]

all the times that you have set up this tank. have you ever had to deal with a hotspot...
from what you described, its a shorted hotspot....
search this sub forum for hotspot...
hotspot...








hotspot...

 

[Vap3ster]

Hey thanks for the reply I was stumped for a little bit. What happened was I had just received a different gauge of kanthal and now suddenly had hotspots.

I watched a set up video from zen after making this post a learned how to work out hot spots.

Thanks

 

[BuzzKilla]

Just wasn't aware if you knew what a hotspot felt like. No sarcasm intended, just my way of having some fun.

glad my comment actually got ya on the right path

thinner gauge wire will give ya a bit more trouble with hotspots.
It has everything to do with electricity wanting to take the path of least resistance...

have fun, experiment(within safety) and enjoy your AGA!

 

[BigCypress]

Sorry bro. Sounds like you should just toss it.

 

[Jeremy Evans]

You could of inadvertently bumped the coil while filling and voila, you know have a hotspot you need to fix

 

[Vap3ster]

You could of inadvertently bumped the coil while filling and voila, you know have a hotspot you need to fix

Yup that probably what initially happened. But I am also having something going on where I get the hot spots worked out working great for like 2 days then all of a sudden got the burnt taste again. This just happened with the only thing i had done to it was fill when low nothing else.

I know RBA's are a learning experience and I will put some more time into it this weekend. Just so weird I set it up so great and consistently first two weeks and now it so inconsistent

 

[Vap3ster]

Just wasn't aware if you knew what a hotspot felt like. No sarcasm intended, just my way of having some fun.

glad my comment actually got ya on the right path

thinner gauge wire will give ya a bit more trouble with hotspots.
It has everything to do with electricity wanting to take the path of least resistance...

have fun, experiment(within safety) and enjoy your AGA!

So what gauge is less prone to hot spots? The one giving me the problems is 32 gauge sent for free with a silica order of ebay. Would some Temco A-1 30 gauge be less prone to hotspots than 32 ?

 

[Rule62]

So what gauge is less prone to hot spots? The one giving me the problems is 32 gauge sent for free with a silica order of ebay. Would some Temco A-1 30 gauge be less prone to hotspots than 32 ?

The thinner the wire, the more prone it is to moving, even by simple handling, jostling, setting down on a table too hard, etc. I used to use 32 ga when I first started with RBAs. I haven't used any in a long time. I don't know why some suppliers include 32ga in the kits. I use 30ga on my vv and vw mods, at around 1.5 ohms. On my mechanicals, I use 28ga, at about .9 ohms.

 

[boarder124]

I use temco 30ga and it is my favorite wire size. I have a few feet of 28 and 32 laying around, but i got 100ft of 30ga for 5 bucks and it works better than the other two. 32 is just to thin for me and it burns up if you get a bad hot spot and 28ga needs to be such a big coil to get decent resistance. The 30 is a perfect happy medium. Its thick enough where it wont break if you adjust it a bunch, but its thin enough to get micro coils into the 2 ohm range.

 

[Vap3ster]

Yup I just ordered some Temco 30ga a1 I got a feeling its going to work well. I appreciate everyone's helpfulness

 

[vapdivrr]

just as most replied the 32g is fiddly for sure, it just doesn't hold its shape as well as a thicker gauge. with thin wires on an initial build you will get some expansion due to the heat, this can make for some hot spots hours after everything was fine. with a thicker gauge once its wrapped it just holds the wick better, and if you do get some expansion it doesn't move as much. 30g is a nice all around wire, and 29g is also really nice.

 

[BuzzKilla]

The lower the gauge(thicker) the less prone to shorts.... This is purely based on personal experience.
I've fiddled with 28 &30 , but it would only take me a minute. 32 & 34 gauge wire... Would need more work to get rid of hotspots.

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[Vap3ster]

The thinner the wire, the more prone it is to moving, even by simple handling, jostling, setting down on a table too hard, etc. I used to use 32 ga when I first started with RBAs. I haven't used any in a long time. I don't know why some suppliers include 32ga in the kits. I use 30ga on my vv and vw mods, at around 1.5 ohms. On my mechanicals, I use 28ga, at about .9 ohms.

This was the best equipment related advice I have ever received on this site. The Temco 30 gauge rocks. I just built a 1.3 ohm coil on my vamo on the agat2 I would have never known this thing could work this good. Its going strong at 3.4 volts I cant imagine on a mech.

Thank you for sending me in the right direction and everyone else in this post.