Can a certain build make you cough?

[ellejewell]

Hey all, I've been vaping for 3 months. I DIY and I have been using the same flavors, vg, pg and nicotine and I have never had a problem. But the last few days I have been getting a tight chest and it hurts and makes me cough when I inhale? At first I thought it was the custard, but it is happening with fruits too. So I am wondering if my current build in my rda could be the problem? It's a simple single coil build 10 wraps for 1.5 ohms and I usually run it at 4.7volts. Couls someone give me some insight into this? is it possible my build has a short that I am not aware of? ohms are not jumping and it heats evenly. So I don't know.

Please help! Ive invest a lot of money into vaping and I dont want to stop.

 

[JulesXsmokr]

There are way too many variables in your post, for anyone to spot the problem.
Try another Atty for a while, one with a prebuilt coil and wick. Take that variable off the list first.

 

[Thrasher]

Too hot from excessive wire holding the heat. Or too much power with those flavors, are you doing lung inhales.
?

The custard is finally catching up to you at that temp

You changed the ratio of pg/vg. I get this off one Atty with too much vg

I would make a smaller coil that can run a little cooler and see from there

 

[stevegmu]

Possibly too much VG or diketones...

 

[ElConquistador]

Probably not your issue, but I had one day when my vape was making me cough all day. I finally pulled the cap off the rba and saw that I had actually built the coil on the wrong side of the posts, so it wasn't in front of the air hole, it was on the opposite side. Any way air flow could be your problem? Maybe a clogged air hole or channel or whatever?

 

[ellejewell]

I'll give my RDA a break and whip out my protank mini and see if that helps. Nothing else has changed with the flavors I use the only the different as far as that is concerned is I have started making larger quanitites and my juice has had a chance to steep a while. Although I don't think that would be a problem. I've vaped diketone free flavors and I am still getting the same problem and I know its not the vg or pg because I have vaped them both individually and still get the same problem? I know it's got to be something I just can't figure out what it is.

Will try the suggestions so far. Anyone else?

 

[alicewonderland]

for me its mainly the type of juice sometimes on a certain build. some flavorings dont do well at higher heat.

maybe its just me, but when i tried 1.5-2.0ohm builds at higher than 3.7v, the vapor was too harsh and not as smooth, has a weird taste. but im guessing you meant 3.7 instead of 4.7

 

[hashtag]

It is all just troubleshooting. Change one thing at a time until you figure out what was the cause. Change the wick, the coil, the juice, the nic level, the watts/voltage etc.

 

[k702]

sounds like an airflow issue to my ears..

 

[alicewonderland]

what kind of RDA do you have? maybe you are trying to take long drags on it and overfilling your lungs constantly with air making your chest hurt. Taking super long drags and puffing your chest up with air, people dont breath like that. Part of the reason why i like subohming, you just take short drags instead of super long drags.

 

[ellejewell]

Could be airflow. I am using an IGO L single coil nano build. I am a mouth to lung hitter and only pull for about 3s tops so I sort of vape the same way I smoked except I don't always fully inhale just a little. No, alicewonderland I vape 4.7 volts aka 13 watts any lower and the coils dont heat up fast enough and I end up having to do a primer puff. I'm using 28g Kanthal wire.

 

[VHRB2014]

I seem to remember some discussion that high VG leads to congestion for some folks. I have found this to be somewhat true in my limited use of high VG juices, but I don`t use them enough for it to become a real problem. Just anecdotal but useful maybe?

Also, at about three months all sorts of things start to happen with the lungs, and sometimes they also want to reject the vape as well as the proceeding smoke. It would be good advice to go with the least amount of power and vape that you can get by with for the time being until your body lets you know that things are getting better.

 

[ellejewell]

Well, I just put the same juice in my protank with a fresh coil and I'm not getting any issues. So it must be my build? or airflow. I will rebuild and lower the wattage and see how it turns out. Thanks guys

 

[alicewonderland]

Could be airflow. I am using an IGO L single coil nano build. I am a mouth to lung hitter and only pull for about 3s tops so I sort of vape the same way I smoked except I don't always fully inhale just a little. No, alicewonderland I vape 4.7 volts aka 13 watts any lower and the coils dont heat up fast enough and I end up having to do a primer puff. I'm using 28g Kanthal wire.

the Igo-L , stock, is a very bad RDA. I started with that RDA and it is a horrible RDA to start with. The only way to make it work is drill out the single tiny 1mm airflow, or throw it in the trash. The airhole isnt big enough to support any kind of coils in there, no airflow at all with a single 1mm airhole, lots of overheating and barely any vapor no matter how long u suck on it. I dont understand why they still sell that RDA to be honest, just a bunch of overstock, probably a lot of new vapers like me that thought "oh look, a simplistic RDA, looks like its easy to build on, and its cheap to boot!".

if you are using the 1mm airhole, it might be causing alot of pressure in your lungs trying to suck air through that tiny hole constantly, which could be causing your chest to hurt. I actually had that issue of my chest hurting after a few days with that Igo-L RDA before i threw it in the trash.

 

[Thrasher]

That helps a bit, that's a lot of wire for 28 g try a 1 ohm or lower coil so it heats up and drops off faster with less voltage, I think at the peak of the heating curve the juice is over heating

 

[Jimi D.]

Thrasher is right. Way too much wire to vaporize the juice at a fast rate. One way to check for hot vapor is to place your tongue on the drip tip while taking a hit. You'll feel if the vapor is too hot.

 

[Nermal]

. . .13 watts any lower and the coils dont heat up fast enough and I end up having to do a primer puff. I'm using 28g Kanthal wire.

That's what does it for me. Devices that require either a pause or a primer puff are very irritating to me, and sometimes do cause that cough. Sounds like you've got that under control, though.

 

[alicewonderland]

this is the RDA she is using guys. I dont care what coil you put in there, that tiny airhole is not enough airflow to keep the coils cool lol. not to mention, the design has no heatsink and will contain the heat within the RDA itself. That coil in there is probably burning hot constantly and never cools down after a vape. Also vaping from this RDA was like trying to suck bowling balls through a martini straw, it will hurt your chest if you do it too much.

 

[ellejewell]

this is the RDA she is using guys. I dont care what coil you put in there, that tiny airhole is not enough airflow to keep the coils cool lol. not to mention, the design has no heatsink and will contain the heat within the RDA itself. That coil in there is probably burning hot constantly and never cools down after a vape. Also vaping from this RDA was like trying to suck bowling balls through a martini straw, it will hurt your chest if you do it too much.

I've had this RDA for about 2 months now and I actually really like it and the stock airflow is not too tight for me since I am a mouth to lung person. I actually purchased 2 magma clones by infinite and I can't stand them.

Thrasher- I think you may be right about the wire. I will try running a 1ohm coil and see how it turns out.

 

[Thrasher]

Yea I had an l for a bit, actually a decent flavor Atty. Didn't care for the magma either.

My fav now is the origen