I am finally learning to change the wicks in my coil and my flavor wicks but ineed to know about how lo g and how will I know when my coil has gone bad or how long do the coils last ? I have several pyrex glass tanks and a few kanger mini 3 tanks. I usually clean them once a week and dry burn the coils so how long? Also can someone tell me or give me a easy video on how to make the coils when they finally go bad? Thank you.
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Here you go:
As far as when your coil will go bad, it all depends on the liquids you use.
As far as when your coil will go bad, it all depends on the liquids you use.
Hey Vapbamafaye! Welcome 
Here are a couple of links I used when first getting started:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/coil-builds/432047-my-bad-pictorial-evod-rewicking-cotton-recoiling.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/brookj1986/6066-simple-protank-coil-replacement.html
I use 30g - 28, I can't get enough wraps for my MVP to fire, and 32g seems too hot for me. I wrap about 8-9 wraps on 1/16" drill bit (but based on some other comments from some other folks elsewhere, I might add a 5/64" bit (or even a toothpick!!!) That typically lands me about 1.8 +/- 0.1 for my kanger heads.
I have enough heads in rotation, but I generally dryburn and rewick the ones I've used once a week. With so many in rotation, I'm thinking I'm getting at least 4-6 weeks on a coil (and I'm a pretty heavy vaper.) Darker, sweeter juices will gunk up much more quickly. You'll notice tighter draws and less flavor, so that's a good indication that it's time to clean. If you notice your ohms rising, even after a dry-burn, it's probably time to rebuild from scratch. LightningVapes.com has great prices on their kanthal, and I just got a bunch of insulators (I've noticed some nicks in a few of mine from where I try to nip the wire.)
Enjoy your vape
Here are a couple of links I used when first getting started:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/coil-builds/432047-my-bad-pictorial-evod-rewicking-cotton-recoiling.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/brookj1986/6066-simple-protank-coil-replacement.html
I use 30g - 28, I can't get enough wraps for my MVP to fire, and 32g seems too hot for me. I wrap about 8-9 wraps on 1/16" drill bit (but based on some other comments from some other folks elsewhere, I might add a 5/64" bit (or even a toothpick!!!) That typically lands me about 1.8 +/- 0.1 for my kanger heads.
I have enough heads in rotation, but I generally dryburn and rewick the ones I've used once a week. With so many in rotation, I'm thinking I'm getting at least 4-6 weeks on a coil (and I'm a pretty heavy vaper.) Darker, sweeter juices will gunk up much more quickly. You'll notice tighter draws and less flavor, so that's a good indication that it's time to clean. If you notice your ohms rising, even after a dry-burn, it's probably time to rebuild from scratch. LightningVapes.com has great prices on their kanthal, and I just got a bunch of insulators (I've noticed some nicks in a few of mine from where I try to nip the wire.)
Enjoy your vape
And coffee!
The darker and thicker the liquid.. the faster the coil will gunk up. You will know when you get less vape and flavor out of the coil. Or you can just look at it easily if you are using an RDA to tell.
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