Coils stop working after ~24 hours

[kostar]

Hello! I have been using my e-cig for over a year now. I've never had a problem with the coils, they usually last at least 2 weeks. Suddenly I've started having problems with every single one I buy. They work fine for about a day, and suddenly they stop working. Like, after they die, if I pull really hard for like 5 full seconds, I'll get a tiny puff of smoke, so the coil isn't totally "dead", but there is definitely something wrong. It also heats up like crazy when I do this. It goes from working fine one puff, to not working the next.

I had a whole 5 pack of Kanger Tech coils, and all 5 died like this. So I got another Kanger Tech coil, a different strength, and it also died. I tried a coil from a different shipment and this died. And recently, in desperation, I bought a new clearomizer, this one a dual coil Kanger Tech. AND THIS ONE DIED TOO.

The only thing left that could be the problem is the battery. Is this possible? I have 2 batteries, but maybe one of them is somehow burning out the coil? They seem to be working fine, they charge normally and have about one day's longevity. Maybe there's something wrong with the charger? Could it be over-charging my batteries and making them burn the coil out?

But I'm totally stumped as to what the problem is. It can't be the coils, can't be the clearomizer...... what's left to troubleshoot??? No one else at the store I go to has complained, so this is clearly something I'm doing wrong?

Please help!

 

[amoret]

Have you changed the flavor or pg/vg ratio of your liquids? Some are more likely to stop up/gunk up the coils.

When you say you have two batteries, are you referring to replaceable batteries or separate devices? If it is separate devices, could it be an electrical problem in one of them?

Do you have a meter to check the coils on to determine whether it is an electrical problem, as opposed to being gunked up? Or can your store check them for you?

 

[Katfu37]

I'm very new, but I have noticed with thicker flavors, my coils get gunked up and don't work. I have to clean them then they work just fine.


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[KODIAK (TM)]

The common culprit in all of this sounds like the battery. Perhaps both of them.

 

[realsis]

Are your batteries variable voltage or just a set voltage? It could be your batteries going bad , however it could also be the coil. I've lately heard several complaints that Kanger coils are burning out quickly. What I would do is return the coils to the shop you got them from and let them know what's happening. It very well could be a bad batch of coils. Let your shop take a look at your device as well and maybe they can help determine if it's your device or if it's the coils them self that are going bad. That's what I would do. Hope this helps and best wishes.

 

[Alter]

Just a shot in the dark. With the puffin so hard and no vapor sounds like you coulda tightened the atty on to much and sank the pin on the battery. Toothpick, pin or whatever gently pry the pin up from different sides. You then probably squished the positive pin in the atty, sounds like your using kanger heads, you'll have to pull that positive pin out a ioda along with the opaque silicone insulator you'll have to pull down a bit. Once that pin begins to sink it just sinks more and more with each atty attached till they don't make contact no more, juice getting through makes the 510 pin slippery and easy to sink.

 

[StrafeMalone]

You are not the first person I have heard about having a problem with Kanger coils recently, in fact a local B&M had to send a whole order back as the first few he sold were all bad and died within 24 hours. I am leaning towards bad QC of the ones that are out right now.

 

[kostar]

Update: So I bought a new battery, one that has adjustable power. So far it is working fine and I've been using it for 2 days. This means there must have been a problem with the interaction between the Kanger Tech coils and the battery I was using. This still doesn't expalin why I was able to use it fine for so many months before though.

I did get a new charger recently. Maybe the charger is doing something weird to the battery?

 

[kostar]

VERY FRUSTRATED UPDATE: This one died too. I've changed everything except for Kanger Tech coils.

Other people MUST be having this problem too??? I'm SOOOO Frustrated! I've gone through 12 coils in 15 days...... they all keep dying. I've changed the strength of coil, the batch of coil, the clearomizer, and the battery. Can it be all Kanger Tech coils in general?

I'm freaking out guys.