Dry burning a low res atty

[ScooterGirl]

Hey everyone! I've become an habitue of the dry burn. I don't know what took me so long as it works great. However, I've only done it on standard 510 atty's using a Joye 510 mega batt; I think it's 3.7v and so makes it difficult to pop the coil. I just ordered a couple of LR atty's because I hear they put out more vapor on a 3.7v batt. The thing is I'm worried about dry burning them when the time comes as I suspect that popping the coil will be MUCH more likely. Any tips or tricks would be appreciated as I vape purely BWB tobacco juices and they muck up the coils pretty quickly. TIA, as always.

 

[Hondo69]

I tried dry burning a LR atty a few times and got away with it. Like you, I was worried about the high temp burn cooking the coil. It could be LR's are designed for higher temps and that's why it worked out. Just a guess though.

 

[chatter97]

I have had mixed results with dry burning LR atties, but I still do it when they get sluggish. I have found that quality does count in this regard. The Joye atties sometimes did not pop due to dry burning, but stopped working. Iken and Cisco atties have had few issues using dry burn to clean an perform great after words.

 

[VTAK8K]

I dry burn my eGo T LR atties every couple of days. I haven't popped one yet.

 

[bunwabit]

Ok, I keep reading about "dry burning" an atty. I'm confused by this, why and how do you do this?

 

[VaperEd]

Ok, I keep reading about "dry burning" an atty. I'm confused by this, why and how do you do this?

This ECF link may help.
Link

 

[bunwabit]

Ahhhh I see.... thanks

 

[VaperEd]

Your welcome

 

[chatter97]

I also found this works really well.

 

[VaperEd]

Yes it does work well. I have been using it on my atty's with good results and no problems, so far.

 

[chatter97]

Since I started using the linkeed method, I have been getting allot more and longer usage out of my atties. The dual coil atties are a little funny with it, but seem to work. This is where quality really does matter. The joye,smoktech, bauway all seem to last maybe one cleaning for me. The Ikens, cisco and dual coil atties have lasted several easily.

 

[jlazarus]

This ECF link may help.
Link

From that link: "At first a lot of smoke will be released as the crud burns off. As it gets cleaner, the smoke should reduce, and the coil should glow much easier" - Um...Smoke? I've been thinking that when dripping, as the atty starts to run low on juice, that vapor increases, and have been concerned that "vapor" is really "smoke". And here I read that "crud" is being burned and that's the smoke we see (duh, makes sense!!) - this is really disheartening......

 

[morepyro]

From that link: "At first a lot of smoke will be released as the crud burns off. As it gets cleaner, the smoke should reduce, and the coil should glow much easier" - Um...Smoke? I've been thinking that when dripping, as the atty starts to run low on juice, that vapor increases, and have been concerned that "vapor" is really "smoke". And here I read that "crud" is being burned and that's the smoke we see (duh, makes sense!!) - this is really disheartening......

I wouldn't worry too much about the smoke that comes off. During the dry-burn, the coil is much hotter than it is when you are vaping. This smoke is not the same as the normal vapor produced, and you would immediately notice the difference if you tried to inhale the smoke from a dry-burn. Think of it as the difference between the smell you get from a pie baking in the oven, and the smoke that you get when it is baking off the crud (from all the pie-juice that spilled over on the bottom of the oven) when it is in "self-cleaning" mode.

I have been able to dry-burn both standard and LR atties. I started out using the highping method linked to in post #9, and modified it to be more like the one described by Papa Lazarou, that was linked to in post #6. The biggest problem I have is getting impatient and applying the power for too long, and I end up overheating the atty. I haven't popped a coil yet, but I ended up with atties that now meter out at over 7 ohms, or have a draw so tight can't get any vapor out of it without feeling like my head is going to implode.