dry burning nautilus bvc coils

[johnnyvap82]

I am quite new to vaping, (4 months in), and have looked everywhere to find a method of cleaning my coils for my recently purchased nautilus tank, to no avail. I decided to go ahead and try the good old fashioned rinse and dry burn, although I had heard it wouldn't work for my bvc. Well after a good rinse I started to dry burn the coil, using a kanger mega regulated battery. I had to fire it for about 5-6 seconds at a time, and tons of smoke was coming off. After about 2 mins of this, I thought, I'm going to fry this coil, good thing I got another one in the package. Well after about 4-5 mins of dry burning and blowing both on the coil and thru the large air hole I saw my coil get red hot. Three more dry burns, red hot coil, and no smoke, I was ready to try it out. I let it cool for 5 mins, filled my tank, let sit 10 mins to absorb e juice, primed 3 times and vaped. Low and behold it was like a fresh new coil.

PLS NOTE, I USE A 95 VG//5PG 18MG TOBACCO FLAVOR. FLAVOR MAY CARRY OVER USING ABOVE METHOD.

 

[MaddogBC]

That's really awesome to know a guy should hit it hard and just keep going. I love my nautilus's. I use Max VG too, how old was this coil? How dark is your juice?

 

[johnnyvap82]

The coil was actually quite new. I found that after about 5 ml of e juice the vapor production went down significantly. I attribute this to the fact I am using a regulated battery. Coil was about 4-5 days old. My juice is actually quite light in color , along the lines of Apple juice . I have tried some flavored juice, but don't think I'm ready to switch right off the tobacco flavor.

 

[drunkenbatman]

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

DO NOT DRY-BURN BVC COILS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!

That smoke you saw coming off was you igniting the cotton liner, which is wrapped around a fiberglass/ceramic fiber filling. Those coils are already a dark joke in terms of safety, so now you'll just have those fibers right up against the coil.

There is more information about this in the thread below for you to make up your own mind about their general safety -- but do not dry-burn these, ever.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-vaping-discussion/635724-aspire-official-statement-atlantis-coils-material.html


(Also, welcome!)

 

[sparkky1]

The coil was actually quite new. I found that after about 5 ml of e juice the vapor production went down significantly. I attribute this to the fact I am using a regulated battery. Coil was about 4-5 days old. My juice is actually quite light in color , along the lines of Apple juice . I have tried some flavored juice, but don't think I'm ready to switch right off the tobacco flavor.

Did you re wick it ?

 

[caferacer]

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

DO NOT DRY-BURN BVC COILS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!

That smoke you saw coming off was you igniting the cotton liner, which is wrapped around a fiberglass/ceramic fiber filling. Those coils are already a dark joke in terms of safety, so now you'll just have those fibers right up against the coil.

There is more information about this in the thread below for you to make up your own mind about their general safety -- but do not dry-burn these, ever.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-vaping-discussion/635724-aspire-official-statement-atlantis-coils-material.html


(Also, welcome!)

Indeed! People who dry burn their coils are doing so on rebuildable atomizers, with which you have the ability to easily remove the wicking material before the burn. While there are some crafty DIYers out there who have figured out how to rebuild coils like the Aspire BVCs, the truth of the matter is that pre-made coils are intended to be disposable.

 

[Madcuzbad87]

Also high VG juice does not play well with BVC coils. You can't get enough flow and you end up burning the wicking material. Also high VG juices can gunk the coils extremely fast and you'll be going through a pack a week if youre lucky. High VG juices only work in tanks (in my experience) if you water them down a bit with distiller water. Only a drop or two. Too much will water down the taste and lower vapor production.

 

[johnnyvap82]

Well I took the time to fully read the information in the posted links. I found nothing stating any use of fiber glass, only ceramic. As far as the smoke I saw having come from the cotton, I don't see that as being true. The coil was not even red while the smoke was coming out, and there was no smell of cotton burning, of course I Could be wrong, and was smelling only the remaining juice. As far as the comment about dry burning being done once the wick is removed, I must strongly disagree. There are tons of videos and written instructions on how to clean and dry burn the single coils from kangertech, and the wick material is not removed , and continues to work fine (IME). this is as far as I will go in this discussion, due to my lack of knowledge on the specifics of all of this. I thank everyone who put in their two cents and was part of this discussion. I still believe the coils will be ok , but with that being said, the next time I do a dry burn with a new bvc I will fully dismantle it after the dry burn as well as a brand new bvc just to take a look at the differences. Thanks again and I wish all of you happy vaping.

 

[caferacer]

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[caferacer]

Well I took the time to fully read the information in the posted links. I found nothing stating any use of fiber glass, only ceramic. As far as the smoke I saw having come from the cotton, I don't see that as being true. The coil was not even red while the smoke was coming out, and there was no smell of cotton burning, of course I Could be wrong, and was smelling only the remaining juice. As far as the comment about dry burning being done once the wick is removed, I must strongly disagree. There are tons of videos and written instructions on how to clean and dry burn the single coils from kangertech, and the wick material is not removed , and continues to work fine (IME). this is as far as I will go in this discussion, due to my lack of knowledge on the specifics of all of this. I thank everyone who put in their two cents and was part of this discussion. I still believe the coils will be ok , but with that being said, the next time I do a dry burn with a new bvc I will fully dismantle it after the dry burn as well as a brand new bvc just to take a look at the differences. Thanks again and I wish all of you happy vaping.

Well maybe I haven't read up as much as you but everyone I've spoken to or encountered always removes the wicks from their rebuildable atomizers before dry burning. That's basically how the process works -- remove the wick, dry burn the coils only to remove any residue, rinse under water and re-wick. That said, you're working with disposables so if you want to dry burn them and risk burning the wicking material inside, go for it. I still wouldn't advise it, however. They are, after all, relatively cheap to replace.

Best of luck to you.

 

[Braisehell]

make sure your coils are soaking in the liquid for about 10 minutes before firing it. and also try "hitting it" with out pushing the button to saturate the wick. I ran into this problem. I didn't have to do it the first couple times but I burnt a couple out not knowing. Also now when i use them I drip the liquid directly into the coil before installing it. hope it helps, you've probably already solved the issue i'm sure.

 

[doofy666]

I accidentally dry burnt my nautilus bvc coil once. Briefly. The burnt taste never went away.

Aspire say that cotton is in contact with the coil. It seems reasonable to assume that after 5 mins and "tons of smoke" that the cotton burnt entirely away and that the OP then vaped on ceramic (whatever "ceramic" might be).

Cotton is very flammable. How can it possibly not burn when in contact with a heat source?

The fact that you can dry burn a kanger with wick in situ simply says that kanger don't use cotton.

 

[Susan~S]

The fact that you can dry burn a kanger with wick in situ simply says that kanger don't use cotton.

And you would be correct! The older Kanger coils used Silica. Silica can be dry burned.

 

[drunkenbatman]

And you would be correct! The older Kanger coils used Silica. Silica can be dry burned.

Honestly, silica's up for pretty much anything after a couple of drinks of eliquid. Silica's a very kinky wick, the kind you don't bring home to mother. Silica's all right with me.

 

[Susan~S]

Honestly, silica's up for pretty much anything after a couple of drinks of eliquid. Silica's a very kinky wick, the kind you don't bring home to mother. Silica's all right with me.

...... and what does Catwoman think about this slinky kinky Silica? Or don't you kiss and tell?

 

[drunkenbatman]

...... and what does Catwoman think about this slinky kinky Silica? Or don't you kiss and tell?

She thinks it's a super wick, super wick! It's super-wicky.

Yow.

 

[skyboxer1968]

I've decided to run fast and far from coils I haven't built myself. I've gotten dry hits in my mini nautilus and a couple on my cotton wicked Lemo, and they don't taste the same. I had a couple fail right away as well, even after 2 hours in a tank of juice! I'm tired of throwing money at heartache. From now on I'll make my heartache myself