eBaron tastes like motor oil!!!

[Andy777]

Hi Everyone!

My first rebuild-able and such a bad experience - I boiled it for some 5-10 minutes (not the coil but the eBaron itself) but the bad, oily taste still is there.

I can't even taste my juice - all I get is some nasty motor oil taste!

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Andy

 

[CloudZ]

Scrub it with rubbing alcohol. Boiling will not remove all machining residue. The other possibility is that you are burning your juice.

 

[Andy777]

by rubbing alcohol you mean Vodka?

 

[CloudZ]

by rubbing alcohol you mean Vodka?

I've never used vodka for cleaning, but yeah, whatever floats your boat. They both should work. I actually meant isopropyl alcohol. Give it a good scrub and rinse. Boiling is mostly for sterilization and cleaning out old juice.

And make sure you aren't burning juice. I can help you out with that if you post your coil resistance, wire gauge, and voltage.

 

[Andy777]

Thanks, I'll try soaking and rubbing with vodka.

No, it's not burning taste - I know how that one tastes

It's a low res, 2.0 coil and I was firing it at 3.7 so it's far from burning.

Thanks again & I'll post an update once this is done.

Andy

 

[Requiem33]

vinegar is good for cleaning as well, save the Vodka for drinking

 

[Andy777]

Yahoo, it worked!

I think it was the pre-installed coil though - I changed it and all good now!

But I also cleaned the whole unit with vodka. So maybe it was that.

Anyone could advice how high in volts I can go with such 1.8 coil in eBaron?

 

[CloudZ]

Yahoo, it worked!

I think it was the pre-installed coil though - I changed it and all good now!

But I also cleaned the whole unit with vodka. So maybe it was that.

Anyone could advice how high in volts I can go with such 1.8 coil in eBaron?

Good to hear you got it sorted out.

Not knowing the wire gauge that is in it, I can take a stab at some potential max voltages, assuming you have good airflow and wicking. 32 gauge, 4.4 volts. 30 gauge, 5.2 volts. 28 gauge, 6 volts. These are roughly 10, 15, and 20 watts, respectively. Realistically you should just turn up the voltage until you start getting bad flavor, then back it off a little until flavor improves. That is, assuming you want as intense of a vape as possible.