EHPRO kayfun lite + not wicking...PLEASE HELP!!!

[time2quit]

I just did my first build on my kayfun lite plus. I am not new to building coils, but it's my first on this particular atty.

When I take a pull, all I taste is basically the coil. Yuck! I took apart the atty to see if the coil/wick was well saturated, and it's basically dry. Obviously juice isn't getting to it.

Please help me out and tell me what could be going on, and a possible fix.

Thanks!!

 

[BREWINZ]

What are you using for a wick? Did you make sure the wick isn't blocking the channels?

 

[tmcase]

You could be wrapping the coils too tight around the wick. That will choke off juice flow.

 

[time2quit]

3mm ekowool. I'm pretty sure they are not blocking the channels. My wick isn't very long

 

[time2quit]

You could be wrapping the coils too tight around the wick. That will choke off juice flow.

Been there done that before! Lol I'm almost positive there not too tight

 

[porkchopbun]

IMHO, go with organic cotton balls..it saturates fast enough and thin enough so it doesn't block the liquid the channels..

I would run down to your drugstore, grab a bag for less than 3.00. Pop up youtube, and look for kayfun tutorials with cotton...play the Rocky theme in background,

The Kayfun is based on vacuum system..3mm is pretty thick ..so it..so you might be block the channels ..can you post a picture of atty with E-wool in it..

 

[time2quit]

i know it's not the best coil. Lol oh well...maybe I will try the organic cotton. Do you know if Walgreens sells it? Thanks!

 

[Heavyrocker]

You will find it works better with a micro coil with 28 ga wire at 10 wraps for a 1 to 1.2 ohm build.No offence,but thats the worst build ive ever seen,worst that the Fasttechs stock coil builds.

 

[time2quit]

You will find it works better with a micro coil with 28 ga wire at 10 wraps for a 1 to 1.2 ohm build.No offence,but thats the worst build ive ever seen,worst that the Fasttechs stock coil builds.

Lmao! Yeah I just tossed it together quick. What do you wrap your micros around? A drill bit? What size? Thanks man

 

[porkchopbun]

They do, but not the one I use...I would make sure it's 100% Organic, Chlorine free, etc...

Then I would boil a few , dry etc...you can test run with non-boil ones, to make sure it's wicking properly...more isn't better for Kayfuns...

Learn how to build micro coils..http://www.vapecore.com/2014/01/art-micro-coil-beginners-guide-coiling-rba/

 

[Heavyrocker]

Lmao! Yeah I just tossed it together quick. What do you wrap your micros around? A drill bit? What size? Thanks man

1/6 drill bit.

 

[time2quit]

1/6 drill bit.

1/6 or 1/16?

 

[Heavyrocker]

opps....1/16... 1/6 would be .1666667 of an inch,just UNDER 3/16 of an in in diameter....LOL

 

[drmarble]

Did you prime the coil/wick? Before you put the cap on the chimney you need to put several drops of juice on the coil/wick in the chimney. Is should be well soaked. Your first pulls shouldn't be dry because of the priming. Then, you should be sucking juice up the channels to the wick to keep it going. When I get dry hits after vaping for a while, I have to loosed the top of the juice tank (by the drip tip) to release the vaccuum. My clone has very shallow vertical channels that I need to dremel out.

 

[Heavyrocker]

I dont think you need to be ''sucking '' juice up from the channels,i just have my wicks gently laying on top of the channels to soak up the juice naturally,for me this keeps excess juice out of the bottom of the chimmney and i have no flooding or leaks.I also believe having the wicks over the channels helps to keep the ''vacum'' in tact.I am having no flooding,gurggling of leaks what so ever,my air hole is bone dry and free from juice.This KFL tank produces thicker,better tasting and TH vapour than the Kraken or RSST.

 

[coalyard]

Glad I snapped these pics...Your cotton wick should look like this. Notice the coil is mounted diagonally across the build deck. Note the distance from the air hole too. Use just enough cotton so you feel a little resistance as you pull it through the coil, then snip it to the same width as the base. Wet it down, then tuck it under as shown. Good luck.

 

[kinggirl]

I built one yesterday on new kayfun. It's my first build. I did the same as you using ektowool but you are suppose to put quite a bit of juice on the wick to somewhat saturate it before you screw it on to the base and fill it. That's what I gathered from the 20 youtube videos I watched lol.

 

[Heavyrocker]

Glad I snapped these pics...Your cotton wick should look like this. Notice the coil is mounted diagonally across the build deck. Note the distance from the air hole too. Use just enough cotton so you feel a little resistance as you pull it through the coil, then snip it to the same width as the base. Wet it down, then tuck it under as shown. Good luck.

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Thats like my build,except i have my coil raised higher and the wicks covering the channels instead.I dont have the twisted wire,just normal.

 

[time2quit]

Ok. I took the advice of using organic cotton. Built a nice micro coil (1.5ohm) and fired her up. All works great EXCEPT now I have gurgling! Ugggg! Any ideas??

 

[time2quit]

BTW... I appreciate all the help!