Eleaf GS Air Fan

[Katya]

I just tried a Wet Burn, but with warm water in the tank. I alternated between shaking, firing, and vaping without inhale. A bunch of times.

Coil is yielding good flavor again. I think it worked.

Plain water? And it didn't leak?

But if you just want to use plain water, isn't it easier to just throw your coil heads in a glass bowl, cover with distilled water and nuke them for a few minutes? That's what I tried in the past, but never got very satisfying results. Water alone won't dissolve the coil gunk. It will clean the filler a little, but not the coil.

PG/VG and vodka are better solvents, in my experience.

 

[LostVapeMonster]

A broken off toothpick works too.

You have a solution for everything, Birdie. How about my Vivi Novas????

 

[LostVapeMonster]

Plain water? And it didn't leak?

But if you just want to use plain water, isn't it easier to just throw your coil heads in a glass bowl, cover with distilled water and nuke them for a few minutes? That's what I tried in the past, but never got very satisfying results. Water alone won't dissolve the coil gunk. It will clean the filler a little, but not the coil.

PG/VG and vodka are better solvents, in my experience.

Aren't those metal? I've heard that microwaves and metal don't mix.

 

[Javamon]

Plain water? And it didn't leak?

But if you just want to use plain water, isn't it easier to just throw your coil heads in a glass bowl, cover with distilled water and nuke them for a few minutes? That's what I tried in the past, but never got very satisfying results. Water alone won't dissolve the coil gunk. It will clean the filler a little, but not the coil.

PG/VG and vodka are better solvents, in my experience.

The water alone won't, but I thought the water with the burn would.

 

[Katya]

Aren't those metal? I've heard that microwaves and metal don't mix.

They don't. But you fully submerge those metal part in water, it's fine. I leave at least one inch of water above the coils and nuke them for 5 minutes or so.

 

[Katya]

The water alone won't, but I thought the water with the burn would.

It never worked for me. But I'm just sharing my own experience--I may be wrong.

 

[LostVapeMonster]

After my experience the other day with dry burning my I16 coil, I am not going to bother with it again. It was supposed to perform "like new" but that was not the case at all. Just a waste of time.

 

[Katya]

You have a solution for everything, Birdie. How about my Vivi Novas????

I thought we already covered them? No?

Please refresh my memory--are they Aspire Vivi Novas? With BDC coils? Or traditional Vivi Novas with top coils?

 

[LostVapeMonster]

I thought we already covered them? No?

Please refresh my memory--are they Aspire Vivi Novas? With BDC coils? Or traditional Vivi Novas with top coils?

They are Aspire VNs with BDCs. But I can't use them on my iStick, even at the lowest setting, without all my juices tasting burnt, with the exception of Cappuccino for some reason.

 

[solace.discord]

I just tried a Wet Burn, but with warm water in the tank. I alternated between shaking, firing, and vaping without inhale. A bunch of times.

Coil is yielding good flavor again. I think it worked.

just did this to 6 used GS coils- hot water in the tank, 3 second fires, blowing down the drip tip (paper towel at the air holes), repeat until they read 1.5ohm , shaking the tank every now and again.. and then boiled for 5 minutes. all reading back at 1.5ohms! blew the water out of one, primed with a little juice, stuck it in the eGrip and flavor is coming back quicker than I had thought!

brilliant!

 

[Katya]

They are Aspire VNs with BDCs. But I can't use them on my iStick, even at the lowest setting, without all my juices tasting burnt, with the exception of Cappuccino for some reason.

Then use the Cappuccino in them. Is your Cappuccino more viscous that your other juices? If it's a high PG juice, that may explain it--it wicks better. You could try to thin out your other juices with a few drops (1-2 drops per ml) and see if that helps.

Other than that--no idea. Those coils are disposable... On paper they should work on the iStick as they are dual coils.

I never had any luck with Aspire BDC coils because my ET-S had almost no airflow and I was always struggling and getting dry hits--no matter how careful I was with them.

 

[LostVapeMonster]

just did this to 6 used GS coils- hot water in the tank, 3 second fires, blowing down the drip tip (paper towel at the air holes), repeat until they read 1.5ohm , shaking the tank every now and again.. and then boiled for 5 minutes. all reading back at 1.5ohms! blew the water out of one, primed with a little juice, stuck it in the eEgrip and flavor is coming back quicker than I had thought!

brilliant!

Do the ohms start to read differently when the coil is starting to go bad? I just put a new one in yesterday and it's reading at 1.6 ohms. Is this normal?

 

[solace.discord]

Do the ohms start to read differently when the coil is starting to go bad? I just put a new one in yesterday and it's reading at 1.6 ohms. Is this normal?

I have found that coil gunk (or sometimes juice in the connections) can cause ohm reading to change. if it's a new one, I suspect there is juice under the coil head where it connects to the base.

 

[LostVapeMonster]

Then use the Cappuccino in them. Is your Cappuccino more viscous that your other juices? If it's a high PG juice, that may explain it--it wicks better. You could try to thin out your other juices with a few drops (1-2 drops per ml) and see if that helps.

Other than that--no idea. Those coils are disposable... On paper they should work on the iStick as they are dual coils.

I never had any luck with Aspire BDC coils because my ET-S had almost no airflow and I was always struggling and getting dry hits--no matter how careful I was with them.

All of my juices are 80/20 PG/VG mix. I am only using them for the Cappuccino right now, but I was hoping to have a couple of good sized tanks for different juices. Oh well. I suppose the problem will be resolved when I get my order from SV with the 2 extra GS tanks. It's just frustrating that I can only use them for Cappuccino and I want to know WHY?????

 

[Katya]

Do the ohms start to read differently when the coil is starting to go bad? I just put a new one in yesterday and it's reading at 1.6 ohms. Is this normal?

+/- .2Ω variances are normal in all coils.

Yes, resistance changes when coil is heated and cooled repeatedly; it may go up or down.

 

[LostVapeMonster]

+/- .2Ω variances are normal in all coils.

Yes, resistance changes when coil is heated and cooled repeatedly; it may go up or down.

Maaaaaaah Birdie! Always there with an answer.

 

[Katya]

I have found that coil gunk (or sometimes juice in the connections) can cause ohm reading to change. if it's a new one, I suspect there is juice under the coil head where it connects to the base.

Mostly it's the buildup on the coils that causes those changes in resistance--with time. But there other factors; the thin wire used in our coils is very fragile. It can break, develop a hot spot, it can burn out.

Those coil heads are like little ovens--you can try to keep them clean, daily, but sooner or later, that apple pie filling stuck on the bottom of the oven will caramelize and burn and will be impossible to remove. Then you have to use the self-cleaning feature on your oven--it just burns all that gunk and turns it to ash, which can be easily wiped off. Only dry burning will clean the gunked up coil. But it can also damage the thin wire.

Bottom line--those coils are disposable. They were not designed to last very long. Even rebuilt coils won't last forever. Nature of the beast.

 

[rhammer186]

Yeah, I'm going to have to save this for a weekend project, then take it out into the old "girl cave" and start brainstorming what tools I can use to gently pry or lever the body off.

Yikes, coils but no tank! I won't ask, but hope you get it today.

Hey guys. Im busy trying to read through this thread and came across this post.

Linda, I'm not sure if you found ur solution but here is a youtube video on how to rebuild the nautilus mini bvc coil. Since i dont have the GS tank or coils (yet!) Im not sure if its desinged the same way.

At time 4:25 he talks about removing the base piece that is hard pressed in. This may not be the part you are trying to remove. See if this can help you, if you havent already figured it out.

http://youtu.be/xnKR2pfSPz8

 

[LostVapeMonster]

Mostly it's the buildup on the coils that causes those changes in resistance--with time. But there other factors; the thin wire used in our coils is very fragile. It can break, develop a hot spot, it can burn out.

Those coil heads are like little ovens--you can try to keep them clean, daily, but sooner or later, that apple pie filling stuck on the bottom of the oven will caramelize and burn and will be impossible to remove. Then you have to use the self-cleaning feature on your oven--it just burns all that gunk and turns it to ash, which can be easily wiped off. Only dry burning will clean the gunked up coil. But it can also damage the thin wire.

Bottom line--those coils are disposable. They were not designed to last very long. Even rebuilt coils won't last forever. Nature of the beast.

Disposable works for me. Not worth the hassle of all these trial and error "fixes". I used the original coil in my GS for 2 weeks and I could probably have gone for a bit longer. That seems pretty economical to me.

 

[Ricky Spanish]

You guys wash your coils before you use them? Why?

I don't myself, sounds like some are cleaning them after with success. I may have missed some posts where they are though.