Fried Vape?

[Roiikka-Ta]

Hello,

This is my first post on here so bear with me.

Ok, so I have a ProTank 2 by KangerTech. It's on a 30 Watt (max) box mod. I have 10 wraps of 30 guage kanthal. Flavor wick on top. No leaks.
I've been vaping it (most recently) at about 8.2 watts and 4.8 volts. My mod box is set to adjust the VW or VV of the one it's not currently displaying (whichever one is in the background and not in big numbers on the LCD). It usually reads around 3.0 ohms. Right now it's reading at 2.8 after a little bit of vaping and "set-in" kanthal wire ..

With that info being said ..
I have no burnt cotton and not barely a spec of burnt anything on my wire other than normal.

I woke up this morning and it felt like I'd been vaping on burnt vape. I vaped some more and still the same. I've triple checked my coil (it's a single coil), replaced my cotton, etc. Still, no burnt anything except the vape itself.

Could it just be that I am possibly "frying" the vape itself at 8 - 10 watts and 10 wraps .. ?

I just this hour moved down to 4.4 volts, 6.9 watts at 2.8 ohms on the same setup and it seems to be fine. I've also noticed the flavor is a little stronger now, too ..

Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
= Roi'ikka Ta =

 

[retired1]

Some flavors require a bit of "dialing in" before you get the optimum results you're looking for.

 

[Train2]

Could be
a) fresh charged battery firing high, then "settling" to a slightly lower output?
b) Dry wick - the Protank sometimes has wicking issues - if your first few hits the wick wasn't saturated, it'll taste burnt - but then when wet, that burnt taste if you are LUCKY goes away. If the wick gets burnt too often or too long, then you may need to change it.

That'd be my guess - a borderline "dry hit"...

 

[empteeteacup]

Your throat may just need a break. I have days when my throat tingles or burns after I've been vaping for awhile and I have to lay off a bit, even when my equipment is working optimally. Drink a lot of water, or maybe even some tea with honey, and pick up some Biotene to use after you brush your teeth.

 

[Roiikka-Ta]

Might I add that I have 35vg/65pg 24mg nic content vanilla tobacco juice.

 

[Roiikka-Ta]

Could be
a) fresh charged battery firing high, then "settling" to a slightly lower output?
b) Dry wick - the Protank sometimes has wicking issues - if your first few hits the wick wasn't saturated, it'll taste burnt - but then when wet, that burnt taste if you are LUCKY goes away. If the wick gets burnt too often or too long, then you may need to change it.

That'd be my guess - a borderline "dry hit"...

Could be
a) fresh charged battery firing high, then "settling" to a slightly lower output?
b) Dry wick - the Protank sometimes has wicking issues - if your first few hits the wick wasn't saturated, it'll taste burnt - but then when wet, that burnt taste if you are LUCKY goes away. If the wick gets burnt too often or too long, then you may need to change it.

That'd be my guess - a borderline "dry hit"...

Could be drying it out then it just wicks again. I'm not vaping on it any harder than normal. I haven't had this problem before. It won't fry the ejuice will it? It's only at about 8 watts and 10 wraps. Maybe just right on the edge of too many watts for this blend?

 

[Snugglepooter]

Low airflow plus a hot coil can burn your juice. The Protank, although awesome, is last-gen technology. They were made to top Egos after all...

Start low and work your way up with watts/volts is the standard best practice.

 

[Roiikka-Ta]

Low airflow plus a hot coil can burn your juice. The Protank, although awesome, is last-gen technology. They were made to top Egos after all...

Start low and work your way up with watts/volts is the standard best practice.

Ok will do. Thanks, people .. ^ _ ^

 

[Hans Wermhat]

Could also be that your wick is just slightly off. I've rebuilt tanks that I'd built perfectly a dozen times before and had wicking issues. In a atomizer that small, small errors can be magnified greatly.

 

[daviedog]

You got 10 wraps of 30kanthal in that tiny head? Bravo!
I would suggest ekowool, silica. It is the wicking material the tank was designed for..

 

[Dan011z]

Hello,

This is my first post on here so bear with me.

Ok, so I have a ProTank 2 by KangerTech. It's on a 30 Watt (max) box mod. I have 10 wraps of 30 guage kanthal. Flavor wick on top. No leaks.
I've been vaping it (most recently) at about 8.2 watts and 4.8 volts. My mod box is set to adjust the VW or VV of the one it's not currently displaying (whichever one is in the background and not in big numbers on the LCD). It usually reads around 3.0 ohms. Right now it's reading at 2.8 after a little bit of vaping and "set-in" kanthal wire ..

With that info being said ..
I have no burnt cotton and not barely a spec of burnt anything on my wire other than normal.

I woke up this morning and it felt like I'd been vaping on burnt vape. I vaped some more and still the same. I've triple checked my coil (it's a single coil), replaced my cotton, etc. Still, no burnt anything except the vape itself.

Could it just be that I am possibly "frying" the vape itself at 8 - 10 watts and 10 wraps .. ?

I just this hour moved down to 4.4 volts, 6.9 watts at 2.8 ohms on the same setup and it seems to be fine. I've also noticed the flavor is a little stronger now, too ..

Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
= Roi'ikka Ta =

You should try dripping on a RDA. Its far more superior and will never run into those issues

 

[crxess]

Simple case of over enthusiasm.

Yes you can easily bake some flavors. Adding Power is not the answer. Finding the correct Temperature for each Vape, according to build/Tank, is key to satisfaction.

A Few of me setups reach 35w and one even works best at 80w, but most are well below 30w with a few pocket carries at 6w.

 

[rhm3769]

I'd say too much power.... I just started using my protank 2 mini again after "retiring" it for almost a year.... When I had it on vw devices, I would get burnt tastes even though the wick looked fine when running over 8 watts or so....
The same before vw, when running it around 4v, regardless of the ohms, it would taste burnt but it burn the wicks....

But... Out of retirement, I rebuilt a head with 28g to 1.1 ohm and wicked with cotton, got a ego to 510 adapter and threw it on my subox mini and had it up to 15w running perfectly....