My leads leading into the posts are glowing is this normal or should I be worried.
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RDA Glowing leads?
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That does not sound good. Can you provide more information about your setup and ideally some pictures?
This is condition is commonly called 'Hot Legs'. It refers to the leads from your coil to the posts. The cause is usually caused by the 'leg' being too long. To fix, move your coil closer to the posts, making the leg(s) shorter. That should fix any hot leg issues. Another cause may be due to some parts of your coil touching the base or posts. In addition, make sure your wires are secured, retighten you screws and check for cut / broken wire as well. Without any other information, I'm assuming your coils are the same size and wraps. If not, you need to fix this.
x2. Hot legs don't necessarily mean a short at your terminals. They're very common when priming micro/contact coils. As mentioned above, strumming and pinching your coils will generally work this out (assuming no shorts elsewhere as also mentioned).
Hot legs can pop a coil quick, so I generally recommend you work your coils out prior to wicking with SLOW pulsing and some light prodding on the coil.
Yes.. I totally agree too on the strumming / pulsing. I do that for micro coils. What about spaced, twisted, or similar coils?
I haven't had a twisted wire fire cleanly without a little coaxing yet. They get unusual hotspots when fresh, which may or may not include hot legs.
With spaced coils I've never had to toy around aside from tweaking spacing to get a more ideal inside-out glow. Spaced coils aren't very finicky.
With spaced coils I've never had to toy around aside from tweaking spacing to get a more ideal inside-out glow. Spaced coils aren't very finicky.
I agree. For me, twisted coils was a combination of making sure the leads are secure and tweaking the position. Spaced coils are the easiest to fix but it does happen especially with a newbie. Most experience builders know about hot legs and the downside with them.
I think we covered all the bases...
Yeah, the key takeaway: Hot legs happen, but they can be fixed. Priming coils slowly helps avoid accidents.
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