Hello All (anyone know?)

[Paxdeorum]

I could’t find changing time built coil. I know tjere are lots of parameters. I am using 1 month same coil you can see the photos. Shoul i change or not? How can i know?
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[Baditude]

I've gotten as long as 8 months with a built coil, of course I pulsed dry burned it to clean it as needed and made a new wick. I rewick every couple days. I know hobbyists who make new coils every day. Why?

 

[*RJ*]

Stainless Steel Coil & Wire Instructions and Tips

The above link takes you to videos and one of them at the bottom of the page is a how-to about cleaning coils. I found it valuable.

 

[fiddleshe]

I could’t find changing time built coil. I know tjere are lots of parameters. I am using 1 month same coil you can see the photos. Shoul i change or not? How can i know?
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I change when a) it breaks and b) the ohms changes. Usually lasts me 6 months on my builds.

 

[MJCSD]

Hello and welcome to ecf

 

[somdcomputerguy]

Welcome to ECF, Paxdeorum.

 

[Paxdeorum]

I've gotten as long as 8 months with a built coil, of course I pulsed dry burned it to clean it as needed and made a new wick. I rewick every couple days. I know hobbyists who make new coils every day. Why?

Stainless Steel Coil & Wire Instructions and Tips

The above link takes you to videos and one of them at the bottom of the page is a how-to about cleaning coils. I found it valuable.

I checked but no inf. with kanthal

I change when a) it breaks and b) the ohms changes. Usually lasts me 6 months on my builds.

@Baditude, @*RJ*, @fiddleshe Thanks for your valuable useful answers.

Hello and welcome to ecf

Welcome to ECF, Paxdeorum.

@MJCSD, @somdcomputerguy Thanks for your welcome

 

[Houndstooth]

I run Ni coils for 5 weeks at a time. Rewick every 10ish days with a dry-burn. Vape 6ml/day.

 

[Houndstooth]

Looks like a Aug Merlin deck...

 

[Paxdeorum]

I run Ni coils for 5 weeks at a time. Rewick every 10ish days with a dry-burn. Vape 6ml/day.

Thanks for your answer.

I understand I can use it for a long time with dry burn. And duration of use or replacement time depends on personal preference.

 

[Paxdeorum]

Looks like a Aug Merlin deck...

yesss. right guess it is my little and swety merlin.

 

[Houndstooth]

Thanks for your answer.

I understand I can use it for a long time with dry burn. And duration of use or replacement time depends on personal preference.

Right. I almost exclusively use the Origin Little 16mm RDA/squonk and the coils tend to get deformed operating in that little space. Otherwise, I'd run them longer.

 

[hisionics]

I could’t find changing time built coil. I know tjere are lots of parameters. I am using 1 month same coil you can see the photos. Shoul i change or not? How can i know?

Some1 change both coil and wick (cotton or rayon) after few ml, some1 everytime he changes the e-liquid (to avoid blend/mix of different e-liquids), some1 do that every 100ml or more. Some1 else use regularly DryBurn and so can use the same coil for hundreds of ml.

like a lot of things in the vaping world there is no right or wrong ways, there are some guidelines but then it all depends by your personal taste (and comfort). You just have to try it and see if it works for you.

Personally i rarely do Dryburn for health reason for example and this limits the longevity of my coil as well.

ps. As far as i can see your coils seem pretty much new (and still usable) btw.

 

[Houndstooth]

Been outta the country for the last year, but the TSA lost my Merlin. <sad face>

 

[Paxdeorum]

Some1 change both coil and wick (cotton or rayon) after few ml, some1 everytime he changes the e-liquid (to avoid blend/mix of different e-liquids), some1 do that every 100ml or more. Some1 else use regularly DryBurn and so can use the same coil for hundreds of ml.

like a lot of things in the vaping world there is no right or wrong ways, there are some guidelines but then it all depends by your personal taste (and comfort). You just have to try it and see if it works for you.

Personally i rarely do Dryburn for health reason for example and this limits the longevity of my coil as well.

ps. As far as i can see your coils seem pretty much new (and still usable) btw.

Thanks for your answer. But could you explain "health" issue about dry burn?

 

[Paxdeorum]

Been outta the country for the last year, but the TSA lost my Merlin. <sad face>

sad story, sorry for your lost It is one of my favorite atos.

 

[BrotherBob]

Shoul i change or not? How can i know?

I could get years out of my Kanthal coils if I exercised a little patients. My 32 ga. wire can becomes brittle and can break if I try to add to much Rayon wick in the 3mm ID space. RJ coil cleaning (post above) is basically what I perform but I found that producing a thermal shock "flakes" the build up off the coil if I quickly dip my RDA (not to exceed the diameter of the coil) in water while the coil is cooling down from near red hot. A little discoloration is ok after the water immersion but I don't want to see scales of build up on the coil after cleaning.

 

[hisionics]

Thanks for your answer. But could you explain "health" issue about dry burn?

well. It's a controversial matter since there arent (as far as i know) specific tests tailored on e-cigarettes. What is well known is that some (well the most actually) materials change significally if exposed to very high Temperature (reached if u glow/dryburn your coil), producing oxides and other substances that are nocive (or not healthy anwyay) and that you MIGHT vape/inhale.

THe matherials that are strongly suggested to NOT Dryburn are Pure Nickel (Ni200) and Titanium (Ti).
The other materials are safer but not 100% safe.

I found some "unoffcial" sources advicing to use NiChrome (Ni80) if you wanna use often DryBurn.

Anyway vaping WITH dryburning is surely less healty than vapin w/o it. That Said if u wanna do it, try to do it at low watts and pulsing and try to avoid to glow the coil like it's xmas time.

 

[GOMuniEsq]

What a beautiful clapton. I wouldn't throw it away. I used the same pair of framed staple coils for six months and only switched because I found another pair that fit better in my RTA. Dry burn until all the sticky carbon combusts, dip in isopropanol to wash off the ash, and coils seem to be indefinitely reusable.

If you're paranoid about the speculation pertaining to metal oxides and microfragments, @hisionics covered the currently understood best practices.

 

[greek mule]

I run Ni coils for 5 weeks at a time. Rewick every 10ish days with a dry-burn. Vape 6ml/day.

Nickel wire and dry burn doesn't go together...