Setup:
-Hcigar VT75 (dna 75)
-Taifun GT II (RTA)
-3 wraps of 28ga SS 430, 3mm ID (~0.5 ohms)
-15 watts / 450f with 30 watt preheat.
-Samsung 18650 (25R)
Ok, so I just wanted to change my coil last night. Did everything like normal during the coil change, take a vape and it is nuclear hot and tastes acrid, like an electrical fire.
My Taifun GT II has a stripped screw post, so I assume that it's not making a good connection, so I just try again and put in a new coil and wick since that pair may hold that burnt taste a while. Also a 3mm ID coil is almost big enough to touch the screw posts, so I'm thinking it may be that. Either way, another new coil was put on.
Two MORE coil changes later, and it's still not working. I hook it up the Escribe and the graphs are all over the place. Really, they're all erratic. Also, now it is failing to fire sometimes saying "short".
I take it all apart, scrap the undersides of the screw posts, scrap the 510 connection and lengthen the center screw a few turns, scrape the battery cap and check the adjustment screw. Tell dna it's a new coil again, and it starts looking somewhat normal in Escribe, though it can't hit 450f at 15 watts anymore for some reason so I turn it up to 20w. Today it appears to be running normally.
Altogether, it was 1 hour and 45 minutes, and I'm totally not confident inot it or my abilities now... WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED LAST NIGHT???!!!
Also, is there a way to manually tell dna you put a new coil on? It's doesn't always auto detect, and instead fires, meaning my new coil isn't room temp anymore so I have to cool it down and try again. That's annoying.
-Hcigar VT75 (dna 75)
-Taifun GT II (RTA)
-3 wraps of 28ga SS 430, 3mm ID (~0.5 ohms)
-15 watts / 450f with 30 watt preheat.
-Samsung 18650 (25R)
Ok, so I just wanted to change my coil last night. Did everything like normal during the coil change, take a vape and it is nuclear hot and tastes acrid, like an electrical fire.
My Taifun GT II has a stripped screw post, so I assume that it's not making a good connection, so I just try again and put in a new coil and wick since that pair may hold that burnt taste a while. Also a 3mm ID coil is almost big enough to touch the screw posts, so I'm thinking it may be that. Either way, another new coil was put on.
Two MORE coil changes later, and it's still not working. I hook it up the Escribe and the graphs are all over the place. Really, they're all erratic. Also, now it is failing to fire sometimes saying "short".
I take it all apart, scrap the undersides of the screw posts, scrap the 510 connection and lengthen the center screw a few turns, scrape the battery cap and check the adjustment screw. Tell dna it's a new coil again, and it starts looking somewhat normal in Escribe, though it can't hit 450f at 15 watts anymore for some reason so I turn it up to 20w. Today it appears to be running normally.
Altogether, it was 1 hour and 45 minutes, and I'm totally not confident inot it or my abilities now... WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED LAST NIGHT???!!!
Also, is there a way to manually tell dna you put a new coil on? It's doesn't always auto detect, and instead fires, meaning my new coil isn't room temp anymore so I have to cool it down and try again. That's annoying.
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