First of all, as this is my first post, hello to everyone!
I started vaping around two months ago, and I've been learning fast, but I still find myself encountering problem after problem, which is quite frustrating.
My current setup is a a JAC Vapour 510 VV, which is basically a VV eGO style battery with a JAC branded Kanger EVOD2 tank on top. I'm currently using 100% VG juices from purevape.co.uk as I found PG juices to irritate my throat and make me very tight chested. I'm currently using only a 1.5 ohm head, so I'm vaping fairly low voltage (3.8v or so).
My latest issue is the juice going a very dark brown in the tank, even though it starts off a very pale yellow colour in the bottle. Everything was tasting and working fine (perhaps the best it has done for a while), but the juice in the tank was so dark that I was concerned it might not be doing me any good. I poured out a couple of drops from the tank onto some paper towel, and it even had some sediment in it. I pulled the head apart and noticed a lot of black and gungy deposits all over the coil and the wicks. I did a bit of research, and I've read a few people saying it is quite normal for this to happen and for it to make the juice go very dark, and not to worry unless it tastes bad or doesn't perform well. I really have three questions about this:
1) Is it really not a problem to be vaping from a tank that's so full of old half-vaped juice deposits? I'm no expert at all, but I would have thought that there's been some chemical changes in those dark deposits on the atomiser that might mean it's not too healthy to inhale. Any thoughts?
2) I also tried cleaning the head by removing the pole piece and plastic grommet, soaking it in just-boiled water for a while, drying it, dry burning it/blowing it, washing it off again, and finally drying it again. It looked much better, and the coil looked almost new. However, it now vapes worse than ever, and the deposits are coming back, literally after just a few hits. I cleaned out the tank and put some fresh juice in, so it should be much better. I also dripped a couple of drops onto the dry wicks before re-assembling just to get things going.
3) Is there anything I can do to avoid/minimise the build up of such a large amount of dark gunky deposits? I read somewhere that if the wattage is too low, then the juice doesn't atomise properly and can leave much more half-vapourised juice on the coil. Is this true? Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks in advance.
I started vaping around two months ago, and I've been learning fast, but I still find myself encountering problem after problem, which is quite frustrating.
My current setup is a a JAC Vapour 510 VV, which is basically a VV eGO style battery with a JAC branded Kanger EVOD2 tank on top. I'm currently using 100% VG juices from purevape.co.uk as I found PG juices to irritate my throat and make me very tight chested. I'm currently using only a 1.5 ohm head, so I'm vaping fairly low voltage (3.8v or so).
My latest issue is the juice going a very dark brown in the tank, even though it starts off a very pale yellow colour in the bottle. Everything was tasting and working fine (perhaps the best it has done for a while), but the juice in the tank was so dark that I was concerned it might not be doing me any good. I poured out a couple of drops from the tank onto some paper towel, and it even had some sediment in it. I pulled the head apart and noticed a lot of black and gungy deposits all over the coil and the wicks. I did a bit of research, and I've read a few people saying it is quite normal for this to happen and for it to make the juice go very dark, and not to worry unless it tastes bad or doesn't perform well. I really have three questions about this:
1) Is it really not a problem to be vaping from a tank that's so full of old half-vaped juice deposits? I'm no expert at all, but I would have thought that there's been some chemical changes in those dark deposits on the atomiser that might mean it's not too healthy to inhale. Any thoughts?
2) I also tried cleaning the head by removing the pole piece and plastic grommet, soaking it in just-boiled water for a while, drying it, dry burning it/blowing it, washing it off again, and finally drying it again. It looked much better, and the coil looked almost new. However, it now vapes worse than ever, and the deposits are coming back, literally after just a few hits. I cleaned out the tank and put some fresh juice in, so it should be much better. I also dripped a couple of drops onto the dry wicks before re-assembling just to get things going.
3) Is there anything I can do to avoid/minimise the build up of such a large amount of dark gunky deposits? I read somewhere that if the wattage is too low, then the juice doesn't atomise properly and can leave much more half-vapourised juice on the coil. Is this true? Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks in advance.
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