How long can I keep rewicking the same coils?
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As long as the wire looks good and doesn't break or rust, you can keep rewicking the coils. Thinner wire generally wears out faster. Be careful with the dry burning, that takes a toll on the wire.
Sure; alot of coils will keep running for weeks and months if you rewick them.
Eventually,
1: corrosion at the points of electrical contact (ohms goes too high)
or
2: actually burnout
makes the coil unuseable.
Also, repeated rewicking could physically distort the coil when you're trying to pull the wick through, and the distortions might lead to shorts etc.
And for eliquid, remember you can always vape pg alone; that's the cheapest vape liquid there is.
in theory one could rewick a coil until that coil itself breaks.
as for building your own, let's face it, making a coil is wrapping a peice of wire around a stick, with attention to detail. i have a feeling a couple of days will be more than enough for you to learn how to make one.
mastering building however will take more time as you may have guessed. :]
as for building your own, let's face it, making a coil is wrapping a peice of wire around a stick, with attention to detail. i have a feeling a couple of days will be more than enough for you to learn how to make one.
mastering building however will take more time as you may have guessed. :]
Lol. I'm definitely set on liquid until I get paid, and I have literally no money until then. But thanks for all the advice, I'm feeling less apprehensive about it every day. Now just if I can get to the store once I get paid lol
Lol. I'm definitely set on liquid until I get paid, and I have literally no money until then. But thanks for all the advice, I'm feeling less apprehensive about it every day. Now just if I can get to the store once I get paid lol
When $$$cost$$$ is the main consideration, there's all sorts of ways to find a cheap way to vape.
Lol well I don't think I'm that desperate, nor do I foresee becoming that desperate. Pretty sure I can hang in there until this weekend.
Next question, remotely related : if I let the juice slowly seep into the wick rather than priming it (with cotton wick) how long do you think it will take?
what kind of tank is it.
If the cotton is not too tight, it wicks fast- a minute or 5 is enough in a bottom coil clearo; if its a topcoil it would take on the longer side.
There was a post with coils already built for like $3-$4 for 50 somewhere on here....may be worth a look if you can't build your own ?
Try a search.
Here (also different OHMs available) ....http://www.fasttech.com/product/1841103
And you can get with wicks also
Try a search.
Here (also different OHMs available) ....http://www.fasttech.com/product/1841103
And you can get with wicks also
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Thank you... Unfortunately I have no way to order online right now. I think I'm ready to start building this weekend though... Posted my apprehensions in another thread for advice
It's a PT2, but I think I may have put too much cotton or something. I tried it after an hour and I don't think the wicks were saturated yet... So I scrapped that particular head and properly primed the next one I put in.
I have several Kayfuns and I usually recoil them once a month. I rewick every couple of days.
Right now Im learning how to rebuild Protank coils.
Right now Im learning how to rebuild Protank coils.
Amount of cotton to put is something you learn from experience; and how much if any topwick.
Lots of cotton, and you don't get any leak, but wicking is slow.
Too little cotton and it wicks real fast; too fast; so fast that it leaks/floods
I never re-wick. After like 4-5 days of heavy usage the taste turns bad. Is not the same pleasure and is obvious the vaping quality is lower. Also the RDA becomes hotter after just few clicks and that's the sign that I should rebuild. I tried to re-wick but once the old cotton was removed I've seen the coils are rusted and corroded. So I took a small wire brush and tried to clean the coils of that corrosion. When I've seen what is coming out of the wires I quit the idea of re-wicking. But is just a matter of choice and we all have different preferences.
I'm all about taste and I won't do any compromise.
I'm all about taste and I won't do any compromise.
NICE 68 there Skunk!!
Rainbow, each has their own ways and opinions of vaping gear and juices. Personally, I rinse, dry burn (lightly), rinse again (to remove ash from the dry burn), and rewick the same coils MANY times. If I'm using silica, I simply torch them totally whit again and reuse them. The main thing that I've noticed as a good indicator of when to trash or rebuild the head is if I see hotspots when dry burning...this is when one wrap or an area of wraps of the coil glows considerably brighter faster than the rest of the coil. This'll cause cooking of the juice and/or burning or drying out of the wick in that spot faster than the rest of the coil can create vapor. Tastes horrible and you WILL NOT want to vape on it any more. You'll see it CLEARLY when dry burning. The coils (when "healthy") should glow evenly and rapidly from the middle first and work it's way outwards. Never dry burn for more than a few seconds at a time while pulsing your fire button....it breaks down the coil faster and risks one of the legs becoming too hot and melting the insulator in the bottom of the head=trashed head!
As already addressed, wicking is totally dependant on the amount of cotton or silica installed in the coil. You just want to barely sung inside it....all wicks swell as they absorb juice and if too tight, it hinders the wick's ability to supply the coil fast enough for a long or repeated vape. Less is more until you go TOO little and flood, leak.
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I can definitely taste that my coils are off, but being broke has forced me to make do. Lol. This is also the #1 reason I finally gave in and decided to make the effort to learn to build, though.
If u're going through a difficult moment and money are an issue then remove the old cotton and with a wire brush gently clean the coils of that corrosion then blow with air or with a cloth the removed rust who will fall on the bottom of the RDA. Then hit the button in short bursts and check for uneven red coils. Use the tweezers and all the arsenal...you know what I'm talkin. Check again the screws to be tight and re-wick with fresh cotton. It may not be the best way but it is way better than smokin cigarettes.
Take your time with cleaning the coils and do it properly. I bought the wire brush from walmart and is the size of a tooth brush. Cleaning well the coils of corrosion is the key and you'll save money that way.
Sorry to hear u're having financial issues. Been there done that.
Good luck
Take your time with cleaning the coils and do it properly. I bought the wire brush from walmart and is the size of a tooth brush. Cleaning well the coils of corrosion is the key and you'll save money that way.
Sorry to hear u're having financial issues. Been there done that.
Good luck
Don't currently have the money for even a wire brush, hadn't had work for two weeks before and paying bills at two addresses, on part-time income. But I'll be getting paid either today or tomorrow, sufficient enough to get proper building supplies.
When you can afford it, get yourself a dripper; that will save you in the long run; there's so little space to work with in a protank coil, small differences/misallignments and small differences in wicking amounts leads too alot of inconsistency between one rebuilt head to the next; among my 30 or so heads I also discovered that some have smaller centerpin airholes that others, and that was causing some of my builds to have a tighter draw than I expected.
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