How often are you rebuilding?
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as long as it's 100% cotton it will be fine. You may want to boil it first though. If you're using silica and your wick is getting all gunked up in a day or so you can dry burn it and rinse it off. If you switch to cotton then you could just pull out or burn off the old wick and thread a new one. I've had the same coil in 1 of my daily drivers for over a month now. Every few days it gets a fresh piece of cotton and it's good as new.
I'm going to try the cotton. Are you rolling the coil in a nice tight roll around a nail or something? I found I'm getting a better vape by rolling it by hand and not very tight space a bit apart. Making a nice tight coil seems like a better approach if I'm going to be putting cotton into it every day. Then I can dry burn the coil between cotton swaps. Correct?
Well, I just rolled what I thought was going to be a nice coil. Then I crimped it with pliers while hot. Looked pretty good to me. Unfortunately it measured 3.2 ohms! Since I don't have it on a variable volt it kinda is an underachiever.
Honestly Ive been making a new coil just about everyday since Ive been dripping. I can never leave anything alone. Its ok though because my vape shop gives me wire when I ask....
I tried a few silica wicks in the beginning, but I have a good stash of hand picked cotton, so for me cotton is king!
I tried a few silica wicks in the beginning, but I have a good stash of hand picked cotton, so for me cotton is king!
Hand picked cotton eh? I saw some in the fields today and thought about nabbing some. I think i got a pretty good coil now. Measures a little high, around 2.2 - I have cotton in there now. I like it. Hopefully I'll just be changing out the cotton daily. Making a new coil with that silica everyday is getting old. Next coil will be a little lower ohm.
If you're using a higher gauge wire like 30 or above you might want to experiment with a duel wire or parallel wire set up. Just fold a piece of wire at the middle and wrap the two wires side be side as if you were wrapping one wire. I use 32 gauge kanthal and that's how I do all my coils anymore.
If you have a 1.5mm or 1/16 inch allen key, try wrapping your coil on that. Wrap as close (touching) as you can but a tiny gap here and there doesn't matter. If you happen to have 32, try about 8 wraps (16 coils) and adjust from there.
Sounds interesting however realestate on this deck is so small I have enough of a challenge getting one decent coil on there. Next rebuildable will have more space. This is my first. It was really inexpensive. I think I paid $6.95 -
I rebuild coils when I feel like it, which can vary greatly on how/what I'm vaping when it comes to drippers, usually once a day. My genny has had the same coil in it for months, I change the cotton in it maybe once a week? Idk I use it in the car only so I guess it lasts a bit longer.
Every few days. I'm using 28 ga kanthal, 500 SS mesh, in a RSST.
Funny thing is, I find that the flavor improves a bit after things "blacken up" late on the 2nd day of use.. then it tanks after a bit more "black" builds up.
I'm sure I could increase the life of a particular wick/coil by a dry burn, blasting with hot water, followed by a thorough scrub, (with a toothbrush). I've got a wick/coil that's due for that in the next 24 hrs. I'll give that regimen a try and see how well it works to save time/materials.
Funny thing is, I find that the flavor improves a bit after things "blacken up" late on the 2nd day of use.. then it tanks after a bit more "black" builds up.
I'm sure I could increase the life of a particular wick/coil by a dry burn, blasting with hot water, followed by a thorough scrub, (with a toothbrush). I've got a wick/coil that's due for that in the next 24 hrs. I'll give that regimen a try and see how well it works to save time/materials.
lol i must be the odd man out, on drippers i usually dry burn every other day and run wicks for weeks on end with no issues. but I also use pure silica rope.
I got pretty much the same experience as Thrasher...
every couple of months i decide to do a "cleansing" on all my setups.
My Z-Atty Pro is on its second or third coil since purchase.
I just dry-burn, and go about my day...
If you do it right, you don't need to continuously change it.
Isn't that the point of rebuildables, convenience?
every couple of months i decide to do a "cleansing" on all my setups.
My Z-Atty Pro is on its second or third coil since purchase.
I just dry-burn, and go about my day...
If you do it right, you don't need to continuously change it.
Isn't that the point of rebuildables, convenience?
With the genny's it's merely a dry burn between flavors or at the end of a tankfull and a recoil something like every two weeks. The Fogger is a different story. I tear that thing down like every 20 minutes. Yesterday I pulled over halfway home from work so I could re-wick that sucker.
My coils usually last about a month if I'm running only light juices through them, 2-3 weeks if I'm using heavy juices, they can keep going at this point but the flavor is off. My wicks usually last about a week or so, I replace the wicks when they don't hold the amount of liquid they should be holding. I've noticed with my cotton wicks that as they are used they gradually hold less liquid. I normally use 28 Gauge Kanthal A1 and cotton balls.
I use a couple drops of hydrogen peroxide to freshen up my coils every once in a while. It turns to water under heat so I think it's safe enough to use. It makes a great mouth wash as well, mixed half and half with water, and helps with my vapors tongue that I seem to insist on developing every once in a while. For silica users, it helps freshen it up as well, but I think taking a torch to the silica might be the way to go there unless you have grommets or orings to worry about.
I've been rebuilding alot on my igo l, sometimes twice a day. Mostly because I spend too much time on ecf trying to get the next best coil setup!
Now I've settled on a dual triple braided Nano dragon coil with organic cotton. And this thing is just absolutely amazing.
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Now I've settled on a dual triple braided Nano dragon coil with organic cotton. And this thing is just absolutely amazing.
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I have had my coil in for 2 months.. just pull the cotton out, dry burn it after a quick vodka bath, clean ash off with pipe cleaner (once cool), more vodka and another dry burn, put new cotton in and been just fine.
Kanthal is cheap, $5-10 for 100 ft, I'd rather just make a new set of coils that will perform better than try and drag an old pair along.
I dry burn and change wicks on something most every day because I like a fresh coil also. But I only change the wicks. My coils last...well, I don't know, I've never had one go bad because I play around with different resistances. But I've had some last weeks or a month or more before I changed it and it was running fine.
This is why I'm such a great fan of micros and cotton.. not need to wrap another coil around a piece of silica...just slide out the old wick, dry burn the coil, rinse or brush it and slide in a new coil..takes just a few minutes. If I can't easily rewick it.. I don't want it.
This is why I'm such a great fan of micros and cotton.. not need to wrap another coil around a piece of silica...just slide out the old wick, dry burn the coil, rinse or brush it and slide in a new coil..takes just a few minutes. If I can't easily rewick it.. I don't want it.
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