How to tell when coil really needs replacement?

[goldilox22]

I have Herakles and Kanger tanks. Besides less vapor, burnt taste, or leaky tank, is there any way to tell for sure if atomizer/coil is shot?

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Less vapor, odd off funky or burnt taste, leaking, reduced wicking ability, resistance changing greatly, missing or damaged o ring, coil no longer works.

Just me, when someone says coil I think of something that needs to be mounted in an rba & wicked to function. A coil is just a coil.
Replacement heads contain coil(s) wicking material, insulators, o rings in an assembly, ready to prime, screw in base & vape.

 

[dhood]

That's basically it. The big things will be either a burnt taste (meaning the cotton is almost gone) or you're getting less vapor (and you find you need to start turning the power up to get the same thing - which might cause the cotton to start burning).

 

[pevinsghost]

If you can see the fluid holes, you may be able to see build up or burn marks too.

 

[goldilox22]

Less vapor, odd off funky or burnt taste, leaking, reduced wicking ability, resistance changing greatly, missing or damaged o ring, coil no longer works.

Just me, when someone says coil I think of something that needs to be mounted in an rba & wicked to function. A coil is just a coil.
Replacement heads contain coil(s) wicking material, insulators, o rings in an assembly, ready to prime, screw in base & vape.

Thanks. I guess I meant to say replacement head, or atomizer?

 

[goldilox22]

That's basically it. The big things will be either a burnt taste (meaning the cotton is almost gone) or you're getting less vapor (and you find you need to start turning the power up to get the same thing - which might cause the cotton to start burning).

Thanks, Does wick that's visible through holes usually look dark/darker when it's going bad?

 

[pevinsghost]

It can, but when ruining with dark juice I've had the wick darken when it's still fine too. I guess is more of something to draw your attention to the other signs than a "replace me now" sign in itself.

 

[RipCigs]

On a tank i mostly start tasting the burnt notes before significant loss of vapor production. On a dripper i change/dry burn when the flavor gets muted, i don't recall the last time my dripper tasted burnt.

 

[dhood]

Some of my juices are amber to start and the wick will get dark through normal use. Remember, when the coil heats up, it will "caramelize" the sugars and oxidize the nicotine in your juice. So darkening of the juice (and the wicks) will occur naturally.

 

[suprtrkr]

Bad taste or stops working.

 

[BackDoc]

When i want a cigarette, change the coil

 

[Cloudmann]

When it tastes like poo, throw it.