How will I know?

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Navy4life

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How will I know when it's time to change the wick and or coil in the rba? Is bad taste an indicator? Dark color or what? I know it's a simple question, but I'm just curious. Having three REOs, and not able to vape at work, I probaly don't even go through 1-2 mil per device at night, if that much. Maybe I should just change wick and burn coil? One more question, please. How many wraps of 30 around a 16 bit drill are going to give me 1.1-1.3? Thanks guys!
 

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I don't think I've "had" to change the wick yet. I usually rewick every other day, but sometimes I've left the cotton in there for a week. Although the one I'd left in there for a week took a few tries to remove. It was kind of disintegrating. 2-3 days should be a good routine.

As for the number of wraps you'd need for 1.1-1.3, I'm "guessing" 5-6. Mine are 8-9 wraps, and come in around 1.9-2.0.
 

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When the coils get gunked up the wick will eventually get gunked up too which will affect the ability for it to wick sufficiently. You'll notice a loss in vapor, flavor, & a possibly a bad taste depending on what the wick is. But not always. I had one coil (not a micro) with a silica wick that just kept going strong & it was scary looking to see how gunked up it was. I eventually changed it but only cause it just looked nasty. I never had another build go that long before.
 

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I re-wick just about every day, but mainly because I can and it takes just a few minutes to do all four of my daily drivers. As stated above, it depends on the juice. I will say that after about a day with my darker juices, I can definitely taste the gunk on the coil. I used to try and squeeze as much life from a setup as possible, but since some needed re-wicking daily I just go ahead and do them all at the same time, usually on my lunch break...
 

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I was vaping in my office the other day and a co-worker walked in and said "what's that smell"? I said, "do you like it"? He says, "yea, it smells like scented candles". I said, "I just farted".:D

In Texas, farts smell like BBQ, not scented candles. ;)

I wish I could vape in my office. THAT would be nirvana.
 
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