Iclear 16 coil replacement schedule.

[dahlialady]

Hi everyone. I'm still a noob to e-cigs so bear with me. This has probably been answered a million times, but here's my question. I've been vaping a month now. With those starter kit clearomizers. The Iclear 16. I might have a clone. I don't know. How often should I change my coils? How do I know when they are dying? Also can I replace just the wick and the wire on these coils. They have a silica wick and I would like to replace it with cotton and Kanthal. I think the coils are 1.8 ohms, but don't quote me on that.
Thanks kindly in advance.

 

[Sthur]

I would recommend when you start to notice a drop off in vapor production and flavor.

Will bump incase others have other advise.

 

[Wow1420]

I've put about 20ml through my first Iclear16 so far, did one dry burn in it in that time. I use a relatively clear liquid in it, so I expect it to keep going for a while without much fuss. Maybe a dry burn every 10ml or so.

I think the dual coils will make it very hard to rebuild, so I got a bunch of spare coils during a sale a while back.

I wish iclear would come out with a glass tank option, I vape a lot of citrusy tank cracker flavors.

 

[CommaHolly]

I'm thinking the dual coils would make rebuilding very difficult,,,,,,,,

I have gone almost 2 months on my current Iclear coils,,,,,,,,I rinse and dry burn every other day or so (but I vape a lot,,,,like 14-20ml of clear juice a day).

 

[Dakota Jim]

coil life is subjective and dependent on type of eliquid (sweet and/or dark will gunk up quicker), volume of eliquid used

best indication a coil needs to be replaced is if it starts tasting burnt

dual coils are really, really hard to rebuild and I believe we will see most manufacturers switching to dual coil tanks because of this

(last time I bought Protank coil was over 3 months ago)

 

[dahlialady]

Thanks for all your answers guys. Muchly appreciated.

 

[dahlialady]

Ok....So this is what I did. I went from a single wick 2.4 ohms to a double wick 1.8 ohms. I just purchased new coil heads. Like previous Suegeo said, it would be a PITA. I didn't do a dry burn. Is that just torching it quickly with a lighter...or pressing the power button for a few seconds with no liquid? Wicks are silica (I believe). Why a dry burn? The coils hit well. So in all...Success. I vaped a month on 2 coils. I was starting to get a bit of a burnt glycol taste. With the new coil...none of that.
I really want to go to cotton and kanthal. I don't know if stock clearos like this use kanthal or ni-chrome. I have a Vivi Nova. Is that rebuildable with cotton and Kanthal, or also too much of a pain in the ....?