I'm Having No Luck With New Tanks

[spainman]

I've been vaping now for well over a month, and it seems like I'm always going right back to the original two CE4's that came with my eGo-Twist kit. My first stab at a T3 Kanger... bad leaking. My rebuildable Smoktech Redux CE4's... all seem to pop when vaping, one only mysteriously works with one of my batteries and just isn't giving me as smooth experience as the regular CE4's. I bought replacement coils and same thing. It really sucks because so far I was looking at settling with these clearomizers as replacing the coils is very inexpensive. I've read that other's have had similar issues with the Kanger, I may try to replace the coil and see if that works. So my main issue for now are these rebuildable CE4's. Is it an issue with the ohms maybe? I've tried dailing my twists at different volts and it's the same thing. Anyone care to shed any light?

I'm just glad my originals have been holding up so far but I know they won't last forever.

 

[Phil McRotch]

They're ALL popping coils?

Ohms do make somewhat of a difference in the quality of coil life, however, if you're constantly vaping whether it be from iron lung type drags or chain vaping without giving the coil to cool down, any coil will pop pretty quickly.

I don't have any clearos, but I do have a mini nova. Same concept as replaceable (even rebuildable) heads and a long stranded wicking system. At 1.8ohms, I'm around 3.8-4.2V, but that's subjective to how you like to vape. I've only popped 1 head successfully and that was from about a month of prolonged, heavy use with occasional cleaning.

So, to sum it up, exactly how are you vaping?

 

[spainman]

Finally made it back home to try these rebuildable CE4s out again...

I am a semi heavy vaper, but the sizzling and popping can start immediately. I just screwed it back on and it is immediate. This is with my replacement coil, the original did last a while but may have did the same thing. Out of the two new ones I bought, one only fires up with one of my batteries (exact same batteries as mentioned), the other one doesn't work at all one either and makes the firing button light up 4 or 5 times.

 

[finnman1]

The max recommended Voltage for low Ohms (1.8) is about 3.9 volts. Any more, and yes, its going to get too hot and start crackling and fry the wire. Check out this chart. The link shows a larger picture.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9dkanCt0I1qc8949o2_1280.png


Maybe the first overheat changed the molecular structure of the wire permanently? Hope this helps.

 

[spainman]

The max recommended Voltage for low Ohms (1.8) is about 3.9 volts. Any more, and yes, its going to get too hot and start crackling and fry the wire. Check out this chart. The link shows a larger picture.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9dkanCt0I1qc8949o2_1280.png



Maybe the first overheat changed the molecular structure of the wire permanently? Hope this helps.

Thanks, that's good info. Oddly one of my clearo's is working on both batteries now. I thought I adjusted the voltage with no result prior to now (and I'm almost always vaping around 3.5-4.2). The other one is still making the firing buttons blink. Is it just a dud maybe?

 

[Cloud Wizard]

A good rule of thumb with VV is to simply add +2 volts to your resistance (e.g. 2.0ohm + 2.0v = 4.0v) to get close to 8 watts. Then simply adjust up/down to taste. One thing I noticed with the Kanger T3's and the Vivi Novas I've tried is that they usually aren't spot on with their resistance rating (has 1 Vivi head marked at 1.8ohm that metered at 2.4ohm...).

In my experience, if you are popping coils that easily something isn't right. Either the resistance of your heads is lower than you think or maybe your Twist is putting out more voltage than it should. Do you have a multi meter?

 

[spainman]

A good rule of thumb with VV is to simply add +2 volts to your resistance (e.g. 2.0ohm + 2.0v = 4.0v) to get close to 8 watts. Then simply adjust up/down to taste. One thing I noticed with the Kanger T3's and the Vivi Novas I've tried is that they usually aren't spot on with their resistance rating (has 1 Vivi head marked at 1.8ohm that metered at 2.4ohm...).

In my experience, if you are popping coils that easily something isn't right. Either the resistance of your heads is lower than you think or maybe your Twist is putting out more voltage than it should. Do you have a multi meter?

I don't have a mutli meter. For the record, by comparison my regular CE4's were rated 1.8ohms and these Redux's are 2.4. My Kanger if I recall was at least 2ohms.... maybe that has something to do with it. I was completely clueless as to the significance of knowing the ohms but I guess now I've arrived at that special moment called learning lol...

 

[spainman]

Between the chart you provided finnman1, and the info you gave me Cloud Wizard, I am getting a sort of light but not popping vaping experience out of these things. The last one still isn't working at all though. Thanks I think we're getting somewhere.