With that low of ohm...pretty likely to get dry hits if you aren't watching it carefully
Sub-ohming takes a LOT of liquid
I'm new here, but I just want to say I'm sick from vaping on a Tugboat clone
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With that low of ohm...pretty likely to get dry hits if you aren't watching it carefully
Sub-ohming takes a LOT of liquid
Apologies for being taken as condescending but..........
Now that you've expressed detail rather than emotion there have been reasoned deductions made for the benefit of all.
insurance or no that strong of a physical effect should be presented to a doctor.
Short of that it would be huge if there were a member with the appropriate background and skill set to be able to analyze the atty.
While I agree and I wish I could go to a doctor, I wonder what they could possibly tell me.
I always think doctors are mostly just going to say "Don't do that vaping thing because it could be hazardous to your health!" and dismiss it and send me on my way.
That's mainly why I don't go to a doctor.
I should note that I am fairly allergic to nickel, so any impure metals would do SOMETHING to me, but I usually have to be touching the metal for extended periods of time for any adverse reactions. Never heard of issues with breathing it.
For instance, I think kanthal has nickel in it, but I've suffered no ill effects from vaping on my Tobh with kanthal. Might be irrelevant.
I always think doctors are mostly just going to say "Don't do that vaping thing because it could be hazardous to your health!" and dismiss it and send me on my way.
That's mainly why I don't go to a doctor.
I should note that I am fairly allergic to nickel, so any impure metals would do SOMETHING to me, but I usually have to be touching the metal for extended periods of time for any adverse reactions. Never heard of issues with breathing it.
For instance, I think kanthal has nickel in it, but I've suffered no ill effects from vaping on my Tobh with kanthal. Might be irrelevant.
Yea, I get you. I mean, my Tobh does EAT UP liquid. This atty burned it off fairly quickly, but I didn't feel like I was dripping it any more than my Tobh, so I don't think I would ever even have a chance to OD.
Not true. Low sub ohm builds can easily reach and exceed the power needle to weld mild or thin metals. Arc and mig welders I have start at 10 amps.
I would bet money on the insulators being the cause. Melting insulators or even over heated insulators made out of certain plastics will give of toxic vapor. Even if a safe material is used, machine oils will penetrate the plastic and be vaporized later on.
So you're subohming... there's your answer... nic overdose. Your resistance between coils is varying.
My exact thoughts when I read the first post. Also, people need to stop with this #saynotoclones bull crap. Clones are probably what keeps most of the vape community vaping.
To properly clean it, you may need to completely dissassemble it, especially the INSULATORs.
Kanthal does not have Nickle in it, Kanthal A-1 is a ferritic iron-chromium-aluminium alloy
I'd take a close look at the INSULATOR ring on the positive post to see if it has any sign of burning.
Maybe you get getting fumes from burning insulator material.
Maybe you get getting fumes from burning insulator material.
Have you got any pictures you can show, such as of the atty, your standard build, the rayon (after use) etc etc?
I use a magma and even with it's juice capacity I would not be doing more than 6 hits without checking the juice level. I know you were driving to work, but still, even the faintest chance of me getting a dry hit sends me into a blind panic to find my juice bottle. I have tasted the fruit of the dry hit tree, never again.
You should invest in a EHPro Pontus (or a dig dripper etc) for your drives...
I use a magma and even with it's juice capacity I would not be doing more than 6 hits without checking the juice level. I know you were driving to work, but still, even the faintest chance of me getting a dry hit sends me into a blind panic to find my juice bottle. I have tasted the fruit of the dry hit tree, never again.
You should invest in a EHPro Pontus (or a dig dripper etc) for your drives...
Positive on the Ohms. Absolutely positive.
Sorry, I should have specified. I took 10 hits from the time I left home til the time I got to work, which was over the course of an 1 hour and 15 minutes (long commute).
It's the same way I vape the other atty, except that one has a much more "complicated" coil. My Tobh has a twisted kanthal sleeper coil build and this one is just two 8 wraps of 26 gauge wire around a 5/64 drillbit (I think I counted that right).
And I always use the same coil material/wick. A-1 resistance kanthal with rayon fibers
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This is his normal vaping with his 3mg liquid
After 10 puffs over an hour and 15 minutes? Seems very unlikely considering I vape much more than that on my Tobh. Like, entire 15mL bottles in 3-4 days.
I take 10 hits off this thing and I overdose? I find that to be very unlikely.
I take 10 hits off this thing and I overdose? I find that to be very unlikely.
Positive on the Ohms. Absolutely positive.
Sorry, I should have specified. I took 10 hits from the time I left home til the time I got to work, which was over the course of an 1 hour and 15 minutes (long commute
It's the same way I vape the other atty, except that one has a much more "complicated" coil. My Tobh has a twisted kanthal sleeper coil build and this one is just two 8 wraps of 26 gauge wire around a 5/64 drillbit (I think I counted that right).
And I always use the same coil material/wick. A-1 resistance kanthal with rayon fibers
Are you using a meter to verify your ohms ?
So, I normally would put the build back together, but it seems like a waste to rebuild this thing only to not use it. I can show you my Tobh and how it looks in there. Sound good?
If you have an allergy to nickel then you may have your answer. The vast majority of all atty's and some of the resistance wires have nickel in them.
You may do well to choose a copper or titanium made atty. Also verify the wire has no nickel as well
You may do well to choose a copper or titanium made atty. Also verify the wire has no nickel as well
Yes, I am. I also reverify every time I rewick, and I rewick often. Also helps to tell me if a screw came loose or something like that.
The tugboats listed on 101vape are all 304 stainless steel which is the desirable choice in vape gear.
Clones and authentics are made exactly the same way... start with the raw metal and machine it to specifications. These RDA's are really not that complex.
Another suggestion on cleaning any new metal equipment... Dawn dish-washing liquid. It's the same stuff used to clean animals/birds from oil spills and works great on most anything else. Also be sure and remove every screw and component when you clean it... cleaning usually means soaking it in hot water and soap... then rinsing real well with hot water then air dry it completely.
All the information provided though really sounds like nicotine overdose or a severe allergic reaction... again the primary suspect would be your juice/nicotine rather than 304 stainless steel...
I'll give it one more go, but I'm pretty scared of getting sick. I wonder if I dunk it in the dawn and then boil it and then throw it in rubbing alcohol if it'll all come out then. I guess the worse think that'd happen is I get sick again and I just throw this thing out.
I'd say leave it alone for at least a month. There's no hurry to troubleshoot the problem; I'm bothered by this nickel allery; never heard of such a thing; quite surpirsing actually; do you really have a nickel allergy diagnosed medically or is that just a conclusion on your part.
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