Juice Changing Color

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lulu836

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I had that problem with clearomizers also. I was told it has to do with the wicking absorbing more of the pg or the vg (I forget which one), which made the juice thicker and burn more hot. after that it started tasting burnt. That was one of the reasons i switched away from them.

Darkening has nothing to do with PG or VG and everything to do with nicotine, sweetner and heat. Nicotine turns amberish or yellowish with exposure to light and/or heat. I have found that some commercial juices turn darker more quickly than DIY juice. The sweetner in some cases deposits "gunk" (burnt sugar) on the coil with higher volts. The juice washes over the coil each time you take a drag and what is not used goes back down into the juice which helps the darkening process.
 

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This is how dark my juice gets at the bottom of the tank, the bottle on the left is what it started off as:

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I agree. I know pictures can be deceiving, and my juice darkens, but that looks very dark and a greater change than ive seen yet.

It actually is that dark, this is every tank. The juice in the bottle has been steeped for about 2 weeks now, that is as dark as it gets, the juice in the tank has been in there less than 14hrs.
 

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Not a big deal. It's normal, especially with top coil type devices, such as CE2s, Vivi Novas, Genesis, etc. It's just excess juice which has been heated by the coil and caramelized, leeching it's way back down into the tank.

That's when I change the head on my nova. On genesis atties over oxidizing the wick can cause the juice to change quicker than normal.
 
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