Kanger protank rebuild

[Butters78]

I've gotta dozen or so, with both wife and I using. Cant see how I would need anymore.... Besides, the next latest and greatest thing is right around the corner. Actually already is.... I'm using a rsst & dripper about as much as the protank

I'm thinking about getting that rsst. I heard it's good for beginners. I already have a sheet of mesh from eBay.

 

[sidious_999]

Love it thanks for the share!

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[Light Seeker]

Think its a natural progression.... for me it was anyway. Vivas shown me how to rebuild coils, then perfected it on the protanks. With DIY, needed a way to sample, so a rda was perfect, and I make the RDA coils almost exactly like a protank. Then I liked the flavor & plumes from the dripper, but not the dripping inconvenience, so got the rsst

The protank is not out of rotation though, its my go-to when driving, out & about, or work. Never leaks!

 

[FACE MEAT]

UPDATE:

Rebuilding without a dry-burn still produces a burnt rubber taste for the first dozen or so vapes. I have a feeling it's something to do with the larger gauge resistance wire (I tried 32 and 30) but I can't figure out why it goes away after a bit. Time for a beer.

 

[Butters78]

Have you tried circumsising the grommet yet?

 

[xwarp]

So I picked up a brown Kanger Protank on Firday morning. Took me a couple of days, but I can say now that I really like it with the menthol flavor I am using. Much cooler than the Vivi Nova tank.

Then, I tried the cheescloth wick trick as posted in another thread.

WOW!!!!

With the original wick, I was running the ego-t on the unregulated mode. Now, with the cheesecloth wick, the regualted mode is as strong as the unregulated mode was and the flavor is even stronger!

 

[FACE MEAT]

Have you tried circumsising the grommet yet?

Yep. Made no difference. It's not a big deal to me. I don't mind suffering through a few burnt hits.

 

[Vedra]

Yep. Made no difference. It's not a big deal to me. I don't mind suffering through a few burnt hits.

Have you tried twisting the legs to reduce their resistance? People have said that it keeps them from burning the insulator, and my 30 gauge coil with twisted legs worked fine.

 

[mymares]

Great thread!! thanks and kudo's to all that posted info.. I am getting ready to rebuild my protanks, evods, and vivi nova's. tired of spending money on new coils.. I need to order wick and wire and ohm reader..

Best place and price for ohm readers??

I learned alot from this thread, one of the most informative threads I have read..

Thanks again all..

 

[FACE MEAT]

Have you tried twisting the legs to reduce their resistance? People have said that it keeps them from burning the insulator, and my 30 gauge coil with twisted legs worked fine.

Not yet. I'll give it a whirl (pun intended) on my next rebuild.

Do you twist the legs prior to wrapping the wick or after?

 

[sawtoothscream]

I just rewicked mine with cotton from a q tip, its not producing much vap, any ideas why? Think I might have used to thick of a piece but idk. thanks

 

[sawtoothscream]

yup, the cotton had to go, tasted bad and had a lack of vapor production. 400 SS mesh on the way, now I need to make a run and get some 32 kanthal and cheese cloth

 

[Mr-Glass]

Great thread!! thanks and kudo's to all that posted info.. I am getting ready to rebuild my protanks, evods, and vivi nova's. tired of spending money on new coils.. I need to order wick and wire and ohm reader..

Best place and price for ohm readers??

I learned alot from this thread, one of the most informative threads I have read..

Thanks again all..

I looked around for ohm readers... Roughly 10 bucks before shipping, then a moment of brilliance came to me and said with the 10 dollars for an ohm reader I could just add 27.00 and get both in the iTaste SVD... from FT

 

[dr g]

Been working with kanger heads in an evod (well, clones) and I must stay I'm surprised with what you can achieve with these things. I have mine at 1.6-1.7 with 30ga kanthal, 3mm main wick and maybe 2/3 of a 2mm flavor wick, cup flipped and such .... it handles 20 watts with aplomb (and great clouds).

 

[sawtoothscream]

Tried a different cotton and blah. Give a really really weird taste, produces a ton of vapor but taste is bad. guess ill just hope I have better like with the ss mesh or cheese cloth.

 

[CandyTX]

I really prefer cotton, but it burns out real quick for me, so I'm using silica. Does the mesh burn easily? Hmmm... something else to play with!

 

[Butters78]

Mesh can't burn cause it's metal I believe. I've rebuild a couple evod heads with good results in the evod heads that I use in protanks. I don't really get the mesh craze because the flavor is about the same to silica to me.

 

[Butters78]

I've rebuilt with cotton as well using the microcoil method. Really easy to take out the old cotton and thread some new in. Just as easy as doing a dry burn.

 

[pizza2me]

How in the heck do you replace the cotton while it's in the head? I'm sticking with and having good results with SS for the low maintenance and longevity. But boy is it a pita when there's a hotspot or short in that itty bitty space

 

[Butters78]

How in the heck do you replace the cotton while it's in the head? I'm sticking with and having good results with SS for the low maintenance and longevity. But boy is it a pita when there's a hotspot or short in that itty bitty space

I use a 1/16th drill bit. I do 10 wraps touching on it, then I put the coil with the drill bit still inside mind you in the slot of the evod head and install as normal. Then I take a small pinch of cotton from a qtip and roll it in my fingers. Then I guide the cotton through the coil. Then I take a bigger pinch and use it as the flavor wick. When the cotton isn't good anymore I just slide it out and replace. Easy peasy.