Kanger T3 rebuilding woes

[nectarguru]

I've been rebuilding my T3's for awhile now, but lately my coils have been hit or miss. They either suffer from a burnt taste with poor vapor production, or very tight draw. I don't feel that my technique changes much from build to build, so I'm becoming quite frustrated. For example, I'm just about to retire an excellent coil because of burnt hits (has lasted me about 3 weeks), but I built one just yesterday that has too tight of a draw to give me a satisfactory vape.

I'm using Kanthal A1 32 gauge wire with 1mm silica wick. When I build, I fold the wick over itself and make 4 wraps over the wick across a thin sewing pin. I then use another two small sections on top for my flavor wicks. I don't feel that I wrap too tightly, just snug enough to hold the wick in place and make a nice coil. I've tried using wider wraps which resulted in leaks and gurgling. A friend suggested in may be a wicking problem. Perhaps the two sections of flavor wick are too snug on top of the coil? If I pull the wick apart into strands to allow more airflow will I suffer from leaks?

At the moment I'm running a bit low on supplies (mostly from making a lot of dud coils), so I'm avoiding more trial and error, but any advice from more experienced coil-builders would be greatly appreciated. Much thanks!

 

[nectarguru]

Bah! I didn't notice the rebuild atty category. Can this thread please be moved?

 

[Thin]

IMHO the flavor wicks are there to plug the gap that the silicon washer thing doesn't seal. Not enough wick and it'll gurgle, and too much it'll be strangled and give dry hits. Try removing a little and see if it changes things, you can always put another piece back on. I use one strand of 2mm silica wick with 4 or 5 wraps of 0.20 gauge Kanthal wire, and usually put a couple of strands of my offcut wick on top for flavor wicks. Usually works out about 1.6 or 1.8 ohms.