Kanger T3 Tastes Like Burning

[boreddddd]

I switched from an eGo T type B because of the leaks... I had had enough. I got my T3's and a twist. I just got my favorite juice in the mail and the best way to describe my new found setup is,

I tastes like it's burning something awful. I tried removing some of the wick, and it flooded. OK, replace the coil. Same taste. Burning plastic-ish. Can it be the battery (yes , I twisted it through the volts at .5ish volt increments) ??? Throw it on the standard 650 battery. Burning again. Fine. It has to be the juice. Load up the T and there it was. That great taste I fell in love with! What the french toast???

I love the T3, but this is a complete bummer.

The only thing I can think of, is their wicks are different??? Maybe the Ohms? Hmmm. (They are, see post three) I just thought about that. I wonder if the ohms are different.

Old setup:
Ego standard 2.2 ohm single coil, type B, 650 battery, AiV's Afternoon Tea = Great taste from a leaky POS

New:
Kanger T3 2.8 ohms (I think), 650 twist, AiV's Afternoon Tea = Crappy, burning plastic from a well crafted and engineered tank system.




I know there was a thread about a burning flavor, but I searched about 5 different ways and it didn't show up. Sorry for the double post.

 

[boreddddd]

Okay... I just found these in a post similar to mine.

What you experience with a plastic or burnt rubber taste is a phenomenon commonly known as "hot legs". No not your legs.

The coil has two legs that extend down in the head to where they make contact with the positive and negative sides of the head and this is encased in a plastic/rubber grommet. To prevent these legs from getting hot and melting the grommet you must keep them wet and there are two factors to that. Wicking and coil temperature. If you don't keep the wick saturated or if you heat it faster than the juice can be replenished then the legs will burn the grommet and you get a nasty taste. I have found that heads that have gotten this taste in them don't really dissipate it readily requiring a replacement head.

If you get into rebuilding the heads there are ways to eliminate the hot leg issue. The best advice is to start low and slowly increment your temperature to get where you like it. Realize that top heads require regular tipping of the device to keep the wick good an saturated. Good luck!

Crap. Anyone have a good T3 rebuild thread and/or video handy?

double the ohms to get voltage, add or subtract .4 to get range.

Is this generally accepted as a fair rule of thumb? At a 2.8 ohm coil, I am looking at, 2.8 x 2= 5.6 +/- .4 = a range of 5.2v-6v. Common sense says, "No", because I am getting Hot Legs, as it maybe called, at a max possible voltage of 4.8v.

 

[boreddddd]

Quick Google search (brought me back to these forums... Go figure.) and I see the resistance on the STANDARD VOLTAGE Ego T clocks in at 2.2 ohms.

One member said that they got better vapor production out of the standard 2.2 eGot T than they did with the low resistance 1.7 atomizer. That seemed to be the case for me also.

This doesn't explain why I would be burning the wicks with my 2.8 Kanger, unless I cooked them in one puff on the twist battery. Possible I suppose.

Is this thread visible? I am doing a lot of talking to myself. Not the first time. Anywho, back on with the discussion.

I am declaring war on my eGo. I have decided I am going to attempt to build the T3 to standard eGo atomizer specs (ohms and wicks). I have a feeling that the voltage is swinging on the twists and the variable voltage feature is one more thing to break. Lastly, I am not a fan of the over all length. My co-workers already think I am up to no good and they are usually right for different reasons.

 

[Jonny5000]

I had the same problem about how it started tasting burnt too fast. One member said to try cleaning it/soaking it in alcohol/vodka, and another said to try taking one wick out. For one coil I took one wick out, and it works I can taste my green apple stronger than before. The other coil is still in alcohol. I vape my t3's on a 650mah ego-t, and it seems just right. But I do get flooding with the coil with only one wick toward the end when I get to about .5ml, but before that it was smooth sailing. If you do find an answer please let me know!

 

[boreddddd]

Thanks, Jonny. I went down that road and the flooding was as annoying as the leaking, because that it what it ended up leading to.

I mentioned I may have burnt the wick on my first shot with the twist. It appears I have. based on the math.

V = IR
P = VI

Where:
I = current
P = power
R = resistance
V = voltage

eGo T = 3.3 volts, and 2.2 ohms. which gives you 1.5 amps. So, 3.3*1.5 = 4.95 watts.

If I wanted the same wattage on my Twist/T3, I would need 3.7229 volts. Makes sense. A lot of people were saying they found their sweet spot around 4 volts.

Here is a calculator to play with if anyone else is trying to replicate a set up they liked.

Tomorrow at work I plan to vape on my Twist/T3, with a brand new coil, @ 3.7229 (lower than my initial attempts). Along the way, I will check the voltage at various stages of battery life and see if it moves. The standard batteries have been solid performers for me, so I can't think they have been swinging at all, except just before they die.

I guess I was just too excited about the arrival of my new gear and took the 4v suggestion as law. Once I burned the wick, I must have then went back and started at a lower voltage. Time to let the Engineering side of my brain take over!!! I knew this would happen.

The webcam guided desk rail gun will have to wait just one more day.

 

[SAG]

Boreddddd, I'm sorry you're having trouble with your T3. I rinse a new T3 with hot water before first fill. Dry with a paper towel, blow out the coil. I've tried removing flavor wicks (the ones that are laying on top of the actual coil, not the wick in the coil). FOR ME, what gets mine to perfection is to remove 1 flavor wick. I mostly use 70pg/30vg on an eGo twist at 4.0 volts. If you use thicker juice (high vg), you may need to remove 2 wicks. If I remove more than 1, I'm in flood city! After this, if I get a burnt or dry hit, all I have to do is slighty loosen how tight the tank is screwed onto the knurled head. When I do this I usually see airbubbles in the tanks! Works every time for me.

Now something else to consider...some people were getting "bad" T3s due to quality control issues. I hope that isn't your case! Hope this helps and sorry if I went on too long!

 

[boreddddd]

SAG - Thanks for your reply. That helps. As far as going on too long... Ha. I tend to write books. I should be apologizing to the masses.

 

[Mudtoe]

I wasn't getting a burnt taste in mine, but there was a chemical/ plastic taste that made me want to throw them out. I rinsed them in vodka for about an hour which seemed to clear it up.

 

[boreddddd]

Alright.. After a day, of use, the voltage didn't swing. I did notice though, that the voltage indicated on the bottom was not the exact voltage that the battery was displaying. It was off by .02 volts. In all fairness, it was off the entire scale and I am pushing the lower limits of my meter. My other battery indicated spot on what the twist said.

To sum this all up... USER ERROR. I burnt my coils. Vapor production and flavor are still low. I still get a, "taste" that isn't pleasent. I still plan to rebuild this to eGo T specs and see if it helps any.

Thanks all for putting up with my rants and stupidity.