MacTechVpr, I'm getting about 24hrs heavy use from a coil/wick in the rba. Not burning the wick....when it works, it's excellent. It's gunking up as seen in the pic, then loses flavour... tastes near burnt.
How to stop the gunking up? Between 14-18w usually. Max vg. 3mg It's my adv, not interested in changing juice. Is there any adjustment I could make to make it last longer? If not, then that's cool...it's a fantastic 24 hrs of use. lol. I end up cleaning the coils for re-use and rewick.
Thanks for the post bro. Appreciate the pic. Best advice I could give as you install and oxidize the coil
° Try to keep the coil on the bit it was wound;
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Rake or very gently run a light screwdriver or pin across the coils;
(This spreads the coil slightly and if not in good contact due to spreading may help
spring them back into a better tighter geometry. Sometimes they get skewed or spread as tension is passed on into the wind as we pull on the leads during installation.)
° Use very gradual short rather than longer pulses starting with lower then moderate voltage;
(Oxidation is a process and will possibly be compromised or not happen at all completely if too hot too fast.)
° Induce a slight lighting from the center and proceed slowly until you see a uniform color at the surface end-to-end;
(You do not need to do dry fires until it's white hot. Usually you can step pulse to a uniform red color that fires identically every time and that's enough. Fire once only lighting to yellow thereafter and you're done. That's to ensure you don't have a hot spot anywhere.
If at any point the coil disfigures or changes color just toss it. You'll spend far less time getting it right with a coil that's intact.
However, I strongly recommend a ceramic tweezers. These are useful for correcting smaller cooler (dark) spots that may be visible. These imperfections may be inherent to the wire or induced by small changes in tension applied during the wire. Same thing applies if they don't immediately resolve with a very light squeeze and pulse, just ditch it. You'll be happier.
Now, in practical terms we don't always have the luxury of that kind of time. If your coil is almost perfect and you've got a gap you can kill with a regular tweezer after the fire. Try hitting it. It's you're vape. Maybe the juice you want will let you get away with it.
Unresolved imperfections are like the loose connection. They will make the vape hot, lower actual vaporization, increase dry diffusion. In general just make for a bad vape.
This is what a proper electrical wind cures. Make a few coils. Toss those that don't cut the mustard. Keep your standards high.
It's your vaping enjoyment after all.
Good luck all.
