Why do I keep clogging atty's? I just bought a new 1.2 for my subtank mini and its clogged today! Is it something I'm doing wrong? Plz help
Keep clogging atty's why?
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How do you know its clogged? Harsh or burnt taste?
Could be your juice. Sweet or tobaccos can be coil gunkers.
Maybe you are running power too high or too low?
Could be your juice. Sweet or tobaccos can be coil gunkers.
Maybe you are running power too high or too low?
It's a harsh and or burnt taste. I keep buying atty's and they last a few days. I'm using different juices that are 60-40 and some that are 70-30. And power at 20w
I have to ask, when setting up a new coil head are you properly priming it?? 5-6 drops in the center, then soak the juice inlet ports, install into tank, and let the tank a least set for 5-10minutes before use, thicker juices the soaking time is longer, or another option, have a coil head already soaking in your bottle of juice after you buy it, just need to clean up and out excess juice off the contact pin and out of the air shaft sections.
Known things that clog up coils-
1) To high a power setting, causing the wicking to scorch one it gets to dry - 20watts you sound fine on this
2) Thicker, higher VG juices will wick slower, if the wick can't keep up with absorbing liquid and power set to high like in section 1, wick gets scorched. Also, VG will carbonize and collect on the coil faster than PG will, it is also sometimes a sweetener, see #3
3) Sweet liquids due to added sweeteners like sucralose and others will carbonize and crystalize onto the coil and in the wicking near the coil, also flavors like caramel, custards, bakery, candies, milky flavors, cream flavors, coffees like caramel machiato, vanillas, and others in this category will do the same (some excessively sweet fruits will do this as well)
4) Colored liquids, clearer the liquid, less residues are in the liquid, though when the liquid is very dark like coffees and tobaccos, any with food colorings in them, will not vaporize off easily, collecting as gunk on the coil and in the wicking next to the coil
5) Tobaccos, especially Naturally Extracted Tobaccos (NET) and Whole Tobacco Alkaloids (WTA) due to color and extra particulates in the liquids due to their extraction processes, will collect gunk on the coil and in the wicking next to the coil
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Going to ask this as well, what airflow setting do you have set for the coil head at 20watts?? Full open, 2nd smallest, or smallest??
Known things that clog up coils-
1) To high a power setting, causing the wicking to scorch one it gets to dry - 20watts you sound fine on this
2) Thicker, higher VG juices will wick slower, if the wick can't keep up with absorbing liquid and power set to high like in section 1, wick gets scorched. Also, VG will carbonize and collect on the coil faster than PG will, it is also sometimes a sweetener, see #3
3) Sweet liquids due to added sweeteners like sucralose and others will carbonize and crystalize onto the coil and in the wicking near the coil, also flavors like caramel, custards, bakery, candies, milky flavors, cream flavors, coffees like caramel machiato, vanillas, and others in this category will do the same (some excessively sweet fruits will do this as well)
4) Colored liquids, clearer the liquid, less residues are in the liquid, though when the liquid is very dark like coffees and tobaccos, any with food colorings in them, will not vaporize off easily, collecting as gunk on the coil and in the wicking next to the coil
5) Tobaccos, especially Naturally Extracted Tobaccos (NET) and Whole Tobacco Alkaloids (WTA) due to color and extra particulates in the liquids due to their extraction processes, will collect gunk on the coil and in the wicking next to the coil
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Going to ask this as well, what airflow setting do you have set for the coil head at 20watts?? Full open, 2nd smallest, or smallest??
Wicks not primed , wattage too high, if using a rebuildable tank then wicking not right.
Rebuildable dripper could be wicking too loose.
Subtank mini most likely not primed the coils - So put liquid down the top of the coil and on the juice holes each side then into tank and wait a couple of minutes. Make sure air slots are open.
Rebuildable dripper could be wicking too loose.
Subtank mini most likely not primed the coils - So put liquid down the top of the coil and on the juice holes each side then into tank and wait a couple of minutes. Make sure air slots are open.
20W on a 1.2ohm coil.... sounds a bit high on the wattage, are you chain vaping too? the wick needs time to suck up the juice before you hit it again...
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