Melting lead (leg)

[Sandrodec]

Now i had 2 times when i heat the coil for the first time That the legs Are melting never had that before on the rba subtank mini the coils are pre made from kangertech 1.2 would you know why it do that that they are melting thanks in advance

 

[Cullin Kin]

What mod are you using? How much power? Sounds like you're shorting out somewhere...

 

[PressPlayVape]

Most likely because they're touching some other metal, the legs should be under the screws on the side but the coil should not be touching any other metal or you will have this issue.

 

[Sandrodec]

I am using the istick 50 on it for heating the coil the first time i do it on 13 watt or is that to much

 

[Sandrodec]

Ok Thanks for the reply maybe thats whas te problem they shorted

 

[Cullin Kin]

I am using the istick 50 on it for heating the coil the first time i do it on 13 watt or is that to much

That isn't too much. You definitely have a short going on somewhere. Do everything exactly the same as you would before but don't fire it this time. Take a picture for us.

 

[Mr.Mann]

Oh wait, on the RBA? What brand wire are you using?

 

[Sandrodec]

They are premade coils from kangertech dont know exactly what kind of wire it is they are 1.2 ohm after this happend the leg melted i placed a 0.5 ohm pre made coil thats whas fine

 

[Mr.Mann]

They are premade coils from kangertech dont know exactly what kind of wire it is they are 1.2 ohm after this happend the leg melted i placed a 0.5 ohm pre made coil thats whas fine

Oh, I thought you had rebuilt it. You are not dry burning them are you?

 

[Sandrodec]

Sometimes i dryburn the rba coil but it happend now with a new coil on the rba section tommorow i have the subox in the mail its the first time i have a mod with not a build in battery if it happend again on this mod that the lead melt or short coil is that dangerous with a 18650 battery in it i know the subox have some protections on it but just to be sure i asking

 

[SleeZy]

Sometimes i dryburn the rba coil but it happend now with a new coil on the rba section tommorow i have the subox in the mail its the first time i have a mod with not a build in battery if it happend again on this mod that the lead melt or short coil is that dangerous with a 18650 battery in it i know the subox have some protections on it but just to be sure i asking

As long as it happens on a regulated mod, such as the subox you should be fine as long as the protection works as it should.
On a mechanical however a hard short is realy bad.
I'm glad you started with a regulated mod (as most new people to rebuilding and vaping as a whole, should do.)

Make sure the coil isn't touching any other metal and you're good to go. Also a standalone ohm-meter is great to use, because it'll show if the coil is shorted, then you know that you need to look for any errors even before firing it up for the first time.

Altho afaik most regulated shouln't even be firing a shorted coil to begin with. (Should just say "atomizer short" or similar message, or blink if it has no display.) So maybe it was fine until it got heated for abit then expanded and shorted due nearby metal. Or that you didn't tighten down the coil enough so the leg came loose.

The RBA deck is quite small for the subtank so it's abit finicky until you've mastered the ways of building.

 

[Mr.Mann]

Sometimes i dryburn the rba coil but it happend now with a new coil on the rba section tommorow i have the subox in the mail its the first time i have a mod with not a build in battery if it happend again on this mod that the lead melt or short coil is that dangerous with a 18650 battery in it i know the subox have some protections on it but just to be sure i asking

Next time when something like this happens (if it happens), take as many good, close-up pics as you can. Post them here so we can better assess what's the matter.

 

[JoeBalomey]

Were you able to solve the problem? I had this happen once but it was obviously touching the side after i noticed.

 

[Sandrodec]

When i placed a new one everything is fine so i will do it next time carefully and hopes it dont happens annymore thank you people for helping if it happens again i will post picture