Need help with my coil.

[Ghost The Trainer]

I have a baby beast t8 coil and I've only used it for a day or two when I got the message "atomizer short" so I talked to a guy and he told me to look inside of it and make sure the coils are tight. When I took the RDA and the rubber seal off the end of the coils got exposed and are touching the walls. I don't want to do any damage to it so can someone tell me how to make sure the coils are tight and how to make sure I don't blow myself up with the coil touching something it's not supposed to be touching.

 

[Izan]

Source a new T8 coil and swap it in.
Disassembling a factory coil for the first time can be intimidating. (Utube helps)

What battery device are you using to power the BB?
Do you get the "Short" message with other atomizers/tanks/toppers or only the BB?

cheers
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[Ghost The Trainer]

I use a joyetech cuboid and I've only gotten that message with that t8 core. I had a Q2 core and it didn't give me that message, but it was time to replace the coil so I used the t8.

 

[Izan]

I use a joyetech cuboid and I've only gotten that message with that t8 core. I had a Q2 core and it didn't give me that message, but it was time to replace the coil so I used the t8.

Hmm.. Head scratch.
I see that the Cuboid has a minimum resistance rating of .1Ω, the T8 is close at .15Ω and perhaps the cuboid sees it below the threshold. (Q2 is .4Ω)


If anything else pops to mind, I post back.

Cheers

 

[Hitmetwice]

The coil(s) should be surrounded by cotton and will only touch the casing where it grounds. You mention RDA in your post, are you using a rebuildable coil? Or the T8?

Sometimes simply removing the tank and reattaching it will clear an error message. Cheers.

EDIT...And a big WELCOME to ECF!!!

 

[BrotherBob]

I have a baby beast t8 coil and I've only used it for a day or two when I got the message "atomizer short" so I talked to a guy and he told me to look inside of it and make sure the coils are tight. When I took the RDA and the rubber seal off the end of the coils got exposed and are touching the walls. I don't want to do any damage to it so can someone tell me how to make sure the coils are tight and how to make sure I don't blow myself up with the coil touching something it's not supposed to be touching.

Welcome and glad you joined. Tanks can be tricky sometimes.
Might like to read:
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[suprtrkr]

I wouldn't be worried too much about blowing yourself up. The mod told you it had a short and refused to work. That's what they're supposed to do. Sure, they can fail, sometimes badly, but it isn't a common occurrence. That said, I suspect you have a bad coil, which does happen. Remove and repalce the coil, remove and replace the tank from the mod. If that doesn't fix it, try another coil.