Phoenix Atomizer tastes burnt

[briandress]

Hey everyone. I am sooooo stuck right now on what is causing the burnt flavor in my vape.

Background: i have a phoenix rda with about a .9 wrap on a bagua mod. a few days ago it was pressed on in my pocket and burned all the way through the wick....since then i have been experiencing a burnt taste issue. I have changed out wick many many times(100% pure cotton) I even went to my shop and they wrapped a new coil for me. The issue was gone until this afternoon when i wanted a new wick and changed it out at work...now I am back to burnt flavor! I cant figure this out! the only thing i notice is that when i am dry heating the wick to get rid of residual liquid from the old wick a little bit of smoke is coming from one of the negative posts. I have tried the wick thick pressing up against the coil tightly and thin so it has room to wick..i have tried dousing it before initial fire to really soak the wick too. The only time it is not there is if i drip a few drops right onto the coil...but soon it returns...even with a soaked wick. I am going nuts trying to figure this one out. All help is appreciated!!

 

[downInTn]

Sounds like the cotton wick is too thick in the coil. You should be able to slide it back and forth but just barely.

 

[briandress]

yeah i can do that for sure. i did try one that was way loose in the coil and one that was tight and one in between. i just tried one again right now that was only a little bit of cotton(like not a lot hanging down from the coil) wick is soaked. still tastes burnt

 

[briandress]

have you ever seen smoke rise from one of the negative posts when you are burning off excess liquid after you have removed your wick?

 

[downInTn]

Can you see the coil when firing it, with a soaked wick none of the wire should glow.

 

[downInTn]

have you ever seen smoke rise from one of the negative posts when you are burning off excess liquid after you have removed your wick?

No, can't say that I have.

 

[briandress]

No I can't see the coil glowing when it is wet. Can't figure out what the burnt taste is. Its making me sad lol

 

[briandress]

i replaced my wick again this morning and still with the burnt taste. it takes a really long time puffing and rewetting to get the burned taste to go away. anyone have any idea what this could be? is my atomizer f'd up or something?

 

[briandress]

can the burnt taste come from the type of cotton that I am using for my wick? it does go away after substantial burning and re wetting of the wick

 

[downtownfish]

Plastic melted next to the grounding post?

 

[briandress]

im getting great flavor and vape at the moment. the wick has been in there a day or so. its just so nasty when i put a new wick in there. so so nasty. have you ever got a bad piece of cotton or something?