Phoenix problems

[bace a flunt]

I just got my first rba in the mail other day, a phoenix clone. I can't vape over 3.6v at 2.2 ohms without getting a burnt taste. The coil was wrapped evenly around the wick and there did not appear to be any hot spots. I just tried installing one of the pre made silica wick/coils today and I just can't get it right. I wasted all 5. What keeps happening is I get the wires in the post but I can't get the silica wick to stay at the bottom where the juice pools up. I can kinda cram the wick under the coil, but I don't think it goes into the little pit reservoir pit in the bottom. I tried pushing the wick down before I put the wire in the posts, I tried having the coil perpendiculat to the posts, I tried pushing the coil down towards the bottom, and I tried shortening the wick. A lot of the time the wick would unravel which makes it even more aggrivating. On the last one I just left it the best I could. The wick was pushed down under the coil, I couldn't tell if it was touching the reservoir at the bottom. Anyways I put 15 drops completely saturating the wick and got a burnt taste on the third drag. The coil was wrapped was wrapped pretty even.

So does anyone have suggestions? Is there anything I can do to make it withstand higher voltage (that is once I figure out how to put a new wick in)?

Also, what do you think about this setup? I supposed cotton would be much easier to work with than silica wick.

 

[pdib]

I don't like his ▲ funny business setup. Check this one out, its the bomb. (put whatever you want in the coil)

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/rebuildable-atomizer-systems/325383-phoenix-chalice-vertical-cotton-wick-setup.html?highlight=coil+for+chalice

 

[bace a flunt]

That's awesome, I'll give it a shot. Do you have any links to other setups? Is it normal for me to get a burnt taste as low as 3.6v@2.2 ohms?

 

[pdib]

I don't know, 4.5v? No, its not normal, you're not being normal This setup allows you to insert cotton, silica, stainless steel mesh, ceramics, jute () so you can try alot of different things with it

 

[bzmotoninja83]

I had the same issue with a similar phoenix clone. Came with stubby wick setups. What I did, instead of dripping a few drops every drag is a ss mesh setup. It almost always wicks and haven't had a burnt taste yet. Right now I have one with a sorta U shape wick.

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[pdib]

I had the same issue with a similar phoenix clone. Came with stubby wick setups. What I did, instead of dripping a few drops every drag is a ss mesh setup. It almost always wicks and haven't had a burnt taste yet. Right now I have one with a sorta U shape wick.

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Dude! ▲ check out your number of posts! ▲

 

[bzmotoninja83]

Changing that like right now.......

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[unloaded]

When I make mine I have extra wick on each end. My coil and posts look like a capital H the extra legs of the wick I wrap around the posts and tuck into the well behind the coil. Make sure your airhole is lined up with the coil.