Problem with variable wattage devices burning up Kanger atomoizers

[Kaylos]

I am having a problem of my variable wattage devices creating a burning/acrid taste on my Evod 2/Aerotank. It all started when I ruined my ITaste VV 3.0 too many times and it started burning up coil I put on it in either VV or VW mode. So I bought a Kanger IPOW 2 which is only VW and it started doing the same thing. I did notice though that the resistance reading would spike when first firing it up and even periodically while using it. I did some research that pointed out over tightening, of which I had been guilty, could cause the Kanger dual coils to have a bad taste. So I have been extremely careful with tightening, and I was still getting the same results. I did drop it once, and thought maybe that I had done the same thing to it.

So I just bought a Vamo V6. Brand new batteries, new mod, and brand new coil. Started out good, then immediately burned the coil. The kicker is though, I never have this problem using the kanger coils on my EVOD 2 when used on my Visiontek Spinner. I just set it to a voltage and it trucks along. But that is amp limited pretty bad and barely produces any vapor. I tried my working Kanger coil in the EVOD 2 on the new Vamo V6, the resistance spiked and immediately burned up the coil.

Am I doing something wrong. I have extremely careful with not over tightening. I tested the Kanger IPOW 2 and it seemed to work fine on a multi-tester, wso apparently there is nothing wrong with the battery itself. Why do the resistances as read by these mods? The voltage on the Vamo V6 spikes to near max when it does this. I would just switch it to straight voltage, but alas it will does not have these settings. Am I doing something wrong, which I feel is most likely the case.

 

[tehdarkaura]

make sure you vamo is in RMS mode and not AVG.

 

[Kaylos]

I just saw a response to the post with a link. It says to hold the + or - button, but doesn't say for how long. And what about the IPOW 2. Can I switch that to RMS mode?

 

[tehdarkaura]

no idea about the ipow2 -- maybe its just a dud after you dropped it -- Phil has a video up on how to change modes -- it takes way longer than you would expect

Its been a while since i've played with my vamo -- and i think it depends on what rev it is as to which button you hold down... come to think of it grim green has a video up on how to do this too.

 

[Kaylos]

I tried doing Exactly like PBusardo does in his video with the V5. The battery voltage shows, and then disappears. It doesn't show the output.

 

[Kaylos]

The IPOW acted funny from when I first got it, and then on the 3rd or 4th coil, it worked for 2 weeks. I assumed that I had fixed the problem by not overtightening the coils. Then that coil wore out, and with new one coil it burned it again. This was around the time I dropped it again, so I assumed it was damaged. When I ran it through the voltage tester though, it ran fine.

 

[Kaylos]

I am seriously about to give up on using wattage. This is ridiculous. I keep being told about how wattage is so great, but all it does for be is immediately burn my coils. Seriously thinking of contacting the vendor and seeing if I can swap this out for one where I can just set the voltage and screw the wattage. At least sudden resistance changes won't burn my coils even if it quires more nominal effort on my part.

 

[tehdarkaura]

its thats your preference give it a go -- most vendors will not swap things for you though...

all else I can suggest it try getting a qtip and some rubbing alcohol and cleaning both the mods 510 well and your attys/clearos 510 adapter well and see if that helps.

 

[alistairs]

Kanger Dual coils can only be used up to a max of about 9 watts (4V if you're using the 1.8 ohm ones, which would be 2.24 amps). Any of your devices should be able to handle the 1.8 ohms with no problem.

If they are burning out at lower settings and showing varying resistance on multiple devices, it would point to being bad coils. Are they genuine? Or maybe you just got a bad batch.

 

[Kaylos]

They are genuine. What leads me away from bad coils is how they do fine on the spinner, yet on variable wattage devices they blow up. The Vamo is brand new, the coils were brand new. I was hoping maybe there was something I was doing wrong that could be an easy fix. I was vaping on the one kanger coil at 11 watts for two weeks just fine, but that is quite possible that I will need to keep the wattage down. What shocked me is one I burned on the Vamo said the resistance was 5-6 at one point and was trying to pump 8+ volts into a 1.5 resistance coil...

Apparently the Vamo V6 doesn't come with the RMS vs Mean setting because supposedly it is already RMS set. I am going to play with the Multi-tester and see if I can figure it out. I'll try keeping it below 9 watts and see what happens.

The spinner trips out on me if I try to put more than 3.6V on a 1.8 resistance coil. The vapor production is low, but it chugs along at 3.6V.

 

[OldtimeRocker]

Sound too me like you have the watts turned up to high and your dry hitting your topper. Have you tried turning it down too 3-5 watts and tried it there ? Really RMS vs means sure it will make a different but i don't see it doing what your saying. It may be over firing i don't know much about this Mod but it may be showing you 11W and firing high and be closer too 13 -15W. Higher than the topper can handle. When your resistance start jumping around that tell me you have a bad connection some where. One trick is to turn the topper on with the drip tip you want the topper on firm but not over tight. Hope this helps

Good luck