Questions about hot spots in rbas

[edalva85]

sup guys, new here.. new to building on my igo-l + k100 and I learned a lot already such as make coils nice and tight, mount close to poles but dont touch em.. but i did have some questions about hot spots..

are the wires supposed to turn red when wick is dry? I can get a good 7 or 10 hits out of my igo-l before it starts getting harsh and burnt taste and the inner two coils start turning red. should I be trying to eliminate those? it hits pretty good and no hot spots as long as wick is fairly saturated, but i was just wondering if hot spots appearing after a few hits should be an issue... will try to provide pic of my 4th build ever..

 

[Malarky]

From what I can see from the pic, your 2 end coils are kind of choking the wick and the 2 center coils look kind of loose.

 

[Baditude]

Coils on a dry wick should glow evenly across the coil. Hot spots show up as only a single coil loop or a leg glowing. Tension in the coil may be unequal. Try teasing or prodding the hot spot with pointed tool such as a dental pick or blunt needle while glowing (heated metal is easier to manipulate). If you can't get the entire coil to glow evenly, don't use it. Start over...wire is cheap.

 

[edalva85]

Thanks guys I'll try to even out the coils and see how it goes!

 

[balleronabudget]

Good luck. I am looking to get a rebuildable dripper soon. I am looking at the chimbus or igo-L.

 

[Aoi~]

Silica doesn't short to the coil, hence no hotspot. What you experienced was simply a dry hit. It's a side effect of using a dripper and a low resistance coil. Solution is just to drop some more juice in and enjoy!

 

[edalva85]

I was able to budge the coils a bit and now they evenly glow .. now I need to work on dual coil builds as my Igo-L actually has 2 air holes in it. It still hits very nice but I know dual coil is gonna be the way to go with it. Does anyone have a dual coil build that works nice for them?