Rda in flames!

[Geno0513]

Hey guys... Don't know if this common but if I leave my cap off my rda (stillare) with juice on the cotton and hold the button for five or so seconds it will burst into flames...

Freaked me out when I saw this... I rather not swallow a mouth full of flame... Scares me to death honestly.

Why does this happen? And my stillare has a big airhole... So breathing in while it catches fire means I could be in danger?

 

[Bunnykiller]

what ohms are you running in your build???

 

[Geno0513]

It's about .47 6 wraps, 26g

 

[Bunnykiller]

thats a pretty warm coil.... as you inhale, the air going into the atty keeps things cool enuf to a point to keep it from igniting. But just letting it sit there with the button held for several seconds allow the heat to build up to a point of combustion ( no airflow, no cooling).... change your wick and keep the air moving

 

[Geno0513]

Is this a common issue?

 

[Bunnykiller]

what you did is what is known as dry burning... holding the button until it burns. Normally its done without the wick in place to burn off the gunk that collects on the coil after time. once the gunk burns and becomes "carbony" it can be brushed away revealing a mostly clean coil, which can now be rewicked and vaped on again.

 

[SLIPPY_EEL]

Is this a common issue?

yes, its ok, as other poster said it only happens normally with top cap off and no air running over the coil, you'll notice it go's out pretty quick if you blow it and under normal circumstances it wont happen

 

[k702]

edited - read a number wrong

delete pls thnx lol

 

[Rickajho]

Is this a common issue?

No - insofar as people don't run a coil that low for 5 seconds with no air flow just to see what happens. You dry the cotton out - it bursts into flames. Not rocket science here.

 

[Nomoreash]

Juice will flame past a certain temp, that part is normal. When SS Mesh was the rage many would roll the mesh, saturate it with juice and make it flame with a lighter to build up oxidation, the flame will go out when the juice burns up.

Under normal vaping conditions shouldn't happen, you're pulling air directly over the coil when vaping which cools it down and aside from that I don't know many that take a > 5 sec drag on a sub ohm build. That's one of the points of sub ohm, good response time, high heat, lots of vapor in a quick hit.