Rebuilt Vivi Nova not producing much vapor..?

[iKN0WaGH0ST]

I have viewed multiple tutorials.. my materials are 33ga kanthal, 100% cotton wick. My coils are tight, and I get about 4 or so wraps, hitting 2.2 ohms almost every time. I have been rebuilding these for 2 hours straight to get the hang of it, but I can't figure out why they aren't producing vapor! Anyone have any trouble shooting steps for me? What should I look for? Similar experiences?

 

[A17kawboy]

I can't speak from experience...yet...but from what I understand if your coils are tooo tight on the wick they can effectively choke off the flow of juice. Apparently this is more pronounced when using cotton because the cotton tends to swell when it gets wet.

 

[Topper]

Use one thin siring needle with wick. Make wraps around the wick AND needle. After mount it the Vivi head, pull out needle to remove it from the coil.
This way you will have some looseness for juice flow trough wick.

 

[Yves]

Agree with the above posts, wrap your coil around a needle or opened out paperclip with the wick running along it, sounds like you are doing them too tight.

 

[Switched]

... another thing that helps is to anneal the wire prior to coiling (gets rid of the "springyness"

 

[iKN0WaGH0ST]

Hey guys, thanks for all the input. I guess I should have mentioned that I use a paper clip to make a coil. I haven't been annealing my wire, so I'll try that right after I wake up a bit.

 

[ratpack7]

It could be you are using to much wick. and the slots are choking the wick. How big are you making your wicks?

 

[BJ43]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ivi-nova-rebuild-tutorial-18.html#post7074093

 

[iKN0WaGH0ST]

It could be you are using to much wick. and the slots are choking the wick. How big are you making your wicks?

I use #4 Cotton, which is what everyone seems to recommend. I do believe that it is wicking correctly, since I get tons of flavor, yet not very good vapor. I am going to have another go in a few minutes. Thanks for the link BJ, maybe I just need to break it in a bit more!

 

[iKN0WaGH0ST]

Just redid the coil. At first it wasn't making much vapor, and now after using it for a while, it seems to be better. I guess I didn't give it enough time to break in before getting frustrated and redoing it!

 

[iKN0WaGH0ST]

Just want to bump this.. Back to problems again with minimal vapor. I've tried trimming the caps as well.

 

[tizz]

i've rebuilt my vivi with pretty good success using kanthol and glassfibre wick on a provari. what device are you using it on? can you post a picture of your coil/wick?

 

[iKN0WaGH0ST]

I build my coils very consitiantly, however there is so much variance with the performance. At the time I posted this I had terrible vapor, but the flavor seemed okay from what I could taste (somewhat muted). I am using #4 yarn, and I tried taking one of the four threads out to make the wick thinner since one user suggested it could be too thick. Now I am getting burnt dry hits even if I keep the tank on its side for an extended period of time. I also use a provari, and I've tried lowering the voltage, but I still get those dry and burnt hits.

Pic of one of my coils.

 

[Yves]

Is it burnt taste like burning rubber? You could make the legs of your coil out of non resistance wire that may help. Also you are priming your wick before you first fire it? Once cotton is burnt rewicking is the only way to get rid of the burnt taste.

 

[tizz]

i've never tried yarn..have you tried silica wick?

 

[iKN0WaGH0ST]

Is it burnt taste like burning rubber? You could make the legs of your coil out of non resistance wire that may help. Also you are priming your wick before you first fire it? Once cotton is burnt rewicking is the only way to get rid of the burnt taste.

Nope, not tasting like rubber. I double up my legs so that it lowers the resistance and doesnt get as hot. And yeah I usually put a drop or two directly on the wick, and then twirl the tank so get the wicks wet.

i've never tried yarn..have you tried silica wick?

Nope, since everyone raves about cotton wick, that is what I got. They say its supposed to wick better and taste better than anything :\