smok tfv4 problems overheating base

[john p]

I have a smok tfv4 tank and am having problems with the base getting really hot after two hits I am running 65 watts I started a few months ago with this tank and ran a triple coil at 95 watts with no problems this is a recent thing. I just got a triple six coil for it and still even at like 60 watts it still gets hot after two pulls from it. any ideas I checked out the connections on the bottom of the tank and didn't find anything wrong with it as well as no leaks. if anyone has any issues like this it would be great I have also tried replacing the coil a couple of times and didn't work. I tested my tank on a different box and did the same thing at 60 watts. so I know its not my box its something with the tank. any info would be great thanks.

 

[Paul lamb]

I've not used that particular coil but what I can say is any coil what is as big as a tfv4 coil will get very very hot very very quickly and retain the heat

It's pretty normal

 

[Kloudz]

I use the dual rba head in mine and chain vape like no other and haven't had any heating issues. But I'm guessing with a coil that big it's gonna produce heat, try lowering the watts and see what happens

 

[BrotherBob]

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[john p]

yea I lowered to watts and all the way down to 40 and still did it. I am not sure but I have had this tank and coils for a few months and it never did it before. I am not sure what is going on with it.

 

[bzlytbeer]

I am running the same head on my TFV4, and agree, the base does get hot quick. Keep in mind you are essentially heating up six coils, so the heat has to go somewhere. I haven't had an issue from it, but agreed, it is the hottest I have used on it thus far.

 

[IMFire3605]

yea I lowered to watts and all the way down to 40 and still did it. I am not sure but I have had this tank and coils for a few months and it never did it before. I am not sure what is going on with it.

You started with the T3 Triple coil head, heat dissipation was nominal for me with this and the Q4 Quad coil, though after about 5 minutes or so chain vaping the tank gets hot regardless, especially the Q4 (Single "4" wire parallel coil <----Take Note Here on number of wires in this coil, where the T3 is 3 separate coils separated from each other). The thing you changed you are taking notice of is this new coil head along with the octuple 8 coil head, the six coil head uses 3 dual wire parallel coils (2x wires per coil), and from what I am gathering as to how they fit in the 8 coils into one head, either 4 dual wire coils or one massive 8 wire parallel coil. I've had experience with rebuildable dripping atomizers, if you change the build from a simple single or dual coil to a massive twisted or parallel coil, and/or played with quad and sixtuple or octuple coils, that much hot wire radiating heat, heat dissipates from the rda top cap, base/deck, down into the mod (simple thermal dynamics). T3 coil head vs the Six coil head = twice the amount of radiant heat = base of the tank the coil is attached to gets hot twice and fast and stays hot twice to three times as long.

Being 40watts is barely pushing that coil properly and efficiently (40/6=6.67watts per wire), and if the base heating up to much for you, your best option is to move back to the T3 or Q4 coil heads, for in my experience, single coil = good flavor and vapor in a small chamber, dual coil = excellent flavor and vapor in a medium to large chamber, triple coil = best flavor no matter the chamber, quad coil = best vapor production no matter the chamber, anything beyond that is minimal gain at the cost of effort to create if you rebuild, but also power needed to reach a proper heat flux : vapor and flavor production. The TFV4 is a very nice, versatile tank, but my experience, and reason I use it rarely is its juice consumption number one, and number two, even with the T3 triple coil, it takes "Way" to much power to function the way I like. You might want to look into another tank like the Arctic V8, or an RTA (rebuildable tank atomizer) like the Griffin or VCMT, or an RDTA (rebuildable dripping/tank atomizer) like the Limitless RDTA or Avacado 24mm which can be built to out perform a TFV4 all day long and do it more efficiently.