Smoke from dry burning

[Luke Mogielnicki]

I build a 4 strand 28g twisted parallel 7 wrap coil and dry fired. After a long time my it's glowing evenly but still makes smoke. Should I be worried? Do I just wick and vape? Should I keep dry firing? Help

 

[b.m.]

That is a lot of wire to heat,so it is getting very hot before it glows,it may be your insulator under the positive post starting to melt that is causing the smoke.

 

[Luke Mogielnicki]

Yeah I took the coil off and my insulator is burned. I put a different coil on it and it works fine.now my centre post moves and my insulator is black but it shouldn't be a problem. Will this happen if I put in something like a fused Clapton in?

 

[sonicbomb]

The insulator is essential to electrically isolate the positive post from the negative return path. You didn't mention whether you were using a mechanical or a regulated device. If it's mechanical then you could get a hard short and your batteries will vent. Secondly burnt plastic will taste vile, and quite possibly leach toxins into your wick, juice and ultimately your lungs. You may be able to replace the insulator and then scrub out the burnt flavor from the atomizer.

You built and excessively large coil and immolated your atomizer, I suggest you experiment with some more modest coils for a while.