Snap, Crackle and Pop

[DanR]

I've never had this happen to me, and I've been vaping now for 2 years. Tonight, I'm sitting down, pour in some new juice over a new coil, hit the fire button and there's that noise, snap,, crackle and pop. Release the button and it stop. Change batteries, and still the same thing. So what is going on?

 

[Storm52]

Is the noise coming from the mod or your coil?

 

[ScottP]

You must be using that new "Rice Crispies" flavor juice.

Seriously it means your wattage is probably a bit on the low side so it is causing the liquid to boil more than vaporize. Try turning up the watts a bit.

 

[sonicbomb]

Why does my atomizer crackle&pop and spit hot juice on my tongue? | E-Cigarette Forum

 

[stols001]

It usually winds up being a wattage issue, and/or insufficient wicking. Sometimes a new coil may crack and spit a bit as it's breaking in, so if it happens with each new coil, you may want to prime better, possibly, or wick slightly more or increase wattage until the noises stop.

Anna

 

[VHRB2014]

Yum, good stuff. Give me action!

 

[Steve W Pedersen]

this is a very useful thread I've had snapping and crackling and popping on my tanks and I've always turned the wattage in power down to make it stop I didn't realize I should have turned it up instead thank you for this.

 

[alvitae]

Popping can certainly be a mystery. I'm using two devices at the moment. An rda and a rdta. Both built with the same coils (ss stapled claptons) and both wicked the same with the same material. The RDA is quiet, the rdta crackles so loud it wakes up "She Who Must be Obeyed" when I vape in bed and that is not a good or safe thing to do...

 

[Coyote628]

I always thought a bit of snap, crackle and pop from my vaping was a good thing. An enjoyable sound that told me all was well. Now a hot spitback is not good but that only happens on my drippers at too high wattage.

 

[Ryedan]

I've never minded the snap, crackle and pop thingy. Other than the noise it makes it doesn't degrade my vape experience unless I want to stealth vape.

What I've found is the noise reduces as I reduce the power in a given setup, stuff more wick into the coil(s), or just let it pop for a while and let the coil(s) get gunked a bit.

PG/VG mix may affect this too, but it's been too long since I've experimented with different mixes to be able to give an opinion of what is better for this.

Best of luck with it

 

[untar]

Nothing wrong with a little snap, crackle&pop

 

[Eskie]

An occasional crackle is a bit like seeing air bubbles. You know your wicking well and saturating the coil. Lots of crackles or any spitting and you're getting a bit too much in there. A dry vape and no bubbles and you're just begging for a dry hit.

 

[Baditude]

Tonight, I'm sitting down, pour in some new juice over a new coil, hit the fire button and there's that noise, snap,, crackle and pop.

Back in the day, I remember hearing those sounds and it meant I was vaping on a perfectly primed cartomizer.

The other night my clearomizer mimicked the same sounds and it brought back stimulating memories.

 

[TwistedThrottle]

My thought on this is that since both PG and VG are hygroscopic, a coil that has been used and is sitting for a bit will either pull the moisture from the air or condensation from the inside of the chamber. Since PG and VG have a different temp at what they vaporize than water, I think its the water that is causing the popping and snapping. Just a thought, probably wrong, but a thought nonetheless.