SVD questions for a noob

[khantron]

Alright guys, posted a couple threads about how i recently purchased an mvp and received a svd from a friend, i have been really scared of the SVD as i havent been vaping all that long. annnnyyyy who i have been vaping on the svd the last 2 days and all i have to say is burnt burnt burrrrnt.. im doing something wrong, i have tried turning my svd down to lowest settings and work up from there, and from start to finish it is burnt. Oh btw using a Protank 2 with a 1.8ohm head, i also have tried the standard that comes with the protank, please help me, i hear nothing but great things about this mod but im not liking it at all...

 

[Choc_Addic]

i have tried turning my svd down to lowest settings and work up from there, and from start to finish it is burnt.

What is the lowest setting? R U using volts or watts?

R U getting burnt on mvp also? Did tank ever give you a good vap (without burnt) ?

First off, you need to change the head after getting burnt since its done.

Cheers

 

[khantron]

ya sorry i should have included all that, i vaped the exact same tank from the svd on the mvp seconds after and it vaped amazingly, great taste and all. changed the head tried the svd again... burnt, maybe im not understanding what exactly the volts and the watts are doing and how they are altering my vaping experience

 

[Train2]

It's not the SVD, it's the ProTank.
1.8 is pretty low, but I use em all the time.
And I'm using a ProTank on an SVD a LOT.
Most often, a ProTank "out of the box" can't keep up getting juice to the coil, so you get "dry" burnt tasting hits.
You want to remove 1/2 of the "flavor wick" that lies ON TOP of the coil.
There's a good video or 3 about how to do it. Basically, you have to pull, jiggle, yank the air tube off. It may be tight but it'll come off (and go back on). Then use tweezers and pull out a couple of the silica threads - leave SOME in, or your coil will get FLOODED with too much juice, but it'll vape WAY better with just a little in there.
I do this for all my ProTanks, and get better vapor, and no leaks.

(note - for some reason, I DON'T find I have to do this with a ProTank MINI - weird).

 

[Train2]

Hmmm. That is stranger.
But "lowest setting" whether Volts OR Watts shouldn't be burning anything!

 

[khantron]

It's not the SVD, it's the ProTank.
1.8 is pretty low, but I use em all the time.
And I'm using a ProTank on an SVD a LOT.
Most often, a ProTank "out of the box" can't keep up getting juice to the coil, so you get "dry" burnt tasting hits.
You want to remove 1/2 of the "flavor wick" that lies ON TOP of the coil.
There's a good video or 3 about how to do it. Basically, you have to pull, jiggle, yank the air tube off. It may be tight but it'll come off (and go back on). Then use tweezers and pull out a couple of the silica threads - leave SOME in, or your coil will get FLOODED with too much juice, but it'll vape WAY better with just a little in there.
I do this for all my ProTanks, and get better vapor, and no leaks.

(note - for some reason, I DON'T find I have to do this with a ProTank MINI - weird).

Ok ill look into that trhanks for the advice! What is your voltage/wattage settings?

 

[Train2]

I'll adjust a little here and there, but USUALLY I've got a 2 ohm coil, and vape at around 8 watts...

 

[Choc_Addic]

1.8 Ohm head with 7 Watts or 7.5 Watts depending on the juice.

 

[Train2]

Thought I was the only one that liked 1.8's around here, lol.
That's what I've been buying - they just seem to average 1.9 or 2.0 out of the box...(Kanger - I'm not into building 'em).

 

[khantron]

what do i do about the volts? should i leave it on 1 setting or move that around?

 

[Train2]

You can't adjust volts AND watts - it's one or the other!
If you're at say 7.5 watts, what it does, is it "reads" the coil resistance, and sends the right amount of voltage so that you get 7.5 watts (whether that coil is 1.8 or 2.4, etc). So it's kind of easier...
If you're using Volts, you're just doing that yourself.

Make sense?

what do i do about the volts? should i leave it on 1 setting or move that around?

 

[khantron]

ok that makes perfect sense thanks

 

[ksaipas]

I was having exactly the same issue with my Protank II and removing one strand of the wick resolved the issue for me. Flooding is occasionally happening though..

 

[retired1]

Thought I was the only one that liked 1.8's around here, lol.
That's what I've been buying - they just seem to average 1.9 or 2.0 out of the box...(Kanger - I'm not into building 'em).

Pffft. I'm rebuilding them at 1.5 ohms with 2mm wick (adding a 1mm flavor wick on top) and hitting it at 8 watts on the SVD. And lovin' it!

 

[khantron]

Alright made all (most) of the changes yall suggested, just vaped my svd again...................... AMAZING! everything is perfect, and using the short battery i actually find it more compact then my mvp to carry around, sucks the battery life cant be the same


edit: pre these replies i was gonna sell my svd, i had kinda given up on it a tad.... glad i didnt follow through!