T3 Head Lifespan -- 3 - 4 days if I'm lucky

[vernhall]

I have no idea what is up with the T3 heads I've been using... I know I had a bit of a hard-draw habit from analogs, but I think I've pretty much overcome that along my e-cig learning path, so I think that's not it... I vape mostly tobacco variants (like Havana or Cohiba Cigar and the like) that aren't too dark from different sources and a couple DIY brews... Most are 70/30 pg/vg with the current DIY being in the 50/50 range...

I get really hard draws after a little while (2-3 days if the head has lasted that long) with the odd flooding/gurgling thrown in for good measure... Try to clean them (vodka rinse with a gentle swirl) with no luck -- usually just aggravates the flooding/gurgling problem... Have also tried dry-burns and most of the other suggestions I've come across in the forums with no luck...

Also, have tried rebuilding, but no luck there yet... Think the wick I picked up is too thin -- at least for my clumsy fingers... Have some 3mm on order and hopefully that will allow me to rebuild a few because I can't afford to keep replacing heads a couple times a week...

Thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated...

 

[spider362]

Have you tried cotton wicks using cheesecloth yet? http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...how-i-re-wick-my-t3s-cheesecloth-pictues.html

This way you can adjust the density of the wicks just by removing/installing threads.

Just be sure not to dry burn with the wick(s) in place. Remove them, dry burn, rinse, and install new wicks.

 

[vernhall]

I've finally mastered, I think, the art of rebuilding the T3 heads, now I think I just have to work on tightening up my coils a bit and playing with different gauge wire to get the ohms where they really need to be.

As far as the leaking, gurgling, flooding, etc it seems like it's a production problem with Kanger since there have been several threads mentioning problems. If you get a good one, you're golden... If not, oh well... So, if you're using T/MT3s get ready to break out the tool-set and learn to rebuild'em...

 

[PondScum]

I had my first one do this, no matter how many new coil replacements I bought. Couple days and it would gurgle and then leak. I thought I dropped it or I was doing something wrong. I saw this vid on another thread and even though he's a little long winded about getting to the answers, he explained everything so that I got it. Fixed my problem(s) and now I get good vape out of the same MT3 and coil it came with.

How To: Fix your leaking Kanger T3! - YouTube

 

[Rin13]

I've had no luck with top-feeding/wicking clearomizers. I wanted to like them and initially I did... But it was all downhill from there.
Are the bottom coiled ones any better?

 

[PondScum]

I think so, I have use the Kanger T2's as well as the Stardust type ones. They work, and the coils can be replaced, the Kanger T3's If they don't leak they work very well constantly and I have used them for a week without cleaning vaping two or more full tanks a day.

 

[Lowlife]

I am going on close to 2 weeks on my MT3 (the original head), a little over a week on my original EVOD head, and I got a ProTank yesterday no problems with it. I guess I have been lucky 3 times. lol

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[joelj]

I think AWG 34 is ideal to use with 5 wraps to get 2.4 ohms but I use AWG 32 for which I need 7 wraps to get 2.4 ohms.
But on the plus side 32 lasts longer since the wire is thicker and 34 lasts little less.
Using 32 your wraps have to be very cloase and make sure there are not hotspots...