Sounds good! Strange things happen and with that much crud it may be hard to tell what the true culprit is.
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We always seem to be one flavor short.
Yes, I loved it and am making more later tonight. If you like the real rice krispy treats, it's worth getting some crunchies.
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Should my coil go up in Ohms? And why?
As does my own logic and understanding of basic electrical processes.
Are you using contact coils? What are the specifics of your coil build? Mod? Wicking material?
I wrapped them closely but not intentionally a microcoil
triple twisted 28g Kanthal A1
what difference does the mod make? I was running 30W
KGD cotton
I use very clear niquids that I DIY. This was the first time I've had issue with that extreme buildup, and the tank had never been run even close to dry with those coils/wicks. The only thing that was different was the sweetener.
The buildup may be thermally conductive, but you're going to have a hard time convincing me it's electrically conductive, which is the only way resistance would go down rather than up.
triple twisted 28g Kanthal A1
what difference does the mod make? I was running 30W
KGD cotton
I use very clear niquids that I DIY. This was the first time I've had issue with that extreme buildup, and the tank had never been run even close to dry with those coils/wicks. The only thing that was different was the sweetener.
The buildup may be thermally conductive, but you're going to have a hard time convincing me it's electrically conductive, which is the only way resistance would go down rather than up.
Funny Jan, I was reviewing my collection of physics notes this evening. Very close circuits can interact, even arc. My first experiences with the venerable Vivi Nova revealed substantial mass losses from leads and turns under extreme heat conditions. Had me puzzled until I started observing the arcing. Turns can go hot from asymmetry in operation. For example, dissimilar strain in leads can lead to tighter termination contact in one lead vs. another. In a dual coil say if acute might be readily visible in uneven wire color or vape output. Uneven strain can result in warping affecting turn-to-turn relationship. There can result some substantial differences in wire temp across a circuit due to strain imbalance per my observations. And leads or turns overheating will def not get you better vaporization but diffusion.
Most common source of coil heating is bad wick contact. So symmetry is very important. I introduced pin vice strain winding to allow the closest contact to promote oxidation (turn insulation) and uniform surface contact of Kanthal coils. This will greatly enhance thermal conversion as reported anecdotally by hundreds of users in my studies of vaper rebuilding approaches. Most of the notes on the technique and theory on winding tensioned contact microcoils may be found on the threads…
Protank MicroCoil Discussion!!
Tensioned Micro Coils. The next step.
Of course strain balancing will stabilize coil geometry promoting uniform oxidation by fixing the rigidity of spaced coils. This helps preserve their symmetry in operation as well as for contact coils.
Glad to help if I can on any question.
Good luck.
p.s. Raking or strumming a contact or close contact coil can help balance strain as you initially pulse and oxidize.
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We always seem to be one flavor short.
Yes, I loved it and am making more later tonight. If you like the real rice krispy treats, it's worth getting some crunchies.
Sounds like I will be adding the rice crunchies to my next order.
Twisted is notorious for capturing the funk. Once it starts it just cascades until your build is toast.
I usually stick with single coil builds that are spaced. If the coil gets crusted on the outside it is usually isolated to just the skinny coil section itself and doesn't propogate to its neighboring wraps.
I also use rayon wicks which does a good job of "self cleaning" if you will. There are two super-threads here about Rayon and if you are curious about a different wick that is dirt cheap drop on by and have a look. Rayon Wick - Better Flow, Flavor, Longevity, and Nic Hit!! - Pt.2
Here is a dripper that I am using. I am using TC ni200 28 ga. After 1.5 weeks of 20% strawberry custard and/or strawberry cheesecake. Maybe 30-45 mL if I were to guess. The wick here is rather dry and that is why it looks a little dark. Once juiced up it recovered its white-ish color. Still vaping on it now.
As for sweetner is usually stick to EM at about 1-2% and haven't noticed any accelerated coil fouling IMO.
Oh and BTW I am not a "huge cloudzzz brah" chaser either. I personally have the Velocity, ST Mini, and KF4 in my rotation and keep it simple. The velocity does make clouds, but it also is really good in the flavor department and is super easy to deal with when I have the time to drip. For work I use the tanks for simplicity and discreetness
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I used to use Cellucotton (aka - Rayon) but have since switched to Japanese cotton. If anyone wants about 450' (box in the back of the picture) let me know. I'll be happy to make a deal witcha.
I used to use Cellucotton (aka - Rayon) but have since switched to Japanese cotton. If anyone wants about 450' (box in the back of the picture) let me know. I'll be happy to make a deal witcha.
I've been thinking about trying rayon. May I ask (briefly) why you switched?
Honestly?? Because I'm lazy. Lol! For me, it's easier to snip a strip of Japanese cotton than to fiddle with making a piece of rayon to make it just the right diameter for the coil I'm wicking.
I bought all tfa flavor and my family and kids say I nailed them. The starting point for strawberries and cream says 12% I did mine at 8% so maybe try to go down in flavor %
Sweeteners definitely gunk coils, and flavoring in general, really. The less flavoring the better for coils.
Especially the darker colored flavors,the darker they are the faster they will start to gunk up.
FWIW, I've noticed that cotton candy is a sweet "flavor" rather than a sweetener. I've not noticed any unusual gunking using this.
However, TFA sweetener is diluted sucralose which DOES gunk up coils. The more sweetener, the faster the gunk builds up.
I sweeten my flavors very lightly with cotton candy flavor and never usually more than 2% and don't have as much of an issue with gunking compared to my friends vaping store-bought liquids (which seem extremely set to me).
However, TFA sweetener is diluted sucralose which DOES gunk up coils. The more sweetener, the faster the gunk builds up.
I sweeten my flavors very lightly with cotton candy flavor and never usually more than 2% and don't have as much of an issue with gunking compared to my friends vaping store-bought liquids (which seem extremely set to me).
I use it in just about all 15 of the flavors I make. I vape 8 of the 15 in 7 different drippers and 2 different types of tanks. (Some tanks and drippers have the same flavor) I get no coil gunking myself.
I realize this... but if you taste pg and em it doesn't taste sweet.It vapes sweet though. If you taste TFA sweetener, that actually tastes sweet.
I've previously mixed my own EM crystals with PG but have found that buying the TFA cotton candy much more convenient.
THat's affirmative, bm. The clearer the better.
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