Too much wick?

[xDarkRelic]

Hey all. So I'm kinda new to the world of rdas and I'm having a slight problem.

I can't tell if I have way too much wick in the coil. I'm having a very muted flavor, and there's another taste there, and it might be the cotton? And another thing is that my mouth is drying out completely. Not like normal, but right after a toot I can feel how dry my mouth is. And of course I'm staying hydrated


This is what my coil and wick look like. Since I've only made coils and wicks for the subtank and cthulhu rdas are pretty new to me. I can't tell what is enough, or not enough. How does this wicking look? Too much? Going in different paths?

I love flavor, and don't really care about clouds, though I do like them. The coil is point seven ohms, and I'm using cotton bacon. My juice is 100% vg, which to my understanding shouldn't be drying my throat out, or messing with my tongue/lips? I vape around 30-32.5 watts.

Thanks all!

 

[xDarkRelic]

Oh and it's not a dry hit. I can guarantee I know what one of those tastes like after fooling with the subtank mini rba section ;D

 

[Darth Omerta]

For me personally that would be too much wick. I like a small(ish) wick that just reaches the well of the deck. Probably around a cm or two on either side of the coil. Here is a picture of my current setup if it helps.

Its just a preference thing. I use plain old organic cotton for my wick so its really cheap for me to play around with different wick configurations.

 

[xDarkRelic]

Thanks! I'll try that when I get home. I might cut it right past the side of the rda so the tips are touching the deck. Since I'm new to rdas (been vaping for awhile) I'm trying to get as many puffs and flavor as possible before redripping haha.

 

[Darth Omerta]

Thats what i was doing but i found that when i tried too much wick the juice wouldnt flow towards the coils as well as it would just stay pooled up in the bottom parts of the wick. This would partially dry out my wick at the coils and give me fractionally burnt hits. They werent a complete dry hit but definitely not quality.

I am also new to rebuilds. Ive only been doing it for about 2 weeks now.

 

[supertrunker]

One other thing, try not to stuff so much cotton in there that it bunches up in a kind of 'shoulder' by one side of the coil, because that is then too tight and you'll risk dry hits.

Much less cotton and make sure it moves freely thru the coil - it will swell when wet.

As a rule of thumb, i used to figure how much cotton i 'thought' i needed for a wick and then halve it.

T

 

[Ryedan]

This is what my coil and wick look like. Since I've only made coils and wicks for the subtank and cthulhu rdas are pretty new to me. I can't tell what is enough, or not enough. How does this wicking look? Too much? Going in different paths?

I have three thoughts. It looks to me like you've got wicking under the coil that doesn't allow air to flow under it. Any part of the outside of a coil that has wick inside it is not making vapor. It's just heating up juice that will never vaporize because it never gets hot enough.

There is no benefit to have so much wicking outside the area surrounding the coil. I wick like Darth does and sometimes use even less cotton. Juice can pool in the juice well and smaller wicks will still pick it up and move it to the coil.

I'm not sure because you took the pic from pretty close to right above the atty, but you might have the coil a bit close to the deck. I always have the coil far enough up so I get air flow under it. If you have it really low and pooled juice touches it you'll also loose performance both in vaper production and flavor.

 

[GrandSam]

Depends on what you're aiming for. If you're getting good flavor, minimal burnt/dry hits, then that much cotton should be fine. Personally, I like to leave enough cotton to where it will touch the base of the deck. No more, no less.

 

[Wolfenstark]

Possibly too much cotton outside the coil for the size of the coil.

 

[BrantlyT]

A little too much cotton but main thing you need to worry about is make sure there is a opening directly under the coil for air to flow.

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[xDarkRelic]

Thanks all! Rewicked it and tried the same juice, but no taste. Must be a bout of vapors fatigue. I'm currently vaping some hawk sauce now and can taste it perfectly.

But I must be dehydrated or something. It seems that right when I take a draw I can feel my lips becoming dry. I've been having a cough lately and have been drinking a decent amount of water. Hopefully it'll go away soon!

 

[edyle]

Hey all. So I'm kinda new to the world of rdas and I'm having a slight problem.

I can't tell if I have way too much wick in the coil. I'm having a very muted flavor, and there's another taste there, and it might be the cotton? And another thing is that my mouth is drying out completely. Not like normal, but right after a toot I can feel how dry my mouth is. And of course I'm staying hydrated


This is what my coil and wick look like. Since I've only made coils and wicks for the subtank and cthulhu rdas are pretty new to me. I can't tell what is enough, or not enough. How does this wicking look? Too much? Going in different paths?

I love flavor, and don't really care about clouds, though I do like them. The coil is point seven ohms, and I'm using cotton bacon. My juice is 100% vg, which to my understanding shouldn't be drying my throat out, or messing with my tongue/lips? I vape around 30-32.5 watts.

Thanks all!

I think you need to look more closely at the airflow.
You need to position the coil right in the path of the airflow

 

[Ryedan]

Thanks all! Rewicked it and tried the same juice, but no taste. Must be a bout of vapors fatigue. I'm currently vaping some hawk sauce now and can taste it perfectly.

But I must be dehydrated or something. It seems that right when I take a draw I can feel my lips becoming dry. I've been having a cough lately and have been drinking a decent amount of water. Hopefully it'll go away soon!

If you've been vaping the first one for a while you can certainly loose the ability to taste it after a while. There is nothing wrong, that's just the way it works.

 

[VictorViper]

Airflow and how much you stuff in the coil are the top two concerns. Too much and you get dry hits, too little and the wick will collapse. Keep at it, wicking is the underappreciated tough part about building coils!

 

[RustyStar]

I am running at 12.5W on 22 AWG coils, 0.6ohms

Definitely be using less wick. My wicks pop out just 6-8 mm from the coils.

Got smooth draw and flavour.

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[LVixen]

@VictorViper , @Ryedan , @Wolfenstark , @GrandSam , @supertrunker

I don't mean to highjack this thread, but I'm having kind of a similar issue and would appreciate it if you guys could look at my thread and give me some input to see if I can get this problem corrected:

Vaping masters, Please HELP with constant BURNT/DRY Hits!! | E-Cigarette Forum

Thanks so much for your time!

 

[RustyStar]

Lower wattage or increase resistance .

 

[VictorViper]

Higher resistance results in lower current draw and conserves batteries...

 

[RustyStar]

Higher resistance results in lower current draw and conserves batteries...

My bad, you are right.

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[RiceBurner95]

My experience is if you have to ask that question, the answer is yes. I've always found less is more. I put cotton in the coil loose enough that it's giving little or no resistance to slide though (which most people would say is not enough. Just about every guide I've read or watched on Youtube say to cut the cotton so it gives a little resistance when pulling it through. I disagree). Then I pull it off to one side, fluff thoroughly, pull back through the other way, fluff that side, then center it. That way the cotton inside the coil is loose and fluffed, but making contact. Loose cotton will always wick better than tight or packed cotton. Capillary action will be much more efficient. Plus, if it's loose when dry, once it absorbs liquid, it will swell and become tighter inside the coil. So if you start off tight or with resistance to pull the cotton through when dry, once it's wet, it will be even tighter and be even less efficient. So, in short, make it loose!