Ugh! Please help!

[MrsP0721]

I REALLY want to love the whole rebuildable thing, I got an Igo-F in a kit I bought and took it to my local vape shop. The guy drilled the hole to make it bigger and put it all together for me, even soaked it with his cotton candy (which is so yummy) and it was great for that whole day and the next, but then it just stopped being great! Now it only works when it wants to, Idk what I do or what it does when it finally decides it wants to work, but then it stops again.

It's a pretty simple device right? Once it's set up and all, so what exactly am I doing wrong when it decides it doesn't want to produce any flavor/vapor??

 

[MrPlink]

What kind of wick do you have?

 

[coalyard]

Too much or not enough juice, although if not enough, you will get dry or burnt hits. Double check your 510 connection. Sometimes the posts holding the coil will loosen with use and thermal cycling which can cause high resistance or just no connection, both will give you weak or no vapor. Good luck.

 

[MrsP0721]

It's a cotton wick. One thing I noticed last night is that it did work after I soaked it to the point it was puddling! Is it supposed to have that much liquid?

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[MrPlink]

They do usually need a good level of saturation to work correctly but not so much that they leak.


Also

You probably need to change your wick.
Cotton can go pretty quick. The flip side is it is really easy to replace. Cheap too and IMO taste much better than silica types.

Too many variables to give you a personal time frame of when to do it but for example some folks will rewick daily or after a certain amount of juice has been used.
But all things being equal but when flavor and performance start to go and you know it is not your device then the wick is usually the first thing to check.

 

[coalyard]

That sounds like too much juice. You will get the hang of it. You should be able to hear your juice cooking when you fire it. If there is an excess of juice in the well, there is too much. The good thing about wicking with cotton is you will start to taste a bit of a dry hit before it burns. Add 4-5 drops at that point, and see where it gets you. Eventually you will find out how much to drip, and how many hits you can get from that. Good luck!

 

[MrsP0721]

The wick was new when I started. Luckily I do know how to change that part, that's about all I know! lol

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[MrsP0721]

Lol thank you coal. It only seems to work when it's pooling in the well but I know I have no clue what I'm doing lol. Luckily they're having a vape meet in my area tomorrow and they're supposed to have a tabke set up to show people how to build and use rebuildables so I plan on taking advantage of that!

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[coalyard]

Drat, it just came to me. Take hits until it tastes good, and gives good vapor, then STOP! Take it apart, and observe your wicks and drip well. That is how it should be!

 

[MrsP0721]

Lol that sounds very smart, I will do that. Thank you.

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