Vapor (smoke?) coming from posts

[hexagondun]

Hey Everyone,
I'm just noticing that after I stop pressing the firing button, the coils on my stillare still seem to produce some sort of vapor. It hasn't bothered me much, but when I just now rewicked, I dry burned and it seems to be coming from the posts; what's worse, it seems to be smoke! Who knows what I've been inhaling-- i've switched it up to the kayfun 'til I get this sorted out. I initially thought that it was some cotton that was ripped off by the tiny bit of kanthal poking through opposite sides, but I've got it pretty clear now and it still seems to smoke a bit from the negative posts. Anyone know what the deal is?

 

[hydruid]

Hot lead.? Does it seem very harsh?

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[hexagondun]

Not on the inhale when it's juiced up, but the smell is certainly pungent

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[CloudZ]

Burnt juice from hot coil legs or machining oil. Clean it out really well and shorten the distance from the posts to the coil(s). What wire gauge and resistance are you running? A picture may help the diagnosis as well.

 

[hexagondun]

Come to think of it, I never even cleaned it initially. Also, the coil legs are unusually long. I'll clean it thoroughly, make some adjustments and, if the problem continues, provide some pics. Thanks for the input!

 

[hexagondun]

Burnt juice from hot coil legs or machining oil. Clean it out really well and shorten the distance from the posts to the coil(s). What wire gauge and resistance are you running? A picture may help the diagnosis as well.

It is a .9 ohm dual 28 gauge micro coil build, but it happened with .4 ohm dual 26 gauge micro coils too.

 

[tw33k]

It's most probably machine oil.

 

[Froth]

I've seen this on some IGO-W's, some machine oil or other gunk sneaks down inside of one of the posts(on some, they're hollow down to the bottom) and as the post gets hot from constant use it will burn whatever is inside of that post. Usually to remedy this I soak all metal parts disassembled in acetone for 20-30 minutes then on a flat large steel surface I'll pull them out and burn off all of the excess acetone(light it on fire!) then clean everything with bottled water. Good friend of mine had an IGO-W that would taste horrible no matter what build or what juice was in it and I used the above outlined technique to completely get rid of it.

 

[Spacedoutart]

Ive too had this every time i dryburn a coil. I have found that it is actually ejuice that has gotten into the post holes. I use a clapton coil and the coil itself seems to wick the juice into the posts. Ive done the super soak cleaning when i first got it. Still does it a year later with the atomizer.