Had my nautilus mini coming upto two weeks. Still using the original coil. The flavour and vapour sometimes is good then the next hit not so good. How do you know when to change it ??
When to change a coil
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I guess the correct answer is 'when you feel like it'.
coils normally don't go bad. Sure, you can pop one, mess it up trying to put a new wick in it, and so on, but coils don't go bad on their own.
The coil in my KF is over 4 months old, it works fine, so I think I'll just leave it in there for now.
coils normally don't go bad. Sure, you can pop one, mess it up trying to put a new wick in it, and so on, but coils don't go bad on their own.
The coil in my KF is over 4 months old, it works fine, so I think I'll just leave it in there for now.
I rarely throw a BVC coil away. Here is my method.
If I suspect a coil problem, I replace it and throw the old one in a glass jar. The problem is solved but that does't mean that coil was bad.
When I get 4-5 BVCs in the jar, I agitate them thoroughly with Everclear (grain alcohol), let soak for 10-15 min, agitate again, remove and let dry.
After that, I have over a 90% success rate reusing those washed coils as if they were new.
If I suspect a coil problem, I replace it and throw the old one in a glass jar. The problem is solved but that does't mean that coil was bad.
When I get 4-5 BVCs in the jar, I agitate them thoroughly with Everclear (grain alcohol), let soak for 10-15 min, agitate again, remove and let dry.
After that, I have over a 90% success rate reusing those washed coils as if they were new.
I have a dual parallel in my atty that's been in there for a couple months. All I do is dry burn it every week or so. I have an Aerotank that's 3 months old still on the same coil. I don't use it that much but I'm still getting good flavor and vapor out of it. I don't change them til I get burnt hits but that's just me.
When my coils start tasting bad or vaping poorly I soak them in hot water for a few minutes, rinse them & let them dry. We have only thrown out 3 coils in 5 months.
Basically same for me, I clean them up. I have all Kanger coils, so I rinse a a minute or two under faucet with hot water, then dry burn in pulses (2 seconds on, 4 seconds off) just to get the "gunk" off. They work like new again.
when they taste burned or start hitting like a blu, thats when i know theyre done. i dont clean them or dry burn them or anything, i just buy new ones. i dont think you can dry burn with the wicks still in, can you?
If its the same material used in kanger coils you can. Silica I think. Dry burning cleans the wire and wick. Looks about like new after. Youtube has vids showing how to do it and what the results look like.
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my internet is too slow for videos so ill have to do some reading when my coil goes bad. i have kanger coils too
I been cleaning kanger single coil heads for about a year.
Remove the the chimney and seal, remove the flavor wicks, dry burn the coil 5-6 seconds on/off, torch the flavor wicks with a butane lighter or torch until clean. Re-assemble and vape away.
Note: if you have replaced the silica wick with some other material this is not for you.
I have used the same process on two nautilus BDC heads with success also. But only once, because I gave away my two nautilus tanks.
Remove the the chimney and seal, remove the flavor wicks, dry burn the coil 5-6 seconds on/off, torch the flavor wicks with a butane lighter or torch until clean. Re-assemble and vape away.
Note: if you have replaced the silica wick with some other material this is not for you.
I have used the same process on two nautilus BDC heads with success also. But only once, because I gave away my two nautilus tanks.
For my Kayfuns and Russians I usually re-coil whenever I re-wick, which is weekly. I know some will say I am wasting time and Kanthal, but I like to tinker with my builds, I can wrap good coils in just a few minutes, and believe it or not....I actually enjoy it (or I have OCD....lol).
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