Wire Life

[chuck333]

I bought a Big Baby tank and it has an RBA with it. I threaded some cotton through the coils that are provided and, on my second attempt I've got it to work really well. My question is how long will the coils typically last before I need to replace them. I know I can pull out the old cotton and dry fire the coils to burn off the crap then re thread them. How often can I do this before I need to replace the wire? I'm a newbie at rebuilding coils.

 

[Heartsdelight]

I bought a Big Baby tank and it has an RBA with it. I threaded some cotton through the coils that are provided and, on my second attempt I've got it to work really well. My question is how long will the coils typically last before I need to replace them. I know I can pull out the old cotton and dry fire the coils to burn off the crap then re thread them. How often can I do this before I need to replace the wire?

I would say twice depending on how well your wire holds up.

 

[AndriaD]

I bought a Big Baby tank and it has an RBA with it. I threaded some cotton through the coils that are provided and, on my second attempt I've got it to work really well. My question is how long will the coils typically last before I need to replace them. I know I can pull out the old cotton and dry fire the coils to burn off the crap then re thread them. How often can I do this before I need to replace the wire? I'm a newbie at rebuilding coils.

It varies a great deal, and depends on your juice -- juices that are heavily flavored, and/or highly sweet, need the dryburn/rewick treatment more often than lightly-flavored/less-sweet juices. My juice is a gunk MONSTER, needs dryburning/rewicking about every 2-3 days, and I can usually get 2-3 weeks out of a coil before the flavor starts falling off or deteriorating.

The way I know it's time to replace the coil is if I dryburn/rewick, and by the very next day, I'm seeing gunk and the juice is darkening -- normally it's 2-3 days before I see that.

Andria

 

[chuck333]

Thanks very much ladies.

 

[gakudzu]

Those coils are kanthol cored with nichrome wrap. You can clean/rewick until they literally break. Depending on your vaping style, they could last weeks or months.
Just a tip: Barely make them glow when you dryburn. A dull orange is all it takes.

 

[Scy123]

I have a friend with coils I built him (dual 28g 8 wrap on an original griffin) that are over a year old. No idea how it vapes, but they are still kicking.

The coils and wick has never been cleaned or changed since I built it though. I know..... super nasty and I offer to rebuild it for him but he always refuses for some reason.

 

[Markw4mms]

I usually re-wick every week or two depending on what I'm vaping. My coils usually last for months, and I quite often replace them just to try something new.

 

[BKTOAD]

I have a friend with coils I built him (dual 28g 8 wrap on an original griffin) that are over a year old. No idea how it vapes, but they are still kicking.

The coils and wick has never been cleaned or changed since I built it though. I know..... super nasty and I offer to rebuild it for him but he always refuses for some reason.

His juice has to turn black from all that gunk! Plus it is sapping his power.

Yuck

Must be the secret ingredient.