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How to tell when i need to change coil ?
- Thread starter VenomX
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Id say it all depends on use. Yes they can last a while. All depends also on your juice of choice. I user nichrome 80 wire. I tend to change coils every week, only cause I'm learning how to build. I know some who go over a month without changing. Only change their cotton, nice lil wire brush scrub, rewick and good to go again
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When the taste goes off or wick gets burned or just because....then I change the wick
I can get a week or more from plain unflavored juice...... NET juices I can be lucky to get through a single day.
Coils on the other hand get change when I feel like it or I damage one during the wicking process. . Never had a coil wear out or fail by usage. I do have 1 Kayfun with a 2 year old coil containing a 1 year old wick.
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I can get a week or more from plain unflavored juice...... NET juices I can be lucky to get through a single day.
Coils on the other hand get change when I feel like it or I damage one during the wicking process. . Never had a coil wear out or fail by usage. I do have 1 Kayfun with a 2 year old coil containing a 1 year old wick.
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You can keep using them as long as they vape well and do not fall apart on ya.
Generally bad taste is what gets most complex coils.
Generally bad taste is what gets most complex coils.
When it breaks.
Anything sooner than that is up to you.
I ran some SSFCs in a Limitless for 6 months. Still looked fine.
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Anything sooner than that is up to you.
I ran some SSFCs in a Limitless for 6 months. Still looked fine.
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last build in my avocado was in there for 3 or 4 months and I only changed it to switch to fused clapton's. then changed again to single coil and I'm pretty sure i will keep it this way for a few more months. maybe i can get a year out of it.
Hoggy
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I concur with others that say as long as the coil still works and is not putting out any off flavors - or when you get bored.
When I was beginning, with nichrome-60, I would often pop the coils when dry burning. Not anymore though.
But now - several months or even over a year (for one kanthal tidal here).. Or just when I get bored. I also use many types of wire (ni-200, NiCr-80&60, titanium, kanthal, SS304, SS316L - in general order of durability), at most twisted or tidal. I usually buy by the 500 or 1000 ft rolls so the end cost is dirt cheap - perfect for when you're just bored.
I'm finding that SS (304 & 316L) seems to be incredibly durable compared to the others, and even more durable for the thicker gauges (as for any wire type) - especially for 28 gauge and thicker. So on the order of years may be possible if you don't get bored before then.
It also depends on which wire type you use. Some say ni-200 should be changed more often to avoid nickel leeching. I don't do that myself, and haven't noticed any adverse reactions [yet] - so I don't quite remember how often they say (couple weeks, perhaps?). You may want to check into that for yourself if you ever use that wire type. Also, for titanium they say to change it if/when you notice white 'soot' on the coil, which happens when it gets too hot. That white is titanium dioxide (used to color food or paint), but there's debate (last I checked) on whether it can adversely affect you or not when inhaled.
... But that's why they say not to dry burn both nickel-200 or titanium coils. However, I do VERY lightly dry burn those myself - just to the bare minimum point of keeping the gunk slowly smoking/burning off.
When I was beginning, with nichrome-60, I would often pop the coils when dry burning. Not anymore though.
But now - several months or even over a year (for one kanthal tidal here).. Or just when I get bored. I also use many types of wire (ni-200, NiCr-80&60, titanium, kanthal, SS304, SS316L - in general order of durability), at most twisted or tidal. I usually buy by the 500 or 1000 ft rolls so the end cost is dirt cheap - perfect for when you're just bored.
I'm finding that SS (304 & 316L) seems to be incredibly durable compared to the others, and even more durable for the thicker gauges (as for any wire type) - especially for 28 gauge and thicker. So on the order of years may be possible if you don't get bored before then.
It also depends on which wire type you use. Some say ni-200 should be changed more often to avoid nickel leeching. I don't do that myself, and haven't noticed any adverse reactions [yet] - so I don't quite remember how often they say (couple weeks, perhaps?). You may want to check into that for yourself if you ever use that wire type. Also, for titanium they say to change it if/when you notice white 'soot' on the coil, which happens when it gets too hot. That white is titanium dioxide (used to color food or paint), but there's debate (last I checked) on whether it can adversely affect you or not when inhaled.
... But that's why they say not to dry burn both nickel-200 or titanium coils. However, I do VERY lightly dry burn those myself - just to the bare minimum point of keeping the gunk slowly smoking/burning off.
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Hoggy
Member For 3 Years
Well, you're doing better than me when I first started building.. I ended up blowing coils the moment I dry-burned (w/silica and nichrome-60 back then).
So long as my coils stay uniform, heat from the middle outwards with no hotspots.
Wicking, I tend to change when I get those dates brown spots or shitty flavor inconsistent vape.
I've had my usual build nc60 24g dual parallel last upwards of a month and a half. Nichrome60 does gunk up faster because of how it reacts to heat.
If careful I bet I could keep the same coils in for 6 mo.. I change them once a week because I like playing with coil builds and tinkering with my rdas.
I've had the dual parallel build in my avacado for going on two weeks.
Wicking, I tend to change when I get those dates brown spots or shitty flavor inconsistent vape.
I've had my usual build nc60 24g dual parallel last upwards of a month and a half. Nichrome60 does gunk up faster because of how it reacts to heat.
If careful I bet I could keep the same coils in for 6 mo.. I change them once a week because I like playing with coil builds and tinkering with my rdas.
I've had the dual parallel build in my avacado for going on two weeks.
Like others have said, I use my coils for months unless I get bored and want to try something else. I rewick my RTA's about once a week and clean my coils when I rewick. They will usually start giving bad flavor if they get gunked up and need cleaning but I rarely let them get to that point.