Do you re-coil every time you re+wick

[RubenAlonzo]

Hi all how often do you all replace your coils?

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[JuicyLucy]

I only build or add a new coil when the old one no longer survives pulsing for a good cleaning.

Most last well over a month for me, sometimes several months.

 

[stmtpr]

When I get bored and want to try something new. Otherwise, I yank the cotton, dry burn, scrub with water and an old toothbrush, then rewick.

 

[pulsevape]

about every other week....but I use ss mesh wicks, so they don't dry burn as well as pulling out a cotton wick and dry burning.

 

[UncleRJ]

Not until my coil fails on me.

This one (SS Clapton coil) is going on 3 months.

Just a dry burn and a new wick about every third tank.

 

[Raymcconn]

More than I need too. Since I am new to building / wicking the only way to practice / try new things is do it a lot. I do have one that I had in for 3 weeks so far, it was my best one to date and I haven't duplicated it yet.

 

[Firestorm]

For Kanthal builds, I re-wick every few days, but I will use the same coil for months. I only rebuild Kanthal builds when the coils look deformed or really worn and spent.

 

[NickIsANoob]

I replace if the coils won't fire properly or start to rust. I have some builds that have been going for 5 months and look brand new.

 

[IMFire3605]

90% of the time I run my coils until they pop. I'll just pulse the coils to heat up and burn off gunk a couple times with a final couple pulses followed by a dousing in water to rinse off the ash before a rewick. Couple my RDAs I might just tear the coils out after a week or so if it is an exotic coil I was testing performance on, but most my single core claptons, twisted, parallel, and standard coils I run till they pop. Temp control builds with Ni200 Nickel, or Ti1 titanium, I'll change with the wicking as you can't really safely pulse fire the wire clean without melting the wire (Ni200) or forming titanium-oxide (Ti1).

 

[gbalkam]

Pretty much the same here as everyone else. I just pull the old wick, dry fire until the smoke stops, cool and rewick, OR make a new coil just to try a new build.

 

[RubenAlonzo]

Thanks everyone for the reply, I will play it by ear then!

 

[Huckleberried]

Same as everyone. When I feel like I'm not getting enough draw, I scrap it. Otherwise, dry burn, lightly brush, rinse ash.

 

[AndriaD]

I only build or add a new coil when the old one no longer survives pulsing for a good cleaning.

Most last well over a month for me, sometimes several months.

This. I only install a new coil when the flavor has seriously fallen off, or when I start tasting hot metal, OR, when I start seeing gunk buildup almost right away after a dry-burn, rather than it taking a few days to a week. At least a month per coil, probably usually more.

Andria

 

[kevin littell]

POP (3 months so far on a 26 gauge Ka1 build)

 

[Jimi D]

I'm a weirdo. When I start seeing scorch marks on the coils I replace.

 

[Jimi D]

 

[gbalkam]

Just curious.. why is that juice and coil that black?

 

[inspects]

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[Jimi D]

Just curious.. why is that juice and coil that black?

Thats tar from a net juice.

 

[Markw4mms]

Like most everyone else that has replied, I only replace my coils if they burn out, or get deformed unless I'm just wanting to try out something new build wise.