How to know?

[Skullzz]

Noob question alert......

How do you actually know when it is time to change your coils? I never really know I just go based on time. I think to myself, "gee, it's been a while, better change them out." I do not build them myself, I use sub tanks and buy them. Just curious......I know, stupid question I should already know the answer to!

Be kind in replies lolol

 

[RMarcusY]

When flavor gets weak
When they taste burnt
When they burn and create an open circuit
When you change flavors that don't mix well (tobacco, menthol, etc.)

 

[Skullzz]

When flavor gets weak
When they taste burnt
When they burn and create an open circuit
When you change flavors that don't mix well (tobacco, menthol, etc.)

Ah...so that explains the flavor changes! Thanks!

 

[HondaDavidson]

When the flavor changes. I know to clean the coil or replace the wick and/or battery.

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[HondaDavidson]

I don't replace the coil unless the resistance changes, I just want too or it breaks.

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[AndriaD]

yeah I don't replace coils too often; only when they've been dry-burned so many times that either they just don't work well anymore, no flavor or vapor, or they taste bad... or they just give up and break. But I dry-burn/re-wick about every 2nd or 3rd day, my strawberry & cream gunks like a mad mofo.

Andria

 

[freemind]

Some of you should be careful what ya say. The OPer is using prebuilt coils, in a subtank. You can't dry burn them.

 

[ayersbj]

Im pretty bad on my subtanks I usually go until they dont work anymore or they become to hard to suck air through. Lazy like that I guess.

 

[AndriaD]

Some of you should be careful what ya say. The OPer is using prebuilt coils, in a subtank. You can't dry burn them.

I know nuttin about subtanks. But I used to dryburn the shit out of my pre-built T3S coils.... that was silica though. I would guess with pre-built coils that use cotton, you'd just pull the wicjk, dry-burn, then rewick, just as we do with RBA's/RDAs.

Andria

 

[ayersbj]

I know nuttin about subtanks. But I used to dryburn the shit out of my pre-built T3S coils.... that was silica though. I would guess with pre-built coils that use cotton, you'd just pull the wicjk, dry-burn, then rewick, just as we do with RBA's/RDAs.

Andria

I have read some people can rebuild the prebuilt coils. I can't lol. Not yet. some of the rbas for my subtanks are really a pain to do as well. New to it so maybe after a lot more practice I can do that to a prebuilt coil. Right now Id destroy the poor thing lol.

 

[AndriaD]

I have read some people can rebuild the prebuilt coils. I can't lol. Not yet. some of the rbas for my subtanks are really a pain to do as well. New to it so maybe after a lot more practice I can do that to a prebuilt coil. Right now Id destroy the poor thing lol.

The hard thing with those T3S coils is just that space is so limited in those tiny heads -- I first started learning to rebuild using those, and also protank single coil heads, also tiny. Once I got a Kayfun, it was easy-peasy. Wicking is definitely harder to learn how to do properly, than twisting a piece of wire around a drillbit.

Andria

 

[freemind]

I know nuttin about subtanks. But I used to dryburn the shit out of my pre-built T3S coils.... that was silica though. I would guess with pre-built coils that use cotton, you'd just pull the wicjk, dry-burn, then rewick, just as we do with RBA's/RDAs.

Andria

You would guess wrong.

Most all prebuilt heads can't be rewicked without a lot of work.

 

[Markw4mms]

You would guess wrong.

Most all prebuilt heads can't be rewicked without a lot of work.

I guess the easiest to rewick would be the Kanger horizontal coils. I've done a few of them with decent results.