advice please

[xtc263]

Hi I finally managed to rewick a nova today. It was glowing perfectly. No hot spots. And was reading 1.5ohms. So put some juice in it and went to vape it and provari is giving me E1 error!! So frustrating. Any ideas what caused it to short when I put the juice in

Thanks

[Perpetua]

Coils are intermittently touching maybe Xtc . . .

[Karma]

What have you got the Voltage set at? Try turning it down to see what happens

[xtc263]

Voltage was at 4.2. Just don't understand how it was burning so well when I dry burnt it to test it. Then shorts as soon as I put juice in it.

[Karma]

On my V1 Provari get E1 and E2 errors using a 1.5 DC carto on anything above 3.7

[xtc263]

Ok thanks. I'll try and lower the voltage and see if that works

[Karma]

Jun 30, 2013 17:29:15 GMT xtc263 said:

Ok thanks. I'll try and lower the voltage and see if that works

Has it worked?

[xtc263]

I'll not know til later. I'm at work unfortunately. I'll let u know
Thanks

[xtc263]

Jun 30, 2013 20:02:11 GMT xtc263 said:

I'll not know til later. I'm at work unfortunately. I'll let u know
Thanks

Hi I tried turnig voltage down. Same thing. I recoiled several times after.  Nice glowing coil then when i put juice in coil doesnt burn right and tastes burnt. Any ideas??

[Dan]

Apart from filling with juice, what else are you doing between dry burning and vaping??

What materials did you use to rewick?

You may or may not be aware of this but some wicking material need preparing before they will give a desired performance..

Ie.

Silica benefits from boiling in a pan of water

Ekowool benefits from flaming with a blowtorch as does steel rope

Kanthal wire also benefits from slight flaming

Doing the above will help rid of any oils and impurities introduced during the manufacturing process.. not doing anything could well give a burnt taste..

If you allready knew this I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions..

Have you rewicked anything else that has worked ok?

[xtc263]

Jun 30, 2013 23:53:46 GMT Dan said:

Apart from filling with juice, what else are you doing between dry burning and vaping??

What materials did you use to rewick?

You may or may not be aware of this but some wicking material need preparing before they will give a desired performance..

Ie.

Silica benefits from boiling in a pan of water

Ekowool benefits from flaming with a blowtorch as does steel rope

Kanthal wire also benefits from slight flaming

Doing the above will help rid of any oils and impurities introduced during the manufacturing process.. not doing anything could well give a burnt taste..

If you allready knew this I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions..

Have you rewicked anything else that has worked ok?

Hi I used silica wick and kathal wire. I didnt know about boiling the silica or burning the wire. Ill give thag a go tomorrow. Thanks for the tips. and no ive had no luck recoiling with anything othef than pre made wicks from vapour break.

[Dan]

Not having used silica (I do have some, just not used it yet!) I have no first hand knowledge but im fairly sure a 15minute boil should suffice

Ps. You dont necessarily burn the wire, just give it a light going over with a blowtorch to burn off the manufacturer's oils etc..

Quick once over to get it glowing shoukd do the trick.. dont heat it for too long..

Will make it less springy too which will help form the coils..

[Perpetua]

I don't boil Silica/Eko wick or flame my wire . . . how many wraps are you using Xtc? Maybe aim for higher ohms with fewer wraps so there's less chance of them touching when you add your liquid and put the Nova back together.

[jimmy]

I use 3mm silica and 0.2 Kanthal with 4-5 wraps when I recoil my nova heads I've never boiled the silica but I do flame the wire to take the tension out of it. Never had any problems with them yet

[xtc263]

Jul 1, 2013 6:14:08 GMT Perpetua said:

I don't boil SilicaI Eko wick or flame my wire . . . how many wraps are you using Xtc? Maybe aim for higher ohms with fewer wraps so there's less chance of them touching when you add your liquid and put the Nova back together.

I used 2mm silica and 1mm wire. 5 wraps. Cant figure out wat Im doing wrong.