Kanger coil problems

[csmith10]

Hi
I'm currently having problems with my Kanger evod. I have the evod starter kit and both the standard 65mah and an 1100mah battery and vaping dekang juices. The issue I'm having is I'm going through coils ever 5 days or so. I first had an issue a couple of weeks ago when I swapped my 650 for the 1100 and after I got a horrible metallic taste after a couple of puffs, swapped out the coil and all was fine.
I'm now finding that I need to dismantle and clean my coil every day or the quality and quantity of my vape goes down significantly!
Being mechanically minded I've decided to start rebuilding my coils but I've seen a couple of tutorials. One advises 1.8mm wire with 4 turns and the other 2.5mm with 11 turns!
So I guess my questions are, why am I getting these issues with my kanger coils and when I start rebuilding is it better to go with thinner wire with less turns or thicker with more turns? Would a coil with more turns be more durable?

Sorry for all the questions!

Cheers

[Super-Shiny]

Hello and csmith10

Click on my signature, loads of guides there that may help fix your problem.

[collie2011]

Use the guides that supershiny suggested, you won't go far wrong with them. Even I can recoil using his guides and I'm totally inept lol

Sent from my Nexus 7 using proboards

[pegasus]

Apr 14, 2014 19:12:03 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Hello and csmith10

Click on my signature, loads of guides there that may help fix your problem.

good stuff  but sort of makes it a short thread and the rest of us redundant all I would add, if you can do it go for the micro coil and cotton

plus hello and welcome 

[Super-Shiny]

Apr 14, 2014 19:20:27 GMT pegasus said:

good stuff  but sort of makes it a short thread and the rest of us redundant all I would add

I ain't got a clue what you mean ???

[sammy13]

Apr 14, 2014 19:09:52 GMT csmith10 said:

Hi
I'm currently having problems with my Kanger evod. I have the evod starter kit and both the standard 65mah and an 1100mah battery and vaping dekang juices. The issue I'm having is I'm going through coils ever 5 days or so. I first had an issue a couple of weeks ago when I swapped my 650 for the 1100 and after I got a horrible metallic taste after a couple of puffs, swapped out the coil and all was fine.
I'm now finding that I need to dismantle and clean my coil every day or the quality and quantity of my vape goes down significantly!
Being mechanically minded I've decided to start rebuilding my coils but I've seen a couple of tutorials. One advises 1.8mm wire with 4 turns and the other 2.5mm with 11 turns!
So I guess my questions are, why am I getting these issues with my kanger coils and when I start rebuilding is it better to go with thinner wire with less turns or thicker with more turns? Would a coil with more turns be more durable?

Sorry for all the questions!

Cheers

Regarding the what is wrong with it rather than the rebuilding of it, as the guides have that bit covered -

You said you are going through coils every 5 days?
So you are using a new one every 5 days, but washing it everyday?

Not sure if I have read that right but anyhow, using shop bought coils, with no rebuilding, rewicking, just use and dispose of I change a coil every 2 days so if you are getting 5 days that is good.

[decoy]

ive been using 0.3 on a 3mm bolt 7 turns gets you about 2 ohm and its much easyer to work with than 0.25

[Deleted]

csmith10 Hello and welcome to AAEC ... good to have you on board.

5 days from a coil is not unusual depending on how much eliquid you vape and what eliquid you are using ... custard and some tobacco flavours are renowned coil gunkers.

The wire that you refer is actualy 0.18mm and 0.25 mm diameter. I would advise 4 or 5 wraps of 0.2mm kanthal wire around a 2mm silica wick for a normal coil around 1.8 ohms resistance or 9 or 10 wraps of 0.25mm kanthal wire for a microcoil with cotton wool wick.

[smithyjules]

Welcome Mr Smith...the only advice I have to offer is don't forget to attend to your wife's recoiling too ;-)

[csmith10]

Apr 14, 2014 19:36:13 GMT @yinyang said:

csmith10 Hello and welcome to AAEC ... good to have you on board.

5 days from a coil is not unusual depending on how much eliquid you vape and what eliquid you are using ... custard and some tobacco flavours are renowned coil gunkers.

The wire that you refer is actualy 0.18mm and 0.25 mm diameter. I would advise 4 or 5 wraps of 0.2mm kanthal wire around a 2mm silica wick for a normal coil around 1.8 ohms resistance or 9 or 10 wraps of 0.25mm kanthal wire for a microcoil with cotton wool wick.

Hi
Thanks for the reply, what's the difference between a normal and micro coil? I've got both the 0.18mm and 0.25mm plus silica wick on order.

Cheers

[Deleted]

Apr 14, 2014 19:49:14 GMT csmith10 said:

Apr 14, 2014 19:36:13 GMT @yinyang said:

csmith10 Hello and welcome to AAEC ... good to have you on board.

5 days from a coil is not unusual depending on how much eliquid you vape and what eliquid you are using ... custard and some tobacco flavours are renowned coil gunkers.

The wire that you refer is actualy 0.18mm and 0.25 mm diameter. I would advise 4 or 5 wraps of 0.2mm kanthal wire around a 2mm silica wick for a normal coil around 1.8 ohms resistance or 9 or 10 wraps of 0.25mm kanthal wire for a microcoil with cotton wool wick.

Hi
Thanks for the reply, what's the difference between a normal and micro coil? I've got both the 0.18mm and 0.25mm plus silica wick on order.

Cheers

A "normal" coil is wrapped with even spaces between each wrap and is wrapped around the silica wick ie: with the wick in situ.
A micro coil is wrapped typically around a small drill bit or similar with each of the wraps close together and then heated till red hot and the coils squeezed tight together to form what is essentially a solid coil. A thin cotton wick is then threaded through the coil. The advantage of a micro coil is that the cotton wick can be easily pulled out, the coil dry burned to clean it and a new cotton wick fitted ... a micro coil is much more sturdy and can last for several months.

[Deleted]

Apr 14, 2014 19:24:23 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Apr 14, 2014 19:20:27 GMT pegasus said:

good stuff  but sort of makes it a short thread and the rest of us redundant all I would add

I ain't got a clue what you mean ???

LOL I think what he is getting at is that your comprehensive guides leave very little for us mere mortals to add in the way of advice  .. although I may be talking B*!!*£$