My next step....

[pipeman01]

if it's RBA deck, remove the existing cotton and replace... then follow the soaking advice... youtube has plenty of video's to help... search for "rebuilding"

[lymmranger]

Jun 17, 2015 18:42:35 GMT pipeman01 said:

if it's RBA deck, remove the existing cotton and replace... then follow the soaking advice... youtube has plenty of video's to help... search for "rebuilding"

Yes............... it is!

..........Upon examination the coils are blackened........

...........will changing the "cotton" fix it?????

[flavourtank]

Jun 17, 2015 18:59:13 GMT lymmranger said:

Jun 17, 2015 18:42:35 GMT pipeman01 said:

if it's RBA deck, remove the existing cotton and replace... then follow the soaking advice... youtube has plenty of video's to help... search for "rebuilding"

Yes............... it is!

..........Upon examination the coils are blackened........

...........will changing the "cotton" fix it?????

take cotton out and heat coil so it clears crud off and won't be black. When you replace wick.... Poke cotton through coil then put the cylinder looking thing back on with the cotton ends poking out, cut cotton just a little above cylinder, with a small pointed object poke cotton in and push it against the rba base so you can see juice flow holes (use bit of juice to get wick to stay against rba base. Hope it makes sense

[pipeman01]

also, if it's a struggle to remove the existing wick, just fire up the deck and it will burn though the cotton then tease out with tweezers.

[lymmranger]

Thanks peeps

...........working tomorrow so back to protankII

will play o Friday and report back!

............have to say this is the first kangertech gear I have had trouble with - not happy!!!!!!!!

[lymmranger]

OK..............

........have had to "burn" the wick off

replaced and all was well
..................for 15 puffs

On Tues all may be fixed!

.........................!

[flavourtank]

Jun 21, 2015 19:17:02 GMT lymmranger said:

OK..............

........have had to "burn" the wick off

replaced and all was well
..................for 15 puffs

On Tues all may be fixed!

.........................!

strange tbh, and really hard to help when on forum and not in person. Can you post pics of your build?

[lymmranger]

Errrrrrrrrrr.............

Not sure

...........I have an istick 30 attached to a subtank mini, fitted with the "rba" coil(?)

seals were red as supplied, now they are black

............beyond this info

[flavourtank]

lymmranger

with the wicks i push the cotton to the inside so you can see the juice channels












can you explain from the beginning what problem is?

[lymmranger]

Sure................

RBA deck as supplied..........

.............wick (as supplied) inserted (as u-tube vid)

burnt taste! after 1 hours vapping

replaced and set up by an "expert"

burnt taste after less than 1 hour

replaced again after replacing wire coil with second supplied coil and new wick

Burnt taste after less than 1 hour

what next????

when it works - Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!

.................However..................

[phatfil]

#1 are you dripping 4-5 drops of juice onto the coil/wick before loading the rba head, this primes the wick and ensures it starts life saturated with juice, if your not doing this and the wick is slightly over tight in the coils it can take some time for the juice to penetrate the wick completely which can result in a dry hit if puffed too soon after building??

[flavourtank]

Jun 23, 2015 18:21:06 GMT lymmranger said:

Sure................

RBA deck as supplied..........

.............wick (as supplied) inserted (as u-tube vid)

burnt taste! after 1 hours vapping

replaced and set up by an "expert"

burnt taste after less than 1 hour

replaced again after replacing wire coil with second supplied coil and new wick

Burnt taste after less than 1 hour

what next????

when it works - Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!

.................However..................

as @phatphil said when you place cotton but with the ends fluff them out and make sure it's not overly tight in coil then put cylinder thing on before putting the cap on to complete rba base, drip juice on wick and with a small object push wick inwards away from juice channels so you can see the channels, with the wick primed put it back together fill tank.

[lymmranger]

Wick was actually "trapped" into the channels.........

..........hence 10-15mins being extended into 1hour

..........I now have no more wire coils left!!!!!!!!!!!!

[flavourtank]

Jun 23, 2015 19:37:28 GMT lymmranger said:

Wick was actually "trapped" into the channels.........

..........hence 10-15mins being extended into 1hour

..........I now have no more wire coils left!!!!!!!!!!!!

take cotton out of the one you have and fire it up and that will burn crud off and you should be able to use it again, just remember to push wick inwards away from juice channels,

If u need more coils www.ivapour-elixir.co.uk/parts/aspire-atlantis-and-kanger-subtank-sub-ohm-mods/20-pack-kangertech-subtank-rba-diy-occ-coils.html

[phatfil]

some atty's the cthulu or whatever its called for example do benefit from a bit of wick poked into the juice channels but the subtank rba has very very small channels and only 2, so a lil wick in em can actually work against you and bottleneck the flow up into the wick. some folk have taken dremil type tools and opened up the juice channels making them deeper..

imho you want a fluffy uncompacted wick sat arround the juice channel top so the juice can enter the vape chamber and then be 'dammed' by the saturated wick to stop flooding the chamber and leaking out the air in vent, if that makes sense??