I have both the V1 and the V2. The V1 has a chimney that screws on, juice channels at the bottom. On the V2 the chimney slides on and locks with a screw. Juice holes are on the side of the chimney. I have Staggered-Fused Clapton Kanthal builds in each of mine. I get tons of flavor on both of them. Are you just using the stock coil that comes with the RBA?
They do wick differently. I usually leave my wick long then slide the chimney on. Then I trim the wick and tuck it down by the juice channels. With my V2, it seems to do better with a little more cotton.
im currently using coils that i make, which is just a standard coil, with me it seems the more wicking i use the more dryhits i get, im just wondering if im only seeing bubbles comming from only one hole, does that mean only one hole is wicking?
I think premade coils actually taste better, for standard builds. If your looking for flavors look for a more complex build, even just twisted wires taste better. More usually doesn’t get better when it comes to wicks, id ask how thick is your juice, how tight is your wick, and are your coils firing clean?
Are you familiar with building yet? Often wicking is a pain at first then when you got it, you got it.
I’d say try a build like this to find the flavor, there’s plenty of good coil builders out there if you don’t feel like the hassle of trying to alien wrap your own coils
i was getting dry hits, but now i changed the wicking its seems okay so far, just the vapour production and flavour is like no where near the occ coils.
its weird because sometime the wicks okay for like an hour or two then i get non-stop dry hits, maybe the wick was getting clogged? but ive allways used 70/30 with the tank
you want to wick it as loose as possible without it flooding/leaking/spitting, IMO. a bit of cotton going thru the chimney holes is ok, but you don’t want it packed in there either. it can be frustrating. i recently had a whole week where i was wicking it wrong getting semi-burnt hits left and right. but when you get it right, I think it blows away a stock OCC.
You can try tipping it so the side that seems like it’s not wicking is facing up, cover the air holes, take a quick tug, and see if a bubble comes out of that side. Your wicking may be uneven, but I don’t see why that should make a ton of difference.
What wire are you using? Type, gauge, inner diameter, wraps, resistance reading, etc? Are you doing a spaced coil or a…nonspaced, fused, micro whatever they call it? LoL. I’m real professional at this, can’t you tell?
I’m using 26g 0.40 mm I think the one I’m using now says its at 0.7. And my best attempt at a contact coil but the first first end is abit distorted compared t the rest of the coil. I’m using the blur screwdriver that come with the tank to wrap I think it’s 2.5 if that helps??
Th wicking I put in last night just seems to be failing as time goes on because I’m getting more and more burnt tasting hits
Don’t roll it tight, keep it fluffy. If you pull it back and forth and the wire seems the shred the cotton it’s too much cotton. One thing that helps is if your juice isn’t too dark, when you pull the old cotton out check it for burns. That’ll show you where it was getting dry or where maybe there is a hot spot in your coil. Don’t worry about rewicking if you think it might be the problem, cotton is cheap! Keep at it, you’ll get there!
think i was making the coil too small, so ive made a bigger coil and rewicked it making sure its not too tight and fluffed it up alot, lets hope it stays up with the wicking Fingercrossed
I don’t have this tank but I’ve been building vertical 3mmID coils using 316L stainless wire and experiencing great results. I just fill the barrel/tube with cotton to just a hair below the top of the coil; and I’m good to go. Just make sure to saturate the cotton before you put it all together.
OK a lot of good things cover I have been using kanger tanks for past 9 months now some times I go through a period were no matter what I do I can’t seem to get the exact same build to work .my self I use twisted 26 GA for A1 kanthal and do a Clapton for titanium I refuse to use occ heads .I use double air intake v1 and single early v1 I have also modified my RBA before they came out with the v2 the tank is one of my favorites. In mater fact if I could only keep one style of RTA RBA IT WOULD be my kanger plus now the system I use I got from the Don mod my kanger yours being a v2 it will be in the wicking and coil build easy build 3 mil center 26 GA around 4 raps spaced put you around .6 ohms I like the large center more cotton for starting out and stick with your building I am so glade i stuck with it So many times about ready to just give up glade i did not good luck
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