OMFG I just about went insane and rewicked my tank 4 times. I took some advice I read not to dry burn my coils at high watts (50-60) because it would make them last longer, and to instead do it at 20-30 watts. NO. JUST NO. EFFING NO. Because when I did that, it would look like everything was heating even and that I got all the hot spots out. Then I would put everything back together and get no flavor, and a weird, dry, whispy feeling draw. It took me by the 6th or 7th attempt to just say screw it and strum them again at 55 watts. Whaddya know? Now I have it back together, puffing perfectly, it’s flavorful and no issues. Ffs. 
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All depends on on the coil. You can get away burning at 50-60 watts if it a four core Clapton. You won’t get away burning a 2 core Clapton at 50-60 watts. You will burn a leg off. It all comes down to resistance. Re-read Ohm’s law.
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@Mediocre_Remedial Listen to @rcleven advice and bone up on Ohm’s Law. I can’t stress the importance of understanding resistance when you’re installing your own coils. And when in doubt, just start low and pulse your way up gradually.
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When I install a new coil, I dry burn at the temperature I would vape at for the ohms. Never higher though. Coil is reading .28 ohms right now, I vape at 55.5w. It just didn’t want to show me those hot spots when I tried pulsing at 25watts. Soon as I did at 55, the underside of whole coil was just a covered in hot spots. I’ve never actually had this problem, it just took some trail and error to figure out that I needed to turn the wattage up to properly find the hot spots and strum.
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Burning in a different ballpark. You don’t need 55 Watts. All your doing at burn-in is removing manufacturing oils. Heating the coil to 55 Watts dry may or may not change the composition of nichrome I think you are using. Start lower working your way up till you get your coils to glow and strum till the coil glows from the center out. Then wick. More flavor is lost thru wicking incorrectly than anything else. Cut your tails then thin them out. if you too much cotton in the well it blocks the flow of the wicking process. Remember you said it tasted like burnt cotton? Most likely too much cotton in the wells.
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Thank you. I thought it may have been my wicking at first, but I haven’t wicked bad in over a year, I swear to you I had those coils glowing at a lower wattage and they looked totally good and even, no hot spots. The cotton didn’t taste burnt either actually, it was actually wicking fine. What I meant, was instead of the nice crackling pop that I’m used to, it was just giving a smooth sort of airy-ness. I know that could be mistaken for the cotton being dry but it definitely wasn’t. I have enough experience to recognize some of these things. The Ohms were jumping around too, .24-.28. I knew something had to be going on with the coil. I never had problems trying to install a new coil until I tried to glow/strum it using a much lower wattage than I typically do. Took me a minute to figure out that’s what it was. Lol.
I just wanted to express the frustration I had figuring this out. It’s fixed now.
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@rcleven has MAD advise- and I strongly recommend listening to him 100%. You are on the right path young Jedi… Keep on, kepp’in on!! 
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I don’t want to sound rude, It feels like these responses are treating me as though I just started using RTAs. I’ve been using them for nearly 3 years now. I just wanted to express the frustration I had trying to strum/glow a coil at a lower wattage, and it not working, and then finally working when I did it the way I always do it. My apology if there is any confusion.
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I was taught to start a dry burn between 15-20 watts and slowly work your way up to whatever wattage you’ll be vaping at. I always start out low and slow, unless you’re using SS316, then you want to start out lower and up to 15 watts. You’ll overheat ss and then ruin your coils. Just my 2¢.
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Excuse me sir, but I take absolutely no offense to that no responsibility to my actions aftwr I’ve had “8” Tall Boy Miller Lites.
Stay tuned- as it will only get BETTER from here on out!! 
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No problem. General advice I always heard referred to firing dry coils vs firing coils that are wicked and juiced up. It’s two different scenarios with the dry coil being more vulnerable to the high temps. It might not be immediately noticed but the integrity of the metals can be compromised. Not my opinion or thoughts but coming from a master spinner and a metalist.
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sheesh somebody sounds grumpy, i think it’s past your bedtime
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Hey @Mediocre_Remedial pay them no mind. If it works for you is all that matters. I also pulse my coils at higher wattages and have never had any issues. I also build and fuse my own coils for use in rebuildables. And before anyone tells me to learn ohms law, I do hold a degree in electrical engineering so I believe I know ohms law.
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What’s ohms law?!
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It’s when you blow water through a hose lmao
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Apparently Ohms law was invented in 1827. It’s so crazy, were here in 2025 using vapes that work using a principle that was invented 198 years ago. 
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This is actually a pretty interesting article. Even back in the 1960s tobacco companies saw vapes as a threat to their profits. It wasn’t until 2004 when a Chinese man named Hon Lik invented what we now know as cig-a-likes. That’s crazy tho, China had the first commercial e-cig yet they banned vaping.
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Give it time we could be next for a full ban.
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