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So it would appear very low ohms and silica is not the best of mates. Cleaned this wick 4 times. Should have recoiled before the previous tank. Wasted a full tank of huntsman on this wick!!
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Who knew silica could burn like that??
 
This was a 1.8ohm coil with a silica wick on an ego-t battery :eek:

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So it would appear very low ohms and silica is not the best of mates. Cleaned this wick 4 times. Should have recoiled before the previous tank. Wasted a full tank of huntsman on this wick!!
rydupyja.jpg

Who knew silica could burn like that??

How low are we talking Crafty?
 
That was 0.4
All 4 coils completely burnt through the silica.
 
Hey guys, I encountered a weird problem today. After deciding to change my coil position, I removed the old cotton , gave the coil a dry burn followed by a clean under some running water. I then proceeded to re wick with some fresh cotton and placed a few drops of liquid all over the coil and cotton to do a quick 1 second test fire.

Everything was fine, except for this terrible burn't smell. At first I thought the wick wasn't soaked enough, but I couldn't see any evidence of the cotton burning, I should add that just prior to re-wicking, I cleaned up the KF and soaked it in some vodka prior to re-assembly.

Now I still fail to get rid of this awful smell, so I empty the liquid, strip everything again, make a new coil and cotton thing. Re-assemble and low and behold, the burn't smell is still present. So yet again, it's stripping time, repeat the exercise, this time I dry burn the new coil. And so far I think the smell is gone.

My question is this, have any of you encountered something similar before, my theory is that the vodka which I didn't dry properly before assembly may be the culprit. Would appreciate any advice. Thanks
 
It could be the impurities in the vodka which will settle on the surface after the alcohol evaporate and/or the chlorine in the water. I also found some type of oiliness on new kanthal wire from a supplier once. suggest you use at least RO- or bottled water to rinse your stuff.
 
Thanks for the reply @johanct, I have never cleaned the kayfun since I got it last week, and I was thinking it could be a combo of the vodka + machine oil residue burning up. :lol:

But I promise you this smell was bad, you could smell it throughout the entire house.
 
Thanks for the reply @johanct, I have never cleaned the kayfun since I got it last week, and I was thinking it could be a combo of the vodka + machine oil residue burning up. :lol:

But I promise you this smell was bad, you could smell it throughout the entire house.

Lol that explains everything - those leftover pubes can cause a nasty smell when not washed out properly.
 
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