Priming coils.

[Yoda vapes]

great post @philTBA

just for that extra bit i always start on lower wattage for the first 5 puffs as ive found some makes of coils take a little longer to bed in.
my usual wattage 50watts so i set it to 25watts. take first draw then turn up 5 watts, next puff turn up 5w etc until im back to 50w

I do the same with tank coil, first few draws tends to draw liquid into the coil. Thinking it's to do with sucking on your drip tip gets air and juice flowing etc.

 

[Yoda vapes]

Nice one Phil.

For those of us who started on cartomisers, priming was obligatory so it's always surprised me that people don't do it.

I read of one guy who leaves his coils to soak overnight.

On my 1.8 Emow coil I leave it for the day when sub ohming. These coils you can't pre prime so as a result of that it's easy to burn out too early if you don't give it time to seep into the wick. Think these coils also depend on the mix your using, my local shop sells one juice that now I know to be 70/30. This was too thick for those coils, 50/50 works better in the Emow.i have waisted a few coils like this as they was ok at start, week later, dry hits and in the bin [emoji57]

 

[MrDJ]

I've always found the zeph coils are really stable, they've usually settled within a few draws. I've hit a .5 with 60w straight after priming & filling. Bit of a shock, but a crackin vape, if a bit on the warm side ! lol I've found when they start going off, the resistance starts rising, they can sometimes get a bit leaky at that point too.

on that note ive just opened the zeph 2 for the first time.
certainly gives great flavor on the dual coil.
had a bit of trouble screwing the tank together though but got there in the end.

 

[pancser]

I drop some juice into the wicking holes of the Nautilus coil than couple of 'cold draws' and than you good to go
Nice one @philTBA

 

[philTBA]

@philTBA . Out of interest what zephy are you using ? is it the V1 or V2 and which coils ?

V1s mate, didn't like the V2 due to the narrowed chimney. I've used the .2, .3 & .5 coils, (& rba deck at around .4ohm) then settled with the .5s. Mrs TBA uses a couple of V2s, and I've recently swapped her over to .5s (from the 1.8s) so I've only one type of coils to order now.

 

[philTBA]

on that note ive just opened the zeph 2 for the first time.
certainly gives great flavor on the dual coil.
had a bit of trouble screwing the tank together though but got there in the end.

All the O rings with the V2 seem to be very stiff mate, both the 2s I had where exactly the same.

 

[MrDJ]

yup, thats the same. glass just wouldnt sit right on the O ring. hopefully it wont need changing much as only got the 1.8 to try out next.

 

[tasteslikefire]

Good vid. Didn't actually know they could take that much juice before hitting go. Funnily enough I was wicking a new set of coils last night and did wonder as the juice was just dissapearing with no obvious 'soak' and I was like eh? Now I get it.

 

[Arctic_Wolf]

I've been trying to get this done for a while, but, hands that do muppetry ! lol this may be another one @junglist (When you've time ! ) might be worth a 'sticky'


Manual coil priming.

I think we've all heard the usual instructions for new coils.
Fit coil
Fill tank
Wait 5/10/15 minutes for the juice to fully saturate coil
Vape.
I think a lot have seen the question, 'I changed my coil, waited 10 minutes, and got a bad taste. Have I burnt my coil ?'

TBH, I always found that a bit too hit n miss ! You go through all that, and HOPE the wick is saturated after waiting up to 15 minutes. (It should be after 15 mins !)
Why not spend 5 minutes priming the coil 'manually' and cut out the guesswork ?
There's a few good reasons why you should.
1. You'll be SURE the wick is saturated.
2. You can start vaping as soon as you fill the the tank.
3. You'll save 10 minutes hanging about waiting on osmosis to saturate the wick.

I've used a Zephyrus .5 ohm twin coil, but this will work with any pre made coils I've seen. I have the coil & tank base on a mod to make it a easier to handle.
This is the fresh unprimed .5ohm coil, reading at .62ohm. (DNA200, so bang on acurate)

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This will be well known to any rda/rta users.

Here's how it's done, and welcome to the world of vapeing with 'hands that do muppetry' lol



It's difficult to see in the vid, you can see the juice soaking into the wick slots, I also fired the coil for a second a couple of times @ 18w, this helps draw the juice into the wick.
Same coil, primed and fitted in the tank.


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Now reading .55ohm, this will settle with use to around .49 - .52ohm. Yes, it's a different mod, Mrs TBA needed the VTbox. but, DNA200, so bang on.



Coil primed, no guess work, no is it/isn't it, just DONE, in under 3 minutes.

Top post, surprised after all these years noone thought of a sticky for priming coils earlier lol. Guess most veteran vapers just take it for granted and assume noobs read the instructions for proper priming lol .

I prime exactly the same, I also take 2 or 3 hits without firing as well once all installed to help suck that little bit of extra juice through rather than waiting on osmosis to do the job fully and I'm vaping straight away. A few low level hits to bed the coil and cotton in, work up and sorted. Coils last well .

 

[Donald Trump's fister]

V1s mate, didn't like the V2 due to the narrowed chimney. I've used the .2, .3 & .5 coils, (& rba deck at around .4ohm) then settled with the .5s. Mrs TBA uses a couple of V2s, and I've recently swapped her over to .5s (from the 1.8s) so I've only one type of coils to order now.

Thanks @philTBA . got the V2 my self and use the ceramic based coil with the metal cage that comes with them in the 4 pack 0.5 ohm coils. I've also got the goliath tank which uses similar coils but not interchangeable of course with the zeph. must say i like both those UD tanks with the rba option as well. ATB