Problem with naturevape dcd coil

[scrumpox]

The learning curve with these things is neither very steep nor long, a bit of practice and learning from your mistakes brings its rewards. It never ceases to amaze me how many people find fault with perfectly good kit because they have an expectation that it will vape perfectly out of the box. It may be your mantra for life as a consumer these days but it doesn't quite transfer into vaping yet ... just a little bit of thought, correct assembly and fettling is par for the course.

99.9% of troubles with NV coils will be down to trying to put too much cotton into the coil. If you have to tug, it's too much, less is definitley more.

 

[sennhiesser]

Hi all i make me own coils for an old nautilus dcb holder dont use cotton balls just the end of a cotton bud just hold it an do a screwing motion an it comes off its just the right amount an is dead easy to mess wi :-)

 

[progrockjoe]

Apologies on digging up an old thread but i wanted to share my findings. People have suggested using less cotton. I think with the older version of this coil, that used to but with the latest generation. A shorter chimney and one large green rubber sealer/washer.

I've tried various things to stop the gurgling.

1. Using less cotton = made matters worse, due to the extra space around the cotton wick.
2. Applying a shorter version of the rubber sealer used on a standard Kanger coil, trimmed, and applied under the green washer, so it just covers where the chimney pushed into the house (sorry for my description).
3. I tried not only using cotton inside the coil but also above the coil = still gurgled.

What eventually worked for me was keeping the pro coil as stock, nothing extra added, but rolling quite a tight wick.

Nothing more to it. Hope it helps someone with a seemingly constant gurgling ang spitting on this coil. I am using it with an Aerotank.

Atb,

PRJ

 

[Anthorn]

There is possibly another option:

It's interesting that Naturevape coil users stick with cotton wool when probably the whole world has abandoned cotton wool and moved on to Ekowool (braided silica over cotton core). Wouldn't 1mm or 2mm thick Ekowool work in the Naturevape coil?

 

[Diche]

There is possibly another option:

It's interesting that Naturevape coil users stick with cotton wool when probably the whole world has abandoned cotton wool and moved on to Ekowool (braided silica over cotton core). Wouldn't 1mm or 2mm thick Ekowool work in the Naturevape coil?

You clearly live in a different world to me lol, koh gen do and muji are where it is at on my planet.

 

[nikki from mars]

Anthorn. .. yep technically you can use whatever material type wick you like... just not mesh or ss rope or ceramic. .. they are genny only... but cotton should provide a bit more flexibility so can wick exactly to the space... if you know diameter of coil and wick match though silica or ekowool or voodoowool or whatever fits

 

[Anthorn]

@Anthorn. .. yep technically you can use whatever material type wick you like... just not mesh or ss rope or ceramic. .. they are genny only... but cotton should provide a bit more flexibility so can wick exactly to the space... if you know diameter of coil and wick match though silica or ekowool or voodoowool or whatever fits

My thinking is that previous posts appear to be related to wicking issues and Ekowool is said to preserve the purity of cotton, wicks better and doesn't burn.

There is also Nakamichi cotton which comes in pads and not balls
Diche nanu nanu

 

[scrumpox]

From what we're seeing the problem doesn't appear to be the wicking but the quality of the coil itself. Of course there are always options for wicking materials.

 

[progrockjoe]

From what we're seeing the problem doesn't appear to be the wicking but the quality of the coil itself. Of course there are always options for wicking materials.

Personally, i'm not sure how a gurgling issue be down to the coil itself. If the coils are relatively close together and heat up evenly i'm not sure how the coil could be blamed.

When drawing on the air chamber, if the rubber seal that slides into the chimney isn't creating a good seal then it'll leak into the barrel - This is actually easy to fix. Too much liquid freely making it around the coil, resulting in gurgling, and then eljuice in the mouth - nasty . So wicking material, quantity used is definitely going to affect on how much juice is sat around the coil unabsored.

An earlier reply talks about eckowool - I've got some so will give it a shoot and post my findings. I've really only used this when wrapping coils around it. Was unsure how well it shrink when twisted to get through the coil. I like the coil to have a good grip on it.

I've also got som cellucotton which i can try as well.

 

[scrumpox]

Personally, i'm not sure how a gurgling issue be down to the coil itself. If the coils are relatively close together and heat up evenly i'm not sure how the coil could be blamed.

When drawing on the air chamber, if the rubber seal that slides into the chimney isn't creating a good seal then it'll leak into the barrel - This is actually easy to fix. Too much liquid freely making it around the coil, resulting in gurgling, and then eljuice in the mouth - nasty . So wicking material, quantity used is definitely going to affect on how much juice is sat around the coil unabsored.

An earlier reply talks about eckowool - I've got some so will give it a shoot and post my findings. I've really only used this when wrapping coils around it. Was unsure how well it shrink when twisted to get through the coil. I like the coil to have a good grip on it.

I've also got som cellucotton which i can try as well.

There's no harm in trying different wicking materials but many, many NV coil users are very happy with cotton, just so you know that.
There's another thread on NV coils here, with pics showing a very gunked up coil. There's a suggestion that the NV coil builder has changed, which is probably why the sudden rash of threads with NV coil problems. It's something of a surprise.
If your wick is performing but the coil isn't vaporising properly then the issue is the coil, not the wick.
Dry burning is not possible with cotton or rayon but would be possible with silica, so if you can thread some silica in there, take a look at the coil performance, check also dry burning the coil without a wick - is it heating up fully and quickly, from the centre?
At least rule out the coil before going through wicking trials.
I've wicked them with cotton, Muji cotton, China Grass, rayon and silica - the difference is more to do with working with the different materials, it works just splendidly with cotton as long as it's not too much or too little.