Wicking Issue On Siren 2

[Deleted member 54254]

 

[Nick o'Teen]

Oh my god! Ur an expert

Plus I don't know what that means

Is your setup still MTL or sub ohm DTL?

 

[Deleted member 54254]

At 14W, definitely MTL

 

[Deleted member 54254]

Spitting is caused by the wick being too loose through the coil, no need to fluff up the ends either, just tuck it down into the channels.

 

[Nick o'Teen]

Why I started fluffing them up was a few wicks started getting burnt and going black.
Was horrible taste.
That was 1.2 ohms at 13 watts

 

[Nick o'Teen]

Got this working great!
A £10-50 Rincoe + £20 Hellvape MD

 

[Nick o'Teen]

Thank John,

I will make new coil & wick your way & hopefully no spitting!

Many Thanks

 

[Lung Redemption]

Looks like too much cotton as far as i can tell from the pic. It should move freely (but not be super loose, a litte friction is good) inside the coil and you'll want to thin the ends, so you don't choke up the juice wells. That said, you're probably vaping thinner juices than me, so the wicking might be just fine(i vape high VG, so not really typical for this tank). For me personally, rather than faffing about floofing cotton all day long, i floof a little, pancake the ends (so it's like a bow tie, the coil being the center, the wick being the bows), then trim the wick to make the ends like a spear tip (so it thins out from the center). If the cotton is burning out in the center quickly or you're getting harsh hits early into the build that's usually a sign of too much wick and spitting (for me at least) is normally too little wick and/or not enough watts (because the juices is bubbling on the coil and not fully vaporizing - although that can happen if the deck is flooding to).... YMMV.

I build my coils 3-4mm ID (current is 4mm), it all comes down to the wicking tbh.

My builds usually look like John's after a while (often worse, if it still vapes i usually keep going until it becomes unbearably bad).

 

[BigCloud]

just coiled and wicked my siren should look like this wick just touching the base of the deck

with it all screwed back together you can see the wick just toching the deck

 

[Nick o'Teen]

Thanks guys I will give all that a go. I had the Siren 2 working great then it all went wrong
I invested in a few more tanks, Oumier Wasp Nano MTL RTA £10 & Ares 2. £27
They seem great so far!
I'm using 28 awg 3 mm ID and 8 wraps at 1.7ohm on my MD & Ares 2 so far so good.
I do vape 70 vg & 30 PG Juice at about 6 mg nicotine.
I gave up smoking end of Feb this year and I don't get the cravings anymore.