Why is my vape going red?
Another common cause of burnt hits when vaping are hotspots on the coil which can cause it to glow an intense red as the excessive heat moves through it. Vaping on a hot-spotted coil can result in a nasty metallic tasting draw that will be hot and unpleasant.
Why does my vape cotton turn brown?
Why is my vape coil turning orange?
Why does my vape cotton keep burning?
Why is my vape liquid brown?
Is it hard to quit vaping?
Why does my coil taste burnt after 2 days?
How long should I prime my vape?
How long do vape coils last?
Can vaping with a burnt coil hurt you?
How can you tell if a coil is burnt?
How long should I wait between vape hits?
You must let your wicks saturate to reduce the possibility of a dry hit. The general rule is to wait 15 to 30 seconds before puffing again. For people who are trying to quit smoking, 30 seconds can be a long wait. In this case, you can buy e-juice with a higher nicotine level.Mar 26, 2021
trainey Full Member
Just getting into coil building. I have a sentinel mod with a nimbus. I bought some 30 ga kanthal today and I'm using cotton wicking. I built a dual coil setup with 9 wraps, it read at .9 ohms. When I use it, it fires and vapes decently but I was just wondering why my coils aren't glowing red.
Steam Turbine Ultra Member ECF Veteran
When fired dry (Which you should not do with cotton) your coil should glow, but they should not glow when wet. If they do.... You'll have an extremely bad vape
edyle ECF Guru Verified Member ECF Veteran
I lower the watts on my mod to 3 to do dry burning; they just glow red and no risk of frying them.
Ahoy Super Member Verified Member ECF Veteran
As others have stated, it will only glow red when the wick is taken out and you dry burn the coils. With wick the coils are transferring heat and spreading the heat into the material so you will not see a glowing red.
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Is Your E-Liquid Sweetened?
When your RDA wick turns brown, do you begin to notice the flavor of burned sugar when vaping? Sucralose is most likely the compound producing that flavor. Sucralose is an incredibly popular sweetener. You taste it every time you drink diet soda.
Inadequate Wicking Performance
When you start building your own coils, you’re likely to experience dry hits occasionally. Dry hits are absolutely horrible, so the natural temptation is to wick your coils with a huge amount of cotton.
Wick Is Too Wet
Since you’ve most likely experienced your share of dry hits as a new coil builder, the next temptation is to add e-liquid to your RDA constantly, thus ensuring that the coil never has an opportunity to dry out. As long as you don’t flood the coil and get e-liquid all over your hands, keeping your coil wet is never a bad thing.
Is Your Wick Burning?
If you notice significant darkening of the cotton under your coil – but the coil itself is still white – it’s likely that the cotton is burning. You can confirm that by removing the cotton and examining it. A vaping coil heats from the middle outward, so the wick will be darkest in the center.
Try Wicking With Rayon
Unless you’re using an extremely plain e-liquid – an unflavored menthol e-liquid, for example – some darkening of an RDA wick is completely normal. If you’re happy with your vaping experience as it is, there’s no need to change anything.
