by Snowy » Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:26 am
Jez, the chances are it is a wicking issue. I have a Kylin as my daily vape, same as yours, and it can be a bugger until you get it just so.
If I tell you the build I use, it might help.
I like to use Clapton coils, and I buy stainless steel Flatwire SS16. I prefer steel as there is no oxidisation and you can burn the coils clean a few times each so gives a longer life. I wind 6 loops on a 3mm jig, giving around a .14 ohm coil. That is quite a wide coil, but allows me to get the right level of wicking to make the kylin work well. I use twin coils in my build.
Before wicking I fire the coils to burn off anything that might be coating them, as well as to make sure they both heat evenly. Where they don’t, a squeeze with my ceramic-tipped tweezers and fire again soon fixes that.
I use cotton bacon wicking, and take enough to provide a snug fit within the coil (a small amount of resistance as it is pulled through) but not too tight. I then leave about 1cm of wicking either side. The wicking I am careful at the point I tuck it down into the juice area to ensure that it is all facing down. I do one coil at a time, tuck the first down, make sure I have space for the other wick, and do the same again. I make sure then by looking side-on that there are no obvious gaps and fluff the wicking if needs be to remove any before patting it flat with the juice openings.
Do that both sides, prime the coil and wicking with a good slug of juice, and screw it all together. Hold it upside down (if you have any juice in the tank) as you do so, and screw it closed but so that the gold insides show against the juice holes not the wicking. Then close off the airflow, before opening the top and filling. After filling, twist the body so the wicking is open to the juice, then open the airflow up.
Finally, an issue I had with mine was that the copper contact screw on the bottom was not very well tightened, so give that a check. Be careful though as these screws are not massively strong, being made for conductivity more than anything else. Don’t go mad or you will shear the screw and the whole unit is ruined.
If you want to get together on Skype, I am happy to walk you through a build using a webcam so that you can see what I am doing as I do it. Let me know fella.

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