Thanks for the quick response. The coil doesn't have any wrapping on it, im not that stupid . I also thought I torched the coil immediately so i tried another given coil, same issue. I didn't try max watts and the smallest wattage I could use was 7 so I doubt that's the issue.
Still need help with this. thanks.
Vaping wattages for a coil. There is no silver bullet setting, any coil with wattage ranges those are just recommended "Averages" only, not what you need to run them at. The actual juice flavor, PG/VG ratio, Nicotine Strength, air flow, as well as "You" as the end user all play part in what max wattage will be.
*These Steps Apply to "ANY" new coil*
A) Prime the coil properly. Take your dropper and liberally soak/wet any exposed cotton on the sides of the coil, then down into the top of the coil. Key here is not to have juice pool or drip off the coil head, just enough to get wet. Assemble the tank, set aside for a few. Thinner liquids 70PG/30VG to 50/50 this can be 5 to 10 minutes, thicker liquids 20PG/80VG and such can take up to 20minutes. This allows the coil to soak up and saturate properly.
B ) Set the watts on you mod lower than the lowest "Average" rating of the coil, example coil rated at 40 to 80 watts, here you would set the watts to about 30watts to start. Just like you don't go racing a brand new Ferarri without first driving it a month gently to break the motor in properly, the coil head of your tank is the motor of the whole vaping device, you have to break it in gently as well.
C) Without hitting the fire button, take several unpowered puffs, this relieves any excess pressure assembling the tank cause as well as creates the proper vacuum to pull liquid into the coil the tank needs to operate properly.
D) Now in short max 5 second pulls, vape on the device for about 20minutes or so continuous usage, after this if everything is A-Ok, up the watts about 5 more watts, vape at this setting for another 15-20minutes continuous use, rinse and repeat this step until the flavor, heat, throat hit, and vapor production is to you "Your" personal tastes, not Joe Bob Buddy's flavor taste, but "Yours".
E) During Step D, any moment that flavor decreases from the previous setting on a new setting, or feels anemic, and/or almost a dry hit, take the watts down to the previous setting, this is sign that the wicking (cotton) is not keeping up with that watts setting, here the PG/VG ratio also comes into effect (thicker liquids will wick slower than thinner liquids). If you get a burnt, harsh, punches you in the back of the throat charcoal hit, tear out the coil, get a new coil, start at step "A" you've burnt the wicking and destroyed the coil head.
Note- Some flavors like higher heat (custards, bakery flavors, sweet cinnamons, cookies, caramels, vanillas, etc) where others like lower heat (tobaccos, coffees, simple fruit flavors, not very sweetened flavors), as stated above flavor of the juice is a big contributing factor, liquids with high PG get harsher and more throat hit at higher watts, just like higher Nic content gets more throaty the higher the watts. Vape is to hot try adjusting the airflow wider or lower the watts down. Again, no one size fits all silver bullet setting.
Next issue would be with the fact that you are stating you are using a 100% VG juice, sorry, 100% VG is 100% unflavored, liquid without even any nicotine or flavorings, at best your juice is probably a 20PG/80VG to 10PG/90VG, and with nic added into the solution, that becomes maybe 75 to 85% VG total. VG is very, very syrupy and viscous and Kanger coil heads for the most part can not really handle a juice that is over about 70% VG, to alleviate this short coming you can carefully take a sharp needle and poke or score a small hole (not completely through the cotton) into the cotton, this hopefully loosens the cotton on the little side holes of the coil head to wick thick juices better. Another option is to plug the side airflow holes, then suck hard and release on the air holes from the mouth piece a couple of times, this causes a vacuum and forces more juice into the coil wicking and coil head, be cautious as this can also flood the coil or over saturate it. Third option is to add 3 to 8 drops of "Distilled" water into your tank, shake the tank up to help mix this, the distilled water will help to thin the juice out enough to wick properly.
Biggest question though is why you need such a thick juice for a tank, I can understand if you are allergic to PG or have adverse affects to it, after consulting your primary physician and an allergy specialist. If you were allergic to PG before vaping your scope of consumer, injestable products would be very limited, tooth paste, food flavorings, food colorings, the list is long of all the items that use PG. If you certain you are allergic to PG as a whole, you'd be better off going with vendors like Virgin Vapors and a few others as their juices are 100% VG but also the flavorings are naturally extracted for the most part and already use distilled water in their juices designed for tanks. If the juice you are using presently is very syrupy and not natural flavoring high VG liquid like Virgin Vapors, then the liquid is designed for a "Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer (RDA)" not a tank and designed for the "Cloud Foggers" group.
