Advice on wire and wick

E.T.

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Just made my fist coil (not completely, used the rolled coil that comes with the subtant and just put in some cotton that also came with the tank)

Now i want to start building my own coil, nothing fancy just single coil around 0.4 ohms.

What gauge kanthal should i get and also which cotton is the best?

Thanx in advance
 
Consider getting some 26g kanthal and maybe some stainless steel of your interested. Very versatile wire

Wicking material depends on the juice your used to :

Rayon - menthol and juices
Jap cotton - good all rounder
Cotton bacon - great for high power builds
 
Thanx guys I appreciate the advice, just one question between ss and kanthal wich will last the longest and do you have to use the as in tc mode
 
The SS can be used in both tc and power mode

I find the kanthal does not last as long as the SS but I land up replacing my SS coils more often because I like to fiddle , lol
 
Do you TC vape or power vape? Bit of both?


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E.T. said:
Just made my fist coil (not completely, used the rolled coil that comes with the subtant and just put in some cotton that also came with the tank)

Now i want to start building my own coil, nothing fancy just single coil around 0.4 ohms.

What gauge kanthal should i get and also which cotton is the best?

Thanx in advance
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Congrats on making your first coil @E.T. !
Good advice from the other guys
For 0.4 ohms, with Kanthal, you would probably need to use 26g

When you make your second coil, take a pic for us and post it here. Keep it for prosperity!

All the best. Nothing like vaping on that first full custom coil
 
Umar Osman said:
Hi guys
I just want to know has anyone built on a tfv4 r2 deck??
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Yes plenty of experience with the Dual RBA deck on the TFV4. How can I assist sir?

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Umar Osman said:
How should I wick I've tried leaving cotton full down, I've tried leaving them just on the top of the juice holes and same story
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Can you upload any pics of how your current build looks? I don't have any issues with dry hits or leaking. I'm hoping from your pics I can see where the issue is.

You have the right idea which is to just have the wicks long enough to cover the tip of the juice wells with just a tiny bit of wick sitting in the well. Something I do is to trim my wick tails down by 30%, also I never use an ID smaller than 3mm.

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I just searched now and can't find any pics of the TFv4 wicked.
I can do a quick coil, wick and take pics when I get home tonight and post them on here for you.
 
Greyz said:
Can you upload any pics of how your current build looks? I don't have any issues with dry hits or leaking. I'm hoping from your pics I can see where the issue is.

You have the right idea which is to just have the wicks long enough to cover the tip of the juice wells with just a tiny bit of wick sitting in the well. Something I do is to trim my wick tails down by 30%, also I never use an ID smaller than 3mm.

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It looks like you wicks are just a tad too short, the wicks might be covering the holes but not stopping it from leaking. If you got time, and this makes sense, try make the wicks a little longer then cut the tails off as per bad paint drawing, blow the tails to fluff them up, wet the wicks and see how much sits in the wick holes and then trim off any excess.

I'll do a coil and wick with some pics as soon as I get home at 4pm.
The fact that you got 2 Claptons in there tells alot, I battled at first getting dual claptons in my R2 :p

Give me an hour or so and I'll have them up here.
 

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Greyz said:
It looks like you wicks are just a tad too short, the wicks might be covering the holes but not stopping it from leaking. If you got time, and this makes sense, try make the wicks a little longer then cut the tails off as per bad paint drawing, blow the tails to fluff them up, wet the wicks and see how much sits in the wick holes and then trim off any excess.

I'll do a coil and wick with some pics as soon as I get home at 4pm.
The fact that you got 2 Claptons in there tells alot, I battled at first getting dual claptons in my R2 :p

Give me an hour or so and I'll have them up here.
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I just got home now and I'm going to try it out now. Don't don't weather I should stay with the Clapton or do a SS build. I'll wait for you to show me what you build bud.
 
Umar Osman said:
I just got home now and I'm going to try it out now. Don't don't weather I should stay with the Clapton or do a SS build. I'll wait for you to show me what you build bud.
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It shouldn't matter what wire you use. But I would suggest just reusing the same Clapton u have in there till we get it right. I find Clapton give great flavour in the TFV4. I don't have any at he else I'd do a Clapton build so it will either be a SS or Kanthal build.

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Greyz said:
It shouldn't matter what wire you use. But I would suggest just reusing the same Clapton u have in there till we get it right. I find Clapton give great flavour in the TFV4. I don't have any at he else I'd do a Clapton build so it will either be a SS or Kanthal build.

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Okay sweet Bro no problems. Can we chat on WhatsApp if you okay with it? If you don't mind my number is 079-721-7189
 
Umar Osman said:
Okay sweet Bro no problems. Can we chat on WhatsApp if you okay with it? If you don't mind my number is 079-721-7189
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No probz bud I'm adding u know. My number is 0824001874


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For the benefit of those who own a TFv4 Full or Mini but we're not privy to the WhatsApp between Umar and I - I will post a few pics of how I wicked the R2

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Firstly make your coils and set them up. My arsenal of choice was a 10 wrap 3.5mm dual SS316L build coming in at 0.4ohms.
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I cut about a 3rd to 1/2 of the tails as per the pic. Then I blow the tails to fluff them up.

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