Peter's Vaping Journal

[devdev]

can you check out my coils, and tell me if they are spaced to far apart maybe? the stock coils are so tight compared to mine?

Spacing could be a little closer, but then you may land up wrapping more wire and increasing the resistance.

What's most important is that when you dry fire the coil the wraps heat up at the same time. You never want hot spots on the coil and may need to push the wire around a little to even out the hot spots.

Personally I make Micro & Nano coils, which are formed around a mandrel, which you then thread the cotton through. Watch this old RipTrippers video to get an idea of how I go about working on PT2 coils



Generally speaking the micro coils are a little more effort, but I think the overall consensus is that they provide more options to tinker with in terms of fine tuning the vape you are looking for. That being said there are some notable PT coil builders on the forum, I am bound to leave some out but @BhavZ, @Silver, @Dr Evil and @Gazzacpt come to mind. If i recall correctly they all focus on micro and nanocoil builds as well.

If you want to put your factory made PT coil to shame slam a micro coil in there and be amazed

 

[BhavZ]

Micro coils are by far better than standard spaced coils.. The heat dispersed is a lot better than that of a spaced coil and micro coils give better VTF IMO.

 

[PeterHarris]

what should my target Ohm be? seeing the stock is around 2 Ohm?

 

[ET]

hey, devdev forgot me i'd say a good coil microcoil should be in the range of 1.5 - 1.8 ohms but really whatever works works. my current coil is coming in at 1.7 ohms and it is almost 3 months old now

 

[devdev]

hey, devdev forgot me i'd say a good coil microcoil should be in the range of 1.5 - 1.8 ohms but really whatever works works. my current coil is coming in at 1.7 ohms and it is almost 3 months old now

Sorry Denizen, you are right, I knew I was going to forget someone My bad dude!

I agree with your target range. Peter just bear in mind if you go down below 1.3-1.5 you run a real risk of scorching the white rubber insulator at the bottom of the coil. If that happens the taste of burnt rubber will wreck the coil and taint the whole tank of juice. Safest is 1.5 and up

 

[ET]

lol no worries devdev as long as we help someone stay off stinkies anything else is secondary

 

[Silver]

Congrats on your coiling @PeterHarris !

Been recoiling my mPt2 s now for about 2 months or so.

- 28g Kanthal
- about 9 wraps single microcoil
- 1.5 mm ID
- resistance normally comes out between 1.4 and 1.6 ohms
- organic cotton wick

Powering on the MVP

Happiness

Bear in mind you are using the mPT3 dual coil cup. As @BhavZ pointed out it has a taller cup. I havent made a coil yet for this. So you may need a slightly higher ID and fewer wraps.

 

[PeterHarris]

i think my problem is the cup size, as the coils burn beautifully and the vape is good, but after some pulls it starts to gurgle and then leak through the bottom.
when i used some cotton, it was fine, but i dont want to use cotton. im a bit scared of all the stories about the pesticides, even on the organic cotton.

if i use too much silica, then i mute the flavor..so i need to try something...

but on another note, and update....

i managed to build a tight micro coil and even a dual coil coming in at an awesome 1.5 Ohm...but it leaks lol
i will re wick it and try again tonight.
i had so much fun last night, i used an entire meter of 32G Kanthol and when i looked at the time it was like 12h30... zzzzz

and some pics...

 

[johan]

You will get it eventually right - if the cotton stories scare you, just boil them 3 X 15min intervals, flushing them each time with bottled or better distilled water and they are sterile.

 

[PeterHarris]

You will get it eventually right - if the cotton stories scare you, just boil them 3 X 15min intervals, flushing them each time with bottled or better distilled water and they are sterile.

dankie Ohm johan, it was also nice meeting you yesterday in person

o ja, how often should i change the cotton wick?

 

[johan]

Recommend changing cotton wick on each refill

 

[PeterHarris]

bliksem, thats alot haha

 

[BhavZ]

Congrats on your coiling @PeterHarris !

Been recoiling my mPt2 s now for about 2 months or so.

- 28g Kanthal
- about 9 wraps single microcoil
- 1.5 mm ID
- resistance normally comes out between 1.4 and 1.6 ohms
- organic cotton wick

Powering on the MVP

Happiness

Bear in mind you are using the mPT3 dual coil cup. As @BhavZ pointed out it has a taller cup. I havent made a coil yet for this. So you may need a slightly higher ID and fewer wraps.

Just built a new mPT3 single micro coil. 2.4mm ID, 28g kanthal, 8 wraps came out at 1.85ohms. Vapes like a champ

With a 2.4mm ID there is no need for a flavour wick as the grommet sits over the wick and coil perfectly with no leaks or gurgle.

Next build I do I am going to try 3mm ID and see what happens

 

[PeterHarris]

Just built a new mPT3 single micro coil. 2.4mm ID, 28g kanthal, 8 wraps came out at 1.85ohms. Vapes like a champ

With a 2.4mm ID there is no need for a flavour wick as the grommet sits over the wick and coil perfectly with no leaks or gurgle.

Next build I do I am going to try 3mm ID and see what happens

so you dont use silica or cotton?

im confused, a pic would really help if you can

thanks

 

[BhavZ]

so you dont use silica or cotton?

im confused, a pic would really help if you can

thanks

I use strictly organic cotton, for me it gives way better flavour than silica

Unfortunately my tank is almost full at this point in time, when I change the cotton I will post a pic

As for the dual coil, if you stacked the dual coil place some silica between the 2 coils, that will help with the leaking problem

 

[ET]

i think my problem is the cup size, as the coils burn beautifully and the vape is good, but after some pulls it starts to gurgle and then leak through the bottom.
when i used some cotton, it was fine, but i dont want to use cotton. im a bit scared of all the stories about the pesticides, even on the organic cotton.

if i use too much silica, then i mute the flavor..so i need to try something...

but on another note, and update....

i managed to build a tight micro coil and even a dual coil coming in at an awesome 1.5 Ohm...but it leaks lol
i will re wick it and try again tonight.
i had so much fun last night, i used an entire meter of 32G Kanthol and when i looked at the time it was like 12h30... zzzzz

and some pics...

yes cotton and pestecides. scary stuff. so you feel safer using fibreglass instead?

 

[PeterHarris]

yes cotton and pestecides. scary stuff. so you feel safer using fibreglass instead?

so there is fibreglass in silica?

mna i have so much to learn..........????

 

[ET]

i might be a little wrong but from what i read ages ago silica wick is a kind of fibreglass. might just have been scaremongering that i stupidly passed along now. hopefully one of the more learned members will chime in and set me right

 

[PeterHarris]

can i use a protank or protank 2 coil in side my mPT3;PT3 and areo tank?

reason being it will be easier to rebuild a single coil in that cup?

 

[PeterHarris]

ok so this thread is turning more and more into a diary of my journey haha...

i was thinking of getting a standard base for my aero tank, the adjustable air intake doesnt really bother me and its almost as if the normal base (that of the PT3) is more user friendly...

any thoughts or advise on this?

 

[PeterHarris]

ok, once again @Stroodlepuff , your shop is in a very bad location for my credit card

so i went to VapeKing to pick up some more jooses and some ProTank 2 coils, as im done with dual coils....

so what did i walk out with....?

PT2 coils
5 jooses
2 batteries
battery charger
nemesis mech mod
Kayfun 3.1

batteries are on charge now....

my feeling so far, i dont really like the mech mod thing, because of the fire button sitting on the bottom, but im sure i'll get used to it, well i have to if i wana suck on the kayfun....

i prefer a button on the side... maybe i should get one of those 69 mod things... or a sigeli?

any ideas.......

also a big thanks to the guys in store showing me how to work this...come to think of it, i still need to name it/him/her...?

oh and the pic

 

[PeterHarris]

also please.... pretty pretty please - i need organic cotton, i looked everywhere and all i could find was earbuds :/

if some one in JHB four ways area has some extra ill buy from you.....

 

[PeterHarris]

can an admin please change my thread title to Peter's Vaping journal or journey or what.... i'll post my vape mail in the other thread

thx

 

[Rob Fisher]

can an admin please change my thread title to Peter's Vaping journal or journey or what.... i'll post my vape mail in the other thread

thx

Done!

 

[PeterHarris]

thanks

ok, so as soon as i can find some organic cotton, i will try and build my own coil on this bad boy.....

for now the "stock coil" (proudly coiled and wicked by @Rowan Francis ) will have to work