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Show us your Builds - User Made Tank Coils (Protanks, Nautilus Etc.)
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Yebo, the new seal looks a lot thinner than the old one?
Are u talking about the bottom seals on the coil itself?
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No, the one inside the tank. Definitely too thin. Placed two on top of each other and seem to be ok now.
The old one has a "cap" where the new one is a flat washer. Cap looks a lot thicker than the washer.
Ok your refering to the rubber grommet on the coil chimney. .
I tried the old grommet on the new coil and it doesn't look like it will cause issues as its not blocking the wicking holes
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I tried the old grommet on the new coil and it doesn't look like it will cause issues as its not blocking the wicking holes
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Looks almost twice as thick
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Hey guys, not sure if this thread is just for showing off but seemed like the right place to ask a question or two.
The other day I tried to put new wick in a Twisp cartridge(?). Being a noob, I just followed instructions from a video I watched. I didn't have the right material at the time so I took an old one apart, used the same coil and just put cotton in as wick. I'm 100% sure I did it correctly as per the instructions, but I must have done something wrong as I ended up shorting the battery. I ended up fixing some soldering inside the battery and want to give it another go, but any suggestions where I can look for my problem?
I did get some 2mm silica wick and 32 guage kanthal in the meantime...
Also, how vital is it that I have to test the ohms, etc etc as I see in this thread? Can I blow anything up if I do it wrong?
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The other day I tried to put new wick in a Twisp cartridge(?). Being a noob, I just followed instructions from a video I watched. I didn't have the right material at the time so I took an old one apart, used the same coil and just put cotton in as wick. I'm 100% sure I did it correctly as per the instructions, but I must have done something wrong as I ended up shorting the battery. I ended up fixing some soldering inside the battery and want to give it another go, but any suggestions where I can look for my problem?
I did get some 2mm silica wick and 32 guage kanthal in the meantime...
Also, how vital is it that I have to test the ohms, etc etc as I see in this thread? Can I blow anything up if I do it wrong?
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Hey guys, not sure if this thread is just for showing off but seemed like the right place to ask a question or two.
The other day I tried to put new wick in a Twisp cartridge(?). Being a noob, I just followed instructions from a video I watched. I didn't have the right material at the time so I took an old one apart, used the same coil and just put cotton in as wick. I'm 100% sure I did it correctly as per the instructions, but I must have done something wrong as I ended up shorting the battery. I ended up fixing some soldering inside the battery and want to give it another go, but any suggestions where I can look for my problem?
I did get some 2mm silica wick and 32 guage kanthal in the meantime...
Also, how vital is it that I have to test the ohms, etc etc as I see in this thread? Can I blow anything up if I do it wrong?
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a coil that comes out too low might damage your device and eventually fry it's little circuit board or switch by drawing too much current. might even make the battery go into thermal runaway (worst case circumstances) i killed my one device with a homemade coil that wasn't up to snuff. not sure about rebuilding twisp type coils, never really had one of those before but i'm sure someone on here has fiddled with one of those before
Tried my hand at coil building again this weekend. Built one on Sunday, 1.7mm knitting needle, got a NoN read on the MVP, tried again yesterday morning, read 2.7, didn't vape nice so I chucked it too. My biggest issue was getting the coil into the cup, man that thing is tiny!
Then late last night, I got an urge, got some silica wick and just did 4 wraps around the wick, first try was too tight, cut the wick. Unwrap, try again, 4 wraps, came to 1.7ohms. She works! Wouldn't say it's better than the stock coils (yet), but it's damn close! And there is the little added satisfaction of knowing 'I MADE DIZ'
I've found it's much easier to set a coil when already on the wick, will try a few more tonight, and then the next quest will be the Nauti coil
(I was not expecting success, so no pics this time)
Then late last night, I got an urge, got some silica wick and just did 4 wraps around the wick, first try was too tight, cut the wick. Unwrap, try again, 4 wraps, came to 1.7ohms. She works! Wouldn't say it's better than the stock coils (yet), but it's damn close! And there is the little added satisfaction of knowing 'I MADE DIZ'
I've found it's much easier to set a coil when already on the wick, will try a few more tonight, and then the next quest will be the Nauti coil
(I was not expecting success, so no pics this time)
I'm guessing you are using silica and 32g Kanthal?Tried my hand at coil building again this weekend. Built one on Sunday, 1.7mm knitting needle, got a NoN read on the MVP, tried again yesterday morning, read 2.7, didn't vape nice so I chucked it too. My biggest issue was getting the coil into the cup, man that thing is tiny!
Then late last night, I got an urge, got some silica wick and just did 4 wraps around the wick, first try was too tight, cut the wick. Unwrap, try again, 4 wraps, came to 1.7ohms. She works! Wouldn't say it's better than the stock coils (yet), but it's damn close! And there is the little added satisfaction of knowing 'I MADE DIZ'
I've found it's much easier to set a coil when already on the wick, will try a few more tonight, and then the next quest will be the Nauti coil
(I was not expecting success, so no pics this time)
Correct! I just can't get it working with the cotton
with silica you build the coil around the wick then stuff it in the cup, with cotton you build the coil first then feed the cotton through, building a coil with 32g is a nightmare. I have some 28g if you wanna try that.
Yup!
I think it's more of me being a semi-useless coil builder that's the problem, more so than the gauge of the wire I'm using. It's those tiny spaces that bother me.
The person who invents a rebuildable with 30cm^2 space to work with, and a way to build huge coils(something like 5cm ID), has my money
not quite as big as you want but should provide enough space
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1411/10006473/1744005
Tempting, but the deck is still pretty small. A dripper of that size might come closenot quite as big as you want but should provide enough space
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1411/10006473/1744005
dude, don't stress about it, just takes a little practice..... you'll be building some great coils is no timeTempting, but the deck is still pretty small. A dripper of that size might come close
I think the lowest you can go is 1.2 or 1.3 ohms, any lower and the battery/mod will not fire it
yeah i wouldn't build lower than 1.5 just to be on the safe side
Reason I asked was that I had a lot of joy following a RipTrippers video on the mPT2 build.
Straightforward - he uses 28g - about 9 or 10 wraps around 1.5mm ID - then insert cotton.
Helps to use a small screwdriver or mandrel that you can keep the coil in to position in the cup
I also never went below 1.5 ohms. About 1.5 to 1.7 ohms was fine.
But the video makes it quite easy. Just google it - he has only 1 or 2 such build videos.
Its not that difficult - just positioning the coil at the right height and inserting enough cotton to cover the gaps on the slits is the thing I found to get it working well.
The mpt2 coil itself can go as low as 1 ohm without getting the burnt rubber taste (but your insulator will take a beating so that coil wont last long).
On a standard ego battery do not go lower than 1.4ohms to be safe, anything lower than that and you can cause damage to your battery.
On a standard ego battery do not go lower than 1.4ohms to be safe, anything lower than that and you can cause damage to your battery.
What @BhavZ said, I built a 1ohm coil in an mpt2 cup but the rubber grommet had scorch marks on, you can swap the rubber grommet out for the silicon one from the mpt3 tanks and it should be fine, just don't use the lower ohm coils on an ego battery.
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