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[ET]

cackles in glee as he digs out his kanthal and drillbit

 

[RIEFY]

Helios dual coil 10 wrap micro coil 28g kanthal .7ohms cloud machine

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[Tw!st3dVaP0r]

so i sent my dad around to Nsteel Parden Island ( CPT) since he was working around the corner
they refused to sell him 1 m lengths of SS rope

i suppose vapors have been hassling them a bit min order is 10m

i have however mailed them to see if they wont sell me 1 m lengths

 

[Derick]

so i sent my dad around to Nsteel Parden Island ( CPT) since he was working around the corner
they refused to sell him 1 m lengths of SS rope

i suppose vapors have been hassling them a bit min order is 10m

i have however mailed them to see if they wont sell me 1 m lengths

If you don't come right, let us know, maybe we can buy bulk from him

 

[RIEFY]

So 1st coil with mnke think its around .5ohms

And its a cloud machine!!!

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[Gizmo]

What gauge kanthal are you using there CVS

 

[RIEFY]

28g bro

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[1am7h30n3]

Just a quick build I did last night on an older protank coil.
28gauge kanthal, 12 turns @ 1.4ohm around a hollow needle with cotton wick.
It's seen sitting on an evod head base and an evod battery, another piece of cotton goes on top for flavour wick.
Coil was built for forum member Shako.



Next build will be something for my rocket, perhaps a dual coil setup at about 1.3-1.5ohm. Probably will use silica wick for the next build since my last two builds were cotton.

 

[Riaz]

so more wraps = lower ohms?

 

[CraftyZA]

No, More wraps = higher ohms.
Smaller diameter = lower ohms.
The longer the wire, thigh higher the resistance. Shorter wire is lower resistance.

 

[Andre]

Just a quick build I did last night on an older protank coil.
28gauge kanthal, 12 turns @ 1.4ohm around a hollow needle with cotton wick.
It's seen sitting on an evod head base and an evod battery, another piece of cotton goes on top for flavour wick.
Coil was built for forum member Shako.

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Next build will be something for my rocket, perhaps a dual coil setup at about 1.3-1.5ohm. Probably will use silica wick for the next build since my last two builds were cotton.

That is a very professional micro coil there, well done.

 

[Andre]

No, More wraps = higher ohms.
Smaller diameter = lower ohms.
The longer the wire, thigh higher the resistance. Shorter wire is lower resistance.

My untech brain struggles with this all the time. Just cannot get it in my head that thicker wire (but lower gauge number) gives lower resistance, thus more wraps for the same ohms as with thinner wire - if I got it right this time!

 

[CraftyZA]

Hose pipe.
Water and electricity works exactly the same
The thinner and longer the pipe, the more resistance.
Shorter or thicker, and the water will flow easier.
More wraps, = longer wire.

 

[1am7h30n3]

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement @Matthee !

 

[CraftyZA]

Yanc
(Yet another nimbus coil)

1.2mm
10 wraps 28g
0.9 ohms

 

[Silver]

Great explanation of the hose pipe analogy Crafty!!

Just a question, what does the 1.2mm refer to on the nimbus coil?
How does it vape?

 

[Andre]

Great explanation of the hose pipe analogy Crafty!!

Just a question, what does the 1.2mm refer to on the nimbus coil?
How does it vape?

That would be the inner diameter (ID) of the coil, or the diameter of the drill bit (or whatever was used) he wrapped it on. That is a relatively small micro coil.

 

[CraftyZA]

Correct. It does not take a lot of cotton and by extension, juice. About 5 or 6 puffs betweens drips. Def not a traffic friendly setup.
The resistance went up to 1.6 ohm, so I assume the coils are not touching any more. Must have happened the second time i switched the cotton. I'm using it for juice testing, and the nartjie flavour failed dismally!
1.6 ohm is still fine though.

 

[Silver]

Ok thanks for the info

Here's an interesting question for the coil architects out there:

Of the coils you build, how many work out very well and vape just to your liking?
Is it most of them or very few of them? Like 1 in 10 or 8 out of 10?
And once you build one that is perfect, how often can you repeat it?

Sorry if this is a dumb sounding question, but I don't want to spend hours and hours building coils if I can't repeatedly get the vape I want. No offence intended to the coilers

PS - As you may have gathered, I have not built my own coil yet

 

[Andre]

Ok thanks for the info

Here's an interesting question for the coil architects out there:

Of the coils you build, how many work out very well and vape just to your liking?
Is it most of them or very few of them? Like 1 in 10 or 8 out of 10?
And once you build one that is perfect, how often can you repeat it?

Sorry if this is a dumb sounding question, but I don't want to spend hours and hours building coils if I can't repeatedly get the vape I want. No offence intended to the coilers

PS - As you may have gathered, I have not built my own coil yet

My first coil building experience was on the Reomizer2, which is extremely forgiving. Obviously at the beginning I built more coils to get to my sweet spot re wire gauge, ID, position, wicking material and resistance. Once you have your sweet spot, it is easily repeatable - so many wraps of this wire around that mandrel give you more or less that resistance. The resistance does not have to be exact to give the same vape, I can go anywhere for 0.7 to 1.2 ohms with more or less the same vape, but at the same wraps in practice my coils are all either 0.8 or 0.9. Once you have gone through the learning curve it is all downhill. A coil can last more than a month (with just dryburn in between). I redo mine about once every 2 weeks, not because I have to, but because I like to fiddle mindlessly every once in a while. Most vapers probably change more frequently. In between I will try new types and gauges of wire, other wicking material, etc, just to test the vape. Of all the coils I have built thus far, just one popped when I gave it a first burn - probably a weak spot on the wire. And another one I buggered up because of clumsiness.

BTW - Sitting vaping here on Crafty's marula juice. Amazing stuff, just perfect for me, a so-called tobacco juice lover.

 

[Silver]

Super informative post Sir! Thank you

Now enjoy that Marula juice and have yourself a damn fine Saturday morning - REO style (said with a hint of jealousy)

 

[Gazzacpt]

I have to agree with the cotton wicks. Built 2 micro coils at 2ohms with Nichrome for a PT and evod and wicked with cotton took a few tries to get the right amount of cotton in but its a big improvement on the silica. It just tastes better. It is subjective though, one of my friends didn't like it and my fav Vanilla flavour doesn't like cotton wicks.

One day when I'm big I'll get a RBA they are so much fun.

 

[Gazzacpt]

So CVS posted a link to building vertical micro coils............

I was bored at the time so this happened .

Thanks CVS !!

 

[Andre]

Impressive, Gazza.

 

[RIEFY]

Well done bro. You look like a expert allready!!!

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