Thanks guys for the great advice
With that being said, could u guys recommend how I should re-coil my wires? I only have 24g currently, if my calculations are correct, to get it up to .4 or .5 ohms, I would have to wrap about 8-9 wraps each coil? Or should I just get 26g wire and wrap 5-6 wraps?
Which would be better for vapor production? Or more specifically what would be better for tricking?
Try the
Steam Engine calculator. It's really helpful. In general, for max vapor production, more wire surface area is where you want to be. Clapton wires, or twists, or zipper coils might serve you better. You'll probably find it better to get some 28ga wire. 28 and 32 are the sizes I stock. A 32 twist, or a 28/32 Clapton, might help you with vapor as well. If you learn how to use the Steam Engine, off to the right you'll see a "heat flux" indicator. This tells you how much power you're putting on each square millimeter of your coil wire's surface area. It's calibrated in mW/mm^2, milliwatts per square millimeter. For the best flavor and no burned taste, you want to be in the "green" area of the icon, between 100 and 200 or so mW/mm^2. I am not sure where to go for max vapor, I don't build that way. But I will guarantee you, once you try a few coils built to vary this statistic, you'll figure out which direction to head. Then, since you're using a mech mod, you can adjust your ohm build (within the narrow limits of wattage a mech can obtain) to maximize whatever portion of the vape regime you want, once you figure out where it lies, while still staying well inside the safety parameters. A mech is a different critter. It's really more art than science. You have to build and build and build again until you get it as good as it can be. A regulated mod takes a lot of this guesswork out, or at least shortens the process, because you can adjust wattage without worrying too much about the coil Ohms. This is not a possibility on a mech, so you're stuck doing it the old, hard way. Ask me, that's part of the fun
But the most important thing, what caught both mine and
@Darth Omerta 's eye, is that build is very high amps for that VTC5 battery. The VTC5, while an excellent battery from a quality manufacturer, is only a 20 amp battery. At full charge of 4.2 volts, your .22 build draws 19 amps. That's cutting your safety margin thin. *Very* thin, you ask me. I like a 50% safety margin, that is don't ask a 20 amp battery for more than 10 amps. For a 10 amp load, the bottom resistance is .42 ohms. But, as I'm sure you know, it isn't all that easy to build to the precise hundredth of an ohm, and your ohmmeter probably isn't that accurate anyway. Shoot for .5 or so-- for safety's sake-- and if you get one that comes in at .48, why you know you're still in the safe zone so you don't have to trash it and start over. Safety first, Bro. Cloud comes later
