Micro Coils to increase Vapor, flavor & TH

[ed101z]

So I decided to rip out the coil and stainless steel mesh wick from my AGA-T2 today. I appreciate that a SS mesh wick lasts a long time once you get everything working properly, but setting it up was just more of an effort than I wanted to make. I also wanted to increase the resistance of the coil on it so I could use it on my VAMO. Wrapping 30ga Kanthal around a 1.16" drill bit and feeding some cotton through the coil into the tank produced this, at 1.9Ω:

I made sure the coil and wick were saturated enough to fire it safely without burning the cotton, and:

I filled the tank with some White Rabbit 12mg and vaped it five times, and quickly developed a nic headache. This thing is an absolute vapor machine; 6mg eliquid is going to be in my upcoming orders for sure. I was a little worried that I put too much cotton through the coil and that it would start to choke but I just vaped it again a few times and it's wicking perfectly. The flavor is miles better than the SS mesh that I had built. The only downside is that if I am facing my monitor when I vape it I need to wait for the clouds to clear before I can read again. Big thumbs up.

Tried it, and I'm liking it a lot!! I modified it just a little though. Instead of cutting the top tail off like you did, I left it a little long and tucked it around the center post. It'll mop up the juice that settles on the metal floor, and around the screws. It'll absorb juice coming off the coil, and then send it right back on top of it. This most likely would be the closest thing to dripping - without actually dripping.

Results:: Powerful flavor and taste with a strong nic rush. Very impressed! I'll try it for a couple of days.

 

[Xobeloot]

How do you guys feel about 26 gauge kanthal A1 for micos? I just got some in the mail and figured I would set something up in my trident. I guess I should go for 11 or 12 wraps?

I prefer a 9 wrap of 26 nichrome. Faster heat-up than kanthal and better flavor IMO.


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[james1980]

I prefer a 9 wrap of 26 nichrome. Faster heat-up than kanthal and better flavor IMO.


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what do your ohms come out to .6 ish? 60 series or 80

 

[manji1]

The thing I noticed about this 26g ka1 coil is that it's a real sipper on juice. It seems like I don't need to drip nearly as often as I do on similar builds with 28g or 30g. I'm guessing it's because it burns a little cooler, so it's not torching juice in the well, just the juice on the wick.

 

[JeremyR]

A little off the discussion right now but check this out. Found this cotton in a vitamin bottle. It's from a melatonin bottle so it has no smell to it. I burn tested and it is cotton, it has long straight strands almost like hair. Its more uniform than cotton balls maybe like rolled cotton, not sure havent got any yet. What do you guy think I'm going to try on my next rebuild. It looks really easy to work with.

Edit to add - spring valley melatonin new bottle from walmart. (If I could stop vaping at night I may not need it,lol)
edit to add - this has been determined to be viscous/ rayon

 

[player one]

A little off the discussion right now but check this out. Found this cotton in a vitamin bottle. It's from a melatonin bottle so it has no smell to it. I burn tested and it is cotton, it has long straight strands almost like hair. Its more uniform than cotton balls maybe like rolled cotton, not sure havent got any yet. What do you guy think I'm going to try on my next rebuild. It looks really easy to work with.

I thought it was smoke at first lol. Definitely try it and let us know how it goes.

 

[gdeal]

lol...I had to try that silly ribbon coil..Tinhat? Tinman, Tintin..?

Its almost impossible to get ribbon to keep its shape in a perfectly symmetrical cylinder. Every time I had it perfect, then glowed the wire with out the drill bit, it deformed. So the result is a slightly overlapping coil..but...but...but...I' gotta say, it vapes really well.

Not the prettiest girl in the class.... (.5mm ribbon, 5/64th drill bit, 1.4 ohms)

 

[Mozzer]

I prefer a 9 wrap of 26 nichrome. Faster heat-up than kanthal and better flavor IMO.

I concur It demands proper wicking for sure, due to its fast heat up and potentially high temperatures. Mine are coming out to 0.6Ω so that's a bit of power on them with a fresh battery.

 

[pdib]

lol...I had to try that silly ribbon coil..Tinhat? Tinman, Tintin..?

Its almost impossible to get ribbon to keep its shape in a perfectly symmetrical cylinder. Every time I had it perfect, then glowed the wire with out the drill bit, it deformed. So the result is a slightly overlapping coil..but...but...but...I' gotta say, it vapes really well.

Not the prettiest girl in the class.... (.5mm ribbon, 5/64th drill bit, 1.4 ohms)

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quit'cher lollygaggin' and playin' around! BACK TO WORK!!!

 

[Xobeloot]

what do your ohms come out to .6 ish? 60 series or 80

60.

9-wrap comes out around high .6 to low .7 based on coil style and leg length.


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[gdeal]

quit'cher lollygaggin' and playin' around! BACK TO WORK!!!

Gotta vape on something while the reo is outta commission.

 

[msween00]

Here's my latest. Nothing fancy, but new hardware so I feel all giddy.

28 Nichrome 60, 8 wraps, 1.6mm ID, ~.8/.9ohm in an igo w sittin on a Magneto

Sent from my phone, please excuse typos.

 

[Xobeloot]

Been a while since i've done one of these.

26n 4.5x4.5 wrap dibby crack flavor gap

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[SilverZero]

Vapelyfe is building these for people at the ECC this weekend, just thought it was interesting.

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[card]

1/32" id, 26 ga kanthal, 8 wrap, boiled cotton yarn

I used one strand of the cotton yarn, and my 1/32" flat head screwdriver, didn't think it would wick well enough but fortunately I was wrong its wicking great and tastes better than any of my other builds on this atty.

 

[ukeman]

1/32" id, 26 ga kanthal, 8 wrap, boiled cotton yarn

I used one strand of the cotton yarn, and my 1/32" flat head screwdriver, didn't think it would wick well enough but fortunately I was wrong its wicking great and tastes better than any of my other builds on this atty.

there you go... 1/32 and good flavor.that would be about .55mm - yeah getting that wick through is a thing eh? tried cotton ball yet?

 

[chet]

I tried a dual coil on my A7

two micro coils with 32ga wrapped on 1/16" screw driver. gotta admit it's pretty bad wrapping.


rough install. measures about 1.5 ohm.


inserted hemp wick after a few dry burn->squeeze sessions.


working pretty good

 

[Rmcgloth]

Ok, I am giddy with anticipation. PayPal confirmed, black wrinkle grand and an rm2 on the way. First wrap will be...? I think I am going to have to go with the supe standard in Rene. After that, the xobe driver. Than, then, then, what was my temco password again. Agggh!

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

Whats the Xobe driver? I cant keep up with all the innovations in this thread!

 

[card]

there you go... 1/32 and good flavor.that would be about .55mm - yeah getting that wick through is a thing eh? tried cotton ball yet?

Here is my last build with 28ga and 3/64" id, with a cotton ball, it didn't taste good and didn't wick as well as the yarn cotton for some reason.

Actually getting the wick through wasn't hard I just pulled appart the yarn, took out one rolled strand out of the 4, rolled the end in my fingers and fed it in, then grabbed it with tweezers and pulled it through. Its not a tight fit, if I had used 2 strands it wold have been a real tight squeeze. I've tried it before and the flavor wasn't nearly as good.