Serpent RTA by WOTOFO

[HolmanGT]

I measured it after trying a 12 mm and thought it might be a bit too snug.


The 14 mm was snug but not overly tight.

Landman,

Thanks for the picture.

Well I always knew I couldn't think in metric very well but I sure blew this one.

I don't know what I was thinking but in my mind I was envisioning something about the diameter of a pencil which is something I have a ton of for other applications. For some reason when I read the original post that is what came to mind and I just couldn't see something like what was in my mind's eye fitting that build deck.

Now I just feel really dumb!!!

Sorry for the confusion I caused.

 

[Kingboomer]

Got mine in yesterday!!! I didn't even open the comp wire yet, just twisted some 28ga kanthal and threw 8 wraps around a 1/8th drill bit, came out to 1 ohm. I still have yet to have it leak while filling, but I do get a bit out the air holes if I keep the JFC all the way open. Still getting the feel for it but IMHO this thing's a winner!


-Kingboomer

 

[Major911]

Dan,

Are you sure that is a 10 mm O-ring? That is one He!! of a stretch for such a small O-ring. A 10 mm X 1 mm O-ring is what I use for shimming up a loose 510 pin.

10mm inner diameter


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[HolmanGT]

10mm inner diameter


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Yeah Major,

I was shown the error in my mental metric conversion. Ugh!

But ID or OD I was thinking in an alternate universe.

 

[Leo Bak]

Well thanks guys, you made me order a bag of 50 o-rings with a 10mm OD! It cost me a whopping $0.89 so now i'll just search for a clearomizer that can handle those rings! ;-)

 

[HolmanGT]

Well thanks guys, you made me order a bag of 50 o-rings with a 10mm OD! It cost me a whopping $0.89 so now i'll just search for a clearomizer that can handle those rings! ;-)

Leo,

From what everyone is saying your 10 mm OD O-rings should work just fine.

 

[ThunderDan]

Leo,

From what everyone is saying your 10 mm OD O-rings should work just fine.

Sorry, I should have clarified earlier, used a 10mm ID oring myself. It looks like 14 would probably be more optimal maybe? I tried 10mm ID because it was what I had handy, and thought if it strectched out a bit it would obstruct the juice channels less, which I don't really think I should have been concerned about because it seemed fine.

Now I just chuck a bunch of cotton in a nasty looking Clapton and don't bother with the juice control.

 

[dwcraig1]

10 x 1, 11 x 1, 12 x 1, 13 x 1 and 14 x 1 mm should all work fine.

 

[cj081283]

So I found a trick that made it easier for me to wrap on the serpent. I looked at where the holes were and tried wrapping lefty with it but didn't turn out any better and my coil looked like crap.

So I just decided to try going righty again and wrapping from the underside of the screw driver counter clockwise instead of above and clockwise like normal. It was a little awkward wrapping but I had absolutely no fighting with the deck to get the coil in.

For anyone who has trouble with the offset post holes it may be worth a shot.

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[Leo Bak]

So I found a trick that made it easier for me to wrap on the serpent. I looked at where the holes were and tried wrapping lefty with it but didn't turn out any better and my coil looked like crap.

So I just decided to try going righty again and wrapping from the underside of the screw driver counter clockwise instead of above and clockwise like normal. It was a little awkward wrapping but I had absolutely no fighting with the deck to get the coil in.

For anyone who has trouble with the offset post holes it may be worth a shot.

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Yes that's how i wrap them too now. It took me at least 3 coils before i realized i could do it that way. Starting from underneath ccw.

 

[DP2Raja]

That is absolutely the best way to do it. It took a couple of times before my brain and hand would go CCW, but feels natural now.

 

[tmcase]

Somebody here suggested that a ways back so I've been doing it that way too. Thanks you who ever you are.

 

[tmcase]

The oring fix has worked some what. My tank is leaking less but I'm still seeing some juice seeping out of one of the air holes but it just sits in front of the closed part of the AFC but occasionally runs down onto my mod. With the flavor and vapor as good as it is and the atty pretty cheap, I can live with this problem.

I may have one with the jumping ohms though. I've see it go from .4 to .5 and I can tell when it happens because I get a warm vape at the start and then a hot vape at the finish of my draw.

I so love my SS Serpents.

 

[jackmormon]

That is absolutely the best way to do it. It took a couple of times before my brain and hand would go CCW, but feels natural now.

Unless your left handed like me and had to figure out how to wrap CW

 

[DP2Raja]

See, you're confusing me JackMormon!

 

[HDMontana]

Got one of my SS serpents from Gearbest today. Put a 3mm SS Clapton in it and wicked it up. Working perfect. I did add the o-ring at bottom of juice channels. Well worth the $19.00 I paid.

HD

 

[Leo Bak]

Good to hear HD! A 3mm ID (ss316l, 26G, 6 wraps -> 0.4 Ohm) coil has enough room to put a sufficient amount of cotton through it, to cover the deck and a small part of the juice channels, and prevent serious leaking. Some tiny drops maybe coming out of the afc, only right after filling. I should maybe try the extra o-ring, as soon as they arrive.

 

[HDMontana]

Good to hear HD! A 3mm ID (ss316l, 26G, 6 wraps -> 0.4 Ohm) coil has enough room to put a sufficient amount of cotton through it, to cover the deck and a small part of the juice channels, and prevent serious leaking. Some tiny drops maybe coming out of the afc, only right after filling. I should maybe try the extra o-ring, as soon as they arrive.

Yeah, I loaded the cotton up pretty good.

HD

 

[tmcase]

Got one of my SS serpents from Gearbest today. Put a 3mm SS Clapton in it and wicked it up. Working perfect. I did add the o-ring at bottom of juice channels. Well worth the $19.00 I paid.

HD

How did you get it for $19. They want $30 now?

 

[DP2Raja]

I got my black one off of eBay for $30 with free shipping. Ordered it Saturday and had it Monday. I was shocked. From LA to New Mexico (USA)