A Tensioned Contact Micro Coil and the advanced build...
Thought I'd drop this here as a good example of t.m.c. oxidation. Certainly easy to achieve for a Subtank single. Prev posted this build result on the following
threads but new rebuilders may benefit from what tensioned microcoils can yield with more complex installs...
READYxWICK for non cotton people
Tensioned Micro Coils. The next step.
The uniform oxidation made simple by tensioned winding solves much of the problem of balancing coil output...
One of the most often made and unfounded criticisms about microcoils is that they're too hot...
they cook the wick. Obviously from those who've never successfully made one. Tensioned contact microcoils run at stable uniform end-to-end temperatures given the same wattage, this puts the maximum amount of heat evenly on the wicks surface. Also, they
are not a pipe! Small barely visible gaps remain between turns even on the most well oxidized and evenly tensioned coil. Internal pressures do build however which broaden those gaps and cause other micro seperations in operation from which vapor, lots of it, escape freely.
This brings me to this image and interesting observation about a very useful wicking media alternative. I've shared pics for this build extensively but never emphasized something unique about its vapor production. Did you notice it?
Vapor is effusing from the entire coil surface. But far more interesting...from the wicks themselves...end-to-end!
Pretty impressive stuff Nextel woven ceramic fiber insulation. Spoken about its properties often on this and the above threads. A great option I believe for both flavor and power when deployed with a
very efficient build.
Any questions, hail us here or on the above links.
Good luck all.