0.8 Ohms Again! What am I doing wrong?

[Spencer87]

So,
I normally dont like tanks.... Because they are too small a deck to build with and I have FAT fingers. THAT being said....I do have one tank....

Its a TFV4...

Anyways...

Having some trouble. Used the stock coil... that was 0.6 I believe (But cant quite remember)
Then I figured it was too little cool for my liking.
Soooo. I ripped that coil out and built a 6 wrap clapton coil.
That came in at 0.8.... Ok... whatever. Still not my thing. Ripped it out, tried with normal wire. 6 wraps 26 G ... 0.8 Ohms.
Ok. take that clapton I had in there before .... Modify it so Its now 4 wraps. AND STILL 0.8!!!!! WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???

This is so Frustrating!!!

 

[Kprthevapr]

So,
I normally dont like tanks.... Because they are too small a deck to build with and I have FAT fingers. THAT being said....I do have one tank....

Its a TFV4...

Anyways...

Having some trouble. Used the stock coil... that was 0.6 I believe (But cant quite remember)
Then I figured it was too little cool for my liking.
Soooo. I ripped that coil out and built a 6 wrap clapton coil.
That came in at 0.8.... Ok... whatever. Still not my thing. Ripped it out, tried with normal wire. 6 wraps 26 G ... 0.8 Ohms.
Ok. take that clapton I had in there before .... Modify it so Its now 4 wraps. AND STILL 0.8!!!!! WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???

This is so Frustrating!!!

What mod are you using it on?

 

[Kprthevapr]

Try 8 wraps of 26 with 2.5mm inside diameter. Not spaced. Not Clapton wire, just plain ole 26g kanthal
This would be dual coil results.

 

[Kprthevapr]

Single or dual coils?

 

[Kprthevapr]

Steam engine says...5 wraps of 26g 2.5mm id should get ya to around .62. Depending on how short the legs are for a single coil
Hope this helps.

 

[Spencer87]

I think it would be really hard to do dual with a tfv4

Using it on siglei 150 watt... One of the older ones

 

[Kprthevapr]

Reset your mod too. It might think old coil is still there.

 

[inswva]

Reset your mod too. It might think old coil is still there.

The older Sig 150 doesn't "remember" coil resistance since it a VW device only, not TC.

I seem to remember the 510 on those mods developing issues over time resulting in incorrect resistance readings. You may try cleaning out the 510 with a bit of rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab.

 

[Two_Bears]

So,
I normally dont like tanks.... Because they are too small a deck to build with and I have FAT fingers. THAT being said....I do have one tank....

Its a TFV4...

Anyways...

Having some trouble. Used the stock coil... that was 0.6 I believe (But cant quite remember)
Then I figured it was too little cool for my liking.
Soooo. I ripped that coil out and built a 6 wrap clapton coil.
That came in at 0.8.... Ok... whatever. Still not my thing. Ripped it out, tried with normal wire. 6 wraps 26 G ... 0.8 Ohms.
Ok. take that clapton I had in there before .... Modify it so Its now 4 wraps. AND STILL 0.8!!!!! WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???

This is so Frustrating!!!

Sounds like the mod is not reading resistance correctly.

Remove batteries and re start.

 

[Jdurand]

If that's the old silver big rectangular mod, run, and I mean run fast. That was my first "big boys" toy and It damn near killed me. I don't think all those early mods were as safe and well built as the more recent ones. What you describe makes no sense and must be the 510 pin or the chipset itself failing.

 

[Two_Bears]

If that's the old silver big rectangular mod, run, and I mean run fast. That was my first "big boys" toy and It damn near killed me. I don't think all those early mods were as safe and well built as the more recent ones. What you describe makes no sense and must be the 510 pin or the chipset itself failing.

I have had two Sugelei mods (30 and the 75) and will NEVER have another.

The 30 at 6 watts hit hard as mech mod, and burned the cotton at 8 watts. On every other. Mod i could fire at 17 watts before burning the cotton.

The Sigelei 75 was stuck in Temperature control and coukd not get it out

I sold the 30 over a year ago, and the 75 about two months ago .

From now on its going to be IStick Pico or eVic VTC Mini.

 

[Kprthevapr]

My 213 is now a paperweight
I love my Tesla Nano

 

[Ryedan]

Having some trouble. Used the stock coil... that was 0.6 I believe (But cant quite remember)
Then I figured it was too little cool for my liking.
Soooo. I ripped that coil out and built a 6 wrap clapton coil.
That came in at 0.8.... Ok... whatever. Still not my thing. Ripped it out, tried with normal wire. 6 wraps 26 G ... 0.8 Ohms.
Ok. take that clapton I had in there before .... Modify it so Its now 4 wraps. AND STILL 0.8!!!!! WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???

Put the atty on another mod that reads resistance, or on a ohm reader or DMM. If multiple device readings are within about 0.05 ohms the build is about that resistance. If the readings are different, you should be able to figure out which device is correct because resistance will be close to what steam engine says it should be. Once you know which device has the problem you can troubleshoot that.

I used one of the old Sigelei 150's for quite a while and never had any resistance issues with it. It was a very dependable mod for a lot of people. Its in my vapocaplipse box now

Good luck with it

 

[daviedog]

As Ryedan says, get a DMM or Ohm reader, nothing like having a 'Standard' reference.

Not good firing up a suspect Mod to get a resistance reading..

 

[Zutankhamun]

I have had two Sugelei mods (30 and the 75) and will NEVER have another.

The 30 at 6 watts hit hard as mech mod, and burned the cotton at 8 watts. On every other. Mod i could fire at 17 watts before burning the cotton.

The Sigelei 75 was stuck in Temperature control and coukd not get it out

I sold the 30 over a year ago, and the 75 about two months ago .

From now on its going to be IStick Pico or eVic VTC Mini.

Who did that sales pitch actually work on