DNA 40, NR, Nickel Builds

[Tbev]

Who's got em, what gauge, how many wraps, how many watts, what temp, what wick?

I'm peering over to the regulated side and wanna take a look at some of these new builds.

 

[MrPlink]

Only BETAS are out right now.
You could try contacting Mamu directly.

I'm curious to know myself, but the main dna40 thread is already all over the place

 

[dr g]

I'm doing mostly cotton, 28-30-32 gauge, 2-3-4mm macrocoils for the most part. Microcoils in my experience dont work that well. I have done 32g around 2mm silica (hand wrapped) for a rebuild of a dual coil kanger head. Twisted wire works well too but you do need to run very thin gauge to get enough resistance to work well.

As far as temperature it varies according to personal preference and juice PG/VG ratio (VG = higher temp). I also found smaller coils required higher temperatures to achieve good production. Generally I run in the 400-460 range.

I have done a few for fun and exotic builds as well such as coiling a barrel around the center post of an atomizer, and it worked quite well.

You do need to avoid kinks in the wire or it will overheat and break at that point, but other than that you can do all kinds of stuff.

 

[Shootist]

So you have a DNA40 board and you are using Nickel wire?

I'm doing mostly cotton, 28-30-32 gauge, 2-3-4mm macrocoils for the most part. Microcoils in my experience dont work that well. I have done 32g around 2mm silica (hand wrapped) for a rebuild of a dual coil kanger head. Twisted wire works well too but you do need to run very thin gauge to get enough resistance to work well.

As far as temperature it varies according to personal preference and juice PG/VG ratio (VG = higher temp). I also found smaller coils required higher temperatures to achieve good production. Generally I run in the 400-460 range.

I have done a few for fun and exotic builds as well such as coiling a barrel around the center post of an atomizer, and it worked quite well.

You do need to avoid kinks in the wire or it will overheat and break at that point, but other than that you can do all kinds of stuff.

 

[CABBA]

Nice. I'm still wondering how exactly this could change my vape experience.
Is this a must have? Or a wait for the next iteration?


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[classwife]

Moved to Rebuildable Atomizer Systems - Coil Builds from Variable Voltage APV Discussion

 

[David1975]

How do you judge the resistance of the coil you make? Just for my own curiosity I checked out steam's coil builder....

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I know 31/31 wraps is So what am I missing with these?

 

[Rossum]

The fact that you should be targeting a lower resistance.

 

[ukeman]

Would dual coils be the logical way to get that low res. in your RBA's?

I heard some of the tanks Nautilus Aero will come with Ni200 coils...

Someone did post a coil setup photo or 2 of their beta tests in one of the threads.

it had like 5 or 6 spaced wraps, looked thick-ish, in a small atty like perhaps a Cyclone?

 

[ElConquistador]

89 wraps for a one ohm coil! Yeah, I think you can throw resistance out the window with this one.

 

[Tbev]

I'm thinking this board is going to lend itself nicely towards the use of rayon wicking, as larger diameter coils, spaced, seem to be optimal for rayon. I'm mostly eager to see how cool of a vape I can get, as I prefer a cooler vape personally, but I think n matter what is used to wick, we're going to see big numbers in days or ml's between rewicking.

 

[ukeman]

dr g said 2mm to 4mm ID coils

I'm thinking this board is going to lend itself nicely towards the use of rayon wicking, as larger diameter coils, spaced, seem to be optimal for rayon. I'm mostly eager to see how cool of a vape I can get, as I prefer a cooler vape personally, but I think n matter what is used to wick, we're going to see big numbers in days or ml's between rewicking.

 

[Tbev]

dr g said 2mm to 4mm ID coils

Yeah I like that.

 

[dr g]

So you have a DNA40 board and you are using Nickel wire?

yes. I was lucky enough to be in the beta group, there are a few others around too.

 

[David1975]

Mikepetro did a great job explaining this here at post #160
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ew-dna40-round-1-us-only-co-op-closed-16.html

 

[DavidOH]

yes. I was lucky enough to be in the beta group, there are a few others around too.

How did the vapor production compare?

 

[dr g]

In general it's really normal coil building, but without the compromise tricks used to get coils to heat up faster or thermal transfer within the coil structure.

How did the vapor production compare?

Vapor production was excellent, not necessarily more than an unregulated coil but you can tune any coil for optimum output.

 

[olderthandirt]

Mikepetro did a great job explaining this here at post #160
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ew-dna40-round-1-us-only-co-op-closed-16.html

Direct link to the post:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...d-1-us-only-co-op-closed-16.html#post14360092

And a huge thank you David. Mikes post helped solidify what I've been pondering on how to build/use coils for this board (-:

 

[ukeman]

"12 wraps around a #53 drill bit" got Mike .12 ohms... using 30g Ni200.

 

[mamu]

It took me a few tries tinkering with different coils - gauge, wraps, single, dual, twisted, that sort of thing - to find the coil that's right for me, then tinkering with the temp/watts setting that is right for me.

I love love love the twisted 34g dual coil it absolutely rocks with crack, sizzle, pop and with temp mode I get the perfect warm, wet, juicy, and best flavor/taste/vapor volume with my vape. win-win!!

And srsly, the no dry hits no burnt wick no burnt taste is for realz I've vaped my tank dry and maxed out the temp mode settings just to see lol.

Twisted 34g nickel wire...

5 wraps around each chimi wick (tightly rolled 500 mesh inside 1/8" silica sleeving)...

My fave settings with this twisted 34g dual coil...

Avani DNA40 dual 18650 batts...