Gotvapes Stardust: How to re-wick and replace the coil

[mikecup]

Great video! I just received my wire from your eBay thread and wick from cov.
I just replaced my coil and wick on my dead stardust, that lasted only 2 days. But I'm glad I saved it.
As of now I see no reason to buy any more of these, I have 3 and enough wick and wire to last years. This thing is vapping better than when i got it new. Time will tell though.
Thanks again.

 

[iuseaspork]

I'm guessing that ss mesh will not work in these because of the metal slots the wick rides in. If anyone gets SS mesh to work in these I'm gonna buy like 5 and be set for a year or 2.

 

[iuseaspork]

Higher resistance kanthal:

34 awg kanthal
36awg kanthal

32 awg = 14 ohm/foot .or 1.16 ohm/inch
34 awg = 20 ohm/foot or 1.7 ohm/inch
36 awg = 31 ohm/foot or 2.58 ohm/inch

If made the exact same way should end up at around 2.6ohm with 34awg or 4ohm with 36awg

 

[par292]

very nice now i need to see if i can rebuild one

 

[iuseaspork]

17 ohm/foot nicrome to see if you can do it:

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[par292]

i know gotvapes is out of stock on these, does anyone else carry these? i guess i threw my old one away..

 

[iuseaspork]

All are out of stock because of the Chinese new year. We have to wait

 

[par292]

thats just my luck...

 

[psycle_1]

Just ordered some 32ga from the same seller so I can try making mine into an LR. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[par292]

i cant wait till these are back in stock, so i can get some to play with, i already have wire and wick i love rebuilding stuff

 

[iuseaspork]

32g nichrome is lower resistance than kanthal. Just so you know.

 

[sparkyth67]

might need to check this out when my stardust bites the dust

 

[mickey c]

Great video!!!

 

[Big Screen D]

Rebuilt 2 of them today. Used two 2mm wicks stacked, with 5 wraps. Cut the wicks short like they came. Was worried that with the fatter wick I'd have to trim the silicone cap, but the cap still fits just fine. 5 closely spaced wraps covers the wick nearly from edge to edge in the cup, and along with the thicker wick gives roughly 50% more heated coil area.

Works beautifully at 5.5 volts, and wicks 100%VG perfectly.

 

[RockinRobbieSF]

Rebuilt 2 of them today. Used two 2mm wicks stacked, with 5 wraps. Cut the wicks short like they came. Was worried that with the fatter wick I'd have to trim the silicone cap, but the cap still fits just fine. 5 closely spaced wraps covers the wick nearly from edge to edge in the cup, and along with the thicker wick gives roughly 50% more heated coil area.

Works beautifully at 5.5 volts, and wicks 100%VG perfectly.

Sweet! I pretty much just stick with a KGO with the Stardusts, though I have a Provari. How long does a full Stardust last at 5.5 volts?

 

[Big Screen D]

I'd guesstimate maybe an hour of vape and surf

I'm with ya on the KGO/eGo use with these. I've found myself using my eGo batteries again just for the nice compact look when on the go.

Next I want to build a couple of LR Stardust for use with the eGo's. Thinking of tying in some no resistance wire to make the resistance coil length as short a possible while still getting maybe 4 wraps on a doubled up wick.

 

[WillyB]

Robbie,

1st. You need to touch your + & - probes together to get your internal resistance of your meter, then deduct that from your ohm reading to get your true ohm reading.

That depends on the meter, there are many available that will 'zero'.

I saw this on e-Bay and for $5.50 I got it.

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It has Slightly Higher Ohms which might work better for me if more than 4 loops is hard to do. I would want to target the ohms around 2.5~2.8 which would work well for my e-Liquids on an eGo.

For folks that want to try nichrome shoot for the nichrome 80 (NiCrA) over the 60.

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The price includes shipping.

 

[vapspaz]

Willy - why do you say that? About the nichrome 80 that is.

 

[WillyB]

Cuz I think it works better and lasts longer than the 60. It also has a higher max temp range and the resistance changes less (more stable) at the same temp as the 60.

 

[nicotime]

I get no iron taste with N80 either like I do with Kanthal.