Micro Coil for the RBA on your REO

[super_X_drifter]

I want my coils to look as tight as yours. That chalice with the hole between the posts looks sweet. I think that configuration would make placing the coils easier.

I think the REOmizer and a7 have a similar relationship with the hole in the center.

Also note how on your ERA, the juice hole Dispenses juice out of both sides of the post - if you wrap the tail around the post and back under the coil you may achieve better saturation?

The coil tightness is easy to attain when you scrunch it against the end of whatever you twisted it up on. I think your coils look great.


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[Needo]

I decided to take the micro coil to the absurd limit by wrapping 30 gauge kanthol wire 16 times around the allen-wrench used for the post.
I had to make several passes with a sewing needle to get the silica wick installed in pieces. I tried cotton thread at first but it dried and burned too quickly. It provided a good vape despite the whopping 2.4 ohms. I am using 60% of the juice that I normally do. Here are some picts.

 

[Faylool]

The Phoenix is not a bottom feeder but it uses like 12 wraps tiny wire coils on the premade wick coils I got for it. 3.00 ohm and less avail if somebody wants to buy a pack of 5 to put in their bottom feeder.

 

[super_X_drifter]

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I decided to take the micro coil to the absurd limit by wrapping 30 gauge kanthol wire 16 times around the allen-wrench used for the post.
I had to make several passes with a sewing needle to get the silica wick installed in pieces. I tried cotton thread at first but it dried and burned too quickly. It provided a good vape despite the whopping 2.4 ohms. I am using 60% of the juice that I normally do. Here are some picts.

That micro is off the chain! Im throwing ya an e high five for pushing the envelope on micro ergonomics. The juice consumption factor is a welcome side effect!

Next up: building a 30 wrap coil around strand of 32 ga Kanthal...

Who's gonna be the first to try it? If I thought I could rewick it, I would!

Thanks for the feedback.


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[Commie]

That micro is off the chain! Im throwing ya an e high five for pushing the envelope on micro ergonomics. The juice consumption factor is a welcome side effect!

Next up: building a 30 wrap coil around strand of 32 ga Kanthal...

Who's gonna be the first to try it? If I thought I could rewick it, I would!

Ok, I think I'll have to try now. My guess is at that point you put your wick around it rather than through.

 

[CATastrophe]

Because I was so impressed with the nice coil I made for the Hornet, I made another micro-coil earlier today wrapping it about 8/9 times on a heavy duty paperclip. Scrunched it all together, and mounted it diagonally on my Reomizer. It metered to about 1.8ish, if I remember right. Wicked it with some boiled cotton ball. Vaping some peppermint cupcake and it is very very good! I like this micro-coil thing. My paperclip seems to be the perfect size. The whole system seems to stay cleaner and be more efficient. That's a good thing!

I'm 2 days in with the micro on the Hornet and the original wick is still clean and the coil looks good, too.

Thanks, Super_X!

 

[super_X_drifter]

Because I was so impressed with the nice coil I made for the Hornet, I made another micro-coil earlier today wrapping it about 8/9 times on a heavy duty paperclip. Scrunched it all together, and mounted it diagonally on my Reomizer. It metered to about 1.8ish, if I remember right. Wicked it with some boiled cotton ball. Vaping some peppermint cupcake and it is very very good! I like this micro-coil thing. My paperclip seems to be the perfect size. The whole system seems to stay cleaner and be more efficient. That's a good thing!

I'm 2 days in with the micro on the Hornet and the original wick is still clean and the coil looks good, too.

Thanks, Super_X!

I'm noticing duplicate results. Didn't even have to dry burn when I rewicked.

Another observation of this setup is one squonk saturates the entire wick. On certain RBA's, it even wets the entire coil.


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[super_X_drifter]

Ok, I think I'll have to try now. My guess is at that point you put your wick around it rather than through.

Commie, let us see what you twist up...


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[CATastrophe]

Yup, I think it wets better both coil and wick with this lotta-wraps-micro-coil. Before I was rewicking every day because of the ick. I didn't mind, but if I can get longer times between rewicking, that's very nice. I use 3 flavors in 3 REOs all the time and even though I change flavors almost daily in all of them, I run compatible flavors back to back so after a couple vapes the new flavor takes over.

 

[jeapa]

I swapped out the coil and silica wick in my ERA tonight. I put in a micro coil that I wrapped on a paper clip. It is 6-7 wraps at 1.5 ohms.

I used a piece of cotton from an organic cotton ball for the wick, and I made sure to leave it long enough to wrap around the post so that the juice coming through the hole on the other side would hit it. At first I still wasn't liking the taste of the cotton, but after about 10 hits and a few squonks it started tasting better. I have been vaping on it for about 2 hours now and I am loving this micro coil with the cotton. This thing is a vaping machine This is the first time my dh has commented about me fogging up the bedroom

 

[super_X_drifter]

I swapped out the coil and silica wick in my ERA tonight. I put in a micro coil that I wrapped on a paper clip. It is 6-7 wraps at 1.5 ohms.

I used a piece of cotton from an organic cotton ball for the wick, and I made sure to leave it long enough to wrap around the post so that the juice coming through the hole on the other side would hit it. At first I still wasn't liking the taste of the cotton, but after about 10 hits and a few squonks it started tasting better. I have been vaping on it for about 2 hours now and I am loving this micro coil with the cotton. This thing is a vaping machine This is the first time my dh has commented about me fogging up the bedroom

Very nice Ellen. Just be careful not to let the coil itself come in contact with the base of the atty. I'm glad it is working for you!


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[jeapa]

Very nice Ellen. Just be careful not to let the coil itself come in contact with the base of the atty. I'm glad it is working for you!


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Thanks. Will it cause a short if the coil touches the base? I have it sitting pretty low as the photo shows, but it is not touching. I will adjust it a little higher if I need to.

 

[CATastrophe]

Yes, it can short. The coil should not touch anything.

Glad you like the micro. I do too! Been using them on both the hornet and reomizer now.

 

[jeapa]

Yes, it can short. The coil should not touch anything.

Glad you like the micro. I do too! Been using them on both the hornet and reomizer now.

Thanks CATastrophe. I raised it up just a bit for piece of mind. I ordered a couple of extra springs, but I don't have them yet and I would hate to have a short. Better to play it safe.

 

[zodduska]

This is a really cool idea! I gave it a try using the smallest eyeglass screwdriver I could find. Ended up at 2.5ohm

Pretty good flavor and vapor production!

Be careful though.. this happened while I was trying to get a shot of it in action..

haha.. scared this crap outta me!

 

[Norman Clature]

This is a really cool idea! I gave it a try using the smallest eyeglass screwdriver I could find. Ended up at 2.5ohm

Pretty good flavor and vapor production!

Be careful though.. this happened while I was trying to get a shot of it in action..

haha.. scared this crap outta me!

HA!

 

[CATastrophe]

This is a really cool idea! I gave it a try using the smallest eyeglass screwdriver I could find. Ended up at 2.5ohm

Pretty good flavor and vapor production!

Be careful though.. this happened while I was trying to get a shot of it in action..

haha.. scared this crap outta me!

That gives a whole new meaning to "Fire in the Hole!"

 

[super_X_drifter]

This is a really cool idea! I gave it a try using the smallest eyeglass screwdriver I could find. Ended up at 2.5ohm

Pretty good flavor and vapor production!

Be careful though.. this happened while I was trying to get a shot of it in action..

haha.. scared this crap outta me!

That looks like a kickass setup. The pictures make the coil look like its almost touching the post - is that what fired up?

 

[zodduska]

Thanks

The coil isn't in contact with the post although the angle does appear as it could be. The pic was an eight second exposure so I was firing it the whole time, it seemed to vaporize all the juice then run dry and ignite.. I'm not really sure what was burning although I've seen VG burn similarly when prepping SS wicks.

 

[zodduska]

I picked up some organic cotton balls, does anyone have tricks they use to get them through a coil?