Hello everyone I've been building for a few months now and I stuck to kanthal I'm trying to use new things like nichrome 80 and no matter what mod or build I try it says low resistance I'm just so lost I appreciate taking time to read this and offer any comments or help you beautiful people could provide that kind you
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steamengine has all kinds of settings you can input showing you the resistance of your build before you even build it. Best to test new coils on an ohm meter- I like my 521 Tab. Could be your mod isnt able to support that low of a build. Energy flows more freely through nichrome so more wraps or smaller diameter wire is required to build the same resistance as kanthal. Hope this helps.
Steam engine is that an app? And I need to get a battery for my reader lol and it dies thank you for responding
It's coming out too low because you haven't fired the hot spots out yet. I usually have 10 wraps or more of 22/34 reading 0.06 ohm before I get the hotspots out. Basicly the resistance is only on the legs and the rest of the coil is bypassed...no idea why. I just keep squeezing, twisting, scraping and firing till finally it hits 0.1 and then it will glow all on one side and as it heats up it works it's way to the other side.
If you still can't do it, start heating the coil up in the middle with a butane torch till it's red and then fire it.
Try n80 for the core and 316l or A1 for the wrap if that doesn't work. But then you won't have all those pretty colors.
If you still can't do it, start heating the coil up in the middle with a butane torch till it's red and then fire it.
Try n80 for the core and 316l or A1 for the wrap if that doesn't work. But then you won't have all those pretty colors.
Oh wow awesome sounds like my problems lol I need to do more wraps it sounds like as well
I edited. What exactly have you built?
Like core/wrap size and material, number of wraps and diameter.
And what mods and attys to you have at your disposal?
Like core/wrap size and material, number of wraps and diameter.
And what mods and attys to you have at your disposal?
And for mods I have about 10 different ones I use my ipv5 and my sqxclass and my fuchi and mums mosfit (unregulated)
Oh, I thought you were making clapton. This should be easy then.
The Fuchai 213 is what I use just for this...for some reason it will temporarily fire a 0.08 coil. That's the only reason I haven't traded it for a sandwich.
If you have an unregulated mod and you feel safe enough you can try with that but I'd use it as a last resort.
What gauge n80 are you using? You can eliminate most of the problem with spaced coils so the power has no choice but to go through the coil.
I built my Griffin 25 and even aromamizer with fused 26 n80 and they have some small decks so you should be able to get enough wire in most any atty to make n80 work.
The Fuchai 213 is what I use just for this...for some reason it will temporarily fire a 0.08 coil. That's the only reason I haven't traded it for a sandwich.
If you have an unregulated mod and you feel safe enough you can try with that but I'd use it as a last resort.
What gauge n80 are you using? You can eliminate most of the problem with spaced coils so the power has no choice but to go through the coil.
I built my Griffin 25 and even aromamizer with fused 26 n80 and they have some small decks so you should be able to get enough wire in most any atty to make n80 work.
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