So i got myself a small rda for my first and i just installed some Claptons, Ohm on them is 0.5 (Ohm check when freshly built, checked again after glowing and adjusting and checked a third time after wicking. Too much checking?) I will be using this on my RX Mini 80w mod. and i was wondering what wattage range is a good starting point, aswell as genereal tips on how to fiddle around with your rda.
RDA We Out Here Doe RDA
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IMO there is no such thing as too much checking when you are setting up your coils. As for wattage I guess I have a few questions first. Just double checking but it sounds like you're running dual coil set up(2 claptons) correct? What RDA are you using(has no effect on wattage, just like gear talk lol). What guage is the inner wire in the claptons and what guage is the outer wire? I would imagine that starting in the 40W-50W range and slowly increasing one or 2 watts at a time, until you find the sweet spot would work for you.
Tinkering with your atty once you've got it set and wicked isnt something I would do. Different story when you are changing wicks, always check to make sure the coils are still firing simulatneously and evenly, and adjust as needed, straighten them out, etc.
Im sure the more experienced team will show up with a ton of great advice as well! Cheers!
Tinkering with your atty once you've got it set and wicked isnt something I would do. Different story when you are changing wicks, always check to make sure the coils are still firing simulatneously and evenly, and adjust as needed, straighten them out, etc.
Im sure the more experienced team will show up with a ton of great advice as well! Cheers!
It´s a We Out Here Doe RDA, and yes it´s a dual coil setup, see picture. Inner is 3mil and for outer i have no idea. It´s prewrapped/built coils. So all info besides what ohm it is i had to get myself by examining them.
For some reason it doesnt fire. I was going to glow them and adjust some stufferino but it wont glow at all. I took the RDA to my vapeshop and they couldnt get it to glow or anything either. I´m starting to wonder if i have done something wrong. For some reason it jumps between ohms, I just popped it in my ohmreader and it said 4.9 ohm.... Then i took it off and unscrewed the postscrews and tightened them again, giving me my 0.29. I´ll post a pic so you can check it out.
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Hmmm, it looks like the coil on the right is positioned a little high and the lead is pressing against the post. If you are able to change the resistance by adjusting the screws then its likely an issue with the leads not being connected properly. I dont have much experience with clapton coils but I have heard of some people unwinding some of the outer wire so that inner wire connects properly to the post.
I´m wondering if i should throw these coils off and try to get in some new ones, sitting more flush and not touching the poles. I adjusted these now and i get a stable 0.3, wich is what i was going for. The question is if it will glow once on the mod. Should i try to glow them and see if it works? It´s a regulated mod so hopwfully it wont let me do anything dumb ^^
If you are getting the resistance you want consistently and everything looks as it should then yes, you can try firing them to see if they glow evenly starting from the middle. I would recommend using freshly charged batteries in your mod and doing a few pulses first to make sure there are no shorts in the coils themselves. A regulated mod should have protection against firing shorted coils or attys which could be why you werent getting any response out of the coils before. After testing them out its never a bad idea to load the atty back on to your ohm meter and double checking on your resistance.
Hope it all works out for you! Best of luck!
Hope it all works out for you! Best of luck!
Well, it still fiddles so when i was at my vapeshop today i copped myself a Pharaoh. Easy, simple and i just popped in a single fused Clapton, Ohming at .4 wich gives me exactly what i want @50 watts.
Still gonna keep fiddling with the We Out Here Doe as i wanna try a true dripper and not the psudo-dripper that the Pharaoh is.
Just checked out the Pharaoh. Looks pretty sweet and with bottom feed airflow it shoud be a nice vape. It must have a pretty deep well(cant really make it out from the pics Ive seen) if they're calling it a dripper tank. As for the WOHD, definitely keep trying with it, Im sure you'll get it up and running in no time!
Check your 510 pin. If it's loose or stripped it will cause the resistance to jump all over the place. Also check for cracked or broken insulators.
I just took it all apart and checked and cleaned everything. No broken insulators, 510 looks good. Imma pop a simple build in here and give you an update.
Okey. So here´s what i did. I took it all apart, cleaned it and checked every single thread, the two insulators and the 510. No problemo there. Assembled it again and popped a dual coil build in it (Claptons) and put it into my ohm reader. It ohmed out at .4. I then put it on 3 different mods and it read it as .4 aswell.
I then started to glow it @30-35 watts. Instantly it changed to .3 and only 1 coil heated up. I strummed and pinched the non-glowing one a bit but without result.
I have no idea what´s going on here....
I then started to glow it @30-35 watts. Instantly it changed to .3 and only 1 coil heated up. I strummed and pinched the non-glowing one a bit but without result.
I have no idea what´s going on here....
Same Claptons as before? If so, try another set.
Actually, if one coil went foul, your resistance should have gone up..
Actually, if one coil went foul, your resistance should have gone up..
After looking at your picture, the legs are longer on the right coil. They must be a Mirror identical pair.
The interior also looks bumpy & ill shaped.
Was the coil that didn't glow, give off any heat?
Try the coils one at a time, glow? Stable resistance?.
The interior also looks bumpy & ill shaped.
Was the coil that didn't glow, give off any heat?
Try the coils one at a time, glow? Stable resistance?.
I threw out the ones that are in the picture and tried with different type of coils, all of them shaped to be mirror images of eachother. The resistance was all over the show, changed up and down. I tried them on two different ohmreaders (Mini Tab from GeekVape and a noname reader) and it gave me different readings. I popped the RDA on a mod and it gave me a third reading.
Next step is to, as you are saying, try them one at a time. It´s just that i´ve got a handfull other RDA´s wich works just fine so i haven´t been experimenting with this one anymore. BUt i´ll pop in another build and see what happens.
What a nightmare, i have a true hybrid,, A Siam from years ago.
I get continuity, voltage, wont fire. Switch fine won't fire. Ad nauseum..
You said you took the posts out? No damage?
Although in theory parallel should work easily on a 2 poster, I've never liked it on a dual coil setup with 'thick' wires.
Did you try with a pair of Slick wire 28awg?
There is the 'Angst' factor. May want to put it down for a while..
I get continuity, voltage, wont fire. Switch fine won't fire. Ad nauseum..
You said you took the posts out? No damage?
Although in theory parallel should work easily on a 2 poster, I've never liked it on a dual coil setup with 'thick' wires.
Did you try with a pair of Slick wire 28awg?
There is the 'Angst' factor. May want to put it down for a while..
Well, i´ve given up. This RDA goes up on the atty stand and i will never use it again. I´ve tried every single coil i have and/or the ones i can make. The resistance on the last build i put in it was a .2 and it read it at .2, then .9 and then at .1
Tried it on a bunch of different mods, ohmreaders etc and it´s all over the show.
Tried it on a bunch of different mods, ohmreaders etc and it´s all over the show.
If you have tried a single coil build and have the same issues, then it has to be the positive post. There isn't really anything else it could be.
Allright. So i´ve tried building it single coil and it´s still all F´d. I tried 4 different coils with 4 different resistances and it still jumps up and down like a ....-head Kangaroo. Too clarify, the things i tried reading it on was a Tab, a Alien mod and a Coilmaster Ohmreader. Three different mods/readers, wich gave me different readings every time.
Does it jump around if you leave the atty on the same reader and touch the coil with your finger? At this point its starting to sound like one of the posts is the problem.
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