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  1. State O' Flux

    Building coils for mechs

    No... which is why it's the, somewhat arbitrary but average cut off for my typical build preferences. It's when I usually notice (out of all the other things on my mind) that my builds performance has markedly dropped off. I'll pull the battery and it's voltage will, more often than not, be 3.5V...
  2. State O' Flux

    Comment by 'State O' Flux' in 'Steam Engine: Basic & advanced features: Pts. One & Two'

    At a quick glance, Mactavish... it's because you loaded Ti wire instead of Kanthal A-1. Cheers
  3. State O' Flux

    Building coils for mechs

    Although you use 4.2V for your Ohm's law constant to determine if the batteries amperage CDR is above the resistance requirements, I tend to use 4V as my Ohm's law constant for an "average"... because 4.2V batteries don't stay at 4.2V for long. Depending on atomizer net resistance, rate of...
  4. State O' Flux

    Confusing Steam Engine results

    Your issue is that you've doubled the coil surface area/mass, with no change in resistance, or wattage. So, you've effectively split the wattage that worked fine for you with a single coil... between two coils. To increase HF, you can: 1. Use a smaller diameter wire gauge, reducing surface...
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    Tesiyi 40A 2600mAh 18650 Bench Test Results...not 40A/2600mAh but a decent 25A/2300mAh battery

    Truth in advertising? Que? Why start now?
  6. State O' Flux

    Safer vaping

    If you visit the Joyetech customer social forums... specifically the eVic VTC subforums, you can read up on any issues they might have, as well as Joyetech responses.
  7. State O' Flux

    Wire

    0.5Ω for all... Parallel dual coils in Kanthal A-1@ 45 watts (reasonable true value) using 26 or 27 gauge... 26 ga. will provide more surface area at a lower perceived vape temperature - HF = 199 mW/mm². 27 ga. will provide less surface area at a warmer perceived vape temperature - HF = 282...
  8. State O' Flux

    RDA Green discoloration on copper post

    It's called "verdigris"... and is easy enough to remove with a tiny bit of baking soda, and a little distilled water. Ketchup works well too.
  9. State O' Flux

    Best Cloud Build For Single Samsung 25R Tube Mod?

    Nothing personal Chef, but... I'm going to write something that you, and any others with the same thoughts, may not appreciate. I'm glad to see that no responsible unregulated, single cell mod user has been unconscious enough to respond to your inquiry. What you're asking, considering that you...
  10. State O' Flux

    Testing metal

    It's actually good that you're concerned about this. Most countries (US, EU etc.) have specific, food grade virgin stainless steel... China however tends to use recycled SS, with other trace metals in the mix. Even the items identified as made from a specific SS grade, may... I say may, not be...
  11. State O' Flux

    RDA Coil Lifespan?

    That's OK. My recommendation was only intended to provide enough heat to keep the coils cleaner. If there's a burnt taste at 60, but all is well at 50, then run that. Everything is spot-on only when it all works to your satisfaction... with no negatives. I have no idea what the specifics of...
  12. State O' Flux

    RDA Coil Lifespan?

    Without knowing what juice blend - solids and sweetener content & VG/PG blend - which has a substantial impact on coil contaminates build up... The wattage is too low for a dual parallel, 0.7Ω'ish build using 26 gauge wire. In other words, the build is too "cold". With 25 watts... You need to...
  13. State O' Flux

    Better with 26 or 28 gauge Kanthal ?

    That looks like a complete load of BS. :rolleyes:
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    Better with 26 or 28 gauge Kanthal ?

    It can depend in draw time and atty air flow... and what you like. ;) For example, I like a warm vape, so I run around a 225 in low air flow RTAs like KFLs and R91%s... 250-275 HF in higher air flow RTAs... and around 300-350 in most RDAs. And remember... I only use mechs, so my builds have to...
  15. State O' Flux

    Better with 26 or 28 gauge Kanthal ?

    Yep, yep, yep... and righty-ho.
  16. State O' Flux

    Better with 26 or 28 gauge Kanthal ?

    For the same HF, any increase in surface area will provide an increase in vapor production. The only negative is a slightly longer heat capacity (time to temp).
  17. State O' Flux

    Better with 26 or 28 gauge Kanthal ?

    Or... with the same HF goal - Your build with 1.6Ω / 28 gauge - Heat flux @ 11W = 122 mW/mm² / Surface area 86.1 mm² Your build with 1.3Ω / 27 gauge - Heat flux @ 12.7W = 122 mW/mm² / Surface area 99.17 mm² Your build with 1.05Ω / 26 gauge - Heat flux @ 14.5W = 122 mW/mm² / Surface area 113.51mm²
  18. State O' Flux

    Better with 26 or 28 gauge Kanthal ?

    Run the old and new numbers through Steam Engine... compare and adjust for similar heat flux. Expect more vapor from the modest increase in coil surface area.
  19. State O' Flux

    Dont know what to buy

    Not really... I don't use them. Visit the APV sub-forum and see what people are the most happy with in your peak wattage/minimum resistance/price range.
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    Dont know what to buy

    Welcome to ECF, Bear... It's getting harder and harder to recommend atomizers and power supply devices... there are so many variations with such minor, but sometimes important "features" that - selecting something from, literally, the thousands of options has become a fool's blurry game, unless...
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