12 wraps with 26 gauge, hot battery.

[nocigsnomore]

Read on this forum that 13 are max, but since my battery gets hot are 12 too many too?

 

[Dissonance]

13 is the max for what?

And if your battery is getting hot you need to add MORE wraps, not take them away... What kind of battery are you using? And are you using an ohm meter?

 

[nocigsnomore]

Read that one shouldn't use more than 13 ever. The Ohm meter shows 0.7. Wrapped on a 3 mm screw driver. It's a dual coil with two 1.4 coils. I'm using Steam Engine | free vaping calculators to estimate how many wraps, and always I have to wrap a couple more of what it predicts. Been wondering why.

 

[ckquatt]

What are the specs on the battery? Size, brand etc.

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[nocigsnomore]

It's the LG 18650HE2 2500mAh 20A.

 

[RiceBurner95]

I'm assuming the ramp up time is pretty long for this coil setup? Are you sure it's not just heat radiating from the atomizer body down to the mod/battery? I've noticed when I use large coils with a lot of raps, I have to take longer pulls and fire the coil for longer than I do when I make smaller coils with smaller gauge wires. This allows the heat to build up faster than it does otherwise. My Cana 30 feels warm, and I thought it was battery related too, but after more thought, it's just the hot atomizer heating up the box/battery area.

 

[nocigsnomore]

You were absolutely correct. It's the metal tube and not the battery. Thanks.

The ramp up time is too long. Need to get 28ga, and try not to snap the legs when screwing down the screws on the Mutation X.

 

[Dissonance]

Have you thought about trying a regulated device? .7Ω on a freshly charged battery assuming no voltage drop is pushing about 25 watts... You can find a DNA30 device for fairly cheap now, or if you wanted something with more power just in case there are 100w+ regulated devices for <$100.

Just throwing this out there since safety seems to be a concern It'd also help that 13+ wrap dual coil heat up a lot quicker too I have a God 180 mod that I have to build .5Ω+ for (I'm used to building .1-.2) that took a 20 wrap dual coil (Well, 10 wrap quad coil in series & parallel, but that's just because I bend the coils in half so they fit in the RDA & the MXv2's airflow). At the full 180w, the ramp up time really wasn't bad and the flavor and vapor were stunning, comparable to a ~.08Ω build on a mech with a fresh battery but a whole lot safer

 

[nocigsnomore]

Thanks for the help. A regulated is now on my shopping list.

I'm a newbie and I haven't figured out yet how to calculate how many watts the battery delivers at the Ohm I'm using. I just stay above .5 Ohm to be safe.

 

[nocigsnomore]

I really like this: TAN-Wooden-35W-BoxMod-Dark-Ebony

Can you recommend any box mods on that site?

 

[thx997303]

You need to read up so you know what you're doing. Here's a useful website Battery drain | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators

There's a couple good calculators there, really helps you understand how the different variables effects your vape, and keeps you informed.

 

[Sir Pouncival]

Read that one shouldn't use more than 13 ever. The Ohm meter shows 0.7. Wrapped on a 3 mm screw driver. It's a dual coil with two 1.4 coils. I'm using Steam Engine | free vaping calculators to estimate how many wraps, and always I have to wrap a couple more of what it predicts. Been wondering why.

You also need to take into account the length of your leads when using the Steam Engine calculator. That may be why you need to add extra wraps to get the ohms you are looking for. The following is a great reference for getting you in the ball park:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/reos-mods/446263-micro-coils-ohms-description.html