.34 Ohm Build (pics) Need Advice

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Hello fellow vapers! I'm somewhat a newbie, about 3+ months off the stinkies! I have every kind of device except temp control, sigelei 75w is next for me. I've never messed around with anything lower than .5, like on my subtank mini. Recently I tried to drip for the first time, like all day vape style, and I found out I love it! I was doing two 2mm micro coils 30 gauge at 1.3 ohms. I've read all about battery safety, and amp draw etc. I have several vtc4s in fact. But despite having the goods I've been shy of low ohms. I started with the higher ohms as my first dripper build just to get the hang of it. It makes decent vapor, just like my subtank, so I've been satisfied the last 72 hours of my first dripping experience. Actually loved it despite initially thinking dripping would be a chore.

Tonight I tried to make something low, well lower than what I am used to. I did a dual coil 24 gauge 6/7 wrap spaced coils at a 45 degree angle, I didn't center them they just sort of sat there at an angle already so I left it like that.

I cant upload pics because it tops out at 1mb upload on my phone.

I'm wondering what the difference is between contact coils and micro coils? Mine aren't touching, what difference would it make if they were compressed together? Also, being at an angle, what's the difference between that and horizontal? My coils aren't centered either.

My build is on a darkhorse running on a coolfire 4. I figured if the cool fire can run this build on the built in battery I'll be safe since I always worry my vtc4s are re wraps lol. Safety first!

Any advice on the best kind of build for clouds? I sort of don't want to go below .3 ohms for now. Mainly I wonder if I'll have better results with horizontal compressed centered coils. Also ramp up time sucks. I have 24g and 30g wire. Would using 30g for low ohms benefit in any way? Should I try single coil?

Last, I'd love to post my pics but I'm limited to my android phone and my pics are more than 1mb each, any advice how to bring them down in size so I can share exactly what I'm talking about?

I appreciate any input. Thanks everyone.

 

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The build not being center post set is not a problem if you can get the airflow lined up properly on the coils themselves. Being at about a 45degree angle again shouldn't pose a problem significantly, just the lower wick tail needs be in the juice well and trim the top tail off to make a bunny cotton tail, the juice will be pulled by the lower tail just as if it was a full horizontal coil, only problem that could arise is the wick end at the top and the upper part of the coil would be prone to getting dry before the lower tail end. You might actually be happier investing in some 26awg to stay decent ramp up time for your target resistance, or increase the ID of your coil, 24awg I'd use a 3.0mm if it would fit in the RDA, 2.5 otherwise.

Examples -
24awg 2.0mm at 0.35ohm - 10/9 wrap, optimal heat flux wattage 40-65watts
24awg 2.5mm at 0.35ohm - 9/8 wrap, optimal heat flux wattage 40-65watts
24awg 3.0mm at 0.35ohm - 8/7 wrap, optimal heat flux wattage 40-65watts

26awg 2.0mm at 0.35ohm - 7/6 wrap, optimal heat flux wattage 20-40watts
26awg 2.5mm at 0.35ohm - 6/5 wrap, optimal heat flux wattage 20-40watts
26awg 3.0mm at 0.35ohm - 5/4 wrap, optimal heat flux wattage 20-40watts

If you are going for higher watts, the 24awg 3.0mm would be what I'd do, not going high wattage, just a step higher than what you are right now, the 26awg wrapped on a 2.0 or 2.5mm, 30awg really won't get you many wraps to make a decent dual coil, to thin and to high resistance unless you twisted it, then it would land somewhere in the range between 26 and 28awg, though you would have to do your Ohm calculations as a 30awg quad coil (4 parallel wires), wanting to go further toward 0.5ohm I'd look at 28awg. The question regarding spaced (what I call a rake or spiral coil) and a tension contact coil (macro, micro, nano-coil) they both have their strengths and weaknesses, spaced coils ramp up more evenly, wick a bit better, and spread surface contact along more wicking, contact coils ramp up faster, fire a bit hotter, and a more prone to dry burning or hot spots, needing a lot of tweeking to get firing evenly and re-tweeking during a rewicking.

Try this site here -> Steam Engine | free vaping calculators to help you see simulated coil building and some other handy vaping calculators and such.