About To Build My First Coil - Infinite Magma on IPV2s 60 Watt Box Mod - Any Advice?

[c0mp0st]

I was initially going to build at .8 Ohms, but I've been reading that many people like to use non sub-ohm builds for this rda/mod combination.
I have 24 and 28 Gauge Kanthal to work with, and I bought plenty of extra for mistakes.
I was planning to use 28 Gauge for my first build.
According to Steam engine, two coils at 9 wraps each around a 2.36mm 3/32" drill bit will give me .8 Ohms.
Should I start with a higher resistance coil?
Should I use a 5/64" drill bit instead?
Should I start with a single coil?
I will be wicking with cotton, and vaping suicide bunny mother's milk, if that makes any difference.
I think that it's just going to take doing it to get the surface area to airflow to heat it up time right.
I figure that if this thing works to the best of its potential, it has the best chance of keeping me off the tobacco.
Thanks in advance for any help!

Peace!

 

[TheWhiteChronic]

Hey man. I also have an IPV. I've had in depth conversations with guys at my local vape shop about building on regulated mods.

They taught me that on a regulated device, there is no reason to subohm. The voltage that the ipv will put out will be pitiful. Building higher resistance coils on a regulated mod forces the device to put out higher voltage to reach the set wattage.

When I first got mine I built a .6 ohm coil. The device gave a reading of 3.7 volts at 25 watts. My next build was a 1.2 ohm. It was reading around 5.6 volts at 25 watts and provided a MUCH better vape. Honestly I would recommend a 1.5 ohm setup or somewhere in that ball park.

Hope this helps.

 

[DaveSignal]

I wouldn't try 1.5 ohm with dual coils. I don't think you will be able to fit that on the deck.

Your original plan with 9 wraps sounds good. You can crank up the power on your regulated box. 3/32 and 5/64 are almost the same. Maybe 3/32 will be slightly easier to wick.

ETA: just remember to put your coils directly above the air holes on the deck.

 

[TheWhiteChronic]

I'm running a 1.3 ohm dual coil setup on my igo w which is a very small atty. it fits with room to spare.

 

[FallenRawToast]

you fail to mention ohm meter or multi-meter...

get one of those, before you start doing any of this.

You need it for safety and for trouble shooting.

 

[DaveSignal]

I'm running a 1.3 ohm dual coil setup on my igo w which is a very small atty. it fits with room to spare.

The juice well on a magma is a reduced area in the center of the deck. And with 28 gauge, 1.5 ohm is going to be 2 coils with something like 17 or 18 wraps. Its too big, and not going to work right.

 

[TheWhiteChronic]

Then maybe a 1.3 ohm setup like mine will work? All I'm saying is that once i built a higher resistance setup on my ipv I got a much better vape. I know that the magma is larger than my igo so I am confused as to how it won't fit.

Also my coils are 28 gauge kanthan with 13 wraps.

 

[DaveSignal]

Well, it will fit, but the coil will extend way past the air holes on both sides. I have never seen anyone build a coil with this many wraps... unless it was a nano coil around something like 1/32. If OP wants to try it, then he should go ahead. I think the original plan would also work great, if not better, though.

 

[c0mp0st]

you fail to mention ohm meter or multi-meter...

get one of those, before you start doing any of this.

You need it for safety and for trouble shooting.

I purchased an Ohm/Volt meter before I started messing with my RDA.

 

[Equilibrium]

+1 on not going the sub-ohm route with your IPV2. There's no need, you'll get a much better vape if you build at 1.2-1.5 ohms.

 

[c0mp0st]

Well, it will fit, but the coil will extend way past the air holes on both sides. I have never seen anyone build a coil with this many wraps... unless it was a nano coil around something like 1/32. If OP wants to try it, then he should go ahead. I think the original plan would also work great, if not better, though.

I've been using the 9 wrap 3/32" dual coil setup for about almost a week now, and I'm loving it.
It reads .83 Ohms on my meter.
Plenty of experimenting in the future, but this seems to be a great start.
Thanks for the advice!
I'm thinking that I'll do the same thing with 11 wraps next time, just for the sake of trying something new.

 

[sketchness]

Everyone has their sweet spot. I am still trying to get one of these 1-2 ohm coils to fire correctly on my box mod ( sigelei 100w). But I can get a .4 ohm coil to hit freaking awesome all day long at about 35-40 watts. I can't wait to get another dripper. Then I can mess around with some builds and leave my fave coil build intact.

For me dual coils with 26 gauge Kanthal, on a 5/64 drill bit, 6 wraps has been awesome. I fully concede that my inability to get the other coils working is due to my lack of skill. That and the igo w3 is a pretty tight deck to build on.

 

[dc99]

To me its not that the mod you use that has a sweet spot as much as each rda has a sweet spot. I have a few magma's and to me they seem to perform best around .8-1.2. Currently I have one set up 28ga on a 2mm drill bit. 10 wraps each.

 

[c0mp0st]

+1 on not going the sub-ohm route with your IPV2. There's no need, you'll get a much better vape if you build at 1.2-1.5 ohms.

According to Steam Engine, a 1.2 Ohm dual coil using 28 Kanthal will be 14 wraps around a 3/32" drill bit, and a single coil will be 7 wraps. Should I go up to a 1/8" drill bit with 11 wraps for a 1.2 Ohm dual coil?

 

[c0mp0st]

I think that I'm starting to get this figured out. I built a 1.2 Ohm dual coil last night (14 wraps of 28G around a 3/32"bit), and it's working great. I've been running the mod between 20 and 30 Watts (4.9-6.0 Volts) with this build, and it's working great. I had to bump up the wattage to get the coil to heat up fast enough. There definitely seems to be a sweet spot around 25 Watts.