I usually buy 26g/30g clapton coils with a 2.5mm ID, but when re-ordering from AVS I accidentally put 28g/36g and have no idea if I need to do something differently with them, mainly because these are tiny. I'm using them in the recurve rda, should I wick them differently? And am I going to need to crank the watts up since the resistance is so high?
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Wicking should be pretty much the same if the coil has the same ID. As tailand said, the power should go down, not up.
Ah okay, for some reason I had it stuck in my mind that higher ohms = more power required. Just hoping these work well and don't have awful flavor or something. Also a little concerned with turning it down TOO low since I usually use 35-38 watts as is.
If all breaks down and you can't get a proper coil made out of this single wire, try making it a double-wire coil. take equally long 2 lines of the thin wire, stick them into a drill bit and twist them until you have a neat double wire. That'll lower the resistance and allow you to put more watts onto the coil.
Thing is, these are premade from AVS so the coils are already wrapped.
Nope, you dial it down - maybe dial it WAYYYYYY down. Depending on what you like vaping at, you may end up dialing it so low, you'll have battery power for DAYS. Higher gauge wire (40, 38, 36, 34, 32, 30, and some 28) = higher resistance. Higher resistance = less power to fire. Whereas lower gauge wire (26, 24, 22, 20, etc) requires more power to fire. Remember the higher the number, the less wattage. The lower the number, the more the wattage. It's like comparing highways or pipes. The more lanes on a freeway (lower gauge), the more cars (watts needed) are allowed to pass through.
Also material impacts resistance too. Nichrome-80 and 316 Stainless has a lower resistance than Kanthal.
As for wicking it, as long as it's a 2.5mm inner diameter, you can wick it as normal. Any larger inner diameter, use more wick, smaller diameter, less wick.
Forgot to mention that these were 316 stainless! I usually vape at 35-38 watts, so maybe i'll have to crank it down to something like 15-20? Also should I check for hot spots the same way I usually do, which is by pulsing it at 15 watts and strumming out any? Or am I going to have to use an even lower wattage for that too.
Also should mention that they are at 5 wraps
Again, it depends on what you think you can handle. I would say turn it down to where it's comfortable for you. On my stainless builds (round wire) I tune it to heat. Sometimes I like a little more heat and sometimes I like a little less heat. So find what is comfortable for you.
As with all claptons, aliens, stapled, etc etc. Absolutely always check for hotspots and strum the coils to "work them out". I'd start at 1 watt and work my way up until the coils start glowing. 15 watts may be too much, then again, 15 watts may not be enough.
Pre-made coils usually come with long legs.
Maybe can try to make one more wrap to each coil.
That way you can use the same wattage.
Maybe can try to make one more wrap to each coil.
That way you can use the same wattage.
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