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[Hunterbunsdaddy]

Hey everyone I'm new to the group thanks for the acceptance I really need help. OK so I own a istick 30w and a sub tank mini. OK so I bored of prebuilt coils I wanna use my rba and make a twisted coil OK so I have all the tools to do and I only have 26g kathal. So please walk me threw on how many wraps and etc. Thanks everyone in advance !!

 

[Romano Cheese]

Twisted 26g or just wrapping 1 strand of kanthal into a coil? Do you have an ohm reader or are you just using your istick to measure?

 

[dcfluegel]

heya! and welcome!

have you checked out steam-engine.org? great online coil building tool/ calculator for figuring out what number of wraps, diameter you should shoot for to get a coil in the ohm range you want - and make sure you have an ohm reader available

 

[Hunterbunsdaddy]

Yea ive heard of that I'm just the type of person that learns quicker from someone that knows there stuff and I don't own a ohm reader but my eleaf reads ohms so would that be OK?

 

[dbrandt01]

For what ohms? The problem with twisted 26g if you wanted a not so low build. For example. I did a 2.0mm diameter, 26g twisted. I wanted around 0.7 ohms and it took 13 wraps. That wouldn't fit in the subtank mini.

You should have an ohm meter, even if your device reads it. Ohm meters are essential to builders. I use an ohm meter and multimeter depending on my builds.

 

[dcfluegel]

it *may* be okay - but would recommend getting an ohm reader if you are going to get into coil building - they can be had pretty inexpensively ($10 or so?)

 

[Hunterbunsdaddy]

I guess just taking a long strand of 26g and use drill to twist it I just need to know how many wraps so it'll fire on my istick 30w. I tried earlier but it was a mess jumping from 1.1 to .9 so I was like yea I needs help so I found this group

 

[Hunterbunsdaddy]

I just want it to be around .5-.6ohm

 

[Romano Cheese]

The downside of eleaf iSticks is their resistance reads only the first decimal place, so a .46Ω coil will read .5Ω. Ohm readers are more accurate. I wouldn't worry about twisted kanthal just yet, start out with a normal coil and work your way there.

 

[Hunterbunsdaddy]

What about a dual coil?

 

[dcfluegel]

kanger rba is set up for single coil - dual coil build would be really tough in there, tight space...

 

[dbrandt01]

I told you how to get to 0.7 ohms with twisted 26g. You can't put dual coils on the subtank mini rba deck. It wouldn't fit.
It was jumping in ohms because you probably had a loose screw for the lead.

 

[johnkong]

I aint trying to be rude, but I think you need to do some more research before you blow up your face trying to build. Really need to invest in a Ohms reader like everyone is saying

 

[Romano Cheese]

I aint trying to be rude, but I think you need to do some more research before you blow up your face trying to build. Really need to invest in a Ohms reader like everyone is saying

I agree, but he has an iStick 30w and I have only heard of the iStick 50w's exploding so it should be okay. He already tried 1 build that was jumping around in resistance so we might as well set him on the path to success. Pretty sure if it's a bad build the iStick will just keep saying shorted (I've had my leads touching the chimney of my Sub Tank RBA before) instead of bad stuff happening. Fingers crossed.

 

[SomeTexan]

I aint trying to be rude, but I think you need to do some more research before you blow up your face trying to build. Really need to invest in a Ohms reader like everyone is saying

His iStick has an ohm reader built in. I bought the coil master kit and the ohm reader in it sucks. I have better luck just screwing it onto my Snow Wolf. I trust the one on my mod far more than most of the cheap junk ohm readers you can buy for under $20.

 

[edyle]

Hey everyone I'm new to the group thanks for the acceptance I really need help. OK so I own a istick 30w and a sub tank mini. OK so I bored of prebuilt coils I wanna use my rba and make a twisted coil OK so I have all the tools to do and I only have 26g kathal. So please walk me threw on how many wraps and etc. Thanks everyone in advance !!

use steam engine
Coil wrapping | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators

7 wraps on 3mm, 22 watts

 

[Bunnykiller]

you may want to consider getting some 28 ga wire to make twisted coils with.... easier to work with and is a bit higher in ohms ( not much tho) to allow for some decent builds...

 

[suprtrkr]

+1 on the ohmmeter. And 22 twisted is not going to fit in a subtank RDA at anything resembling sane resistance. Try 28, 30 or 32. Or buy a Lemo 2 for singles or a Fogger for dualies.