Planning to try a dual vertical coil build on my Igo-W later today. Any hints or tips? Anything I need to know about wicking it?
Any special technique for vertical coils on Igo-W?
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my dual coil build worked better with the top leg going to the positive, and the bottom to the negative... it sets the coil a little farther from the air hole, but i found that the bottom leg going to the positive left more of a hot leg than bottom to the negative...
I got bored once and did 28 AWG 12 wrap (3/32" diameter) micro-coil bunny ears in an IGO W.
In my rendition I was shooting for around 2 Ohms (I use VV/VW and tend to tweak stuff in the 6 - 9 watt range per coil)...and I did do mine micro-coil style (as little space as possible between wraps).
Just for kicks I made another 2 Ohm and put it on the other side of the IGO-W (1 Ohm total resistance...My Kick 2 can fire it up to 15w...just under 8w per coil). It was richer with 2 coils...but given the faster battery drain and liquid use I went back to just using one side at 8w. I'm just as happy just setting up one side.
Here's how it works...
Do an even number of wraps on your jig (how ever many you want to get close to your target resistance), at the coil's mid-point bend it in half so you've got two matching coils side by side. If you like you can mirror the wraps (build the coil in two steps) but that just makes the build more tedious to do and offers no real benefit other than looking pretty.
Now both sub-coils will sit 'vertically' when you mount this and you can wick each one individually.
As for performance...I couldn't really tell any difference between this and a straight micro-coil of the same resistance, but I like low wattage with smaller air-holes on the IGO W. If you're into hotter/higher watt builds with large air holes the 'bunny ear' concept might give you a little better wicking action.
In my rendition I was shooting for around 2 Ohms (I use VV/VW and tend to tweak stuff in the 6 - 9 watt range per coil)...and I did do mine micro-coil style (as little space as possible between wraps).
Just for kicks I made another 2 Ohm and put it on the other side of the IGO-W (1 Ohm total resistance...My Kick 2 can fire it up to 15w...just under 8w per coil). It was richer with 2 coils...but given the faster battery drain and liquid use I went back to just using one side at 8w. I'm just as happy just setting up one side.
Here's how it works...
Do an even number of wraps on your jig (how ever many you want to get close to your target resistance), at the coil's mid-point bend it in half so you've got two matching coils side by side. If you like you can mirror the wraps (build the coil in two steps) but that just makes the build more tedious to do and offers no real benefit other than looking pretty.
Now both sub-coils will sit 'vertically' when you mount this and you can wick each one individually.
As for performance...I couldn't really tell any difference between this and a straight micro-coil of the same resistance, but I like low wattage with smaller air-holes on the IGO W. If you're into hotter/higher watt builds with large air holes the 'bunny ear' concept might give you a little better wicking action.
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