Try putting a little space between your wraps, and you'll find that the coils will heat up more evenly and quicker for ya, plus give you better flavor.
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Try putting a little space between your wraps, and you'll find that the coils will heat up more evenly and quicker for ya, plus give you better flavor.
Micro coil and contact coil are synonymous.
Thanks all, will try your tips ... do Claptons and Scottish roll type wicks go well together?
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Yeah, it was for me, too, but I see the possible confusion - no problem in being corrected, thanks.
K.
Hmmm. Interesting. Not the usage case I've been using/seeing the last couple of years. Microcoils: Single round wire wrap, contact or spaced. Never heard a Clapton, or its kin, which can be contact or spaced, referred to as a microcoil.
The way I have learned is a Micro coil refers to it's inner dimension, like 2mm or smaller, but typically 1.58mm I.D., and a Macro coil is bigger than 2mm I.D. A contact and spaced coil are separate things. One can have a Micro Coil that is Spaced or Contact. Then there is a Nano Coil which is around a 1mm I.D. coil.
Edit; I might be slightly off on those dimensions, but close enough for this conversation I would think.
Edit; I might be slightly off on those dimensions, but close enough for this conversation I would think.
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Someone will come in here and give all the correct coil dimensions to the Nano, Micro, and Macro coils, but I think I'm close and haven't led ya'll down a rabbit hole.
I found this reference;
Micro coil, macro coil, nano coil? Help!
Here's what super_X_drifter has to say on the matter;
Micro Coils to increase Vapor, flavor & TH
I found this reference;
Micro coil, macro coil, nano coil? Help!
Here's what super_X_drifter has to say on the matter;
Micro Coils to increase Vapor, flavor & TH
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I can't see the diameter of those coils but, If it fits, try it. TC is typically used at .1Ω range, but can TC at any resistance. Some atomizers don't have enough room for bigger diameter coils, that is something you will need to measure to know.
Ah, now I see what you are saying and yes that sounds a bit more accurate with a little difference on the single round wire.
For single wire you can either have a contact coil (micro coil is the same thing and is used synonymously) or a spaced coil. In single wire builds the terms contact coil and micro coil mean the same thing, to my understanding.
I'm not sure about the clapton world as I never use claptons and don't follow the terms used.
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I have never tried a 0.1 myself, but am using a 0.9 Ω right now, at 7.5 watts in Power mode in my Berserker, and have use from 0.5Ω in Kanthal TC mode and MTL and it works Great, so you should be OK. 3mm should work Great in the Ares.
That's where I'm coming from...in the context of the "clapton" world. When I first started vaping a couple years ago now, claptons and, soon, the variations (fused, staples, aliens etc) were just beginning to become popular. They were "big, chunky" coils compared to a 1.8 ohm simple kanthal MTL coil. So, people started referring to simple, single wire builds as "microcoils". They could either be spaced or contact. Micro and Contact were/are not used synonymously. Many use the word in that context. Not saying your wrong (or that I'm right), just saying that's how many are using the terms "in my experience".
I don't know about 'most' people, but it seems this may be a case of language and usage evolution. Micro coil (to me) has always been synonymous with contact coil. I'm with Toolman on this one.
Yep, and 1-1.5mm was a common ID...
I think this is dead on, during the evolution of rebuildables the term "micro coil" meant a contact coil and a spaced coil of course meant a coil that was spaced. Those were the terms used 2012-2015/16 that I always saw referenced.
I'm sure in the cloud world the term micro coil probably just got adopted for any single wire above ohm coil.
As always, the terms and acronyms in this industry are always all over the place.
But PG always comes first in juice definition (i.e. 70/30 is 70PG and 30VG) and all you kids get off my lawn!!
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"Micro" literally means small and was referring to the ID of the coil being 1/16th inch (1.5mm) or less AND with the wraps in contact. Anything larger with wraps in contact were just a contact coil. ALL coils with space between the wraps were spaced coils.
To avoid any confusion when talking about juice I always specify the PG/VG when I type my numbers (ex: 65PG/35VG OR 70/30 PG/VG)
Actually it depends on the wire. For SS I wouldn't even attempt to TC below .5Ω since it has such a low TCR if you go much lower in resistance it will not be accurate. You can go lower with the other TC wires as they are more reactive to temp changes.
I guess it depends on who you "grew up" on but I watched many builders who used the term "micro" coil for coils in the 2mm range (give or take).
Don't hate LOL
I guess it depends on who you "grew up" on but I watched many builders who used the term "micro" coil for coils in the 2mm range (give or take).
Don't hate LOL
Why would I hate? Those videos reinforced my point. OK maybe the cut off point for what diameter is a micro, macro, nano, etc might be different but that still reinforces my point that those terms have to do with SIZE, thus micro does NOT mean ALL contact coils and never has.
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