Best way to vape on a TC device?

[Lone Ranja]

I am new to temp control and I was wondering what is the best watts/temp setting to use. I know everyone is different but I just want to know what the average is. I started around 300f at 35w...but I have found out that a higher temp with lower wattage produces excellent flavor and nice clouds!

 

[Lone Ranja]

I watch a LOT of reviews on YouTube and talk to the guys at my local vape shop. Jut doing that has taught me a lot over the last few months. I've only been vaping for 6 months and I went from your standard stick mod to a TC sigelei and I love it!!

 

[Lone Ranja]

I joined here because there are a lot of experienced vape heads here that I can learn even more from!

 

[Susan~S]

Been looking at TC mods but have not decided on which one to buy (yet). Sales will be coming up (Labor Day) so I'll most likely buy one then.

From what I have gleaned, wattage is your accelerator to get you up to speed (temp). i.e. Wattage just determines how fast your coil heats up. The temp you set will determine how hot the coil stays and thereby have more effect on clouds and flavor.

With nickel (titanium too??), you don't want to get to your desired temp right away, because as soon as you do the chip will begin to dial back the power to keep you at the temperature you set. Ideally you want to climb to your set temp during your draw, possibly hitting it right towards the end. I read the DNA board has "pre-heat", so it is going to throw more watts at the coil initially then back it down to your set wattage. If doing that brings you right to your set temp then it will continue to back down and you won't be getting the best vape possible.

Pay attention to what the wattage is doing during your vape and adjust accordingly. It is a balancing act, but I read once you find the sweet spot it is a really nice vape.

 

[dbrandt01]

About where you in Alabama? I'm south of Mobile.

As far as TC, even on 480F and 55w and everything above and below it, I couldn't enjoy it as much as kanthal. Even with a "perfect" setup from a shop owner on his own device I vaped from. I couldn't enjoy it as much as kanthal personally. Didn't help that he was vaping Space Jam haha

 

[suprtrkr]

I usually set about 450 degrees F. Juices can vary on the temp they like, though. Watts is not all that important. It's merely a limiter as to how much power the machine uses to get up to temp. Once it does, it backs off the power to hold it.

 

[R3fini]

For the coil itself, I've found that 30ga to a maximum of 28ga is the gauge of wire you want using 40watts 'ish devices... unless you have some 200 watt device: Non resistive wire seem alot harder to heat up so thinking of some crazy dual clapton won't give you a great experience. when building, spacing is key because the inner radius and space in between wraps will define the quality of your vape. Basically the tighter it is, the quicker it will heat up. I've been rebuilding my Tritons tanks coils with 5-7 wrap of 28ga nickel wire at 0.15ohm with different hole size and 2,5mm diameter gives kick ... flavor although I stand at 3mm to have a bit more airflow.

Now for the vape itself, I rock on a vapor flask dna 40 with kf4 at 18 watt, Tritons at 26 watts and 35-40 for rdas@0.12. tanks are the way to go for lower wattage mods below 75 watts. I enjoy temp in between 260c to a max of 275c to stay relatively dry hit safe. You should note that temperature influence the rate at wich the vapor is created so you can simply play with your atty airflow to adjust the amount of vapor produced as more airflow result into the coil to heat up to compensate for the airflow cooldown so more vapor is produced.

I would say I'm in the flavor spot with a creamy amount of vapor... just my taste really

 

[R3fini]

For the coil itself, I've found that 30ga to a maximum of 28ga is the gauge of wire you want using 40watts 'ish devices... unless you have some 200 watt device: Non resistive wire seem alot harder to heat up so thinking of some crazy dual clapton won't give you a great experience. when building, spacing is key because the inner radius and space in between wraps will define the quality of your vape. Basically the tighter it is, the quicker it will heat up. I've been rebuilding my Tritons tanks coils with 5-7 wrap of 28ga nickel wire at 0.15ohm with different hole size and 2,5mm diameter gives kick ... flavor although I stand at 3mm to have a bit more airflow.

Now for the vape itself, I rock on a vapor flask dna 40 with kf4 at 18 watt, Tritons at 26 watts and 35-40 for rdas@0.12. tanks are the way to go for lower wattage mods below 75 watts. I enjoy temp in between 260c to a max of 275c to stay relatively dry hit safe. You should note that temperature influence the rate at wich the vapor is created so you can simply play with your atty airflow to adjust the amount of vapor produced as more airflow result into the coil to heat up to compensate for the airflow cooldown so more vapor is produced.

I would say I'm in the flavor spot with a creamy amount of vapor... just my taste really

I would also add this thumbs rule; NO TOUCHING! :

the surface of kanthal oxidize (rust) easily so even if you pinch them into touching themself, the result is that the path of least resistance will still follow the insides of the wire. So making twisted builds and pinching coils is a great way so the coil help itself heating up. With its low res wire do not oxidize as easily. for this reason, the current WILL be conducted through shorts and will arc through the air. From there the resistivity of the air make it disspate energy so it create hot spot interpreted by our tc mods as the temperature of the whole coil. You will only get poor vapor production for that.