Best Wick and Coil setup?

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more the most part you cannot just simply substitute 28g wire for 32g wire, it doesnt work like that. with 28g wire your whole set-up changes. 28g equates to low resistant vaping, you cannot use 28g if you want to vape resistances above 2 ohms , actually 28g wire is used for resistances below 1.5ish for the most part or imo lower. also imo you shouldnt use 28g with much more then 6 wraps at most on wick, for this starts to make the coils heat up to slowly becoming un-responsive. 28g shines in resistances below 1.3Ω, down to 0.6Ω, and with a mechanical mod. so its just more to it, your whole theory about vaping has to change along with your set-up to really change to 28g. for the most part a mechanical mod is best with such a thick wire, although a provari v-2 will work if done right, any other vv device has cut offs to high for the most part. provaris cut off is 0.8 compared to like 1.3 for any other vv device. if this is all confusing, and you dont quite understand this all then for now i wouldnt recommend the 28g, for you may not get the right results and will be a waste of time, utimatly trashing the 28g wire, saying that you dont understand why people say its better, when your 32g is better. but if you read up on the right ways to get the 28g working correctly and all that goes with it and expeirment on it, you will find it out performs 32g by a mile. on the other hand 30g might get you started out in the right direction first. if you have a vv device other then a provari v-2 then maybe try the 30g close to the devices cut off limit, like 1.3ohms, do this at like 4 volts and see if you perfer this to your current set-up. good luck, also with lower resistant set-ups for the 28g, your wick needs to perform better to keep up. so like i said before, you simply cannot just throw on the 28g to substitute, theres more to it for sure.
 

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I find 28g a life saver.... it is much more forgiving re; hot spots, and as I am a "born again" believer in sub 1.0 Ohms after giving it a shot on a iHybrid, I'm sold.
Wrap that coil 3/4 and your good for weeks.
You need some room to work with as it is thick (and a "mechanical" device) but i do have 28 on my Cobra too. I guess pre-wrapping the coil before inserting the wick would be good there, but really, 28 is pretty fool proof.
 

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Yes its weird. I tried 5/6 and it was under 1Ω, so I wrapped 7/8 to get to 1.6-1.7Ω. Very strange for me.
Rolled to fit the stock air hole 3/32" ish. 30g 5/6 wrap 1.6Ω. You needing 7/8 wrap to get 1.6Ω is just weird.
This is my normal set up for AGA-T and a 30g 5/6 always lands at 1.6 - 1.8Ω for me.
 

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Is your wick loose enough that you can slide it out without damaging your coils?
If so slide it out and re-check your coil only Ω to see if it changes. I understand a drop in Ωs due to micro shorts, but the only time I've seen an uncharacteristic increase was when I found one of my connections not tightened down good. Check your + post nut and - screw.
 

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Is your wick loose enough that you can slide it out without damaging your coils?
If so slide it out and re-check your coil only Ω to see if it changes. I understand a drop in Ωs due to micro shorts, but the only time I've seen an uncharacteristic increase was when I found one of my connections not tightened down good. Check your + post nut and - screw.

yup. same here. what was causing the + and - posts to loosen was me wrapping the wire around the nut several times instead of just pinching the wire in between the head of the nut adn the base plate of the atty. i thought wrapping around and around would make it tighter and more secure, but it does the exact opposite.
 

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If you use the drill bit method; always check the resistance with the coil installed, but before installing the wick. After installing the wick, check it again. If the resistance is lower with the wick installed, there is a short somewhere. If it's higher, it's usually because of a loose + or - connection.
 

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I find 28g a life saver.... it is much more forgiving re; hot spots, and as I am a "born again" believer in sub 1.0 Ohms after giving it a shot on a iHybrid, I'm sold.
Wrap that coil 3/4 and your good for weeks.
You need some room to work with as it is thick (and a "mechanical" device) but i do have 28 on my Cobra too. I guess pre-wrapping the coil before inserting the wick would be good there, but really, 28 is pretty fool proof.

agreed. 28g was easier to work with for me too. sturdier and more resiliant to hotspots it seemed. i bet the ribbon kanthal is even easier than that.
 

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I decided to try 26g Kanthal, and have been quite happy with it. I'm doing a 4/5 wrap for .6-.7 ohms. What was funny was when I had yanked out my wick and coil to try something else and then regretted it, I just popped that whole unit back in. No adjustments, no picking or nothing. Once you get your wrap with 26 it's like a brick ****house.

BTW using a solid 500 mesh wick, 5" to net 1/8" wick
 
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My day to day setup is a 3/4 wrap of 30awg. This runs about 1.2ohms and works well on my provari and all my mechanical mods. I do have my terminators running at 0.8ohm on mechanical and the vape is stellar. I can control juice flow on the terminator better than relying on mesh. Every device vapes differently. So I have certain juices in certain setups. I just started dabbling with ceramic wick .... not sold on this yet. Hoping it improves with age. I am going to try setting one up with a 2ohm coil and see if that improves the vape. I have also started dabbling with ribbon kanthal...need to tweak my wick as I am having some flooding with it. It certainly puts out a lot of vapor.
I use 500 mesh and a solid wick just slightly smaller than the wick hole. I can leave my fill screws closed with this setup.
On the terminators I am using silica...it. is a braided silica from the maker of the Kayfun. It is a wonderful silica.
 

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Ok, on this coil with my red & white liquid the 30g sucks. I'm getting no flavor at all. I've tried 3-5 volts and nothing. Not even a burnt taste. When I had the 32g, it was good. I'm using my other did with my other liquid Carolina, tonight that has 32g on it and its real good. Tomorrow, I will put the 32g back on and see how it is.
 

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Ok, on this coil with my red & white liquid the 30g sucks. I'm getting no flavor at all. I've tried 3-5 volts and nothing. Not even a burnt taste. When I had the 32g, it was good. I'm using my other did with my other liquid Carolina, tonight that has 32g on it and its real good. Tomorrow, I will put the 32g back on and see how it is.

there has to be other factors affecting these results.
 

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I decided to try 26g Kanthal, and have been quite happy with it. I'm doing a 4/5 wrap for .6-.7 ohms. What was funny was when I had yanked out my wick and coil to try something else and then regretted it, I just popped that whole unit back in. No adjustments, no picking or nothing. Once you get your wrap with 26 it's like a brick ****house.

BTW using a solid 500 mesh wick, 5" to net 1/8" wick

thats my kind of wire for sure.
 

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It was good with the 32. I only tried to 30 for the hell of it. I'll put the 32 back on tomorrow we'll see what happens

what is the resistance of the 30g compared to the 32g you had on there before? how many wraps of 32g did you have before? and how many wraps do you have currently with the 30g?
 
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