Building coils on a hybrid mod.

[Kiva]

I have a question. I currently have an eVic and have never used a mechanical mod, but am really looking at getting one. At the moment the IHybrid Pure is the one that I plan on purchasing. The only issue is I have heard that if you build a coil on a mechanical and it shorts it's bad. Before I planned on getting the hybrid I planned to build the coil on my eVic (because it has short protection) and then putting my rba on whatever mechanical I ended up getting. What do I do with a hybrid???


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[Aoi~]

Multimeter is helpful. You get a feel of what ohms your coil is supposed to read after awhile. If it reads 0, obviously don't fire it, you have a hard short. If it's alot lower than you're expecting, chances are your wick is not oxidized enough, and you'll have "hotspots" if you fire it. You can pulse the button to work out the hotspots. The readings for your coil should match with and without wick installed, if you set it up right (SS Mesh wick, with silica, there really shouldn't be a hotspot unless you're doing something wrong).

If you have a short on a hybrid, the first thing that's likely to happen is your coil will pop, any worse, then usually the hotspring, if any, will give. Of course, you can always use a fuse on your battery as well (shortstop, 2cent fuse, etc.).

 

[Kiva]

Okay. So far I have not purchased a multimeter. Just been using my eVic. I have seen the ones that have a 510 connection, but obviously that won't work for a hybrid.

So hot spots aren't the same as a short and they won't cause damage to the battery??


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[Aoi~]

Well, hot spots are essentially small shorts. Press the button long enough on a mech, and you'll probably just pop the coil first.

 

[bazmonkey]

Yeah, you're gonna want a multimeter with leads so you can put them up to the terminals instead.

From a safety standpoint and from a breaking-the-battery standpoint, as long as the coil has resistance in the range you expect, you're ok. Hot spots, as Aol said, are more likely to just pop the coil. IOW, a coil with ok resistance and a hot spot isn't "dangerous" to the battery, just bad for the coil.

 

[Kiva]

So I check the ohms and stuff with the multimeter with no battery in said hybrid? And make sure it all looks good? And then fire it on the hybrid to get rid of any hot spots if they are there?


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[Aoi~]

Also, if you're gonna buy an MM on the cheaper side (no auto ranging), touch both leads together get a reading (mine says 0.5Ω). When you take a reading, (for example, 2.1Ω, subtract 0.5Ω from it, and 1.6Ω is the resistance of your coil).

This is how my first night with a genesis was. Wrap coil, fire, coil popped, curse, unwrap coil, wrap a new one, fire, coil popped again, curse some more, repeat for 5 hours. Went on Youtube, found the Petar K method (you'll see why I said, resistance of coil WITH wick should match the reading you get of the coil WITHOUT wick in), get it working for the one hour in the night before I have to get some sleep. It gets easier over time, these days, I just wrap it on the wick and work out hotspots by pulsing it.

Don't worry/stress too much, try to have another setup handy for vaping, and just put it down if it gives you too much grief.

(You could always just buy a Kayfun and skip all the genesis misery, you're not missing much)

 

[Kiva]

What kind of atty is the Kayfun?


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[Thrasher]

What kind of atty is the Kayfun?


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silica wick tank atty - it auto feeds the wick with juice, think of it sort of like how a bottom feeder clearo works just much better.

 

[Kiva]

Ahh. I went from a Protank to my AGA-T2 and next paycheck I think I'm going to get either a Richman RBA or RSST. I just like the flavor and hit much more than my PT or any of the tanks I've had.


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[nickvegas]

Kiva keep this in mind the Pure the one for $ 99 has the Atty(attached) as a solid unit and can't be removed like the LE'S.

 

[nickvegas]

Kiva keep this in mind the Pure the one for $ 99 has the Atty(attached) as a solid unit and can't be removed like the LE'S.
I have a Kayfun it's the best tank I have had to date as I am strictly a dripper.

 

[Kiva]

Kiva keep this in mind the Pure the one for $ 99 has the Atty(attached) as a solid unit and can't be removed like the LE'S.
I have a Kayfun it's the best tank I have had to date as I am strictly a dripper.

I didn't know any of the IHybrids could be taken apart. They don't have a 510 connection though?


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[Kiva]

Kiva keep this in mind the Pure the one for $ 99 has the Atty(attached) as a solid unit and can't be removed like the LE'S.
I have a Kayfun it's the best tank I have had to date as I am strictly a dripper.

And I have also never tried to drip.


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