Building dual-coil and shorting the battery?

[MarKa]

Hey everyone, first thread post on ECF!

I've been vaping since November 2012 and have sufficient personal experience with PVs and cartos/clearos. I recently decided to switch to mech/rda and purchased a K100 and an AGI as my first setup. I have friends who work in local B&Ms so I just had them build my AGI for me. It was working great, but I decided to try building out for myself after seeing them do it tons of times.

I bought an IGO-W a few days ago. I went home and watched a few videos just to confirm everything my friends have taught me. I've already researched almost everything I need to know about batteries themselves, and I made sure to buy an MNKE IMR18650 because of its high amp limit.

However, the technicalities of building are still relatively new to me. I'm still using my AGI, but I have 2 feet of 28ga wire and Bakero wick sitting beside my empty IGO-W. Gonna try my first build later on today!

I would imagine there are ways to short the battery if the build is not correct. What should I keep in mind while building this thing to avoid that??

 

[lunchbox0]

Take battery out while building, and keep the coils clear of cap on atomizer. You should check your build with a multimeter or other PV that can measure resistance before firing.

My biggest suggestion is to check out the Micro coil thread for a way to build a better coil vs low ohm.

 

[st0nedpenguin]

Take battery out while building, and keep the coils clear of cap on atomizer. You should check your build with a multimeter or other PV that can measure resistance before firing.

My biggest suggestion is to check out the Micro coil thread for a way to build a better coil vs low ohm.

Always check your coils with a meter.

 

[MarKa]

Take battery out while building, and keep the coils clear of cap on atomizer. You should check your build with a multimeter or other PV that can measure resistance before firing.

My biggest suggestion is to check out the Micro coil thread for a way to build a better coil vs low ohm.

Awesome I'll check the thread out. It seems like my friends almost always try to build at lower ohms, so that concept sounds MUCH safer in comparison. Thanks!