Well as you can see from the title, I have now built my first coil. If you are new to building these, persistence is KEY! I have a few notes and of course some questions for the advanced users on here. First, things I learned in this experience.
Things I learned:
1. Read the tutorials on this forum! I was a little too confident when building my coil. I thought I had watched enough youtube videos to just get in there and build one. Oh man was I wrong! The tutorials go step by step and they are easy to follow. My next coil will be built verbatim to those.
2. Don't give up! In the end all your frustration and cursing will be worth it.
3. If you pull the top cap off after a few vapes, make sure you have a "Vaper towel" (paper towel) right next to you as there will be condensation and juice build up inside and will get all over your device. Half my Provari got covered in juice LOL!
Questions:
1. Is this build up inside the top cap normal?
2. I getting a great throat hit but not very much flavor. I have my airhole directly over the coil and it is not drilled out (I don't own a drill) and I don't seem to be getting very much flavor. I know it could just be the juice that I am using. I used a juice that I have only vaped a few times because this was my first attempt and didn't want to waste my good juice if I messed up. Suggestions?
3. My coil came out to be 2.2 ohms. I was nervous about making my coil too low in resistance so I tried to do as many wraps as possible. The wire I used doesn't say what gauge it is. I only know it is .2mm. Should I try and make another coil with lower resistance? I am stuck with the wire I have until next month so changing the gauge of my wire right now is not an option.
I hope this has been helpful and If any of you want to answer any of these questions it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Things I learned:
1. Read the tutorials on this forum! I was a little too confident when building my coil. I thought I had watched enough youtube videos to just get in there and build one. Oh man was I wrong! The tutorials go step by step and they are easy to follow. My next coil will be built verbatim to those.
2. Don't give up! In the end all your frustration and cursing will be worth it.
3. If you pull the top cap off after a few vapes, make sure you have a "Vaper towel" (paper towel) right next to you as there will be condensation and juice build up inside and will get all over your device. Half my Provari got covered in juice LOL!
Questions:
1. Is this build up inside the top cap normal?
2. I getting a great throat hit but not very much flavor. I have my airhole directly over the coil and it is not drilled out (I don't own a drill) and I don't seem to be getting very much flavor. I know it could just be the juice that I am using. I used a juice that I have only vaped a few times because this was my first attempt and didn't want to waste my good juice if I messed up. Suggestions?
3. My coil came out to be 2.2 ohms. I was nervous about making my coil too low in resistance so I tried to do as many wraps as possible. The wire I used doesn't say what gauge it is. I only know it is .2mm. Should I try and make another coil with lower resistance? I am stuck with the wire I have until next month so changing the gauge of my wire right now is not an option.
I hope this has been helpful and If any of you want to answer any of these questions it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
