Chiminey (Vertical) coil for a Protank

[Taowulf]

I've seen these done before, I've successfully made a few...but it has practically zero flavor. I've gotten past the initial cotton taste and there is virtually nothing there.

10 wraps of 30ga Kanthal around a 18ga needle, 1.8Ω (VV Ver 3 reads it at 1.5) no shorts, vapor production seems to be fine. I tried to not overstuff it with cotton, did make sure that the outside of the coil has cotton on it, so it shouldn't be a wicking problem. It is just nowhere near as good as a microcoil mounted the normal way.

 

[Joe13]

Thanks! Now I have a good excuse not to try it.

The builds I've seen look interesting for novelty value if nothing else, but I can't help thinking that it's a completely different animal. The effective surface area is a good deal less: Inside of coil < Outside of coil.

I still may try it one day, but there's no rush now, thanks to your report.

 

[Taowulf]

I might try it again around something bigger, I was thinking as well that it might be a surface area issue with the inside of the coil.

Meh, my enthusiasm for it is low right now, maybe the NEXT time I get bored.

 

[Alter]

I built a vertical coil for my protank. It just didn't perform like I thought it was going to. I thought too much cotton then too little cotton, then dry yuk tasting hits. My result was to put the coil up on the shelf with my dual side by side and maybe one day I'll try it again.

 

[Taowulf]

I am still ...... I misspelled "chimney" in the title of this thread.

However, I think I finally got the amount of cotton right. Good flavor, currently vaping (well, when I can break away from the Hawk Sauce on the Nemesis/PT3) some MBV Strawbana and the vapor is there, the flavor...so yeah, not a bad coil. I am still undecided if it is worth the effort compared to a regularly mounted coil, but not bad. And at least I can say I've done it.

 

[M_DuBb716]

I tried it once and couldn't get it to give me a satisfying vape.. Seems realllllyyy hard to get the cotton balance just right with it. (I think I heard of some people using hemp fiber on these?)

Too much effort for a protank head imo, but I might try it again with more experience under my belt

 

[Taowulf]

For my next adventure, I am trying a lower Ohm dual coil for the PT3...only to be used on the Nemesis I got the other day...should be an interesting test. Just waiting for the battery to recharge.

 

[Alter]

Don't go too crazy low ohm on the protank coil. I made a .6 ohm coil for my protank and got nasty metal taste from it, that build didn't last very long cause IMO the protank can't get enough air to satisfy a hungry subohm coil.

 

[Taowulf]

Don't go too crazy low ohm on the protank coil. I made a .6 ohm coil for my protank and got nasty metal taste from it, that build didn't last very long cause IMO the protank can't get enough air to satisfy a hungry subohm coil.

Well, at 1.15Ω it is working wonderfully.

 

[Alter]

I stand corrected on my previous post about low ohm coils in a protank build. Tonight I drilled a Kanger airflow controller air holes bigger and now enjoying a .6 ohm hemp build with my protank1. I used a 1/16 bit to drill with.

Post #30 in the clearomizer thread

 

[edyle]

I found it didn't produce useful enough results to merit the trouble; horizontal coil is easier to build without shorting

 

[Taowulf]

The vertical coil was working fine for a while, but it went sour last night, so I chucked it.

However, my dual coil is working flawlessly and making awesome warm flavor laden clouds of pure joy. About as good as it gets....with a Protank.