Coil just went from 1.0 to 1.5 ohms

[pzsoulman]

Hi there,

I'm still new to rebuilding and wasn't quite sure where to post this. I just build a 1.0 ohm micro coil with 26 gauge kenthal for my beloved kayfun and when I installed the build on my ohm reader, it indicated a steady 1.0 ohm. Since I'm not capable of building pretty coils yet I put it on my mechanical private v2 instead to get it glowing and use my tweezers to get the wraps closer together (I need to buy a little torch soon, I know). After I did that for a couple of times I put it back on my ohm reader and the resistance went up to 1.5!

What happened to my 1.0 build?! While I'm not unhappy with 1.5, and don't feel like I'm ready to sub-ohm yet, I'm just curious as to what happened as both times my ohm reader was steady on the readings and I also used my itaste vtr, just to be sure there was no short in addition to what the ohm meter read.

Why would squeezing my coil closer together increase resistance?

Thanks for any help for this newb in advance,
Pete

 

[Fisheeboy]

Honestly I can't give you a good answer. But if it was me asking the question I would put it here Coil Builds. Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance. But maybe this little bump will get someone's attention and then get you an answer.
I think what happened is that once you made the coils touch you actually lowered the resistance. Making it easier for electricity to flow and that's was enough to get a .5 difference. 1.5 is not sub ohm. Below 1.0 is. I think any way. I'm tired. I'm still new to coil builds and such. Still confuses me from time to time. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong