coil/wick questions. Warning; I may be clueless

[MikeK0416]

Coil/wick info for dummy.


I have been researching, hunting, reading and still do not have a good grip on many things. I have a mark-t, Ody, iAtty and Genesis Maxi and L2. If there is a good “coil making for dummies” page or someone could assist with the following, I would be grateful and others may be as well.


1. I see that the mark-t atomizer uses pre-wound coils with a fiber/material wick and a single strand of wire wrapped for the coils whereas the iAtty, etc uses resistance and non-resistance wires with the R wire wrapped around the wick to make the coils.
What is the difference?

some atty’s seem to use a stainless steel mesh, a wick and kanthal (e.g. genesis, Zatty)Does the SS mesh replace the NR wire and the wick or do the terminals have something to do with it , or both? If so, can the same set-up be used for those requiring R and NR wires and a material wick, like the iAtty?
3.
I have read the quantity of coils around the wick material creates the resistance and then have seen a vid where the length of the resistance wire is what creates the resistance/OHMs.
????

4. I am interested in 1.8 to 2.0 OHM resistance and have seen that there are many different thickness wires for resistance wire, NR wire and kanthal and I cannot discern what size is for what. Maybe the answers to the above will help be understand but I am not sure.


HELP!!! (thank you in advance)


Mike

 

[Topper]

1.Depends on distance of coil to the voltage pins. Every mm from resistance wire is going hot where isn't juiced (around the wet wick) will going to be red hot - this is bad. Then the moders use NR wire to make a chain to the power pins.
2.SS mesh are replace of the silicate wick. Not a terminal IN ANY CASE, oposite - there is howtos to oxidize SS mesh to be an isulator. Oposite case will destroy at least the coil even the battery/electronics
3.Same thing - L of the kantal, wraped around wick can be measured in number of coils. If you know your device good, make reagular coils for them with the same wick - instead of measure the lenght needed can count the coils
4.Make calculations, make some tries - get 0.3, 0.2, 0.15mm of heating wire, calculate the needed lenght by divide resistance of atty to the specific resistance (ohm/m) of wire and will get as resault the lenght of coil.

 

[MikeK0416]

Thank you for the info Topper