DIY day today.. First coil rebuild

[tomvonc]

So my Kanthal wire arrived today so had ago rebuilding my PT2 coil as per https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrvwOf13U-s.
What can I say. Much easier than I thought it would be, and worked brilliantly first time. vaping at the full 11w on my MVP2. clouds of vapour, really smooth flavoursome hit. I'm hooked!

 

[Asbestos4004]

Congrats, Tom! There's nothing like firing your first rebuild and having it work well, is there? Now, if your like me, you'll go into frenzy mode and rebuild everything in the house!

 

[Amiaji]

Congrats! I'm glad you got it to work for you. It took me several tries to get my first coil to work properly, these old eyes aint what they used to be.

 

[Myrany]

The nice thing about learning on the protank heads is that so many clearo's use a setup that is so similar making the jump is no problem. Protank, EVOD, CE5, Vivi Nova...all the same principal in how they go together.

Welcome to a whole new world Tom

 

[tomvonc]

I also used a toothpick to hold the coil in place while slipping on the insulator and pin. it wedges into the groove nicely to keep everything still and can be easily pulled out. Really don't know how that guy does it without. Oh, I already have 5 new coils, a few 0 Ohm disasters, and 3 new lots of different guages Kanthal on order lol ;-)

 

[Myrany]

I also used a toothpick to hold the coil in place while slipping on the insulator and pin. it wedges into the groove nicely to keep everything still and can be easily pulled out. Really don't know how that guy does it without. Oh, I already have 5 new coils, a few 0 Ohm disasters, and 3 new lots of different guages Kanthal on order lol ;-)

I use a straightened out paperclip and hold it with the silica and wrap around both. That keeps me from wrapping to tightly. Leaving the paperclip in until the legs are locked down works the same as your toothpick.

We all find our shortcuts

 

[tomvonc]

I've been using cotton wool for a wick, so after I pull the toothpick out, I roll the Cotton between my fingers and just thread it through.

 

[tomvonc]

And I love the fizz/crackle/pop noise I get from it ;-)

 

[Myrany]

I've been using cotton wool for a wick, so after I pull the toothpick out, I roll the Cotton between my fingers and just thread it through.

that works too. I do micro coils on a 16 gauge blunt syringe needle. Leave the coil on the needle and use it the same way. Insert cotton after it is in place

Same principal many ways to get there.

 

[Truetopath]

Congrats on your building success!!


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[Myrany]

And I love the fizz/crackle/pop noise I get from it ;-)

If it starts popping juice up your drip tip into your mouth try a little more cotton in the coil....I learned that the hard way

 

[mashsmash]

Nice job! Im yet to find out how to rebuild the coil in my ce5+ wickless every video i find they never show pulling a wickless head from a ce5+ picked up both some and some Kanthal this morning but to my disapoitment to scared to find out how the coil comes out of the top haha

 

[ElConquistador]

It has to be what Alexander Graham Bell felt like when he invented the light bulb.