Do you always meter your coils?

[redeyedancer]

Now that you mention it, I do the same. Sometimes for a quick in-between rinse, I fill my mouth with water and blow it through the tube and out of the atomizer (never a wick in there, but sometimes with a coil, sometimes without), then just blow air through to get the water out. Once I realized I didn't care to meter as much, I started to leave it on.

So my next question, how many times have you EVER had a dangerous reading? I'm not talking about not hitting your preference, but a straight up this will murder my mod type of situation? If this has ever happened, do you think you would have seen it before if you really just looked a little closer? (I only collapsed one spring before, and it was because some extra leg wire was touching the side... totally could have seen if if I actually looked... now I always look, lol)

For me never lets face it its common sense if you have it you no better then to leave wires hanging or not trimmed . It can happen to anyone I suppose and using a meter is the safest option . I have never shorted a mod . I believe its because I have never been one to constantly mess with my set up . I no what works and just use it . I dont constantly change coils ether . I build a coil run it for a couple weeks .

 

[darkzero]

I always check with a DMM even though my coils come out consistent from build to build. I cut my coil leads flush on the post, I hate excess wires. I rarely ever take my atties off the REO. Only time they come off is to get a bath in the ultrasonic cleaner, other than that there's no reason for me to take them off.

 

[azzaman]

Yes, but I never take off my chalice from my reo. The advice to get a chalice was way back when I got one before the reomizers and I remember reading that Rob doesn't usually take his rba off. So I've done the same.

I always metre my coils. They are generally the same each and every time. But it's just habit for me. It's a lot easier to check then import a spring from Maine.

 

[Matthee]

It is always in the ballpark, but I just got used to building on a tube so I still build on my vamo. And check it on the vamo which takes no time at all. If not for that, and burning my coil on the vamo, it wouldn't see any use at all!

I think If I was "out in the field" I would be comfortable enough not to check it though, and I suppose that should count for something!

Ditto, but also waiting on the black box.

 

[Dturp]

Ditto, but also waiting on the black box.

I'd rather not take my atty off every time. Mine only comes off when the whole mod gets a bath. I only meter when I'm doing something abnormal. I'm typically in the 1 ohm range but do go higher or lower depending on which REO it is. Mini always gets metered when it's used for safety.

 

[Big Hitter]

Nope almost never......

I guess I'm crazy

 

[Vapolith]

Every time, but that's because I'm a clumsy oaf.

 

[nerak]

Every week I take my RBA's off and meter them. Re-wick if they meter good. Most coils are lasting weeks. So mostly checking for ohm drop or problems.

I put them back on the REO and dryburn before wicking.

When new coils are needed I meter before and after wicking.

Guess I am to scared to mess with them while they are on the REO. That probably comes from using more A7's than RM2's. I would like to one day just have RM2's on my REO's!

 

[super_X_drifter]

The only short I've ever had is when I intentionally created one to test my fuse.

I, like Rob, keep my RBA base on the mod. I also agree that it's common sense to trim and position the tails so they will not contact any metal except their respective terminal post and position your coil so there is no chance of metal to metal contact so it will not short.

That said, I rarely meter my builds. But if I do, I have a spare RM2 and the base is screwed to my cartotometer so I can mount the coil there first (and not trim the tails) then if I like it, mount it on the RBA on my mod

The only reason I meter is to check resistance. My eyes meter anything that could cause a short.

 

[malkuth]

I, like Rob, keep my RBA base on the mod. I also agree that it's common sense to trim and position the tails so they will not contact any metal except their respective terminal post and position your coil so there is no chance of metal to metal contact so it will not short.

The only reason I meter is to check resistance. My eyes meter anything that could cause a short.

Would that my eyes were good enough for this type of metering. Even with reading glasses and a magnifier.

That said, I always meter my coils. Not to check resistance per se, but to make sure I have no shorts. I have rolled enough coils that I know my sweet spot, and hit it all the time.

 

[bones1274]

I have only been using the RM2 for a week and had the wife roll me a beautiful 4 coil 30 gauge last night and stuck it on the black box to meter. All I could get was the number 1 on the left which means it couldn't register anything. After a few minutes of fiddling with it, I realized that I forgot to screw down the posts. Metered out at 1.03....

 

[Cactus Breath]

I meter them every time, even though I build them exactly the same (8 wraps 30 ga on a 1.4mm screwdriver shaft, 1.3 - 1.4 Ω). It only takes a few seconds to meter and I'd rather catch a short before I collapse a spring.

 

[harley05]

I use Karen's method to a T. Might as well check them before they go on. Had a dead short on more than one occasion with a new coil.