RDA Drop in resistance? (???)

[TheBigPicture]

Hey folks,
I'm playing around with an hcigar Atty dripper I purchased a few days ago. The owner at the store built this coil for me while I was there, and it was reading at a resistance of 1.1 ohms. I myself didn't have an ohms reader yet (it's on the shopping list). So I dripped some juice in it and it was tasty. It started to dry out so I dripped more juice. Now it's reading 0.9 on my 20 watt istick. I have it set for 9 watts and it's saying 3 volts.
I'm a little wary of sub ohm readings like that. Does that type of reading mean that the cotton needs to be changed? From what I can see the cotton is thoroughly saturated -- if a little unevenly distributed. I didn't put in the cotton, either.

This is my first experience with dripping, and I wanted to stay on at least 1.1 to 1.2 ohms. I'm enclosing this pic so you more experienced folks can see and give me a bird's eye view of what's going on here...Thanks in advance, and I hope you're all having a lovely Easter weekend

 

[twgbonehead]

Make sure that the coils aren't touching the top cap. In your picture, the coil at the top looks like it might easily hit the top cap. Since this end of the coil goes to the negative post, you might be shorting out just a turn or two of the coil, lowering its resistance. But if the coil shifts any more, the resistance might drop precipitously!

And kudos for keeping an eye on this and taking it seriously!

Happy Easter to you, too!

 

[TheBigPicture]

I just move the coil slightly so that there is no chance it's touching the cap. The reading is staying steady at 1.2 ohms and 3.2 volts, hope that's a good thing? Also there's some crackling and popping going on there, is this normal? Thanks for your quick reply before,

 

[twgbonehead]

Yep, sounds like that was the problem. Just keep an eye on the resistance and you should be fine.

The crackling and popping are normal, and in fact, that's how it's supposed to sound. If it's popping bad enough that you're getting globs of juice spit into your mouth, either turn the heat down or try to improve your wicking.

 

[TheBigPicture]

Thanks very much!