Dual coil kfl
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Rip Trippers on youtube. That's the video I watched. I nailed it and thought it was great....until I started having wicking issues. I got a burnt hit after about 5 hits off of it. It also ended up being .8 or .9 ohms. so it was a little lower than I like. I have a regular coil in my KFL+ now and I'm still having wicking issues (I only wick with cotton). So, my KFL+ has been resting while I try to figure out what kind of coil I'm going to try next. Hope this helps!
just took one out and went back to a single. did a dual coil, twisted 32g, each coil in at 1.6 ohms for a total of .8/ it worked awesome and flavor was really good, had no wicking issues at all(tbh, I never do). I initially tried to set both coils in the same direction the I usually set a typical single coil but were to wide to fit side by side(unless I either raised the coils up above the screw heads) or made the coils a much smaller diameter. what I wound up doing was setting them the opposite way, I then wicked one coil to one juice channel and the same for the other side. anyways I used this set up in my dna-20 mod and just didn't like the lag time compared to a single coil. tbh I like a fast vape and the dual didn't really out perform enough to make it worth it. maybe this set up in a dna-30 may be the ticket.
Rip tripper. Followed it and this is what I got
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pretty much like i did except i had turned my coils 90 degrees from yours, each coil has its own wick & juice channel. i think my way involves less length of wick and a shorter travel time to coil
Ah! Any chance you could post some pictures + inner diameter + gauge + wraps + resistance?
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hey buddy i wouldn't mind at all but it will have to wait till i get back home. im leaving tomorrow on a dive trip to the virgin islands. that particular kayfun is staying home, what i am bringing is one kayfun ( a 28g, 1.3 coil) with my provari (longer batt life for my trip then my subbys) and also bringing my reo (great pocketability ). but if your still interested when i get back i can posts some pics and details. i think the coils are twisted 32g, 1.8mm diameter/ each coil came out to like 1.8ish so total res is like .8 or .9/ i use this dual coil set up in my dna-20 mod.
Hey buddy how's it going? Looks exactly the same as far as I can tell. What diameter coil? Maybe yours could be slightly smaller it hard to tell but wouldn't make any difference anyways. So yes that's exactly the same, I just preferred this orientation over the other because it gave me more room on the width of the coil and when wicked like this It seems like a more saturated vape as the wicks are maybe a bit shorter and away from the airflow. The only con for me is the slight lag time which is not to bad with my dna mod. What gauge wire are you using?
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Oops can't believe I left that out.
30ga kanthal over 1/16 drill bit, 14 wraps each side. Came out to 1.3 ohms nett. Currently vaping on it at 21 watts and it's performing great.
Also you are right; this is a waaaaaay better and much easier set up than what I had previously. I'm gonna wanna increase the inner diameter and drop the number of wraps though, just to make sure wicking to my cotton at the centre of the coil can keep up. Once again, glad i followed your advice
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Biggest pros of your build:
1) waaaay shorter leads between coil and posts = less hot legs and better consistency on resistance
2) best thing: no spatial restrictions on wire type and diameter. With my method I found that it was impossible to use anything more than 1/16 and 32 ga if I wanted them to align nicely side by side
3) ability to adjust width between the 2 coils for airflow preference
4) waaaaay easier to set up
Cons:
1) not really a con, but I wasn't used to having my leads shoot out longitudinally with respect to the coil. Initially had some problems with doing that because it made my coil bend/curve a little, but in the end I just shaped the leads while pinching the coil with a tweezer and it was easy prays after
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Sounds good. I thought your coil diameter looked slightly smaller, I used to do a lot of 1/16 coils but now I use mostly 1.7 to 2.0mm, I just feel like the wicking is just a tad better. I agree with you reducing the wraps from 14, maybe shoot for a resistance of 1 ohm?
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Reading this thread makes me wanna dual coil my kayfun. Think I'll try it tonight.
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