I've been rebuilding lots of different kinds of coils in the Protank 2 in hopes to breath new life into the vape quality and I think I've found the best possible vape (subjective I know) from this unit.
This has been my all day build for the last week and I think its nearly on par with some of my drippers.
The build:
34g kanthal 11 close or touching wraps on an 18g needle. This will make about a 2.4 ohm coil. X2 coils for 1.2 ohm build.
Fire the coils and compress the coils lightly with tweezers to snug them up.
Install cotton ball wick loosely through the coil. Option 1: You can do this before the coils go into the atomizer housing. Its easier to put wicks into coils before but more difficult to get them parallel and the correct height when installing them.
Option 2: Use 2 needles to support the coils on the protank head while you install the rubber grommet and pin.
This makes installing the cotton wick more difficult but not too hard with a steady hand. Anyway you will have to replace wicks in this fashion.
The cotton wicks should not be super tight inside the coils. Pull the cotton through until just as it gets snug.
I have never tasted rubber or noticed and significant burning on the rubber grommet but for those who might be worried about burning rubber, there is another trick. Just snip off the very top of the rubber grommet so it sits flush with the housing tube.
Put a super lightly rolled 2 mm flavor wick on top of the coil and trim all cotton tails flush with the widest part of the atomizer housing.
I vape 70/30 and 60pg/40vg and 50/50 with this between 3.3-4.2 volts depending on the juice.
Solid flavor that I've only ever had on an RBA and excellent TH. Its a slightly moist vape with some thick clouds.
I'm using this on my Provari but it works great on the egos as well.
Its all I'll use on the protanks now.
I would love to know if anyone thinks they have found an even better build for the protank.
Heres another that I tried but decided replacing wicks would bee too much effort each time due to the tight space. Good vape on triple coils also.
Happy modding!
This has been my all day build for the last week and I think its nearly on par with some of my drippers.
The build:
34g kanthal 11 close or touching wraps on an 18g needle. This will make about a 2.4 ohm coil. X2 coils for 1.2 ohm build.
Fire the coils and compress the coils lightly with tweezers to snug them up.
Install cotton ball wick loosely through the coil. Option 1: You can do this before the coils go into the atomizer housing. Its easier to put wicks into coils before but more difficult to get them parallel and the correct height when installing them.
Option 2: Use 2 needles to support the coils on the protank head while you install the rubber grommet and pin.
This makes installing the cotton wick more difficult but not too hard with a steady hand. Anyway you will have to replace wicks in this fashion.
The cotton wicks should not be super tight inside the coils. Pull the cotton through until just as it gets snug.
I have never tasted rubber or noticed and significant burning on the rubber grommet but for those who might be worried about burning rubber, there is another trick. Just snip off the very top of the rubber grommet so it sits flush with the housing tube.
Put a super lightly rolled 2 mm flavor wick on top of the coil and trim all cotton tails flush with the widest part of the atomizer housing.
I vape 70/30 and 60pg/40vg and 50/50 with this between 3.3-4.2 volts depending on the juice.
Solid flavor that I've only ever had on an RBA and excellent TH. Its a slightly moist vape with some thick clouds.
I'm using this on my Provari but it works great on the egos as well.
Its all I'll use on the protanks now.I would love to know if anyone thinks they have found an even better build for the protank.
Heres another that I tried but decided replacing wicks would bee too much effort each time due to the tight space. Good vape on triple coils also.
Happy modding!
