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[Bobw1951]

@Brynglas George, finally got round to using the OBS Crius, I used the supplied coils and built dual came out at 0.34ohms, wicked and filled with Quacks Duck's Breath and on a Hotcig DNA200 it is great at 50w

 

[Brynglas]

@Brynglas George, finally got round to using the OBS Crius, I used the supplied coils and built dual came out at 0.34ohms, wicked and filled with Quacks Duck's Breath and on a Hotcig DNA200 it is great at 50w

I have two of my three up and running both with dual Nife30 builds in them.Probably try a 316L build in the other.
Yet to try the Griffin,i'm looking for some Ni200 Clapton wire,thought i'd give it a go only place i can see it in the UK is Creme de vape and it's in pieces rather than on a roll.It's a little expensive with the postage for what it is.

 

[Bobw1951]

I have two of my three up and running both with dual Nife30 builds in them.Probably try a 316L build in the other.
Yet to try the Griffin,i'm looking for some Ni200 Clapton wire,thought i'd give it a go only place i can see it in the UK is Creme de Vape and it's in pieces rather than on a roll.It's a little expensive with the postage for what it is.

I didn't bother with the Griffin, but I still have the Serpent to try.

CdV has always been expensive even when they were called Cloud 9 Vaping, I only go there for things I need but can't get elsewhere, like the KF4 P3 connector.

 

[e-pipeman]

I didn't know that! Don't think I eat a lot of carbs thinking about it.

20 is much less than you think. If you eat bread, potatoes or rice you're almost certainly eating more than 20 carbs a day.

 

[e-pipeman]

I'm going vegetarian - and reducing carbs. After 40 lbs gained Ina f ew months I have to go drastic. In shocked how many carbs I ate without even realizing it. Including in fruit.

The transition will be a paleo diet. Then probably vegetarian paleo.

But the first time I've been a vegetarian and it works for health and personal beliefs

Going paleo is really hard if you're not eating things like meat, eggs, fish and cheese. I'd research that really carefully just to be safe.

 

[Brynglas]

but I still have the Serpent to try.

I've coiled and wicked mine but yet to try.
Apparently it can be a leaky bugger,but the idea is to only half tighten the top cap on a fill,then turn it upside down before making it tight.Or pressure builds and floods it.

My SXmini was looking a little worn,so this morning i fitted a black snakeskin wrap to it.Very pleased,it looks like a new device.And so simple to do.

 

[Bobw1951]

I've coiled and wicked mine but yet to try.
Apparently it can be a leaky bugger,but the idea is to only half tighten the top can on a fill,then turn it upside down before making it tight.Or pressure builds and floods it.

My SXmini was looking a little worn,so this morning i fitted a black snakeskin wrap to it.Very pleased,it looks like a new device.And so simple to do.

I'll keep that in mind

 

[Ms.Sue]

Sorry to sound totally thick but I still don't understand wires.

I'm looking to try Nichrome, Stainless Steel and Clapton wire as on FT I've seen a thread which someone showed a picture of different coils made for the new Kanger Toptank.

KangerTech SUBTANK SSOCC coil head come in 0.15ohm 0.2ohm 0.5ohm 1.2ohm 1.5ohm but on FT I've seen 26 AWG Nichrome wire but it says 8.67ohm and 26 AWG 316 Stainless Steel is 11.3ohm.

I'm totally confused now.

 

[Ms.Sue]

I wish business would sell pick and mix 1 metre spools of various different wires.

Out of the Kanthal wires I bought I think i'll only be using 24, 26 and 28 AWG.

 

[Bobw1951]

@Ms.Sue Nichrome is rubbish, it's a bit like Kanthal but no where near as good, so I wouldn't bother.
Stainless Steel can be used in both Power mode & Temp mode, in power mode it acts like Kanthal.
Clapton is just the way that the wire is made, usually 2 strands of say 32g Kanthal which is then wrapped with 26g Kanthal normally shown as 26/2x32, it takes a lot longer to heat up but gives a better vape once hot.
Kanger SSOCC heads are now being made with Nichrome rather than Kanthal, that's why they don't appear to be as good
As for wires the ohms quoted are per meter and should really be ignored, it's the AWG (American Wire Gauge) or mm diameter of the wire that you need to know (26AWG = 0.40mm)

 

[Bobw1951]

I wish business would sell pick and mix 1 metre spools of various different wires.

Out of the Kanthal wires I bought I think i'll only be using 24, 26 and 28 AWG.

1 meter wouldn't last long, you can get spools of 10 meters though @ Stealth Vapes, not that expensive

 

[Ms.Sue]

@Ms.Sue Nichrome is rubbish, it's a bit like Kanthal but no where near as good, so I wouldn't bother.
Stainless Steel can be used in both Power mode & Temp mode, in power mode it acts like Kanthal.
Clapton is just the way that the wire is made, usually 2 strands of say 32g Kanthal which is then wrapped with 26g Kanthal normally shown as 26/2x32, it takes a lot longer to heat up but gives a better vape once hot.
Kanger SSOCC heads are now being made with Nichrome rather than Kanthal, that's why they don't appear to be as good
As for wires the ohms quoted are per meter and should really be ignored, it's the AWG (American Wire Gauge) or mm diameter of the wire that you need to know (26AWG = 0.40mm)

I just looked at the wire I bought on Amazon and I didn't realize the 0.4mm (26AWG) said 11.31 OHMS/M.

I wont bother with Nichrome then lol.

Thank you Bob

 

[Brynglas]

(26AWG = 0.40mm)

@Ms.Sue here's a conversion chart if you need it

 

[Ms.Sue]

1 meter wouldn't last long, you can get spools of 10 meters though @ Stealth Vapes, not that expensive

Is 316L Stainless Steel the right one?. And on the dropdown box I can still get 24 and 26AWG?.

 

[Ms.Sue]

@Ms.Sue here's a conversion chart if you need it

View attachment 531520

Ah, thanks for that

 

[Ms.Sue]

You lot must think I'm really thick lol.

 

[Bobw1951]

Is 316L Stainless Steel the right one?. And on the dropdown box I can still get 24 and 26AWG?.

There are various grades of steel, but the main one is SS316L, noticed you said you bought some wire on Amazon, hope it wasn't from Crazy Wire, they are the same company as Vape Atomizer Mesh (VAM) and are not a vape company but a wire company and some of their wires are not really good for vaping , the best wires for vaping are from Stealth Vapes, they test their wires.

 

[terry w]

Have you tried a low-carb diet? It can have a great effect on bringing BP down after about 4 weeks. Fewer than 20 carbs a day - and no beer.

WHAT ??? NOooooooooooo I`ll wait for my next GP visit Pipe, and see what she says. Probably get prescribed Tablets if it doesn`t come down, which it hasn`t done yet. Chippy for tea tonight

 

[Ms.Sue]

I'm looking on Steam Engine now..
Wire - SS316L
AWG - 26
Single coil
Target resistance - 0.5ohm
Inner diameter of coil - 2.5mm
Rounded to "full wraps" 12
Rounded to "half wraps" 12/11

12 wraps? I'm sure that's not right.

 

[terry w]

That ain't gonna happen

You know me too well Bob