Finally decided to be a big girl and rebuild my own wicks.

[NakiFantaki]

Can anyone point me the right direction?
I've watched pbasardo's video. While that helped, I am looking for more. Is there a thread that I'm missing?
I want to attempt to rebuild the wicks for my mini vivi novas. Where do I buy the materials and what should I get?

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[UncleChimney]

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[heateris]

Zivipf on eBay sells wick and wire. Quick shipping from Germany.

25M Kanthal A D Resistance Heating Wire 5M High Quality Silica Rope Wick | eBay

 

[SilentScreams]

I get my wick and wire from discount vapers

Silica Wick 24" 2.0mm

Kanthal A-1 32 awg Resistance Heating Wire - DiscountVapers.com

 

[cocacola31173]

I get my wick and wire from discount vapers

Silica Wick 24" 2.0mm

Kanthal A-1 32 awg Resistance Heating Wire - DiscountVapers.com

Would that silica wick work for just replacing the flavor wicks on the Kanger T3's...Whenever I go to dryburn them when I go to take them out they just fall apart and I would love to be able to replace them cause without them they really leak.

 

[SilentScreams]

Would that silica wick work for just replacing the flavor wicks on the Kanger T3's...Whenever I go to dryburn them when I go to take them out they just fall apart and I would love to be able to replace them cause without them they really leak.

I don't know anything about the Kanger T3. I use those parts to rebuild the Kanger Protank though. So if its rebuildable then I would think they'll work.

 

[LazyBulldogge]

Zivipf is who I buy my wick and wire from as well - so far I've only used Kanthal D 0.2mm and 1 mm silica though, but that worked fine for the Vivi Nova coils, and the Protank as well. 4x1mm wick and 6 wraps of Kanthal (when looking down from at the top of the coil) gives a nice 2.3-2.4 Ohm coil
6 wraps is a bit of a tight fit in the Nova heads though, so Kanthal A 0.15mm or so might be even better, as the resistance per length unit, is almost twice as much as on the Kanthal D 0.2mm.

 

[Angi2299]

Picture tutorial -

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ystems/295410-vivi-nova-rebuild-tutorial.html

I sometimes prefer a picture tutorial. I haven't rebuilt a vivi nova, but have several rebuildable RBAs. Good luck

 

[NakiFantaki]

Thanks for the replies!
Anyone else got tips and tricks to share?

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[Myrany]

Some people suggest a quick burn on the wires with a small torch to get off the manufacturing garbage. Which leads my tool clueless self to ask. Where the heck does one find a really small torch?

 

[gjshaw29]

Some people suggest a quick burn on the wires with a small torch to get off the manufacturing garbage. Which leads my tool clueless self to ask. Where the heck does one find a really small torch?

You can also just use a lighter to torch your wire before you wrap a coil. It takes a lot of the springiness out of the wire so it's easier to deal with. Also you might find lower ohms are better when you rewrap, I know I did. But I've always liked low resistence, and am now getting into sub ohms on my rebuildables.

 

[LazyBulldogge]

Yeah, torch your wire with a lighter, to get rid of oils and other garbage from the factory, plus take out the springiness, as gjshaw29 also pointed out. Just run the lighter gently under the wire and move on when the wire turns red.
I also torch my wick with the blue part of the lighter flame (the bottom part of the flame, the top part (yellow) of the flame, will make your wicks turn black. Just un it gently under the wicks (hold them with a tool, they do get quite hot from this) - this shortens the "breaking in" time of a new coil drastically imo.
When I make a Vivi coil, I take a straightened out paperclip, 4 pieces of 1mm silica and hold them together with one hand. With the thumb of the same hand, I hold one end of the wire, then do the wraps with the other hand - somewhat tight, but not overly tight. When I'm happy with the wraps, I remove the paperclip, and fit the coil in the Vivi head (see video/picture tutorials on how to connect the wire in the head). Some people leave the paperclip in, until they've made the connections as well, some people wrap the coil on a nail or screw, then thread the wick through it, etc. etc., so the above method, is just how I do it and it's working great for me
Also, if you don't have a vaping device that will measure Ohms of the connected tank/clearo, get a cheap multimeter and use that to check the resistance of the coil/check for shorts in the coil. One pin goes in the bottom hole of Vivi head, the other goes on the threading. Remember to check the resistance in the multimeter first, by putting the two pins together, and subtract that from the resistance reading

 

[Gr00v3]

Thanks for the link, I'm excited to try rebuilding myself

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[KC Jones]

mr_wick | eBay Where i get my wick they give 3 feet kenthal 32g a-1 w every order. 2mm works well w vivi. Main thing w multi meter yeah ohm check but more importantly it'll tell you if you have a dead short. Not a problem w protected device, ie: vamo, provari, but a reg ego = batt killer. peace. http://www.ebay.com/itm/321021828736?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 good little torch to flame in/ cure wick.

 

[Butters78]

Would that silica wick work for just replacing the flavor wicks on the Kanger T3's...Whenever I go to dryburn them when I go to take them out they just fall apart and I would love to be able to replace them cause without them they really leak.

I did my first success rebuild on an evod which is similar to a t3 with 1mm wick used as the flavor wicks.

I got the idea from this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdl7glHoHkU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Myrany]

Ty all for the answers. I have a 2 questions. In a number of these videos I see people using a small box 3 in x 3 in roughly that the atomizer screws onto to check the ohms of it.
1. Is that a multimeter?
2. If it is a multimeter where can I find one of these?

Edit: THe video in the post above this one shows the box I am talking about if that helps.

 

[FACE MEAT]

It's not a Vivi Nova, but the process is very similar.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/clearomizers/396220-kanger-protank-rebuild.html

 

[DavidOck]

Ty all for the answers. I have a 2 questions. In a number of these videos I see people using a small box 3 in x 3 in roughly that the atomizer screws onto to check the ohms of it.
1. Is that a multimeter?
2. If it is a multimeter where can I find one of these?

Edit: THe video in the post above this one shows the box I am talking about if that helps.

No, not a multimeter, but an ohm meter. But it will work fine for testing an assembled coil.

A multimeter is capable of checking ohms, volts, ma... Harbor Freight has a cheap one, and there are others around as well. If you decide to go that route, remember to put it on the lowest ohm setting (often around 200), and "short" the test leads first - touch the two tips together and note the value. That tells you the resistance of the test leads, and you need to subtract that from the coil reading to get a more accurate value. Especially important for anything in the low range of resistance. (For example, if the final reading is 2.0 ohms and your leads are 1.5, then your coil is only 0.5, and that would probably NOT be a good thing!)

 

[NakiFantaki]

Note to self: get a multimeter or a vamo before building the heads.

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[spider362]

Ty all for the answers. I have a 2 questions. In a number of these videos I see people using a small box 3 in x 3 in roughly that the atomizer screws onto to check the ohms of it.
1. Is that a multimeter?
2. If it is a multimeter where can I find one of these?

Edit: THe video in the post above this one shows the box I am talking about if that helps.

I believe this is what you are asking about: Cartomizer and Atomizer Ohm Meter