first rda= igo-w

[Oakman_Smalls]

I just got my first rda from fellow service member while overseas. This fine gentleman hooked me up with an almost brand new IGO-W, a few feet of kanthal (28g i think) and a lot of silica wick. Also gave me a bottle of Tropical Monkey from vaping Monkeys. I wont get into cost, but I was extremely hooked up. Just goes to show the level of support that is in the vaping community. I have only ever been greeted warmly and had a helping hand extended to me whether the vaper was a service member or not.

On to the IGO-W. This device is perfect for my lifestyle out here. Tough and rugged. Simple and effective. Sure there are nicer RDA's out there but I wouldn't dare drag a nimbus or patriot through my daily grind. I love this little trooper, though i do have a few questions to make it even better.

1. What is the best hing to drill out the airhole?
I have the stock 1mm and it needs to go up to at least 1.5mm to start.

2. I don't have an ohm reader, so i could use a little guidance on coils.
I have a 4 wrap 28g kanthal running a cotton wick. single coil (wont mess with the dual till i have an ohm reader)

3. I'm wrapping my coils on either a q-tip stick or a toothpick depending, so if anyone has the freetime to mess around and measure out what amount of wraps is what on a q-tip i would be eternally grateful. (kinda janky I know, but such is the life of a deployed soldier)

4. Yes I have done my research about sub-ohm and have purchased equipment to handle it properly. No need to lecture.
I use AW IMR 18650's rated at 1600mAh. My mod has silver contacts.

Any other tips, tricks, advice is very welcome. Thanks everyone.

 

[erawtik]

Here is a bit of a guide if this helps

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AiaRSDxC1vG6dC1HZEtmY0pPYzBvdUw2blJHVjdkc1E&usp=sharing

 

[cantstopwontstop]

My igo W is drilled out to 5/64" not sure what that is in metric but works great for me. The other thing is that the MAH rating on your battery doesn't have alot to do with the resistance your battery can handle you need to find out what amperage it can handle (sepecially with 28g wire) what kind of battery is it?

 

[StarsAndBars]

I just got my first RDA from fellow service member while overseas. This fine gentleman hooked me up with an almost brand new IGO-W, a few feet of kanthal (28g i think) and a lot of silica wick. Also gave me a bottle of Tropical Monkey from Vaping Monkeys. I wont get into cost, but I was extremely hooked up. Just goes to show the level of support that is in the vaping community. I have only ever been greeted warmly and had a helping hand extended to me whether the vaper was a service member or not.

On to the IGO-W. This device is perfect for my lifestyle out here. Tough and rugged. Simple and effective. Sure there are nicer RDA's out there but I wouldn't dare drag a nimbus or patriot through my daily grind. I love this little trooper, though i do have a few questions to make it even better.

1. What is the best hing to drill out the airhole?
I have the stock 1mm and it needs to go up to at least 1.5mm to start.

2. I don't have an ohm reader, so i could use a little guidance on coils.
I have a 4 wrap 28g kanthal running a cotton wick. single coil (wont mess with the dual till i have an ohm reader)

3. I'm wrapping my coils on either a q-tip stick or a toothpick depending, so if anyone has the freetime to mess around and measure out what amount of wraps is what on a q-tip i would be eternally grateful. (kinda janky I know, but such is the life of a deployed soldier)

4. Yes I have done my research about sub-ohm and have purchased equipment to handle it properly. No need to lecture.
I use AW IMR 18650's rated at 1600mAh. My mod has silver contacts.

Any other tips, tricks, advice is very welcome. Thanks everyone.

Not lecturing dude but mah has nothing to do with safety. Find out what amp draw your battery is rated for, then find out what the resistance is on the coil you build, then divide the voltage by that number to see what amp draw you are putting on the battery. Until you do all these things you are taking a considerable risk.

To answer one of your questions. If you can get your hands on a cork screw, it can be used to bore out the air hole.

Go to one of the Battalion S shops if you're on a FOB or Company CP if on patrol base. They should have a meter laying around.

Seriously though, building coils without any way to check they resistance is pretty ill advised. No way I'd do it.

What is your job and I'll try to think of something better than a cork screw

 

[Jjshbetz11]

Wow! 4 wraps of 28g. With a qtip would be around ( coils being close) .3 to.5(IMO) shoot me your mailing specs, will shoot you some coils built by yours truly, and some other goodies so you can wrap your own.

 

[Oakman_Smalls]

I us AW batteries. From what I've read about its performance the amp draw for them is a little over 20 amps ( I wanna say 22.3 or 22.8) My next battery will be a sony 30amp. Ill check with the S shops and see if the have an ohm meter. Might be able to find someone on the camp with one too. I'm building the coils now to replicate the one that was on it when i got it and it was a .6 ohm. I'm sure they arent exactly the same but a few tenths either way isnt going to matter. Thanks for the input everyone. If u get board wrap a few coils around a q tip and let me know what they read

 

[Oakman_Smalls]

Wow! 4 wraps of 28g. With a qtip would be around ( coils being close) .3 to.5(IMO) shoot me your mailing specs, will shoot you some coils built by yours truly, and some other goodies so you can wrap your own.

Relevant^^^

So if i add two more wraps i should be getting closer to .8-1.0 ohm correct?

 

[StarsAndBars]

Ya know what dude, check the motor pool. I bet they have a meter and possibly a drill for the air hole. A little advice on the air hole. You can take away but you can't put back. Start small and work your way up.

 

[grindle]

AW 1600mAh IMRs are rated 15C which means up to 24A drain.

28AWG is 0.18ohm/cm. Best to coil by physical length of wire rather than some random cotton bud measurement.

 

[Oakman_Smalls]

Ya know what dude, check the motor pool. I bet they have a meter and possibly a drill for the air hole. A little advice on the air hole. You can take away but you can't put back. Start small and work your way up.

Good idea. I have some maintenance guys who live in my billets. I'll check with them and then prolly head to the machine shop. Ya i plan on taking it slow with the hole. I'm going to step up a little and use i for a day or wo before i go up again and continue in this way.

Grindle:

Thank you very much. That is very useful and takes the guesswork out of it. Still getting an ohm meter but I can be much sae until it comes. Does this hold true no matter the size and closeness of the wraps? im assuming so but correct me if im wrong.

 

[cantstopwontstop]

Shoot for 6 wraps min for the diameter of a Q tip, its right around 7'64" and you should be in the .7-.9 range, which is ok with your batteries.

 

[dripdaze]

Here is thread with a calculator for building coils. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/506159-kanthal-coil-calculator.html

 

[Oakman_Smalls]

Thank you for the link and advice. I'll rebuild it to a more acceptable level tomorrow.

Gotta say the vape community never seizes to amaze me. By far the most helpful, informative and friendly community I've ever been involved with

 

[pmcode]

If you have an android device there are a couple of apps for telling you length of wire to cut, how many wraps, depending on gauge you choose in the app. Not sure about istuff, don't like apples.

EDIT:
I also have the igo-w, found this kick-as$ cap for it at a vape shop down the hill around San Bernardino:



Coolest thing is it makes it look like a miniature thunderstorm when vaping.
EDIT 2: It's only on the eVic as a holder for the photo...

 

[Coelli]

Until you get the ohmmeter, maybe just add a couple extra wraps just to be safe. Smaller clouds but less risk until you can measure. Better safe than sorry, we need you out there and not in the infirmary.

 

[ElectricalSocket]

Ya know what dude, check the motor pool. I bet they have a meter and possibly a drill for the air hole. A little advice on the air hole. You can take away but you can't put back. Start small and work your way up.

I totally get what you're saying there, but that's not 100% true. Ok it's 99% true. Check it out though..

I had drilled my airholes out to 2mm. I loved it, it was perfect. Well, I had the bright idea to drill it out even more so I could be a fog machine on halloween (not literally..but that would make an interesting costume). Anyways....yeah I totally ruined it. Two 2.5mm airholes was way way too airy.

BUT!

Soon after I bought a captivape drip tip (ds90 or something). I didn't buy it to tighten up the draw, but it did, and made my igo-w perfect again! The hole on it is 3mm-ish compared to 3.5-4mm on my other drip tips.

Moral of the story: If you drill your holes too big, a smaller diameter drip tip may fix it.

Just throwin that out there