First Recoil 32g Twisted Mini RDA eGo Sized

[Nosedive4130]

Well, I just finished my first rebuild on a mini sized rda... All I had for wire was a spool of 32gauge Kanthol. I doubled up a length and used my drill to do a tight twist and then proceeded to make a coil. I then flame oxidized the entire peice.

I did a 5/6 wrap around a 1/8th inch drill so that the wire would spring back open enough to feed a piece of 2.5mm Silica wick through.

The RDA originally only had a 1mm wick the length of the coil and would only hold about 2 drops of eliquid. Now the Wick is much larger in diameter and length, wrapping around the posts, and will hold about 7 to 8 drops of eliquid.

I also opened up the air inlet hole on the cap. It was originally a little less that 1mm, and now it is right at 1.71mm or about .067".

The original coil tested at 2.9ohms after I fixed the short that conveniently came along with it... Now, with the new coil, it tests at 1.9ohms. I'm a happy Camper!

I know it's no fog machine, but, on an eGo battery, and until my VV Twist and Innokin VTR get here, it shall suffice. Hits way better than any of my cheapo CE4 Clearomizers, or my Evods.

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[JD1]

Congratulations but also warning: coil wrapping can become addictive lol.

 

[Nosedive4130]

Thanks, and yes, I can see that becoming a problem... I already want to try some other things... When this coil eats it, I want to try to do a Twisted dual coil set-up, or, a micro coil. Still not sure if I want to try the Cotton Wick or stay with Silica...

 

[JBL-37]

Bwahaha, I couldn't wait for a coil to go on its own when I first started. I would wrap them daily just playing around with setups and coil designs. I have a baby food jar full of them

If that's the squid rda, point that air hole away from your eye while vaping lol. That atty spit juice in my eye on two separate occasions and I can tell you it's not fun at all

 

[Nosedive4130]

Lolz, Yeah, I figured that out. I was fortunate enough not to get it in my eye though... I thought the squid was an aluminum cap. This is all Stainless. It's probably a clone.

I picked it up from my local B&M that is 1.5 hours away. I wish I had something a little closer... Oh well, Classifieds will be my friend.

 

[JBL-37]

Oh ya, my vote is for cotton balls btw.

 

[Nosedive4130]

Well, while this coil that I made worked Waaay better than the one that came stock, I decided to bring in the New Year with a new wrap.

I since have received my eGo Twist, and while playing around with it tonight with the mini rda, I kept getting some foul tasting vapes. So, I came to the conclusion that what I have done is not suitable for the 900mah Twist battery. Much less any battery that is smaller. I feel that while the battery was heating the coils up pretty quickly, I realized what hot spots are. The coil wasn't heating from the center outwards, it was heating from the left side and then spreading to the right. I knew that this wasn't quit right and came to the conclusion that the vape tasted so harsh because the eLiquid on the right side of the coil was not atomizing, it was burning before it left the coil.

When I did the original wrap, I didn't have the coils tight enough around the wick either. I wrapped the coil around a drill and then slid the wick in and did my best to tighten the coil up to the wick. Because of this I was getting a bit of a dirty burn.

This time, I wrapped directly to the wick. Tightly. I did not do a twisted wrap, but instead used just a single strand of 32g Kanthol. I did a 3/4 wrap and it checked 1.8ohms. I ran the wick in the exact same pattern as last time.

I am getting a very very fast and clean vape. At first after a good dry burn, when I would saturate the wick, I could not get a clean burn no matter what voltage I ran. I started off Low and worked my way up to about 4.0v and it seemed like everything was hitting really really harsh. I took into consideration that the coil was firing so much faster now, that in my mind it clicked that at a low resistance and low voltage, it still fired quickly enough that I was burning not atomizing the eLiquid because of my fairly slow draw. The coil also requires less amperage to heat up as quick as it does now. So, what would happen if I turned the voltage on up and took a really fast draw? I checked my Twist at max voltage and I am getting 4.97v. It was like massive smooth tasty clouds from heaven. It's still a mini rda though...

So, I have been doing this all wrong... I accidentally stumbled across what I think I should have been doing all along. The difference now is I have the voltage to do it, and, I'm not putting my battery under such a heavy load that it can't heat the coil up fast enough because of the heavier amp draw.

After dripping about 4 or 5 times since I learned this, the coil no longer looks like it has burned gunk on it. It's clean and there isn't burned gunk in the wick either. Hopefully I am doing this the right way now.

 

[Nosedive4130]

Huh?... I just got through reading the resistance wire sticky and checked out the tables that were posted and realized that my B&M sold me 34gauge wire. I was told it was 32g. I checked the diameter of the wire I am using and it is checking at .006" of an inch. If it were 32g, it should check almost .008" of an inch.

I see now why my Wrap to Ohm was slightly off. I figured that I should have been getting a slightly lower Ohm reading, but no, it was right. I just didn't realize that I had been sold the wrong wire! I guess you can chalk it up to being a Noob...

 

[JD1]

I've build a couple of coils with 34 gauge that came as extra with some clones I got. It worked ok but I like 32 much better. I currently using 28 and liking it really well, but I'm wrapping to 1.2 ohms on all my builds at the moment. If I wanted to go back up for a vv device I think I'd like 30 or 32 better.

With 34 gauge, I'd recommend a parallel wire wrap or a twisted wire wrap. I'd also suggest poking around in the micro coil thread and the show your latest coil thread for some ideas.

 

[JBL-37]

Twist it

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

I have found 32 gauge twisted and 6/7 wraps on a genesis gives me right at 2.0Ω I use a kick in my mechs so I try to keep the resistance a wee bit higher (so the kick will fire) than one on a straight feed battery, but that 1.9Ω on the eGo should hit VERY well..good job!

 

[Nosedive4130]

Here is a pic of what it looks like now after using 34g and having used it as my only vaping device. It has not been washed since the last wrap.