First Timer Working On Micro Coils

[ConradM]

So just roll it to a point? Fatter at the top and thinner as it goes down. Enough to touch all of the coil but not so much that it plugs it. I learned that lesson tonight haha, on one attempt I rolled it so fat I almost wrecked the coil pulling it out. And it started to get burn marks on it too.

It takes trial and error. But I use a piece of cotton that's the same width from top to bottom and I tight roll it up to where it'll rest in the coil. Work it through the coil into the tank. Sometimes I have to inch it into the tank with a tiny jewelers flat head. Then I take the jewelers flat head and fan the cotton out under the coil and in the wick hole. From there you can drip on it and fire it a few times to see how it works. This also helps break it in.

This is a twisted coil but it'll give you an idea -

 

[Whitechapel]

I did it! I finally did it. 2.0 ohms, took me to Tasty Town, population me!

The coil looks much better than this picture shows. I got home, wrapped a coil, threw it out, did another and realized what I've been doing so wrong! I'm vaping Cinnamon Roll and am so, so happy right now! I did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ConradM]

Woohoo! So what were you doing wrong?

 

[Whitechapel]

A lot. Lol. If I take a huge drag I get a metallic taste, so I've been keeping them to my normal drags. I also dropped the voltage from 5.0 to 4.8 to see if it helps, and it has. I wrapped the coil much tighter. Instead of using the nail clippers on both posts I just bent the bottom post until the wire snapped off and then clipped the top with nail clippers and had the hair length piece under the post with a tiny flat tipped screwdriver. Coil has been steady all night.

Lowering the voltage that much lets me take bigger, flavorful hits! Yum!

 

[ConradM]

Nice. Usually what I do is twist the ground wire excess until it just breaks off. On the post I wrap the lead all the way around the screw and then clip it.

 

[savagemann]

Glad u got it working out.
Just curious, have you tried vaping even lower volts?
Like around 3.8 - 4.2v?

 

[BabyCrusher]

3.7 or 3.4 is where I like my rsst

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[ConradM]

When I was using my Vamo I was vaping with it at 5.5 - 6v... lol.

 

[Whitechapel]

I'm back to the metallic taste again. 3.5V is fine. As I increase it, I'm getting more and more metallic taste. 1.8 ohm coil. Maybe I'm just vaping at too high of a voltage? If this is the case then I'll be kicking myself for tossing such a good coil. I kinda feel I should be able to vape at a high voltage though, I don't know enough to say if I can or not.