It is a cheapie Chinese model called Areader? 75 W. Looks good and works fine. I've been surprised at how well it does.
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It is a cheapie Chinese model called Areader? 75 W. Looks good and works fine. I've been surprised at how well it does.
So what do you think of the Bravo? Saw it wasn't well received by some. Would have thought they would have sent you the replacement mini by now.
Then I would suggest to use "Coil Master" coil winder. Make a 4mm space coil, it should look good even if you were to build a big-gap 4 wraps coil...
After having two Zeus tanks in rotation, I felt like I had a pretty good handle on building on these. I had another tank that was under performing so I got out my spare Zeus. I made a really rookie mistake. I made my coil too wide evidently. I didn't double check the resistance because I knew where I would come out with a 4 wrap Clapton. Filled the tank, took a couple hits and it tasted burnt. I finally double checked and realized it was reading .16 when I knew it should be closer to .5-.6. I felt kind of stupid when I finally figured out what was going on.
It happens to us all. Live and learn.
Doesn't hurt to be reminded once in awhile that our gear deserves our respect and attention. Way too easy to become complacent with familiarity. Glad it wasn't worse.
They can't because they realised it wasn't even out yet.
The Bravo is my best friend, it was built for me, well that's how it feels, I ignore most YT reviewer's, I mostly listen to Jack or Anthony 
I'll grab the mini soon..
I am really curious, how can a too wide coil causing a drop of resistance from 0.5-0.6 down to 0.16?
Do you mean it touches the chamber and causes short circuit? But even if so, you mod should complaint about something like "Check Atomizer", right?
No the mod only reads the resistance you put on it. If it reads a .5Ω before chimney it won't point out your Ω dropped, it will only read the new Ω.
To me, 1.5ohm is sky high resistance, worse still, you are restricting the airflow to such extend
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If I were you, to do MTL with ZEUS, I will use less wraps spaced coil and at lower ohm, range from 0.5-0.7 ohm (since you are using a 28ga Kanthal wire)
Btw, to me the best part of Zeus tank is its AF system, it is a waste if you are not taking advantage from that... in a way, I think Zeus is not designed for a strictly restrictive MTL.
I understand and admit that I am a rookie in coil building/wicking.
How ever as a HAM radio operator , I have learned/know a bit about electronics/electricity, as a mechanic/fabricator a bit about building/designing.
And for me the 1.5 ohm 28ga kanthal 9wraps at 3mm is what I choose to use.
Reasoning as follows:
1) I bought it
2) I built it
3) I Vape it
END OF RANT!
Can't wait to hear your thoughts about it. If it's as easy to wick as the Zeus without it leaking I'm in.They can't because they realised it wasn't even out yet.
I'll grab the mini soon..
I even decided to try my SMM cap
I can’t say for sure but believe that the coil must have been just barely touching the chamber enough to drop the resistance without causing a dead short. It was still reading.16 which is in the acceptable resistance range of the mod so it didn’t read it as a short.
Partial short is against physics.
I would rather suspect you did not tight your screw properly. Are you using the original Philip screws as provided?
I managed to recoil and rewick my tank. 2 nd time ever. Used a demon coil 0.5 ohm readymade coil and some freebie cotton I had. Now vaping in tc at 410F and 20.5 watts. Very tasty.
I need to find a way of rebuilding my supertank coils with ss or ti. Tc is so much better when it comes to flavour.
Nice way to spend a Monday afternoon while sick. Lol.
I need to find a way of rebuilding my supertank coils with ss or ti. Tc is so much better when it comes to flavour.
Nice way to spend a Monday afternoon while sick. Lol.
Hi radio man, I have no intention to change your preference in coil building and am not interested in the reasonings behind it.
In search of my favorite juices, I have tried many many different type of ejuices in these years, as a result besides finding good ejuices that suit my taste, I also discover one important fact:
ejuices flavor taste differently when you vape it under different temperature and different inhale manner. Your "1.5 ohm 28ga kanthal 9wraps" coil is limiting you from lengthy warm draw - if you ever want to try one with certain ejuice. And it is relatively hard to warm your ejuice with different watts because you have narrower watt range which works without producing dry hits...
This I can tell you, I know what it read and when I pulled the deck there was a small black mark on one side of the coil and that side of the wick was a little dry like it had only used the liquid on that side of the coil. Yes I used the original screws and tightened them with a precision screwdriver that I use at work regularly and know they were tight. I do electrical/ electronics work and have seen what one might call a " partial short" or reduced resistance in generator windings as well as transformer windings. Rather than a catastrophic failure, it causes reduced output or can cause other strange problems to occur. I've only been making my own coils the last couple years so don't claim to be an expert on ecigs but do have many years of experience working with electricity and some electronics.
wanting to dip my toe into TC and am waiting for my first batch of SS to arrive. I might hit you up for some advice when i'm ready
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