Happy to help. I'm even happier when you share your sense of humor. I will get pics tonight and should mail tomorrow.
That's crazy. I hope that he was prosecuted and charged with arson. I love how you're so matter of fact about it and all the other funny/crazy stuff that you've lived through. What a ride!
Earlier, I told about the house that a 'terminated' employee burnt down. That was a really cool house. Any photos of that house burned in the fire. But, I still have some artist renderings of it. The first floor, was commercial sized garage space to accommodate our big boy toys. The second level was large open area, with 360 degree massive balconies. A beautiful iron spiral staircase took you to the third floor. The fourth floor, was a smaller 360 degree windowed widow's peak. The house was structurally 'overbuilt'. It was built to stand up against almost any huff and puff winds. But, obviously not fire.Oops!
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360 balcony overlooking 20 acres sounds breathtaking. Sorry it's not there anymore
Thanks Idaho! Yeah I might tweak it up again tomorrow I think I just shorted it again. My multimeter is broken so I dont know if my coil resistance is just too low. It heats up pretty fast! 28g 8 wraps on 2mm diameter screwdriver. I'll get a multimeter tomorrow to make sure I dont go below 1ohm and see how it goes. Just too tired for now lol
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Make sure you adjust the wick amount as Idaho said. But also check the coil height. It's a tad difficult to see in the first pic, but if the coil is above the screws it MAY end up touching the chimney.
Thanks Idaho! Yeah I might tweak it up again tomorrow I think I just shorted it again. My multimeter is broken so I dont know if my coil resistance is just too low. It heats up pretty fast! 28g 8 wraps on 2mm diameter screwdriver. I'll get a multimeter tomorrow to make sure I dont go below 1ohm and see how it goes. Just too tired for now lol
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Really doubt you'll be sub ohm with that build. I did two new Heron builds yesterday at 1.3 and 1.7 with 28g on a 2.4mm form. I didn't count the wraps, just used my Fluke to get them about where I wanted them. The Fluke was a little flaky, so got exactly what the final ohms were after they were installed using a 510 adpater on a Heron.
Love my old Fluke that cost several hundred dollars when I bought it in about 1980/1. I found that the battery in it was finally so low I'll need a new battery for it now. So the battery in it has only lasted about 33 years. Back from when it got used everyday and survived the baggage gorilla's on up to 200K miles a year on commercial flights (& 2 crash landings) until I retired in 1990, but also quite a bit since. Super efficient VOM, and maybe a batt with a mind of its own that just wouldn't give up. Might be why I'm still here too.
EDIT: Ahh, the old start typing a reply/take a break for a short walk in the night air and it's already been handled by someone else thing.![]()
Wait.... You crashed in an airplane TWICE?!
Twice commercial, twice flying in the Navy (technically once, punched out of a TA-4 the other time and played tag with the sharks while waiting to get picked up).
Twice commercial, twice flying in the Navy (technically once, punched out of a TA-4 the other time and played tag with the sharks while waiting to get picked up).