Hello GGland! Question about the Penelope wick.

[Xaiver]

Okay, so, here's my dilema.

Penelope is in the mail, and I'm anxiously awaiting her arrival. I've been watching all the Youtube videos I could find about building the wick for her and the Ody, and there's a bit that I'm confused about...actually, the whole process is slightly confusing. I think that it'll probably be much more clear when it's sitting infront of me, but....

What's the No-resistance wire for, and why do I need it? I don't understand it's purpose, I think that it's reason for existance is to confuse me.

Also, the videos are a bit hard for me to follow. Would anyone have a diagram of how to build the wick? Like, step-by-step pictures? Ikea-style?...wait, scratch the ikea bit, you don't need to label all the parts for extra confusion...

 

[ggero]

Hi!
Penelope has 2 poles, (-) and (+).. This is for powering the resistance from the battery ...
So you should connect the 2 ends of the res. wire to these poles, to fire it up..
Because you want to make your res. wire (to know exactly how many Ohms you want), we have the no res. wires to each end of the res. wire..You can meter each time the Ohms you want, so you can stop the length of the res. wire at that point..
The current likes more the no res. wire from the res. wire

 

[CaptSteve]

To try and simply it for you Xaiver an atomizer is a devise that converts electrical energy into heat. The resistance wire in between the two non resistance wires is the resistor and the part that heats up by converting electrical energy into heat based on Joule heating. Typically we use Nichrome wire as the resistor or active element which is generally made of 80% Nickel and 20% Chrome because it has a very high melting point of about 2500deg F. This type of resistance wire is widely used in toasters, hair driers etc.

So effectively we have a non-resistance wire linked to a resistance wire and again linked to another non-resistance wire. As the electrical current flows through this setup (through the 3 connected wires) it heats up the resistance wire only which in turn vaporizes the e-liquid.

Hope that starts to make sense now.

 

[Huffelpuff]

Xavier, I felt the same way the first time that I rebuilt an iAtty. Once you have it in your hands, go step by step with the video to rebuild it. It just takes 1 or two rebuilds to get it down. We're all here to help if you have any trouble.

 

[rocky111]

there you go, straight from the pros ")

 

[Xaiver]

So...the goal is to get the specific ohms that we're looking for? If we had resistance wire down to the connectors for Penelope, it wouldn't hurt them by heating up?

What I'm trying to say is...wouldn't it be more efficient then to use a single thinner wire then? Or do we want to get all of the heating right on the wick?

Thanks for the quick replies!

 

[CaptSteve]

We want the heating on one area on the wick at the center

 

[bacc.vap]

Yes, we want all the heat to be produced inside of the ceramic cup at the coil. It would serve no purpose for the wire immersed in liquid to be heated.

You will get one premade coil with your Penelope, meaning the no NR wire are already attached at both ends of the R wire by some heat related or fusion process at the factory. They'll be on sale then at COV, but may not come in the ohm's you's prefer.

If you want to have the ability to make whatever ohm coil you want, you'll need to buy both R and NR wire and make the coils up yourself. This video, although in German language, shows a good visual of the making of coils both ways, starting at around the 13 minute mark. The first coil is the premade wire. The Golden Greek Teil 11: Die Penelope - YouTube

 

[Xaiver]

Ahhh. Okay, it's starting to make more sense now.

I think that'll probably be the video that I watch while I'm building my first coil. The german bit was what was throwing me off. He's got a good camera, so you can see what's going on, but I don't know what he's saying.

And Imeo's camera is due for an upgrade...no offense.

I have been reading that COV runs out of coils and things relatively quickly. Is that something that I'm going to have to worry about? Buy up a bunch of it when they have some, so that I won't run out in a couple months and have this pretty thing sitting here that I can't use?

 

[CaptSteve]

Imeo has a good HD camera but doesn'y upload HD videos because it takes forever. We all offered to get him a good HD webcam on his birthday so he told us the truth

 

[Xaiver]

Maybe he should do a quick wick-building 101 in HD so that we can see all the little wirey bits.

 

[imeothanasis]

Exept the web camera that is HD I also have another HD camera. Its the panasonic HM-TA1 1920X1080. But the most of the times I make videos to solve some issues that people have so I have to be quick. Also I cant wait for HD videos to be uploaded. I am a little bored by this. But I understand that a HD video is much better. I will try next time to do it like this

no offence Xai axaxaxa

 

[CaptSteve]

Check his YouTube here : SakisGoldenGreek's channel - YouTube

This is an HD resistance wire video Part 1:making Iatty resistance HD 1 - YouTube

Part 2:making Iatty resistance HD 2 - YouTube

 

[Xaiver]

Exept the web camera that is HD I also have another HD camera. Its the panasonic HM-TA1 1920X1080. But the most of the times I make videos to solve some issues that people have so I have to be quick. Also I cant wait for HD videos to be uploaded. I am a little bored by this. But I understand that a HD video is much better. I will try next time to do it like this

no offence Xai axaxaxa

None taken.

Most of your videos that i've seen are good. I'm trying to understand the small details of the wiring, and HD would help a ton with that, that's all i'm saying.

Cheers!

 

[imeothanasis]

I know about quality and I understand what you want. Quality is what I search all my life. I just find it useless to make a very clear video if I have to wait for so long to be uploaded. Its the last thing that I really care. But many people tell me the same so time to do it