Help with RDA question?

[Woodsy Vape]

I'm not new to vaping I'm just new to rda's I've researched a lot about them and i now have a steamboat rda (tugboat v2 clone) on the way was just wondering if it was possible to do a sleeper build on it if you don't know what that is rip trippers had a vid and it's a build where only one strand of kanthal creates 2 coils that would fire at the exact same rate.

 

[MotoMudder]

Might be possible, but would be a huge PITA with a juice well thats almost the same height as the holes for wire in the posts.
On that note, I dont have that RDA, and I just judged pictures of it

 

[dcfluegel]

are you new to coil building also? sleeper build might be a little tricky right out of the gate

 

[suprtrkr]

Hi and welcome to the board. It might be possible, although I'd probably prefer to try it with a deeper well. Why would you want to? I never had any trouble getting 2 independent coils to fire evenly.

 

[Woodsy Vape]

Hi and welcome to the board. It might be possible, although I'd probably prefer to try it with a deeper well. Why would you want to? I never had any trouble getting 2 independent coils to fire evenly.

I would want to just for the vapor production I heard it's a good one for clouds

 

[Woodsy Vape]

are you new to coil building also? sleeper build might be a little tricky right out of the gate

Yes this will be my first coil I build once everything arrives

 

[thomas l]

it can be done did it in my tugboat v2 clone

 

[suprtrkr]

I would want to just for the vapor production I heard it's a good one for clouds

Let me suggest you search this forum for the sleeper coil builds; it is the general consensus they are no better or worse for vapor than dual independent coils. This has been my experience as well. Given you are new to coil building, I would suggest you start out with normal duals and proceed to sleepers, if you can find a reason to do so, once you have gained some experience. Trust me when I tell you there's a learning curve involved in coil building. Please yourself, of course. but this is my advice.

 

[Woodsy Vape]

Let me suggest you search this forum for the sleeper coil builds; it is the general consensus they are no better or worse for vapor than dual independent coils. This has been my experience as well. Given you are new to coil building, I would suggest you start out with normal duals and proceed to sleepers, if you can find a reason to do so, once you have gained some experience. Trust me when I tell you there's a learning curve involved in coil building. Please yourself, of course. but this is my advice.

Alright thanks any way you could link me to a 3 post rda dual build on YouTube?

 

[suprtrkr]

Alright thanks any way you could link me to a 3 post rda dual build on YouTube?

Not off the bat, I'm on my tablet and the mobile site doesn't do links as far as I know. Tomorrow if I remember to come back and look, or somebody else will.

 

[Woodsy Vape]

Not off the bat, I'm on my tablet and the mobile site doesn't do links as far as I know. Tomorrow if I remember to come back and look, or somebody else will.

Alright thanks any way how would I figure out how many wraps / what gauge of kanthal would come out to a .3-.5 ohm coil right now I only have 22g and 24g

 

[Romano Cheese]

I am vaping a Steamboat RDA as I type this. I say just make 2 separate coils and put them in and vape it.

 

[Woodsy Vape]

I am vaping a Steamboat RDA as I type this. I say just make 2 separate coils and put them in and vape it.

What would be the safe wattage for that build I will be using it on my sigelei 150w box mod

 

[Romano Cheese]

@Woodsy Vape start at 30w, see how it vapes, bump it up to 40w, see how it vapes, bump it up to 50w, see how it vapes. I normally run my .3Ω dual coil build on mine at 40-50w.

 

[MotoMudder]

Alright thanks any way how would I figure out how many wraps / what gauge of kanthal would come out to a .3-.5 ohm coil right now I only have 22g and 24g

Coil wrapping | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators

 

[MotoMudder]

steam engine also shows a little flame icon in the results tab that has adjustable wattage to find what wattage is best. green is good

 

[thomas l]

could do this one it works well

 

[Baditude]

As a beginner to coil building, keep things as simple as possible innitially. K.I.S.S. (keep it simple, stupid).

You can get as much vapor with a simple coil as any exotic build. Other important factors come into play: air flow, wire density, wicking, heat flux, etc. Keep it simple and then try the exotic builds if you'd like.

 

[thailand]

Alright thanks any way how would I figure out how many wraps / what gauge of kanthal would come out to a .3-.5 ohm coil right now I only have 22g and 24g

Just to chime in, 2.25 ID, 5 wraps, 26 gauge Kanthal just about always nets me ~0.6 ohms per coil. I would venture a guess that 24 gauge at that ID and wrap would get you to your desired range.

 

[josh w]

22 g with those dimensions usually gets me .28-.32 range if I remember correctly. But please make sure you understand what your doing before getting too crazy. Boom is a bad way to say "that didn't work."