i been building coils for a month, but...

[ricobrody91turtlepower]

hello everyone. I have been into rebuildables for about a month now and I cannot seem to get the dense vapor one should get from building your own coils. I use from 28, 30, and 32 gauge kanthal. I build silica wrapped wicks and i do micro coils. Ohms range from .5 to .9 and i still cannot get the vapor.. i get more vapor from my aspire bdc and my protank 2. i made sure my coils aren't touching metal, that they are evenly spaced, that the airholes line up with coils, my battery is freshly charged (vtc5 sony), and that the coils burn from inside towards the outside. to me i believe that the coils are not as intense as it should be, in the sense of heat level. i watch youtube videos constantly and do exactly as the experienced people be do. i do not do any complex builds like diamond coils or twisting my kanthal, just plain and simple coil builds so i shouldn't find anything wrong with them, other than that my coils do not "pop" as hard as i see others. i do not get a lot or even dense vapor, help me please. has anyone has this problem? i really enjoy building coils but this is pretty frustrating. the mechanical mod im using is smoktech magneto, nimbus clone, and a steam turbine. any help advice will do thank you.

 

[_sidekick_]

Have you tried cotton as a wicking material? I was never able to get nearly as much vapor production on silica as I can on cotton. Post a picture of your builds, so that we can see what it looks like and give you advice.

 

[cvedrick]

hello everyone. I have been into rebuildables for about a month now and I cannot seem to get the dense vapor one should get from building your own coils. I use from 28, 30, and 32 gauge kanthal. I build silica wrapped wicks and i do micro coils. Ohms range from .5 to .9 and i still cannot get the vapor.. i get more vapor from my aspire bdc and my protank 2. i made sure my coils aren't touching metal, that they are evenly spaced, that the airholes line up with coils, my battery is freshly charged (vtc5 sony), and that the coils burn from inside towards the outside. to me i believe that the coils are not as intense as it should be, in the sense of heat level. i watch youtube videos constantly and do exactly as the experienced people be do. i do not do any complex builds like diamond coils or twisting my kanthal, just plain and simple coil builds so i shouldn't find anything wrong with them, other than that my coils do not "pop" as hard as i see others. i do not get a lot or even dense vapor, help me please. has anyone has this problem? i really enjoy building coils but this is pretty frustrating. the mechanical mod im using is smoktech magneto, nimbus clone, and a steam turbine. any help advice will do thank you.

Are your coils right up against, I mean darned near touching the air holes? and maybe very slightly above center on them?

How big are your air holes? about 0.8mm? If so you might consider opening them up a bit, like 3/32 or slot then about 1mmx2mm depending on your tools and ability.

Do you maybe have a B&M with employees that actually know what they are doing with a dripper and are willing to help customers? Or a vape meet you can go to?

 

[rob33]

I don't know what rebuildable you are using. Check your air flow. It takes heat, air and juice missing one and you out of the game.

 

[Marc411]

I'm just a rookie but I wa having the same problems and here is what I was doing wrong. Not enough information so I read everything I could here and then took another run at it and finally got what I was looking for in flavor and vapor.

Lining up the air holes with coils was one of my problems and not having enough of the coil exposed so the air could run across it was the other problem. To much cotton on my coils! Now when I build my Omega I pay a lot more attention to the coil placement and how the cotton is laid out in the build.

Probably just beginners luck but it changed everything for me on the RDA's.

 

[DeadbeatJeff]

use cotton, less is more -- should slide easily inside the coil. make sure your cotton isn't blocking the air

make sure the coil is far enough above the air intake so that the air can spread and envelope the coil. if your air is coming in the side: same thing -- close enough to get good venting but far enough away that the incoming air can spread over the coil

 

[sawtoothscream]

Did you open your air holes? for duals I like 2 mm on each side and for single I like 2-3mm if im doing lung hits.