Igo-L on an eVic. Voltage and wattage question

[GMayberry]

I have an Igo-L on an eVic, wrapped single coil at 1.2Ω, with organic cotton. I have the eVic set to auto adjust voltage to wattage. Currently, it is running 4.1v, and 11.0w. Should I change this or is that a good range? This is my first week building coils, so please excuse the possibly stupid question.

 

[e-pipeman]

Hi,

If your coil shows up at 1.2, try the rule of thumb (volts, not watts. You can have fun with that later). Add 2. So start off at 3.2v and nudge it up .1v at a time - until it just tastes great (which it will!).

Stick with volts to start with imho - but if you swap tops all the time then ymmv. Just enjoy vaping!

 

[Myk]

I've had the same set up at one time or another.

I don't know that eVics auto adjust, or I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Find your sweet spot like e-pipeman said. (But you can't, and I'll explain why.)
But in my experience with the eVic and building, you're better off with 1.5Ω-1.8Ω coils on drippers. eVic has a 2.5 amp limit. That means at 1.2Ω you are stuck at 3v (eVic's lowest voltage limit) and 7.5w.

If you go to 1.5Ω you can get up to 3.75v and 9.37w.
1.8Ω lets you get to 4.5v and hit the 11w limit (so you won't get all the way to 4.5v).

You won't notice the 2.5 amp limit by what you see. Unlike the voltage and wattage limits which stop adjusting the 2.5 amp limit just doesn't happen. I'm not sure what happens when you go below 1.2Ω but mine do fire 1Ω.

Right now on my Igo-L'ed eVic I have a 1.6Ω twisted ribbon coil set to 3.6v/7.6w. It could go to 4v/10w if I wanted (and I rarely want stuff over 4v so I'm good at 1.6Ω).

 

[crxess]

Average dripper on a not so dripper friendly Regulated mod.

I have 2 eVics. I don't use my drippers on either. eVic prefers 1.5 to 3.0ohm coils.

If you have not done so yet, drill the IGO-L air hole at least 2x larger and put it on a cheap mechanical mod for better performance. Coils at 1.0-1.4 ohms. Save any Low ohm tinkering for later with Dual Coils.

 

[Myk]

Average dripper on a not so dripper friendly Regulated mod.

I have 2 eVics. I don't use my drippers on either. eVic prefers 1.5 to 3.0ohm coils.

If you have not done so yet, drill the IGO-L air hole at least 2x larger and put it on a cheap mechanical mod for better performance. Coils at 1.0-1.4 ohms. Save any Low ohm tinkering for later with Dual Coils.

I love my Igo-L, of course I only have an Igo-W and a real piece of crap to compare to. I'm not that thrilled with dual coils so that puts my L at the top of my list. I guess I do have an Immortalizer but that's not a normal dripper to me.

The only problem I had with eVic and the Igo-L was jumping to too big of a hole. It would pour if tipped a little too far and I always seemed to forget to turn the hole side up before changing the battery.
Leaking liquid on an eVic's button and especially ring is really not friendly.

I plugged and redrilled it and no problems now.

I wouldn't put a dual hole on an eVic because the leaks really screw with that ring.

 

[GMayberry]

As for the auto adjusting, when I set it up originally, I had an option for "auto" so as I dial up the voltage, the wattage automatically goes up with it. I have started around 3.1v or so and gone up from there. As a "control test" I use Mothers Milk. 4.1v does seem to be it's sweet spot to me, and that is where the eVic is setting itself at 11w. It is firing very well, and I am getting a very good vape from it.

For the air hole, yes I have drilled it out and have it right in front of the coil.

Also I have ordered a Nemi clone and a Tobh dripper for it as well. As mentioned in the OP, this is my first week or so getting into building coils, so I am just getting started!

 

[Myk]

As for the auto adjusting, when I set it up originally, I had an option for "auto" so as I dial up the voltage, the wattage automatically goes up with it. I have started around 3.1v or so and gone up from there. As a "control test" I use Mothers Milk. 4.1v does seem to be it's sweet spot to me, and that is where the eVic is setting itself at 11w. It is firing very well, and I am getting a very good vape from it.

For the air hole, yes I have drilled it out and have it right in front of the coil.

Also I have ordered a Nemi clone and a Tobh dripper for it as well. As mentioned in the OP, this is my first week or so getting into building coils, so I am just getting started!

That's not what "Auto" is.

Auto is an auto fire button. You set the time it will fire for. When you click the button you can let the button off and it will fire for your setting.
I used it for a while testing batteries. I had it set for 5 seconds. I'd click the button and let off. Each firing would be 5 seconds long.

That way I could see how many puffs battery A gave me vs battery B and know that I wasn't messing up the results by holding the button longer with one than the other.

You can override the auto function by holding the button in longer than you have it set for. So if you have it set for 2 seconds and hold the button for 5 seconds you won't notice that auto is on.

The reason W adjusts with V is because the screen shows it, and it seems eVic V and W limits are tied to each other, the first limit you hit stops adjusting.
(As opposed to a Vamo which seems to be able to go higher than it's 15w limit if you use the voltage setting and don't hit the 5a limit, but I tested that by taste not a testing device, but the difference tasted pretty obvious to me.)

 

[GMayberry]

That's not what "Auto" is.

Auto is an auto fire button. You set the time it will fire for. When you click the button you can let the button off and it will fire for your setting.
I used it for a while testing batteries. I had it set for 5 seconds. I'd click the button and let off. Each firing would be 5 seconds long.

That way I could see how many puffs battery A gave me vs battery B and know that I wasn't messing up the results by holding the button longer with one than the other.

You can override the auto function by holding the button in longer than you have it set for. So if you have it set for 2 seconds and hold the button for 5 seconds you won't notice that auto is on.

The reason W adjusts with V is because the screen shows it, and it seems eVic V and W limits are tied to each other, the first limit you hit stops adjusting.
(As opposed to a Vamo which seems to be able to go higher than it's 15w limit if you use the voltage setting and don't hit the 5a limit, but I tested that by taste not a testing device, but the difference tasted pretty obvious to me.)

That explains it!! Thank you! It was apparently set to 3 seconds. I just didn't know it. So what I am thinking of as "auto adjusting" is just what the eVic does on it's own, regardless of what I want huh? Got it!

 

[jaz2099]

Hey OP, I was wondering how you built your Igo-L because I'm trying to do the same thing, but I keep getting the "atomizer short" message.

This is my first run at building coils, so I'm looking for a decent tutorial or something.

I'm using 28 gauge kanthal and ekowool. Even before I put in the ekowool the ohms range wildly as I adjust the wire, and when I screw the post down I get the short message. Trying to do a dual coil is looking impossible

 

[GMayberry]

Hey OP, I was wondering how you built your Igo-L because I'm trying to do the same thing, but I keep getting the "atomizer short" message.

This is my first run at building coils, so I'm looking for a decent tutorial or something.

I'm using 28 gauge kanthal and ekowool. Even before I put in the ekowool the ohms range wildly as I adjust the wire, and when I screw the post down I get the short message. Trying to do a dual coil is looking impossible

What ohm is it reading at when you build it? The eVic will display that message if you try to fire a coil below 1. You will find lots of help here on ECF and you can also YouTube Rip Tripper videos and learn some simple builds, and some more complex ones. Have fun! It is worth learning!! Here was one I watched and tried today. The diamond coil.