Is this a good starting mech mod setup?

[Conanevans]

It's is a caravela mech mod (not clone) running on a 18350 AWG 4.7volt 700mah battery with a nimbus RDA with a 3.8-3.9ohm coil. Not sure what style but I wrapped it myself and it fires up nicely and produces a moderate amount of vapor for a single coil build. I have candy cane juice (100pg, 12nic) lavender lemonade (80pg20vg, 6nic) both from mount baker vapors. Then I have a flavor I custom made called MBC, it's mango banana cola with a hint of melon (60pg, 40vg, 6nic) then kiwi (100vg, 6nic) both from northwest vapor trails. Just wondering if this is good to start out with or if there is anything I should upgrade. Maybe battery? Any juice suggestions? Mech mods? RDAs? Anything helps thank you just wanna get more into mech mods and rebuilding and understand more about batteries and such.

 

[xanatos333]

Seems like a decent setup to me. I would suggest getting a battery with a higher mah rating to it just to give yourself longer vape time. 3.8-3.9 ohms on the coil seems a little too high as your only vaping around 4.5 watts of power. For single coil builds I use a micro coil with 30 awg kanthal with a 1/16 diameter at 2 ohms +/- .2 ohms and cotton as a wick. For dual coil builds I've been trying out 32 awg kanthal microcoil at 4 ohms per coil and 1/16 diameter.

 

[inanitydefined]

you're really running a 3.8ohm coil? Did you tighten both posts well, the nimbus needs some tightening some times that can cause it to look high resistance. that coil doesn't look nearly that high.... so long as your batteries are aw IMR you'll be good but don't subohm with them, staying above 0.9 is a good idea with such a small cell.

Make sure you have a good meter, a good charger, and good batteries. Personally I will only use sony vtc 18650. I would stay away from efest and EH, its not worth the dollar per cell you save, your piece of mind is worth more than that, let alone your fingers/teeth.
And get lots of wire, youre going to need it. Make some room where you keep your mods/atties. you'll need that too

 

[porkchopbun]

If you want to stay in 350 mode, at least get Efest 10 amp purple one. Your equipment is fine battery is kinda iffy. You sure it's 3.8 ohm coil, careful on that, sounds like something is not secure. What gauge wire are you using, 36?


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[KingClouds]

i enjoyed watching the rip tripper videos, he has alot of coil builds on his youtube channel and his camera is amazing so it makes it easy to follow haha
He reviews mods and attys as well
as for liquids i havent found too many as im still pretty new to vapeing
how much did you pay for the real caravela? really nice mod!

 

[KenD]

A lot of the information you list makes no sense, which makes me a bit worried. No batteries used in tube mechs are 4.7v (also, I'm not familiar with AWG batteries, do you mean AW?) and 3.8-3.9 ohms for a coil is really high (particularly on a mech), and your coil certainly looks to be far lower. You need to know the chemistry of your batteries and their amp rating, and the correct resistance of your coil and how to measure it. Battery safety is key. Read Baditude's battery blog on this forum.

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[havinfun1]

It's is a caravela mech mod (not clone)

It's a clone, hope you didn't get taken on price.

 

[inanitydefined]

If you want to stay in 350 mode, at least get Efest 10 amp purple one. Your equipment is fine battery is kinda iffy. You sure it's 3.8 ohm coil, careful on that, sounds like something is not secure. What gauge wire are you using, 36?


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I would avoid the barney batteries, their ratings are pulse, not continuous. For example, the 35 amp cell is actually only a 20 amp cell the way every other company on the planet rates them. that would make the purple 18350 a 5-6 amp battery. I'm pretty sure his/her cell is an AW IMR, which is by far a superior battery to anything efest has

 

[tj99959]

The # on your Caravela tells me it's a HCigar clone. I have one just like it. (my favorite PV BTW)
Coil is not bad for a first try, but the wrap is tight at the - terminal, and loose at the + terminal, try to keep your wraps even. Also a 4 wrap coil shouldn't be 3.8 ohms. What wire did you use to be that high?

18350's are a poor choice IMO. 18490's are a far better choice if you wish to stay small. Just make sure they are safe chemistry (IMR). AW IMR 18490's are 16 amp compaired to the ~5 amp battery you are using now.

 

[deizblood]

Nice !!!

 

[Conanevans]

you're really running a 3.8ohm coil? Did you tighten both posts well, the nimbus needs some tightening some times that can cause it to look high resistance. that coil doesn't look nearly that high.... so long as your batteries are aw IMR you'll be good but don't subohm with them, staying above 0.9 is a good idea with such a small cell.

Make sure you have a good meter, a good charger, and good batteries. Personally I will only use sony vtc 18650. I would stay away from efest and EH, its not worth the dollar per cell you save, your piece of mind is worth more than that, let alone your fingers/teeth.
And get lots of wire, youre going to need it. Make some room where you keep your mods/atties. you'll need that too

Yeah mate I figured out the left[-] post was loose. I finally got a real legit volt metering was using a MVP and I redid the coils same 4 spaced wraps and found it was 2.0 exactly! is that good? Quote me in your reply


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[Conanevans]

A lot of the information you list makes no sense, which makes me a bit worried. No batteries used in tube mechs are 4.7v (also, I'm not familiar with AWG batteries, do you mean AW?) and 3.8-3.9 ohms for a coil is really high (particularly on a mech), and your coil certainly looks to be far lower. You need to know the chemistry of your batteries and their amp rating, and the correct resistance of your coil and how to measure it. Battery safety is key. Read Baditude's battery blog on this forum.

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Yeah mate I figured out the left[-] post was loose. I finally got a real legit volt metering was using a MVP and I redid the coils same 4 spaced wraps and found it was 2.0 exactly! is that good? Quote me in your reply



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[inanitydefined]

Yeah mate I figured out the left[-] post was loose. I finally got a real legit volt metering was using a MVP and I redid the coils same 4 spaced wraps and found it was 2.0 exactly! is that good? Quote me in your reply


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that sounds more in line. If its vaping well for you, its good. Your 18350 will be safe at that resistance

 

[Weizenheimer]

That wire doesn't look thin enough for 4 wraps to be almost 4 ohms.

 

[30+Years]

Yeah mate I figured out the left[-] post was loose. I finally got a real legit volt metering was using a MVP and I redid the coils same 4 spaced wraps and found it was 2.0 exactly! is that good? Quote me in your reply

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I'm guessing that the MVP was reading fine and it was the loose post that was the cause of it reading at 4 ohm's.

 

[younglioncity]

not recoomended becuase of the trouble...

 

[younglioncity]

u have to recoil and check ohm and many else

 

[younglioncity]

use a digital mod like itaste

 

[lightbud404]

nice setup. If you don't mind me asking, how much did the mod cost you and where did you get it from?

 

[Bigflyrodder]

Clones or not that set up should treat you well. That set up, if authentic, would run you probably $350 give or take so if you didn't pay anywhere near that then what you're running are clones. Really doesn't matter as they will perform just about the same.

Like all have said make sure you understand battery safety, run good batteries, know their limits, and stay within them. Get yourself an ohms law calc which you can get for iPhone, iPad, droid, etc for free to know what the safe zones are and go from there.

Be safe, ask all the questions you have, and enjoy!