Hey.. a couple thoughts here...
First question, are you using simple round wire on that 316L? Or is it Clapton wire?
I ask because TC sometimes has a difficult time reading Clapton wires, and does better with straight round wire.
As for the Fresia, it sounds like you have it set for MTL, whereas you can set it for RL..
Overall though, it sounds great! You've learned a lot...you'll definitely have to figure out what DL RTA's there are which will fit that Pico...
Was provided some AVS 28/36 claptons by a lovely person here : )
The major issue I see is the TCR resistance factor the range SS has for the Pico device. It handles the wide range of 1 - 2 with Ni200 easy and very well. Not so well with the 1 - 1.2 range of SS (just less points for the Pico to read and therefore adjust from). And with this comes far less control with PID on the Pico. I'm sure ya'll hear more of my ramblings on that at some point...
Dadburn tooting it was/is great! Love learning... and I'm working out which 24-25mm I'll be getting ; )
70w preheat is pretty wicked for a 6w or 12w build. SS tc isn't really necessary at that low wattage. Try just using power mode with normal ramp.
100% agree, I actually have PID temp control take over when it gets to 85% of set temp. So not there long and variable depending on atty temp (sometimes never makes it to 40 watts on preheat). And yes, VW is much better imo with this build and SS but I can tell the vape is quite dependent on airflow/draw. I likely will use VW often but think TC will be the go to.
If your Pico has "Smart" mode, you might give that a try.
Yes, I tested it and it works well so far. Looked at my coil range and changed the setting from 10 to 15% and turned it on : ) Goes to the first profile with that coil setting every time so far...I'll always check though ; )
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@Kennneth, those ohms seem on the low side for MTL vaping.use of this.
Yea, I'm just learning and experimenting and will continue to do so and all advice is listened too : ) MTL, DL, MTL... Arrgh! Lol, actually see doing both as the MTL on the Fresia is quite nice. A deep flavor cigar juice, when the mood strikes : )
Maybe worth everything or nothing. But I thought I read somewhere that TC is also affected by attys. .
I think you whacked that nail pretty square there! Yea, a lot of factors go into that perfect vape ; )
As I fully disclose, I'm a noob, but I'd check and see if your TC coil resistance (during heating goes up out of the range your mod is capable of). Can at least rule something out and maybe give another clue as to the issue you have/had.
I have used a serpent elevate in TC mode every day for the last 4-5months. No problems that I can recall. SS 316L pretty much exclusively.
Yea, a fellow TC'er! What mod you use? I think you've said but I forgot ; )
With some mods you have to tweak TCR values.
Yea, good advice! I set for 316L but preset SS is so close and with Pico control on SS not much different (i.e. couldn't tell any). Again, single device experience on my part : ). I plan to do some nefarious things with these values to see what I can do with waveform shaping that PID may not be able to do...goes something like this...
60.....400.....420.....440.....460.....480.....500.....572
1.......1.17....1.2......1.17....1.2......1.17...1.2......1.25
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME! Ya, been warned ; )
Really happy and surprised at the Melo. Good performer for me with 0.15 Ni200. Eats batteries though. With that said, I like all 3 but in different ways. Pretty sure will be rocking the Serpent mostly in the coming days as a big benefit it has is with less energy usage to get a great vape in TC, the atty doesn't get as warm and vaping 10-20 times over 5 minutes is a more consistent experience than the Melo (heat build up changes flavor profile even with same vape temps being achieved).
I learned a tremendous amount and 1 thing surprised me. First I did non-space and she glowed correctly after a brush job. Some amount of wick. No leaking vaped good about 2ml. Ok, lets experiment, took apart spaced and raised coil. Thought, might as well learn about wicking (she wicked fine before) so I intentionally used what I though was very little wick, about 50% of what I used first time expecting it to leak. It was fluffed and still filled the vent circumference with contact all around. Didin't leak overnight or in use. My surprise, the large range of ok wick amount!
Leak.....>|<........................Wicks ok...................................>|<.......not wicking
IMO ; )
Well, enough rambling, need to go do some stuff, and many THANKS to everyone : )
