Kanger Aero Tank cotton rebuild. Can it be done?

[TheReign]

since their dual coils i wonder if you could just rebuild them to be single coil like the protank 2? micro or nano coil. i haven't tried rebuilding clearo tanks yet and i was curious to try as i just received my aero tank this morning and it vapes good.( i just figured out all my kinks. ) hoping to see if anyone has tried to do a cotton build on one or if you think it can be done.

Aloha

 

[K_Tech]

Word is, yes. I don't know if I can link to another forum, but there's a thread over at ukvapers.org talking about the rebuild, with pictures. And the person doing the rebuild went with dual coils, to boot.

 

[TheReign]

Word is, yes. I don't know if I can link to another forum, but there's a thread over at ukvapers.org talking about the rebuild, with pictures. And the person doing the rebuild went with dual coils, to boot.

i wonder how hard that could be, i might just try single for now i have two coils that came with it so at least if i get the single working i wont be to S.O.O.L. any threads show a single coil build?

 

[Dandreid]

As I understand it, the Aero tank uses the same coil as the PT3. As long as that is the case, then yes, you can rebuild it with cotton.

I rebuild my PT3 coils in both single and dual coil. With cotton, I have found it easiest to use Peaches and Cream yarn, particularly if I am building dual coils.

For a single coil build it is basically the same as a PT2 coil rebuild. This isn't to hard and there are plenty of vids on youtube and such to show the teardown and assembly of the stock coil.

The problem with dual coil builds on this one is the amount of space. I ended up figuring out a method that stacks the coils (like it is factory built) with a piece of wick between the 2 coils and using 34 gage wire. I also found a multimeter a necessity for dual coil builds on these. If it doesn't go together exactly right, the dual coils will short out at different points during the build. It was extremely frustrating for the first couple of tries, but it gets easier as you go.

Given the time and the (in my opinion) negligible difference in taste and vapor production, I tend to do the single coil builds more, but I'm not sure if that is true with the airflow adjustment on the aero.

 

[ScottP]

LOL this thread wasn't here, so I went and searched around on this topic, didn't find anything and came back here and posted the same question before I saw this thread was created.

After looking at the site mentioned above, it does appear doable but only if you use a flavor wick to separate the two coils to keep them from shorting to each other. In my mind this method of stacking seems like it would almost negate the vapor from the bottom coil AND also be very difficult to get the resistances of both coils to be close enough to the same (so that they fire evenly) without using no-resistance wire leads...due to the different length legs. Depending on the actual resistance of the wire, the coil diameter and length of the legs you may even need to wrap the bottom coil, one wrap more than the top to make up the difference.

Unbalanced coils from the factory may even explain why some people report greatly improved VTF and other say they don't see any difference.

 

[tonyorion]

Dual coils in such a tiny space with all of the potential for problems associated with it?

If you really feel that dual coils give such a great vape as opposed to a cotton rewick with a micro coil, then would you not be better off going for a vaporizer with more room and an easier rebuild?



IMHO, this type of rebuild is like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. You might want to tackle it to prove your technical prowess, but this is one for the law of diminishing returns. In other words, the gain just does not justify the effort.

Of course, you can do whatever you want. While I love to tinker, I also want the time to enjoy my vaping experience. I also do not want to become an alcoholic because such a rebuild would drive me in that direction.

 

[ScottP]

If you really feel that dual coils give such a great vape as opposed to a cotton rewick with a micro coil, then would you not be better off going for a vaporizer with more room and an easier rebuild?

I have never vaped a dual coil so I have no idea how they perform. Not to mention I prefer bottom coil designs and there just doesn't seem to be a dual bottom coil RBA.