Kanger subtank occ coil to vertical coil upgrade

[jwleonhart]

So I've been searching the internet to see if I can find anyone who has tried to replace the single occ coil in the Kanger subtank to a vertical coil. It looks like everyone pulls the coil out of the bottom, but is there anyway to remove that top piece from the coil?

Thanks for any help, time to start modding this coil!

 

[beez0527]

Yes you can go to YouTube and check out riptrippers has a good instructional video.

 

[Jazzman]

It's fairly easy to remove the top piece of the coil. I use a small vise to hold the main body of the coil and a pair of pliers with some small rubber pieces so I don't mark up the top. Just twist the top part while lifting a little and it will come off fairly easily. Once the top is off and the bottom pin and insulator removed you can lift out the coil without damaging it and rewick it and reinstall it. The advantage of reusing the coil is that it is a resistance/non resistance coil instead of making a full resistance coil. The original coil doesn't transfer heat to the bottom insulator because of the non resistance wire legs. Wrapping coils with all resistance wire still works well, I just prefer to reuse the original coil. If you use Rips building method you will deform the original coil by pulling it out of the bottom and I haven't had any luck reusing the original coil pulling it out that way. But both methods will work if you just want to make a new coil.

 

[jwleonhart]

Riptrippers only had how to remake the stock occ coil not vertical...

I've made vertical coils with the aerotank but want to try it with this. I'll try it when I get out of work