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[Bronze]

Dust, this is the best I could do with a dirty wick, crappy camera, and a bonehead cameraman.



4 strands of 1mm silica, 10 wraps around a 1.95mm shank. 30 gauge Kanthal. 1.9 ohms.

 

[Dusty_D]

Dust, this is the best I could do with a dirty wick, crappy camera, and a bonehead cameraman.



4 strands of 1mm silica, 10 wraps around a 1.95mm shank. 30 gauge Kanthal. 1.9 ohms.

You wrapped that just yesterday right? Do you notice the "gunking" is rather quick? I've changed coils almost on a daily basis with the NET's..

In the process of building a doubled up 3mm silica coil at this very moment.

Thanks for the pic. Wouldja mind snapping one of the "new" coil before you start using it? I want an idea of how thick the 30 gauge wire looks in a fresh wrap.

 

[Bronze]

You wrapped that just yesterday right? Do you notice the "gunking" is rather quick? I've changed coils almost on a daily basis with the NET's..

In the process of building a doubled up 3mm silica coil at this very moment.

Thanks for the pic. Wouldja mind snapping one of the "new" coil before you start using it? I want an idea of how thick the 30 gauge wire looks in a fresh wrap.

I can wrap a 30 and 32 ga coil without hooking it up to the KF (wickless). Would that help you?

I'm on my second tank of DF with this coil and it's still hitting like a raped ape.

 

[Bronze]

Dust...here is the 30 gauge. 10 wraps. Are you squeezing/heating the coil after you wrap?

 

[Dusty_D]

Dust...here is the 30 gauge. 10 wraps. Are you squeezing/heating the coil after you wrap?

I'm not going to micro until I get some real 30g. That 32 is a pain to work.. even if I did manage to get lucky that first coil I did. I've gone back to 4/5 wraps of 32 with doubled up 3mm silica. 2 ohm on the money..

 

[Bronze]

That works as well as the micro coil. And probably as well as a dual coil and all those other smoke stacks those guys on the KF thread make. These young bucks overthink stuff sometimes.

 

[smitighe]

That works as well as the micro coil. And probably as well as a dual coil and all those other smoke stacks those guys on the KF thread make. These young bucks overthink stuff sometimes.

Problem is is that people are never satisfied. Always chasing the dragon. Want better then the best at no expense. I am happy with my 1.1ohm coil. The vape is great so why push it. I still experiment but damn. I don't need 16 coils and .1 ohm coils. If its a good vape I just leave it.


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[Dusty_D]

Smitty, is it you that uses Ekowool or is it Xfoo? Need the most practical applications of Ekowool for Drippers and in tanks like RSST and AGA-T+.

 

[Bronze]

Problem is is that people are never satisfied. Always chasing the dragon. Want better then the best at no expense. I am happy with my 1.1ohm coil. The vape is great so why push it. I still experiment but damn. I don't need 16 coils and .1 ohm coils. If its a good vape I just leave it.


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Exactly! Some of the power plants these guys build are ridiculous.

 

[DavidOH]

Well my Vamo was giving me trouble with misfires and not feeling like the power was all there. So I worked the top off. It decided to let go suddenly and I broke both wires. Plugged in the iron and found new wires that were a little bigger than the ones that broke. They still fit in the hole. Sprayed the fire button with cleaner. Started to put it back together but was having trouble. Had to figure out how to hold the board, the wire and soldier it at the same time. Vise grips are your friend. Got it back together and all seems well so far. Making sure my back up Spinner is charged just in case.

 

[Bronze]

Well my Vamo was giving me trouble with misfires and not feeling like the power was all there. So I worked the top off. It decided to let go suddenly and I broke both wires. Plugged in the iron and found new wires that were a little bigger than the ones that broke. They still fit in the hole. Sprayed the fire button with cleaner. Started to put it back together but was having trouble. Had to figure out how to hold the board, the wire and soldier it at the same time. Vise grips are your friend. Got it back together and all seems well so far. Making sure my back up Spinner is charged just in case.

That's the trouble with mods that are not named Provari. They break easily by comparison. The VAMO is feature-filled but they do break. I still like mine though and has given me little trouble. The finish is worn off and the right button doesn't click anymore (but it works).

David, I'm assuming that top is pressed on. How did you pull it off. I have a mini vise (older than dirt) with notches on both jaws so it can grab a circle at four points. I would probably use that if I had to. Do you think you could have shot the cleaner in from the outside?

 

[LeoRex]

I now have almost 300' of 32 gauge wire and 0' of 30 gauge.

Well, you can always try a braided/twisted coil. I've seen quite a few builds that have mutli-strand coils. I don't remember where I saw it, but I think I heard someone recently mention that they had a three strand 32g coil that was somewhere around .8 ohm...

Just a thought... My 32g is going to gather dust at this point as I move away from clearos and pretty much vape RD/BAs with 28g wire exclusively. I was going to try to make a 2 and 3 wire twisted coils and see what I come up with.

 

[Dusty_D]

Well, you can always try a braided/twisted coil. I've seen quite a few builds that have mutli-strand coils. I don't remember where I saw it, but I think I heard someone recently mention that they had a three strand 32g coil that was somewhere around .8 ohm...

Just a thought... My 32g is going to gather dust at this point as I move away from clearos and pretty much vape RD/BAs with 28g wire exclusively. I was going to try to make a 2 and 3 wire twisted coils and see what I come up with.

You read my mind, LeoRex. I was going to give that a shot in my RSST's and AGA-T+.

Thoughts on using just 3mm Ekowool torched in the RSST/AGA's? Few wraps of twisted 32 up top.. would it work?!

 

[LeoRex]

That's the trouble with mods that are not named Provari.

MECHS! No circuits to fail, no wires to break, and the buttons are mostly just solid metal pins that won't break. Only fancy bit I have in there is a Kamry fuse on the negative contact.

Love my K100... with a 18350 in there and a KSST on top, its a compact little vape machine.

I converted my RSST to an auto-dripper last night... Got a 1.3ohm coil on there with some cotton, just enough to sit in the tank and a little tuft on the other end above the coil... keeps the cotton snug in the coil and I guess adds a little to the flavor. You can see the bottom bit in the window. A couple of tips gets the bottom of the wick wet and it does a suprisingly good job of keeping saturated. I haven't added anything to the tuft up top, and it's still gooey.

 

[Bronze]

MECHS! No circuits to fail, no wires to break, and the buttons are mostly just solid metal pins that won't break. Only fancy bit I have in there is a Kamry fuse on the negative contact.

Love my K100... with a 18350 in there and a KSST on top, its a compact little vape machine.

I converted my RSST to an auto-dripper last night... Got a 1.3ohm coil on there with some cotton, just enough to sit in the tank and a little tuft on the other end above the coil... keeps the cotton snug in the coil and I guess adds a little to the flavor. You can see the bottom bit in the window. A couple of tips gets the bottom of the wick wet and it does a suprisingly good job of keeping saturated. I haven't added anything to the tuft up top, and it's still gooey.

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You got me there but I meant regulated mods (which may be the essence of the word).

I don't have a true mech but will some day soon. I want to go subohm on my Genny.

Is that window frosty or is it just full of vapor?

 

[LeoRex]

Is that window frosty or is it just full of vapor?

It's frostly (it's a polypro tank). I guess the earlier RSSTs were polycarb... but they must have got complaints. Since its PP, that should be safe for all but the meanest juices (cinnamon oil I think is the only no-no)... I've seen a pic out there of a failing tank. Guess they had some kind of surface-of-the-sun red hot cinnamon juice in there that did a number on it.

 

[tntmux]

Do you guys burn your wick and coil with a torch before using them? My new ekowool 1.5mm is giving me very little juice flavor (so little that I can almost ignore it) and very intensive horrible plastic burn taste. I am thinking maybe it is time to buy a butane jet torch..

 

[Bronze]

Do you guys burn your wick and coil with a torch before using them? My new ekowool 1.5mm is giving me very little juice flavor (so little that I can almost ignore it) and very intensive horrible plastic burn taste. I am thinking maybe it is time to buy a butane jet torch..

Not the wick. But I torch the coil just to take the springiness out of it. Then again when I'm making a micro coil. I haven't used ekowool but never heard it accused of lacking flavor.

 

[XfooYen]

Well my Vamo was giving me trouble with misfires and not feeling like the power was all there. So I worked the top off. It decided to let go suddenly and I broke both wires. Plugged in the iron and found new wires that were a little bigger than the ones that broke. They still fit in the hole. Sprayed the fire button with cleaner. Started to put it back together but was having trouble. Had to figure out how to hold the board, the wire and soldier it at the same time. Vise grips are your friend. Got it back together and all seems well so far. Making sure my back up Spinner is charged just in case.

Weak power and misfires are a symptom of insufficient contact with the positive post. Were you using a Kanger Protank, by any chance? Those have a habit of making weak contact with certain mods whose pin lays flat. Protank positive pins are notoriously shallow and often make weak contact. It's happened to me many times with those things.

 

[Bronze]

Weak power and misfires are a symptom of insufficient contact with the positive post. Were you using a Kanger Protank, by any chance? Those have a habit of making weak contact with certain mods whose pin lays flat. Protank positive pins are notoriously shallow and often make weak contact. It's happened to me many times with those things.

Same problem with Kanger's T2's that goes back a long ways. Don't know why Kanger cannot correct that problem.