2 mm nine wraps of 30ga , I annealed the wire first , clamped it with hemo's and used cigarette lighter till it glowed , dry fired and compressed it nice and tight .
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Can you give us some specs on your coil, Retic; wire gauge, diameter, # of wraps, etc.?
Also, how do you hang your wicks? (A picture is worth a thousand words.)
If you posted before I may have missed it...
I'm gonna wrap a couple 30g microcoils in a slightly bigger diameter; one at 7/64" and another at ⅛" just to see how they compare resistance wise and whether I can get that 3mm silica inside or around one of 'em.
My early stock of HHV is coming up on a year now and I want to start using the KFMini in dripper mode to test them regularly. I'm thinking silica would do well as I can just rinse and dry burn through a bunch of flavors.
Have to vape the DF out of it first though...
My early stock of HHV is coming up on a year now and I want to start using the KFMini in dripper mode to test them regularly. I'm thinking silica would do well as I can just rinse and dry burn through a bunch of flavors.
Have to vape the DF out of it first though...
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One thought I had was the consistency of the P&C yarn you are using. Is it the same thickness throughout the package? Is it the same wickability throughout? Etc... Unlike Kanthal wire, I suspect there is not a whole lot of QC concerning the yarn thickness consistency. Is it possible you were getting thicker yarn on these latest wick jobs and it was getting pinched? Possible.
I re-wicked again this morning (off for ortho appointment) again with all 4 strands. Left wicks long enough to lay along the deck (but not get pinched in the threading) and kept them twisted up. They tend to untwist as I was manipulating them, and I didn't think it mattered. (noticed this on Dusty's recent picture of his wick/coil) So far so good, no priming.
I re-wicked again this morning (off for ortho appointment) again with all 4 strands. Left wicks long enough to lay along the deck (but not get pinched in the threading) and kept them twisted up. They tend to untwist as I was manipulating them, and I didn't think it mattered. (noticed this on Dusty's recent picture of his wick/coil) So far so good, no priming.
Bridge, I use silica. It looks like a mophead. I just wet it down with juice and stuff it down the sides. I pay no mind. I just cram it down there.
Wife is stuck on the road. Gotta go retrieve her. She's all in a panic. Good thing it's in the neighborhood.
I re-wicked again this morning (off for ortho appointment) again with all 4 strands. Left wicks long enough to lay along the deck (but not get pinched in the threading) and kept them twisted up. They tend to untwist as I was manipulating them, and I didn't think it mattered. (noticed this on Dusty's recent picture of his wick/coil) So far so good, no priming.
Well, maybe it's the length of wicks then. I wasn't sure if the twisting really mattered. It's working tho, and that does matter.
I posted the specs probably while you were typing this , if I get by BK's sometime for a beer drinking coil wrapping session I'll have BK post pics , I have a camera but the browser on this playstation is very limited , BK was more concerned about the amount of cotton used than the actual coil itself although I can make them a lot better now than 3 months ago , that R91% clone was a picky PITA compared to the 3.1's but I wasn't gonna go down without fight .
I picked up a skein of the P & C yarn but I haven't gotten around to using it , the organic cottonballs are working so well for me that I'm reluctant to fix what ain't broke .
My .... retentiveness would have me measuring and weighing those cotton ball pieces...
Agree Retic. No point in monkeying with it if it doesn't need monkeying.
Bridget the cotton balls are actually sheets of cotton rolled into a ball , you can unroll them and it gives you a sheet of cotton about two inches across , at that point you can measure and cut it , I unroll it and it helps me stay consistent in the amount I use .My .... retentiveness would have me measuring and weighing those cotton ball pieces...
I have not come across that here. I do have around 300 cotton balls sitting in a bag on my shelf though, right beside two 80m skeins of yarn.
Try unrolling a couple Dusty , I'm sure they're probably all made that way , it enables them to make the balls all the same size , you might have to tear it a little to start unrolling them .I have not come across that here. I do have around 300 cotton balls sitting in a bag on my shelf though, right beside two 80m skeins of yarn.
I've done that, but they are not of a consistent thickness, and they shred unevenly.. drives me nuts!!
I'm on Bridgets team about cotton yarn.
HMMMM. could be a difference in manufacturers , the ones I use are pretty consistent in thickness and I use a scissors to cut it with , I don't shred it but to each their own , I'll try the cotton yarn when I'm in the mood to experiment .I've done that, but they are not of a consistent thickness, and they shred unevenly.. drives me nuts!! I'm on Bridgets team about cotton yarn.
I have not come across that here. I do have around 300 cotton balls sitting in a bag on my shelf though, right beside two 80m skeins of yarn.
And 8 billion miles of Kanthal.
I finally had to change the wick in the HC3.1 tonite... it lasted thru 8 full tanks of Legend at an avg Wattage of 9.5.
I was expecting some dark monster of tarred tenticles reaching upwards oozing a foul goo from its ends, But to my suprise, the cotton was not even as dark as a yard egg. Altho the coil was about 3 times thicker due to carbon build up....
I removed the cotton burned off the coil and used a dental pick to remove the stuff that didnt "blow" off. Replaced the cotton, primed it up, put on the chimney tube/cap and the tank sleeve, filled it up and capped it. Working just as good as when I got it going the first time...
looks like my supply of kanthal and cotton is going to last me 7 yrs instead of the projected 6 months...
I was expecting some dark monster of tarred tenticles reaching upwards oozing a foul goo from its ends, But to my suprise, the cotton was not even as dark as a yard egg. Altho the coil was about 3 times thicker due to carbon build up....
I removed the cotton burned off the coil and used a dental pick to remove the stuff that didnt "blow" off. Replaced the cotton, primed it up, put on the chimney tube/cap and the tank sleeve, filled it up and capped it. Working just as good as when I got it going the first time...
looks like my supply of kanthal and cotton is going to last me 7 yrs instead of the projected 6 months...
Well, maybe it's the length of wicks then. I wasn't sure if the twisting really mattered. It's working tho, and that does matter.
Awesome.. cotton works better when it can soak, rather than wick, if that makes any sense... at least that I've found. I have it laying across the whole deck and I only occasionally have to prime it, and then only when I'm chain vaping.
Good to see it's working though.
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