Making a coil with only 1 NR wire?

[fright88]

Ok so I was reading the Mesh over the wick with no res wire thread and I noticed a post about someone not using any nr wire on their build. So I got to thinking. And I can't see a reason why a coil with only 1 nr wire wouldn't work about the same as a coil with 2 on the v2/Penelope ceramic housing. Granted depending on how you build your coils and the position of your first coil you might get an extra mm or 2 of res wire but since as I understand it electricity travels the path of least resistance and the nr wire is grounded in the metal channel wouldn't it ground to the first point that the r wire made contact with the ceramic housing metal? If so this might make coil building slightly easier for some.

If I recall correctly when Imeo announced the V2 changes he mentioned being able to only use 1 nr wire but I havn't seen many people mention it.

 

[fright88]

Guess I'll have to try it in a couple days when I rebuild.

 

[bacc.vap]

Guess I'll have to try it in a couple days when I rebuild.

I'm gonna try this also, should'nt be a problem as long as the neg side makes contact at the top of the slot.

 

[Bishopheals]

This was tried by someone not having NR wire and it was done with only resistance wire by twisting two resistance wires and using that as none resistance wire. the heat along channel will be to high especially at .7ohms. u can burn your hand touching the actual device.

 

[fright88]

I can easily see that happening especially on the posative side. However if electricity travels the path of least resistance it should essentially stop flowing through the wire at the point where it makes contact at the ceramic base since that ould be the negative contact point. Either way I will try it next time I rebuild. My current coils are working very well atm and I dislike rebuilding hen it isn't needed.

Again I don't really know much about electricity so it is just a thought

 

[kwalka]

I'm not sure if I'm following you here, but here goes. I have been making my V2/Penny coils with only 1 NR wire ever since they came out. Just on the +side. Is this what your getting at?

 

[fright88]

I'm not sure if I'm following you here, but here goes. I have been making my V2/Penny coils with only 1 NR wire ever since they came out. Just on the +side. Is this what your getting at?

Yes I am guessing it is working ell if you've been doing it for that long.

 

[kwalka]

Yes. No issues at all. I just run the neg. side long and trim it when I trim the wicks.