Micro Coils to increase Vapor, flavor & TH

[liveone]

Hey guys just stumbled across this thread today at work. Couldn't wait to try this! Here's my first attempt. I wrapped 10 wraps with 30 gauge kanthal around a 1/16 inch nail and rolled up some cotton on my IGO-L(this thing is beast). The flavor is definitely different... the only way I can describe it is cleaner... somewhat more "pure?"

Why does your cotton have an afro?

 

[FogHawg]

Thanks for the Phiniac link darkzero. Of course they're OOS.

 

[pdib]

Why does your cotton have an afro?

Clearly, you haven't heard of the "Afro-Cotton All Stars"?

 

[maxmonster]

I dunno...

 

[gotalotgoingon]

How to Build a Micro Coil - YouTube

I am not a "professional" director so it is rough but it will give people an idea of one way to build a micro.

 

[super_X_drifter]

Haha! I'm just following behind you, X, commie, etc.....

Bro, I only aspire to wrap coils like you, and the aforementioned. Names of non-REOnaut coil beasts that immediately come to mind are Jeremy Evans, Jerms and Jasl90. There are more, but I can't remember cause i survived the 80's.

Over in the REOverse, there are even some girls that wrap some mean coils and can tell ya how to do it too - Everyone should check it out.

Life is good

 

[farmer14]

Will micro coils work with cheesecloth?

 

[Jerms]

Looks to work well! 2 wires wrapped together, one 30ga and on 31ga. They glow at the same time, one a shade lighter than the other. 16 total wraps at 1.19 ohm. I wrapped it quick so it doesn't look the prettiest, gonna tighten it up a little, wick it, and see how it vapes.










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[Jerms]

Best vape I've had on my IGO-L so far. I'm not sure if there's any noticable benefits compared to doing the same dual wire coil with the same gauge. I'll have to do one of these on a small dripper that I normally use, and vape a few juices for several hours to see if different notes of flavor are brought out. I can say for sure it works at least AS good as using the same gauge. Getting in some 28ga soon, so curious what happens with a bigger difference in gauge size.

Here's the 2 wire mini-coil with German silica.



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[pdib]

OK, Jerms, gotta try it! I'm really surprised that its even working! Tomorrow, when I get my 2nd REO/RM2 ("Tom'z Disgrace"), I'll be in the position to do sideXside comparisons. Maybe this weekend, I'll do a dual 29, and a 30/29 or somefin'. (I'm sure you'll be well ahead of me; but I'll follow along in my own vape-cave.)

↑ on account a you got me so curious.


(YAY! SOMETHING NEW TO TRY!!!! -- THX, JERMS)

 

[Jerms]

OK, Jerms, gotta try it! I'm really surprised that its even working! Tomorrow, when I get my 2nd REO/RM2 ("Tom'z Disgrace"), I'll be in the position to do sideXside comparisons. Maybe this weekend, I'll do a dual 29, and a 30/29 or somefin'. (I'm sure you'll be well ahead of me; but I'll follow along in my own vape-cave.)

↑ on account a you got me so curious.


(YAY! SOMETHING NEW TO TRY!!!! -- THX, JERMS)

I was hoping someone who builds more than me would take it up lol.

I was expecting there to be a bigger difference in the coils, possibly every other wrap not even glowing, so I'm glad it worked well. I had hopes because even though each has a different resistance, the lower resistance wire is also fatter, so slower to heat up at the same watts, evening things out. Also, the mini/micro style of compact wraps should even it out more as the wraps feed heat off of the ones they're touching. That was the theories anyways, not sure how much they play just happy it works.

If I'm feeling adventurous, I may try a triple wire coil that I saw you do with 36ga I think. 30ga, 31ga, and 32ga. That would have to be a lot of wraps, but my minis have a bigger bore than your micros.

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[gotalotgoingon]

Looks to work well! 2 wires wrapped together, one 30ga and on 31ga. They glow at the same time, one a shade lighter than the other. 16 total wraps at 1.19 ohm. I wrapped it quick so it doesn't look the prettiest, gonna tighten it up a little, wick it, and see how it vapes.

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Cool Bean! I actually tried this very thing right before I seen your post except I used 28 gauge and 34 gauge. 11 wraps, 1.3ohms. Fires like yours, one wire brighter then the other. Vaping it at 4.5v on my Provari (Yes Super_X, my tube steak mod...lol). I am vaping it side by side with my Vamo and a 1.3ohm single wire micro. I have both loaded with a DIY Blood Orange, Chocolate Tobacco. With the double wire micro, I can actually taste the light chocolate notes that I can't taste with the single wire setup. I will vape both the rest of the night and see if it is just my mind playing with me or if it is indeed, fact.

 

[Jerms]

Cool Bean! I actually tried this very thing right before I seen your post except I used 28 gauge and 34 gauge. 11 wraps, 1.3ohms. Fires like yours, one wire brighter then the other. Vaping it at 4.5v on my Provari (Yes Super_X, my tube steak mod...lol). I am vaping it side by side with my Vamo and a 1.3ohm single wire micro. I have both loaded with a DIY Blood Orange, Chocolate Tobacco. With the double wire micro, I can actually taste the light chocolate notes that I can't taste with the single wire setup. I will vape both the rest of the night and see if it is just my mind playing with me or if it is indeed, fact.

Sweet! That's a huge difference in gauges, glad it works. My hopes was having 2 levels of heat would combine the different notes offered when a juice is vaped at different watts.

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[darkzero]

Yes Super_X, my tube steak mod...lol.

Ah don't let X get to you, I like my tube mod too for different I reasons. I use it all the time.......as a rolling pin when making dough.

J/K, but I am on his side too. Nothing like a good bottom feeder.

 

[gotalotgoingon]

Sweet! That's a huge difference in gauges, glad it works. My hopes was having 2 levels of heat would combine the different notes offered when a juice is vaped at different watts.

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I am thinking my next one I will try twisting the two wires together before wrapping the coil. The only problem I foresee with this is that 34 gauge is so springy and I am not sure how it will wrap with the 28.

 

[gotalotgoingon]

Ah don't let X get to you, I like my tube mod too for different I reasons. I use it all the time.......as a rolling pin when making dough.

J/K, but I am on his side too. Nothing like a good bottom feeder.

Believe me, a Reo is my next purchase.

 

[darkzero]

Believe me, a Reo is my next purchase.

Awesome, good to hear! No pressure, take your time....but hurry up!

 

[ratchet62]

Maybe electrons are finicky about their circles?

With small coils that close together, you could now be seeing some effects from induction, where magnetic forces are causing carbon atoms to excite, inducing heat generation.

Sent from somewhere on planet Earth.

 

[maxmonster]

So after vaping on this all day today with this new minicoil and cotton wick. I've noticed it hits dryer than normal? Does anyone have the same results as me? I feel like its from the cotton?

 

[super_X_drifter]

^^ up there, in the middle pic...there's another "Iron Giant" sighting, this time belting out the lyrics of "not ready to die" by A7X