Microcoil help - ohms too high?

[williebb123]

i use .9 ohm every day on my provari at 3.2v no problems at all even on occasion .8 ohm but have to drop to 2.9v and it will bump the error code from time to time so i stay at the .9 ohm

 

[mrmack00]

I threw that coil away and loaded a new 1.7 on the mechanical. No more overheating for now so I think the batteries aren't ruined. I will try again though. Need to get an ohm meter designed for ecigs (instead of the Multimeter I used)

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[mrmack00]

Based on responses, it sounds like something must have been wrong with the coil, although the provari seemed to read the ohms with no error codes.

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[muzichead]

i use .9 ohm every day on my provari at 3.2v no problems at all even on occasion .8 ohm but have to drop to 2.9v and it will bump the error code from time to time so i stay at the .9 ohm

Then maybe what I read was incorrect. It's not like I scour the Provari threads on the forum!!! I was either misinformed or I misread what was posted. I thought what I read was it will read any Ω coil you build, but wouldn't fire anything under 1.2Ω... Again, I guess I was either misinformed or I misread the posts... I apologize if I offended anyone and thank you for correcting me....

 

[patrao_n]

You know... Pics go a long way when asking others to help diagnose a problem for you.. and .9Ω on a Provari??? I don't think so!!! Won't fire. You have a loose connection or something there. Take a few pics and lets see if we all can get this figured out.

I have fired a .8 on a provari before so yes it can be done. It was fired at 2.9 volts but it fired. I didn't vape it. Just wanted to see it happen. I put it on my mech afterwards. While provape says only a certain watt and amps it's not that straight forward. Every chip on that board has tolerances that it can handle. So may give it a little more wiggle room than others to fire a low ohm. Provape says what the limits are because that's what they were aiming for. It's not concrete though.

Btw I am in no way offended. I just wanted to put this info out there for others wondering. I am an R&D tech for a company that makes fuses. I have also built items for the military. It's just tolerances from chip to chip.

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[sahsah]

I just built a 5 wrap Microcoil using 30 gauge kanthal, but it's still reading at 1.4 ohms. Why? Yesterday I did a 9 wrap on 32 gauge and it was like 3.5, so I immediately did another at 8 wraps on 30 and it was 1.7. I'm trying for around. 7 or. 8. I don't get it.. I used the 1/16 drill bit, torched it and put it into the rba.

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They vary dramatically because of the different gauge wires your using. The higher gauge has more resistance and will therefore result in a higher ohm reading than a lower gauge like 28 or 30 even if it's got a couple less wraps. Hope that helps, happy vaping