Is the premade wire kanthal or nichrome? I've heard kanthal is best, but have been unable to locate it in the gauge I'm wanting to try. I just received some nichrome, but haven't gotten any silver wire yet. I'm almost prepared for when I have to replace the coil.
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Before you wrap your coil, hold your resistance wire over flame for a couple seconds until the wire turns red hot. This will eliminate the metallic taste and the break in period. Also, if you buy a Kir F clear tank, make sure you get his revised one. The first design is what is causing the air pocket. The original SS tank does not create this problem.
Right, I need to put the wire pre-burn into my coil building process.
In this case, I was just so anxious to get Penelope up and running! All great now.
In this case, I was just so anxious to get Penelope up and running! All great now.
Maybe you had to burn the premade wires too buddy?
kanthal holds a little more temperature but we never go that high on e-cigs, so its useless to my opinion tiger.
Premade wires are nichrome
Premade wires are nichrome
First off you shouldn't get any metal taste. If you do its because the WICK dried up. You can allow the wick to get soaked then vape again. Another way is to create a triple wick coil so you will never get that metal taste. The reason why i did the 3 wicks is because I love to take long 5-6 seconds long vapes at a time. if I were to do that on a single wick I would be tasting metal all the time. If your a chain vapor then you will diffidently notice a huge difference in using my 3 wick coil.
it all depends on how one vapes as well as how thick the ejuice is. 100 VG tends to be pretty thick and it will dry up wick after 5-6 seconds leaving it pressed.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/clouds-vapor/312600-triple-wick-coil.html
ya that gauge is to big for that. In my guide I mention I use 32 gauge. At the moment Im looking for 30 Gauge kanthal wire so i can get more coils on a new wick Im working with. Wick is fat in diameter and I wont need to use 3 wicks.
Yes Setzer , exactly......my Penelope run out, I was like hum...my battery is low, not much vapor and taste , so I changed the battery and still no real vapor , well I opened her up and not even a drop of juice was left.... And never a burnt taste at all the whole time , remarkable !!!!!!
With all the vapor production she puts out, she gets thirsty ! Penny & Ody are the very best atomizer rebuildable tanks in the world... Just my honest view.
With all the vapor production she puts out, she gets thirsty ! Penny & Ody are the very best atomizer rebuildable tanks in the world... Just my honest view.
Hey Bisho, was wondering the length of your 32 gauge wire before you start wrapping the coil. I cut a length of 2.5inch of 34 gauge of kanthal and was only able to get 2 full coils on the triple wick. It's ohming out to 2.8 and is a great vape but wondered if more coils would be even better? Should i go 3-4 inches of r wire to get more coils? Forgot to mention im using the 3mm wick from cov. Thanks!
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I think I may have a picture me measuring it. its floating some where. I cut it at 2.5 inches. then I bend the wire in half and twist it using a a pair of pliers or tweezers. this will give me .9 to 1.0hms. if I cut wire at 2.7 inches its 1.2-1.4 ohms
Interesting, I must be wrapping the coil a lot looser cause I'm only getting like 2 coils around the wick after cutting 2.5 inches of length of wire. I bunch the three wicks together and use a twist motion like you mentioned in one of your post. Should I try wrapping tighter to fit more coils around it? I imagine more coils could equal even more vapor?
Hey Shackattack,
Something seems a little off with your measurement so I'm a bit confused.
34 AWG Kathal at 2.5 inches is about 4.3 ohms. 34 GWA Kanthal is about 22 ohms per foot. At 2.5 inches you should also get significantly more then 2 full coils around a triple wick as I get close to 3 with 1.5 inches of wire.
32 AWG Kanthal is about 13.7ohms per foot.
36 AWG Kanthal is about 35ohms per foot.
If you do 3-4 inches of any of these wires you will have pretty high resistance. Are you sure you are using 2.5 inches of 34 GWA? When you say 2.5 inches is that the part that's showing between the no resistance wires?
Something seems a little off with your measurement so I'm a bit confused.
34 AWG Kathal at 2.5 inches is about 4.3 ohms. 34 GWA Kanthal is about 22 ohms per foot. At 2.5 inches you should also get significantly more then 2 full coils around a triple wick as I get close to 3 with 1.5 inches of wire.
32 AWG Kanthal is about 13.7ohms per foot.
36 AWG Kanthal is about 35ohms per foot.
If you do 3-4 inches of any of these wires you will have pretty high resistance. Are you sure you are using 2.5 inches of 34 GWA? When you say 2.5 inches is that the part that's showing between the no resistance wires?
i think he may be making it dual coil taking the 2.5 inches and bending it half and twisting it. If thats the case he should be at 2.1ohms he should get atleast get 3-5 coils. Now if he is not bending it in half and wrapping a full 2.5 inches then your right he should get a lot of coils but that at that ohms why would anyone vape at those ohms? its not like people have 12 volt mods laying around.
I'm sorry should of clarified, it's 2.5, after attaching to nr wire about 2". Not bending back on itself, have no idea how to make a dual coil,lol The spool of r wire says 34gauge kanthal so maybe its mislabeled? But yeah I'm only getting 2 coils with 2" 34awg kanthal a-1 on the triple wick method. Ohming out to 2.8, I run it at 5.3voltls which is vaping great but was thinking i should have more coils around the wick.
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