28g @ .4ohms.. Need to drill out the air hole a little more.. Any suggestions on how much to drill it out? It's already drilled out 5/64.
My REO and first parallel build
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Go up to the next size, 3/32, or even 1/8 for that monster! Since it's only coiled on one side, you'll need the airflow. I have an IGO W4 on another mod running .5 and I have a hole on each side drilled to 5/64.
Ya, on my patriot I have two 3/32 under the coils. I def want to drill bigger on the RM2 but does it have any affect on squonking? I've noticed with 5/64 I get a little juice out of the hole. Wondering how worse it would be with a bigger air hole.
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I have mine at 5/64 but I haven't gone below a .6 twisted 28 and it kicks like a horse.
And Timbuck, thanks for everything you do to keep us out of harms way. Your service is appreciated!
And Timbuck, thanks for everything you do to keep us out of harms way. Your service is appreciated!
Thank you for your support brotha! I'm just worried if I drill it out anymore then I'll lose a lot of juice out of the hole. Hmm.
There will definitely be an issue squonking and leaking out of the hole. Even at 5/64, you'll have some if over-squonked. I am only at 1/16 on my RM2 and get a little out of the hole if I forget and squonk after I had already done it.
To help fight the dribble from the one large hole I drilled two 1/16" holes. They are spaced at each end of the coil.
To help fight the dribble from the one large hole I drilled two 1/16" holes. They are spaced at each end of the coil.
I will be doing this shortly.. I need more air flow this .4 parallel is kicking vapor
He's a little over the top but it's a good video. Turn down your volume, he likes to get loud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNJuYuwgwI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNJuYuwgwI
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It's easy to build but I must admit, I went from making coils that looked like a 2nd grader made to ones like a pro in about a month of practice. I must say to date the parallel coil is by far the best.
Tried to make one on an RM2, but it must've had something wrong--it read 0.0 ohms. It looked good and I feel like I followed Rip Trippers instructions. Other than I used 28 kanthal.
I'll try again, but not sure what I did wrong.
I'll try again, but not sure what I did wrong.
You have a short somewhere or your meter is inaccurate. Take the top cap off and measure again, coil is probably touching the cap.
i took the measure without the top cap and i made extra sure the coil ends were not touching the base. the coil also looked really good, there weren't any overlaps as far as i could tell. i normally do 7 wraps of 28 and get around 1 ohm--so i did 3 wraps of the parallel.
i'll give it another try.
I just made my first attempt at making this coil myself, thanks for the inspiration. I love it thus far. Granted I haven't acquired the sub-ohm kit so I used 28 gauge and made 6 wraps which proved to be very tedious. It's measuring 0.68 - I just hope that won't be too low for my stock grand to handle.
note to self: purchase the sub-ohm kit... if only it was paypal only and I didn't have to sign for my package.
note to self: purchase the sub-ohm kit... if only it was paypal only and I didn't have to sign for my package.
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