I am relatively new to the vape world and I have a question about coil building. What I want to know is, What gauge wire do I use to build coils? If I am using nickel what gauge? Kanthal What gauge? What is the difference ? I am using a vapor shark RDNA 40 box mod. When I build a coil, What are some of the techniques or rules I should observe in order to maximize my builds potential. If you can help me I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much
Need help for coil building. Please help
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I would recommend you start with either 32 gauge or 30 gauge wire until you are more familiar with coil building. Another suggestion I would want to make would be for you to check out this sub-forum:
Rebuildable Atomizer Systems
Has plenty of threads related to this topic. Also, you can create a thread there as well. I'm sure you will get the help you need.
Rebuildable Atomizer Systems
Has plenty of threads related to this topic. Also, you can create a thread there as well. I'm sure you will get the help you need.
Exactly as stated! just a note of caution, do you have an ohm reader? what type of wicking do you plan to use? What are you hoping to achieve from your build? What kind of atty do you have? These are all legitimate questions one should know the answer to before you ever pick up that kanthal and start wrapping. I can help you out if you can answer those questions. Hope this helped!
I usually use 22g Kanthal A1 or 22g Nichrome (N80 A based on my Steam Engine | free vaping calculators results) since I sub-ohm pretty low. I have fallen in love with Nichrome as it has less resistance per foot than my usual 22g Kanthal. With resistance wire, the higher the number the higher the resistance per foot. Example: 26, 28, 30, 32. The lower the number (24, 22, 20, 18) the lower the resistance per foot. 22g Kanthal or Nichrome is what I go by at all times, but it may be different for your vaping needs. I see with that Vapor Shark that you can go down to 0.16-2.0 with Kanthal, and 0.1-1.0 with Nickel. I have no experience with Nickel so that's up to you. If you want to sub-ohm, I would recommend 24g or 22g Kanthal. 24g is a hell of a lot easier to work with than 22g, but it requires less wraps for your target resistance than 22g which will create less surface area and a sub-par vape in my opinion. As for rules, always use 30amp batteries or higher (if that's a thing) when you subohm. I use VTC5's at all times. Another rule, never neglect the mighty ohm-reader. You do not want to wrap some coils, throw it on an RDA and fry out your device because it was built too low. For wrapping, invest in a screwdriver set or a coil jig if you don't want to do it with your hands. The Coil-Master would be an example of a coil jig, but I find it to be the most fun when you do it the old fashion way. This way you can really practice and get it down to where you can do builds, wicking, and firing within 10 minutes. With the screwdriver set or coil jig, you can find whatever millimeter suits you for the inner diameter of your coil. For me, a 2.4mm screwdriver is perfect. Once you have the coil wrapped, inserted, snipping the leads with a nail-clippers or wire-cutters, and positioned correctly into your RDA, pulse the fire button until you see it glow. I reccomment a ceremic set of tweezers or a needle-nose pliers to gently pinch them together to clean them up. You want them glowing from the inside-out at the same time. For wicking, I use Japanese organic sheet cotton as I find it is easier to get an even thickness for my wick compared to organic cotton balls. You want the wick to flow easily back and forth through the coil with a slight resistance. Not too easily, but not to difficultly either. Snip the leads at the cup or slightly past the cup of the RDA. Tuck the cotton however you prefer, tucked under the coils, tucked towards the posts, etc. I tuck it back towards the negative posts to allow the most airflow on and under the coils and to prevent un-even vaporizing. Juice the coils and tails of cotton and fire for a fraction of a second to force the juice into the wicks. Keep juicing until it is completely saturated, position the airflow right in front of the coil and enjoy your build. I apologize for so much info but that is what I have learned. It is all about trial and error, heavy on the error. I hope this helped.
Sure I don't mind at all. This is cool. answer to # 1 is yes I do have an ohm reader. I plan on using organic cotton as my wicking system. I hope to gain more knowledge about what I can achieve using different techniques from different builds, but mainly I would love to get good flavor with clouds being secondary. Im planning on using an orchid Ver 2 RTA. . I also plan on using it on a rdna 40 Vapor shark. If you can give me some more insight , it would be greatly appreciated
Thanks man, I really appreciate the response, It is a nice play by play, Im gonna need it
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