Need help with Igo-W and Smoktech ego battery

[digitalboom]

Hey guys, i've used this forum for tips on improving my experience with clearomizers so I figured why not ask for some help.

Today I picked up an igo-w to use with my smoktech ego battery I grabbed from MtBaker. All of the videos i've seen mostly focus on building coils for battery mods, and the few i've seen using ego batteries with this item are merely reviewing it without specifics towards their coil build. I did manage to create my first working coil using five loops of wire around the silica, sadly i'm not getting much vapor out of it. I know the Igo-W can do dual coils but i'm concerned about it being an issue for my battery. I currently don't have an Ohm reader, I did order one just before signing up here but i'll end up getting it sometime next week. I was hoping to use the igo-w until then but am unsure if I should add a second coil or make more loops around the silica. I plan to drill the air holes as i've seen they improve the vaping experience for the youtube users. I'm just a rookie looking for some guidance and really trying to not to turn back to analogs. Any suggestions, tips, information would be greatly appreciated. The articles of batteries exploding made me seek out your help. Thanks in advance.

 

[Otto Dafe]

I don't see how anyone can in good conscience suggest that you fire a coil of unknown resistance. Perhaps there is a B&M or a friend you could go to for help?

 

[Baditude]

You have no idea of the resistance of that or any coil if you don't use an ohm reader to measure its ohms. One should never fire a coil without first checking the resistance of the coil first. What you are doing is HIGHLY NOT ADVISEABLE. You could have blown up your eGo battery!

You don't find many videos on using an RBA on an eGo battery because that is not adviseable. The eGo is not designed for the amp requirements of a rebuildable atomizer.


I suggest you do more research before going any further into rebuildables. So far you have broken every rule in the book. Get the right tools, the right mod, the right batteries, and the right supplies. Learn the principles of Ohm's Law. Then watch You Tube videos on how to wrap coils and make wicks.

Information Resources for Your First RBA

 

[gwhetzler]

Aside from telling you that you need a way to check the ohms on the build. The main things that need to get a better vape on it is:

Slightly larger air holes. Sound like you may be getting that part fixed.
You also need to position the air hole in front of the coil.

DO NOT add another coil without a way to check the ohms. Hell dont even run it now untill you can check the ohms of your current build. If you are running lets say 2 coils at 1.5ohms each they will total .75ohms alltogeather. While the ego could handle the 1.5ohm I seriously doubt it can handle .75ohm.

 

[digitalboom]

You have no idea of the resistance of that or any coil if you don't use an ohm reader to measure its ohms. One should never fire a coil without first checking the resistance of the coil first. What you are doing is HIGHLY NOT ADVISEABLE. You could have blown up your eGo battery!

You don't find many videos on using an RBA on an eGo battery because that is not adviseable. The eGo is not designed for the amp requirements of a rebuildable atomizer.


I suggest you do more research before going any further into rebuildables. So far you have broken every rule in the book. Get the right tools, the right mod, the right batteries, and the right supplies. Learn the principles of Ohm's Law. Then watch You Tube videos on how to wrap coils and make wicks.

Thanks, I did run out and get a multimetere this morning. I understand most people don't use ego batteries with RBA's but some do. Sadly tossing in more money into the equation for a battery is not an option at the moment. Between the RBA and now the multimeter my vaping budget is depleted.

 

[digitalboom]

Thanks i'm starting to get a slighter better understanding. I did test out my clearomizer tanks with the multimeter today to get a basic understanding of what i need to target for a 1.8ohm (Which was i have been using with my protank mini 2)

 

[digitalboom]

Ok so I went out and got a multimeter. My 1.8ohm coils for my protank 2 mini are registering at 2.7ohms on the multimeter.
my battery voltage is registering 3.98 volts. Hope this helps us move forward. I'm not looking to go sub ohms because i see there is a danger with that especially for ego batteries.

 

[Seanchai]

Assuming you know how to use the multimeter to check your coils (if not, check youtube for some good videos on how to do so) I would not run a coil below about 1.8 on an Ego.

Will it fire lower than that? Yes. But it's not designed to do so, and you don't want to blow off your hand or ruin your battery, especially if it's your only battery.

Stay at 1.8 and up to be safe (and make sure you're using your multimeter correctly - figuring in the resistance of the probes, etc!)

Under no circumstances would I try to run a dual coil RBA on an Ego. My MVP2 is a much more beefy battery than an Ego in all respects, and even it has difficulty powering dual coils. Difference being, the MVP will not let me fire anything unsafe. Your Ego doesn't have that kind of protection... if you throw something on it that it can't fire, it *might* keep you from firing it, or it might just fry. And while my MVP won't let me exceed my amp limit (by regulating down accordingly), your Ego *might* not fire, or it might vent - destroying your battery and potentially you/objects around you.

I wouldn't feel comfortable running a RBA on an Ego at all, but if it's your only way to vape, then staying at a *single* coil at *no lower* than 1.8 should give you enough margin of error to stay safe.

In the meantime, please read Baditude's links on battery safety, and please make a good battery your *first* order of purchase for your vaping budget the next time around. You will see a lot of people claiming that the only way to run an RBA is on a mech mod - that's not true. I run RBAs on my MVP2 all day long, and something like an MVP - that is regulated and has some protection built in - is a very, very good idea when you're still learning how to build a coil, check for shorts, etc.

 

[digitalboom]

Thanks yeah I planned to stay at or close to 1.8 as humanly possible. I'm going through the link he shared now, sadly i'll have to wait a few weeks before I can invest into a proper battery like you guys use. I plan to get one of the higher end ones since I plan to stick to RBA/RDA as well as get my wife into them. My previously built coil was all over the place so it's a good thing that I asked this forum and listened to the replies. The resistance was at like 8.1 ohm or something like (wavering numbers) but i guess it's a good thing I only fired it up three times before putting it down.

 

[Seanchai]

Glad you've got a way to meter your coils now. Re: good batteries/mods, there are some great, inexpensive regulated mods coming out now. My suggestion would be to use this time between vaping budgets to do some extensive research, not just on battery safety (which is paramount and should come first) but also on regulated mods as well as mech mods. There are a ton of great reviewers on youtube - Mark Todd (toddecigreviews) reviews mostly high end stuff, but he does great up close camera work so he's a good person to learn how to build a coil from or to see how various switch housings work. Richard (Vapingwith Twisted420) reviews both high end gear and clones, and also does nice camerawork. Phil Busardo (pbusardo) has a review on almost everything that's out there, and also does good camera work. Watch anything they review that catches your eye (and even some stuff that doesn't - it's all in the name of getting to grips with how this stuff works!)

Then, if I were you, I'd pick out one regulated VW mod, and one cheap (or clone, provided you can find a review on that specific clone manufacturer) mech mod. Start there. See which you like better. If you prefer the mech, then you can get into saving up for genuines. But if an RBA and a multimeter is enough to tap you out for a while (and I sympathize, because my vape budget is similarly stretched!) then you don't want to jump straight to authentic mechs... it's too much money for too big of a leap from Egos, in terms of maintenance and knowledge gap. Start with inexpensive-but-reliable until you're confident.... good mech mods can be had for as cheap as $20 (again, shop carefully!) and regulated VW is as cheap as $40.

It used to be that regulated mods couldn't power RBAs... those days are gone. Either one does a fine job now, so it's a matter of preference and price point.

 

[digitalboom]

Glad you've got a way to meter your coils now. Re: good batteries/mods, there are some great, inexpensive regulated mods coming out now. My suggestion would be to use this time between vaping budgets to do some extensive research, not just on battery safety (which is paramount and should come first) but also on regulated mods as well as mech mods. There are a ton of great reviewers on youtube - Mark Todd (toddecigreviews) reviews mostly high end stuff, but he does great up close camera work so he's a good person to learn how to build a coil from or to see how various switch housings work. Richard (Vapingwith Twisted420) reviews both high end gear and clones, and also does nice camerawork. Phil Busardo (pbusardo) has a review on almost everything that's out there, and also does good camera work. Watch anything they review that catches your eye (and even some stuff that doesn't - it's all in the name of getting to grips with how this stuff works!)

Then, if I were you, I'd pick out one regulated VW mod, and one cheap (or clone, provided you can find a review on that specific clone manufacturer) mech mod. Start there. See which you like better. If you prefer the mech, then you can get into saving up for genuines. But if an RBA and a multimeter is enough to tap you out for a while (and I sympathize, because my vape budget is similarly stretched!) then you don't want to jump straight to authentic mechs... it's too much money for too big of a leap from Egos, in terms of maintenance and knowledge gap. Start with inexpensive-but-reliable until you're confident.... good mech mods can be had for as cheap as $20 (again, shop carefully!) and regulated VW is as cheap as $40.

It used to be that regulated mods couldn't power RBAs... those days are gone. Either one does a fine job now, so it's a matter of preference and price point.

Yeah i've seen the PBusardo vids. I would rather invest into something higher end, so far i've spent too much money on mid level stuff that's of now use anymore, since i'm on a budget for this stuff I need to make sure I buy one product that'll serve all the needs present and in the future. Hell I have a bin of vape products i'm about to start giving away to people who want to get into vaping to save them some money early on. I never found any actual satisfaction from clearomizers and the protank 2 while better than what I started out with hasn't yet pulled me away from analogs, in fact i'll say i'm smoking more analogs now than i did before vaping. The RDA is my last hope which is why I was hoping to get some good use out of it before buying a higher end battery so i'd know if the investment was worth it. Now i'm at a catch-22 in that regard.

 

[cloudsfordaze]

dude put down the rba untill you read/watch videos about all of this .....

 

[digitalboom]

dude put down the rba untill you read/watch videos about all of this .....

Dude I clearly stated that I had...