Never assume youtube tutorials have smart people teaching proper methods.

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There is a very popular guy on youtube with decent video editing skills that may pass off to some that he knows what he is doing. I have seen him on more then one video not check his Ohms on rebuildable and claim them as sub Ohm. That is a recipe for disaster.

Some people that broadcast tutorials need to spend more time on proper building and less time making professional looking videos.
 

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Well I wasn't going to call the guy out, but if it's going to prevent someone from getting there face blown off I'll say his name.

Grimm Green.

Watch him rebuild a few things and you will understand.
Oh god, I couldn't agree more then.
I'm not violent, but there is this rage that builds when I used to see his hipster face and hear his hipster voice.
It's like he talks that way to get you to that level. "Herm herm herm merr merr merr" OPEN YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU SPEAK MAN!
So annoying, MAKE A DIFFERENT FACE ALREADY!

I personally think he should stick to plug and play items, i.e. cartos and ego's. I just looked up to see if there was a black hole or an eclipse, seeing as he's doing sub-ohm. I'd love to see something vent on him. Kids a toolchest.

Was gonna say, can't be my S/O hero! Whew!
 
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I am still very much a novice when it comes to rebuilding but I still always check and recheck by ohms. My 7 year old son can wrap a coil better then that dude. Plus when he does actually check the Ohms he will be showing a .4 and saying things like "With this specific battery, if my math is correct, it should be okay."

Should?



I can already see the Plaintiff's attorney showing his videos in court...liability disaster.
 

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There is a very popular guy on youtube with decent video editing skills that may pass off to some that he knows what he is doing. I have seen him on more then one video not check his Ohms on rebuildable and claim them as sub Ohm. That is a recipe for disaster.

Some people that broadcast tutorials need to spend more time on proper building and less time making professional looking videos.

Wait... you mean this isn't what your supposed to do?



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have to ask this question, regarding resistance.
If you accidentally rebuilt a coild that is way too high or way too low resistance, is there any danger/risk beside performance?

Build it way too high and you will only suffer from less performance and low vapor output. Build it way too low and you become a candidate for the Darwin Awards.

Frankly, anyone who relies on YouTube or Facebook for stuff like this... well... I'm just gonna :facepalm:
 

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I assume that was zero Nic in the fog machine.

Yeah, that's zero nic juice in that vid.


I made a vid recently showing how I make MY coils. In retrospect I do wish I had included some cautionary measures for new people who may happen across it and mistake it for a "how to". It was intended for people already familiar with rebuilding. I rarely measure resistance anymore.

I like Grimm, he's an ok guy I think. He does lack a lot of knowledge when he goes outside the plug-n-play stuff and I think he should be more careful about advising people on rebuilding. For a noob to the vape world though he does demystify a lot of the clearo/carto/eGo/cheapo type stuff and for that I am grateful. I learned a lot from him in the beginning ... then I bought a mech ;)
 

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I don't have a problem with Grimm Green or his rebuilding videos. He does build some sloppy coils, though. I'm always surprised when he fires them up and they're not shorted.

Personally, I think too much is made of the whole thing. According to some people I see posting here, you wrap a too-low coil, push the fire button, and BOOOM! . .there goes your face, house and half the block in a giant mushroom cloud.

That's really not what happens. What happens is you don't get the huge cloud you were expecting and your button, battery and mod start to get hot. If you were to wrap a super low ohm coil and just lean on the fire button - possibly wearing oven mitts so you could hang on to the darn thing . .yes, your battery would most likely vent and melt.

I personally know of 1 incident where a vapor was injured by an exploding battery. All I know about that is it was some kind of home-made device with stacked CR123 batteries. I don't know if the ohms were high or low, if the device had vent-holes, etc. In my own research, I found several incidences on flashlight forums of stacked CR123 batteries exploding. So, if anything, the hysteria should be focused on stacking batteries or possibly not using CR123 batteries. Perhaps ironically . .people stacking batteries are probably using high-resistance devices - since they running 6 volts. They may be sitting at thier computer right now thinking they are super-safe with thier 3ohm coil and they may be the ones in the most danger!

Anytime we're building a coil, regardless of our target ohms, we could make a short. If what people said about the danger of low-ohms was true . .you'd have exploding batteries everytime somebody fired a coil with a short. I can personally attest to that not being true . .having built several coils that shorted, either immediately or after a short period of usage.

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But . .I totally agree that you should not blindly follow things you see/read on the internet . .or anywhere else, for that matter. And I'm also not saying that battery safety should be ignored . .quite the opposite. Just don't tell people that thier PV is gonna explode like a hand-grenade because, when it doesn't happen, they'll probably start to disregard other safety information and might, for example, think that the potential danger of stacking batteries is over-exaggerated, too.
 
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