New Joyetech 20watt eGrip

[Interstink]

Built my first "High Resistance coil", aprox. 2.4 ohm. (Pictured below) It's an ugly coil, multimeter at 2.3 to 2.4 ohm (30 ga Kanthal) and it's smooth milder hit at the lowest 8watt setting.

Also figured I would attach a few photos of the eGrip silicon case.

 

[Skunkworkx]

Built my first "High Resistance coil", aprox. 2.4 ohm. (Pictured below) It's an ugly coil, multimeter at 2.3 to 2.4 ohm (30 ga Kanthal) and it's smooth milder hit at the lowest 8watt setting.

Also figured I would attach a few photos of the eGrip silicon case.

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I like that cover

 

[Skunkworkx]

I did a little math and come up with 5" = 127mm (the video said about 130mm of the kanthal (.3mm which is 28ga) for approx. 1.2 Ohms at 10 wraps.

Does this sound correct ?

I may add a wrap (and 1/4" or 6mm) and shoot for 1.5-1.6ish ?

 

[cigatron]

I did a little math and come up with 5" = 127mm (the video said about 130mm of the kanthal (.3mm which is 28ga) for approx. 1.2 Ohms at 10 wraps.

Does this sound correct ?

I may add a wrap (and 1/4" or 6mm) and shoot for 1.5-1.6ish ?

Here's a great online tool to help you hit your target res.

Coil wrapping | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators

 

[cigatron]

Received my egrip with rba and 510 test adaptor today. Ordered it friday from cignot for 62.00. That was fast; thanks Vicki!

Used the factory built coil and rewicked with my kgd. Cloudy at 20 watts. No leaking gurgling or dry hits. Flavor is good but has a little tinge of something weird in it. Probably should have washed it all before use. Oh well couldn't wait. Fully Stoked.

BTW, this package doesn't come with a drip tip. Used one of my soft silicone ones for super stealth. Shown next to my istick for size comparison.

Thanks to all here.

 

[Skunkworkx]

that shows 100.5mm and 11 wraps for 1.7-1.8 w/ 2mm inner diameter.

 

[cigatron]

Don't forget to enter the coil leads/legs length into the caculator.

 

[cracker75]

First rba coil lasted nine days before starting to taste bad.....chipped a little gunk off the coil, and replaced the cotton, and it's back to business. Amazing.

How many fractions of a penny did that cost me? Lol.

 

[Skunkworkx]

First RBA coil lasted nine days before starting to taste bad.....chipped a little gunk off the coil, and replaced the cotton, and it's back to business. Amazing.

How many fractions of a penny did that cost me? Lol.

This is why I went RBA......and flavor is SO much better than the eGo I was using.

 

[cigatron]

First RBA coil lasted nine days before starting to taste bad.....chipped a little gunk off the coil, and replaced the cotton, and it's back to business. Amazing.

How many fractions of a penny did that cost me? Lol.

Curious why you didn't just dryburn the gunk off and rinse with water.

 

[Interstink]

Curious why you didn't just dryburn the gunk off and rinse with water.

Hard to dry burn without the rba adapter... So I'm assuming they don't have one yet.

I've never bothered, but some will actually clean/reuse the cotton.

 

[cigatron]

Def getting a machine oil taste from the rba. It took a while for the juice and wicks to pick it up but it's getting worst by the minute. Yuck. I'll have to tear it down and clean it tomorrow. Might as well wind up a larger 2mm coil for it while I'm at it. The factory 1.75mm doesn't seem to allow for quite enough cotton to plug the juice holes completely. Gurgles every so often.

 

[cracker75]

Curious why you didn't just dryburn the gunk off and rinse with water.

Lol..because I'm a total newb when it comes to rebuildables. And no, I don't have the adapter either.

 

[cigatron]

Hard to dry burn without the rba adapter... So I'm assuming they don't have one yet.

I've never bothered, but some will actually clean/reuse the cotton.

Remove the wick, reinsert the rba, dryburn for 6 sec, remove rba and rinse. Don't know if the rba adaptor is available separately but one came with my egrip/rba combo from cignot.

 

[Interstink]

Lol..because I'm a total newb when it comes to rebuildables. And no, I don't have the adapter either.

When you do grab an adapter... Remove cotton, attach to a "battery" and heat it up red. Then quench in some water and watch the toxic slag explode off your coil.

 

[cracker75]

When you do grab an adapter... Remove cotton, attach to a "battery" and heat it up red. Then quench in some water and watch the toxic slag explode off your coil.

Thanks....that's helpfull!

 

[cigatron]

Should have mentioned. Make sure the chimney section is removed before dry burning!

Also quenching a hot coil is going to make it rust. There's iron in kanthal that although is less reactive than aluminum and chromium (the other two elements in kanthal) , becomes highly reactive in the presence of water and heat. Cool your coil by blowing on it before rinsing or you will reduce its life expectancy. Just say'n

 

[Skunkworkx]

When I get to this point, I'm thinking of just using a micro torch to dry burn ?
We'll see if its possible when the time comes.

 

[cigatron]

Well it was fun while it lasted. Dropped it and broke the glass. Anyone know if the glass tanks are available yet?

 

[Strings]

How? How could you have managed to break the glass on this? I have GOT to hear how that happened!