new to RBAs & I have some questions

[Cooked7]

yes if the wires touch anything like the inside walls or the coils are touching it will short.
check out the horrible diagram I drew and maybe it will help

 

[Zealous]

Ok, so I have been working like crazy trying to get a good build & have failed in every try. But I have been sure for the last like 20 tries that my wrap was flawless yet it was still showing 1 or fluctuating in oms. So I just now took the coil I wrapped off & tried it on my mini vivi nova. That coil worked perfectly on that device & was exactly the oms I expected it to be on that device.

So, my question is, is there a possibility there is something wrong with the atomizer? The reason I ask is because even the one that came prebuilt & on the device tested as shorted (I tested it to see what the oms were). It seems that at least the one that came with the device & was installed on it should have been good. I just know the ones I've done last did not have anything touching anything at all.

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

Take wick and coil off and test resistance of the bare atty. if its not 9.9 ohm (meaning open circuit) you have an internal short.

 

[Zealous]

Thank you for that suggestion. I did it & it says 1 on the atty tester & 0 on the multimeter. grrrrrrrr I've been trying to build "good" coils all this time & probably had it yesterday. I'm really glad it wasn't me lol. Thanks for the help.

 

[Cooked7]

You arent doing anything wrong so its prolly the atty. Ive used a RB that read 1 ohm on the mm and its fine.

 

[Renzuli]

I don't know if this will change anything for you , but as an RDa , and RBA user , of over a year . I picked up a Phoenix RDA , and never got it to work properly . Always acted like a short . I tossed it , and moved on to better units . Now , no issues at all , and the drill method , or a 10/40 machine screw , will give you , professional coils , everytime . Good Luck

 

[Zealous]

Thanks everyone. I really like the look of the Fahrenheit I got but if it won't ever work right I'll have to move on. One thing's for sure. I know how to build a coil now lol.