RDA New to rda help?
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You need to find and download Steam Engine and look at the tab marked "coil wrapping". Hope this helps
here it is for you if you dont wanna download it. Steam Engine | free vaping calculators this place is the best. as stated above. I am running a .4 build w/ 6 wraps of 26ga kanthol wire.
Agree with the sheikh here. Check the different calculators on line. Research different build methods. Troll, or lurk, these subforums. Tons of info. Calculators I like to use:
Ohms-
Online Conversion - Ohm's Law Calculator
Wraps- steam engine as mentioned above. Here is a direct link to the wrap calculator.
Coil wrapping | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators
Takes a lot of trial and error to get right, but pretty easy to find what worx for you. I will reiterate what I see everywhere on this forum, know you batteries. Know their capabilities. Test them and inspect them.
Ohms-
Online Conversion - Ohm's Law Calculator
Wraps- steam engine as mentioned above. Here is a direct link to the wrap calculator.
Coil wrapping | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators
Takes a lot of trial and error to get right, but pretty easy to find what worx for you. I will reiterate what I see everywhere on this forum, know you batteries. Know their capabilities. Test them and inspect them.
I was in the same boat. I do have 30g Kanthal so I went to the steam calculator. It really depends on a number of factors; coil ID, wire size, type of coil, etc...
I made a 30g twisted wire dual coil at 6 wraps which came out to .5 ohms. You could do the same thing at 8 wraps to give 1.5 ohms. I use an Istick 50w and I can drain it in a day using something like that coil.
Your power source is as important as your wire size. Smaller wire means fewer wraps to get the resistance of more wraps on a larger wire. Smaller wire does have the advantage of a quicker fire up though.
On my twisted coil I was at 30w and it was a warmer vape. On a parallel single coil at 1.2 ohms 6 wraps at 30w it was a cooler vape. Going to 35w made it the same as the twisted build. Heat flux at work here.
None of this takes into account airflow. On the parallel coil I used less airflow to get the taste. On the twisted coil I was wide open.
Try different things to see how they work. My parallel was wrapped on a 3.15mm mandrel and the twisted was on a 2.54mm mandrel. Both were 30g Kanthal.
All this to say experiment with the calculator before commiting to wire. Saves a lot of wire and rayon (my wick of choice and a great beginner's wick as it is very forgiving of mistakes)
Good luck and let us know what works for you.
Sean
I made a 30g twisted wire dual coil at 6 wraps which came out to .5 ohms. You could do the same thing at 8 wraps to give 1.5 ohms. I use an Istick 50w and I can drain it in a day using something like that coil.
Your power source is as important as your wire size. Smaller wire means fewer wraps to get the resistance of more wraps on a larger wire. Smaller wire does have the advantage of a quicker fire up though.
On my twisted coil I was at 30w and it was a warmer vape. On a parallel single coil at 1.2 ohms 6 wraps at 30w it was a cooler vape. Going to 35w made it the same as the twisted build. Heat flux at work here.
None of this takes into account airflow. On the parallel coil I used less airflow to get the taste. On the twisted coil I was wide open.
Try different things to see how they work. My parallel was wrapped on a 3.15mm mandrel and the twisted was on a 2.54mm mandrel. Both were 30g Kanthal.
All this to say experiment with the calculator before commiting to wire. Saves a lot of wire and rayon (my wick of choice and a great beginner's wick as it is very forgiving of mistakes)
Good luck and let us know what works for you.
Sean
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