Non sub-ohm builds with lower gauge wire?

[GrandSam]

I've been recoiling my atomizers for the past year or so. I typically use 27 gauge wire, ribbon, or twisted wire for my mechs. My builds come out to be anywhere from .3-.7 ohms. On my VW devices, I use 30 gauge wire, 10 wraps around a small drill bit. This usually yields a 1.3 ohm build, which is perfect for the Hana.
I like the 30 gauge wire, but find it tedious that I have to recoil my atomizer frequently. I've found that builds with lower gauge (24-26) gauge require less swapping for some reason.

So my question is, for those of you that use lower gauge wire to build mid-ohm coils, how many wraps do you do? And around what size drill bit?

I am aiming for 1.2-1.4 ohms. Any suggestions? I usually build micro coils, but wouldn't mind switching to a macro build.

 

[Susan~S]

Here are a few links for you regarding building coils and getting the resistance just where you want it:

1. Steam Engine
2. Coil Toy Calculator

The Steam Engine is much more than just a coil calculator. I consider it my "All in One" vaping calculator.

 

[Stiiinger]

wow...

I've been reading on Vaping heavily since I started about 2 months ago, crawling these forums daily, and for the past couple weeks more and more on rebuildables and such as I've been playing with my protanks. Can't believe I haven't come across a link to Steam Engine in all of that!

Thanks, Susan!

 

[tayone415]

Here are a few links for you regarding building coils and getting the resistance just where you want it:

1. Steam Engine
2. Coil Toy Calculator

The Steam Engine is much more than just a coil calculator. I consider it my "All in One" vaping calculator.

You beat me to it, and yes it is a good calculator even has a juice calculator, but haven't tried it yet.

 

[tayone415]

Here's another coil build calculator


http://tomcatt2.com/pvapps.html

 

[Stiiinger]

Here's another coil build calculator

Coil wrapping | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators

Uhh, the that same link as Susan provided (Steam Engine)

 

[GolemGolem]

I've got to get to 1.5 for my e-lvt, with 26g it takes ~15 wraps around a little blue kayfun screwdriver.

 

[GrandSam]

Thanks guys! Looks like I need around 12-13 wraps on a blue screwdriver (According to the coil building calculator).