NR wire on Tiamat?

[locke2121]

No matter what I tried, I kept getting a hot spot right at the top of the coil. This kept giving me a bad burned taste. But then I remember the Ody...and how people use resistance and NR wire. So I thought what the heck...I pulled out some copper wire I had laying around, cut about 1.5 inches of 32 gauge Kanthal and fixed it up between the two pieces of copper. I made sure the ends of the copper just touched the SS wick at the top and bottom...I set my LT for about 3.2..and WHAM! Tons of vapor! There is a mild burned taste..which I think comes from where I compromised the carbon build up on the old coil...but I am actually starting to get taste out of this thing! And the coil is starting to heat alot more evenly.

 

[EDO]

I use Nickel wire NR wire as my top coil on my recent builds...it works like a charm. You can get the 32 awg pure nickel wire at ebay for cheap.

 

[Rule62]

I haven't tried it yet, but I'm thinking that the next time I build a coil, I'm going to double back the top wire, between the top coil and center post connection, and twist it, before making the top connection.

 

[locke2121]

I'm still perfecting it. I like how I can bend the NR wire back and forth at the top and bottom till it just touches the wick. Really helps with hot spots. I made one last that that at 3 volts that just poured off vapor like crazy!