I had bought a mod online and took it to my local vape shop. I had them build me a coil, and I bought 2 vtc4 batteries. Now, my question is, since my mod can't be connected to a ohm checker because it's a hybrid, could someone here somewhat find what ohms I might be at if i told you how they made my coil? They had to do a parallel coil on one side because the other negative post is positioned wrong. They used 7 wraps for this parallel coil and 26g wire. If anyone could build this coil for themselves and tell me what ohms you get, i might be able to figure out what i'm at. Thanks in advance. also, somewhat of a second question, could i build a dual coil using the same 2 posts? I wouldn't make them parallel coils.
Ohm question. No tester. :/
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If you have a digital multi meter you can put one lead on positive post one on negative, set the meter to ohms at 20 and measure that. then you can take the 2 leads from the meter touch them together and subtract that from your measurement. That will give you the resistance
Without knowing what the diameter of the coils wrapped is, noone will be able to give you a precise answer.
I believe he used something the same size as 5/8th. It's not very big, but not very small either.
Also, I have no kind of meter/tester to test my ohms. They didn't even test them at the vape shop when they built it.
You must measure any coil you build BEFORE you fire it on your mod.
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Get a multi-meter from the Radio Shack by Subway. Digital and around $20 and there ya go.
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Get a multi-meter from the Radio Shack by Subway. Digital and around $20 and there ya go.
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If you have a Harbor Freight Tools nearby you can get a digital multi meter for a few bucks(though it won't be the best, especially for low sub ohm coils). 7 wrap dual coil 26ga is going to be pretty low resistance, how low? No one will be able to guess for you, and that's not the only concern. If you don't actually check it while it's installed, you'll have no idea if there is any kind of short, which you would want to know before you fire it. Without a meter, you also won't be able to check your battery voltage.
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That is a very unsafe practice for a vape shop not to test the coils. Especially, when they know the customer is unfamiliar with the equipment.
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If the vape shop did not test it, before giving it to you to use... NEVER EVER GO BACK TO THEM!!!!!!
Since they obviously do not care if you live or die.
I dont care if you make 500 coils a day by hand, you test every single one before you fire it.... You never know when might accidentally have a partial short, kink, snap, crossed wire or whatever... that will cause your coil to be a totally different resistance than what you intended.
to the OP... buy a multimeter and test your coil.
Since they obviously do not care if you live or die.
I dont care if you make 500 coils a day by hand, you test every single one before you fire it.... You never know when might accidentally have a partial short, kink, snap, crossed wire or whatever... that will cause your coil to be a totally different resistance than what you intended.
to the OP... buy a multimeter and test your coil.
Not a responsible shop at all!!!
Get yourself a multimeter. Any home improvement store, hardware store, auto parts store, or even wal-mart will have one that will work.
Get yourself a multimeter. Any home improvement store, hardware store, auto parts store, or even wal-mart will have one that will work.
Oh and... If I were you I wouldn't use it again until I tested it. There is no way for us to tell you what the resistance might be.
Unbelievable . . . I'm reading more accounts of Vape shops doing this. The uninitiated have no clue of the potential risk(s).
No one can tell you with any certainty. All I can guess is with a dual coil build, 7 wraps with 26 gauge, you're low.
Grab a digital multimeter somewhere. They're literally in every hardware store, Walmart, Radio Shack, everywhere, and they're not expensive.
Grab a digital multimeter somewhere. They're literally in every hardware store, Walmart, Radio Shack, everywhere, and they're not expensive.
One careless day and you could be in short city without knowing it. I created a short without knowing it on my Kayfun one day. I was in a hurry and wound a coil that measured 1.8 ohms on the ohmmeter before I installed the chimney. I didn't have my fingernail clippers handy, so I used my scissors to clip the ends of the wire. I screwed on the chimney, the tank, and the top and installed it without putting it back on the ohmmeter for a final check.
The Provari read E1 when I fired it. Had it been a mech without a fuse that would have possibly been a bad day. The positive leg was sticking out to the side and shorting to the chimney. Just one careless moment can be trouble.
The Provari read E1 when I fired it. Had it been a mech without a fuse that would have possibly been a bad day. The positive leg was sticking out to the side and shorting to the chimney. Just one careless moment can be trouble.
Thank you to everyone that has posted. But I do not have duel coils. It's a Parallel coil. It's a single coil, but with 2 wires instead of one. They said that would be best for me to use because one of my negative posts has the holes pointed the wrong way. So, if i end up getting this multimeter thing, how would I go about using it? Kinda wish I had the money for a new deck so I didn't have to use this one, since it can't be checked on an ohm meter.
Also, i've been vaping on this build for a good 8 hours now, no problems that I can tell so far. When I got home after going to the vape shop, I took out the cotton they had put in it, and fired it to make sure it was firing correctly. It was heating from the middle out. Been dripping it ever since. Although, I don't get clouds like I wanted. lol
It can be checked with a digital multimeter. Put the positive (red) lead on the center post and the negative (black) lead on the bottom of the deck. Don't waste your money on one of the little black box style ohm checkers.
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