Opinion on Twisted Clapton Coil

[devon_fang_]

So I've been messing around with builds lately and I was wondering about something. If I twisted three 26g Kanthal wires and then claptoned it with say a 30 or 28g wire how it would come out? I've done both twisted and Clapton coils and love them so I thought, "Why not have the best of both worlds?" Haha. Any thoughts on it?

 

[suprtrkr]

Never tried it, but I'd think you'd have a hard time building a coil of reasonable resistance without a *lot* of loops. Surface area is the name of the game, and that'd have a lot of it. But I think it would be more a a single coil dripper thing than anything else. And you'll probably want a 200 watt mod to fire it without an insanely long ramp time. If it could be made to work, I think it would eat batteries like Godzilla, drink juice like a fire hose and make cloud like a steamthrower. Wicking it, I believe, would also cause a problem. It's hard to see how you could get juice into the middle of a coil that long. Hhhmmm... maybe a space in the middle, like XXX---XXX, so you could bring a loop of wick out and back into the juice well.

 

[dcfluegel]

i think i would do some research on it - not saying it's not doable, just make sure you're safe

 

[devon_fang_]

A dual coil would kill my battery so I was going to settle for a single. It probably would be wise to just do 2 26g for the middle instead of three or maybe use a smaller gauge wire instead of 26. I'm looking for a super dense vape with a lot of flavor and thought that this would do the trick haha.

 

[dcfluegel]

may want to try posting in the cloud chasers forum after you get your 5 posts in - that sounds like a cloud chasing build, they might be able to offer more insight

 

[suprtrkr]

It might at that. Tell you what, though: I think I'd try twisted 30s and Clapton them with the same gauge. That would reduce the wire diameter, meaning the coil would be both smaller and less massive. I have never tired to Clapton twisted wire, but I have read the wrap wire will not lay neatly, preferring to follow the twists in the underlayment. That makes sense to me. And if it's true, you'll probably get better results with a fused Clapton than in trying to Clapton a twist.

 

[suprtrkr]

may want to try posting in the cloud chasers forum after you get your 5 posts in - that sounds like a cloud chasing build, they might be able to offer more insight

Sound plan. This is not my specialty...

 

[devon_fang_]

For sure guys, thanks for the help though! I'll let you know if it goes well once my Kanthal ships in haha

 

[suprtrkr]

Do. Now you've got me curious ;-)

 

[dhood]

So I've been messing around with builds lately and I was wondering about something. If I twisted three 26g Kanthal wires and then claptoned it with say a 30 or 28g wire how it would come out? I've done both twisted and Clapton coils and love them so I thought, "Why not have the best of both worlds?" Haha. Any thoughts on it?

I'm curious. What atty has post holes big enough to hold that much wire?

 

[dcfluegel]

that I can think of - probably dark horse, doge, el cabron, twisted messes, 13 heavens, mutation

 

[devon_fang_]

I've got a doge v2 (terrible, clouds are good but lacks flavor,) a dark horse (the deck and post holes are huge and the airflow options are insane,) and a mutation v3 and v4 (post holes would be too small.)