Penelope Ohms going crazy!

[HappyTimeHarry]

So I made a new coil about 4 days ago or so and it's been rocking 2.5 ohms since last night when I checked it. Well I pick up my trusy Provari to vape this morning and I'm getting the weakest vapor production ever. I check the ohms and my Penelope is pushing out 6.4 all of a sudden. I take it off, let it sit for 10 mins and then it's at 7.9. What the heck! I know I'm honna have to make a new one, but I was just wondering if anybofy knows what's going on here. I would like to try and avoid this in future if possible.

Thanks

 

[Theken]

Try cleaning it up a bit, I get some slight variations but nothing that extreme.

 

[bacc.vap]

Make sure connections are'nt loose and that the coil is down in the cup, so it can't accidentally make contact with mouthpiece. Also check end of neg wire is'nt too long and sometimes touching pos contacts.

 

[HappyTimeHarry]

I just took it apart and threw the coil away. I'll make a new one for it. It's just odd that it did that all of sudden. It was fine for about 4 or 5 days at a steady 2.5 ohms. I was pretty much out of the juice I was using on that coil anyway so I was going to have to create a new one when I switched flavors.

 

[The Hill Giant]

Not to trying to hijack your thread, but I'm having a similar, but much less extreme issue. Just wondering if it's normal for a newly built coil to fluctuate in resistance. I just built my first coil (from scratch, not pre-made from CoV) and it's reading 2.8 sometimes, and 3.1 sometimes. Is that unusual?

 

[HappyTimeHarry]

I would think its only fluctuating .3 you should be good. I know it will change while it breaks in so I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Xaiver]

I use a kick, so I can't really attest to how much my coils fluxtuate, but there is definitely a bit of it going on.

When I wrap a fresh coil at 2.5ohms, and then pop it in the atty, I get something closer to 3ohms. After a few days it seems to change a bit.

I wonder if your coil isn't too wet. Sometimes I get that when it's sort of flooded, feels like the kick is struggling to keep up with the flooded atty.