Phoenix V5, achieving 1.5 ohms or higher?

[Dana G Birrell]

I had been having issues for 5 months getting proper flavor with my AGA-T, and I have for the most part, completely given up with my AGA-Ts. Having two of them, and no mechanical mod, I'm at a loss at trying to get the thing working for the time being.

I recently purchased two Phoenix V5s and I've been trying to wrap coils to achieve 1.5 ohms or higher, and I cannot seem to get anything OVER .4 ohms. I would love to be able to use one of these with my VAMO at home as it's the perfect atty to use in cases I might accidentally drop the damn thing, it will be less likely to strip the threads.

Ideas?

Edit: Wrapping with 32g, 2/3 and 3/4 wrap.

 

[Vash]

What gauge wire are you using and how may wraps? .4 ohms is super low.Check out the micro coils thread and get some 28-32 gauge and you will be good to go.

 

[Zak Rabbit]

What gauge wire are you using and how may wraps? .4 ohms is super low.Check out the micro coils thread and get some 28-32 gauge and you will be good to go.

On my Phoenix, I've been using 34g wire, 8 full wraps on 2.5mm ekowool with a 1/16 drill bit inside it. I believe it's been giving 1.5 ohms.

Sent via the guys that made Star Trek low tech.

 

[Vash]

Try a micro coil with 10 wraps 30g for vv/vw devices and for a mech try micro with 8 wraps 28g .Either way you will be vaping like a champ.

 

[Vash]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/reos-mods/413000-rm2-rba-2-0-reomizer-2-rebuild-tutorial.html Follow these steps and take your time to get it right and when you do you will have a amazing and safe coil.No need for SLR coils when you build a great micro coil.Doesnt matter that this is Reo specific will work for your Phoenix

 

[Tony_B]

I built my first coil ever tonight with 30g kanthal and a single strand of 2.5mm ekowool. I got .4 ohms. No bueno, as I use a vamov3. Tried it again with 2 more wraps, 1.3. Not bad, at least I could vape with it.
I was just bored, so I tried again with 2 strands of wick, wrapped 5 times tight using a small paperclip. 1.5 on the nose. Getting some nice clouds at 3.5v.

 

[Thrasher]

i would think at .4 we are talking double coils? as this is the design of the v5. because ordinarily i hit 1.8 to 2 ohms very easily with 4 or 5 wraps of 32 on 3 mm silica doubled over and one strand should be just around 1.4 to 1.7
if thats the case you need two 3ohm coils for 1.5 and something like 34g would work better with normal size coils.

if this is not the case then there is possibly a fault or short somewhere. and the atty needs to be checked with no coil in it, then with the coil inserted. i have had atty's in the past where a small piece of debris causes a resistance reading/short when no coil present driving my mod crazy.

have you actually tried reading it on the vamo?

 

[Dana G Birrell]

Yes, this is a dual coil atomizer. I would like to continue using dual coils and be able to use my Vamo V3 on it. I will further read and respond to these questions after work.

 

[pdxtechdoctor]

What you need are two 3 ohm coils.. which then becomes 1.5 ohms...

What we need is what supplies you have to make these coils.. what are you trying to use?

I would really recommend using two microcoils using 30 awg and rolled cottons.. but let us know what you have and we can go from there...

 

[Thrasher]

Yes, this is a dual coil atomizer. I would like to continue using dual coils and be able to use my Vamo V3 on it. I will further read and respond to these questions after work.

then its simple, just make (2) 3 ohm coils

 

[pdxtechdoctor]

2/3 and 3/4 with 32 awg? Really? I only wrap like that if I am shooting for low ohms and normal type coils on silica...

We still don't know what you are using for wicking, but using 32awg and what it sounds like is silica....

Double over your wick, wrap 7/8 for each coil... I think you should hit close..

 

[Dana G Birrell]

Thanks guys and sorry for the lack of information.

I'm using Silica and have 34, 32 and 28g to work with. I am off tomorrow and Thursday, so I will be working on this coil in the morning and posting results.

 

[Dana G Birrell]

So, last night at work I wasn't paying attention to my hands while using the mandolin to slice potatoes. My favorite thumb now has about 3mm thick skin hanging from it. Fun times, no wrapping anything for the next week or two.

 

[Zak Rabbit]

So, last night at work I wasn't paying attention to my hands while using the mandolin to slice potatoes. My favorite thumb now has about 3mm thick skin hanging from it. Fun times, no wrapping anything for the next week or two.

sorry to hear that! hope you heal quickly before the muscle memory fades!

Sent care of the guys that made Star Trek low tech.

 

[Dana G Birrell]

sorry to hear that! hope you heal quickly before the muscle memory fades!

Sent care of the guys that made Star Trek low tech.

I have a feeling it's going to be extremely difficult even after a couple of weeks. This cut is something else. It's on the verge of "should get stitches" but it's... Just not really stitchable... Most of the flap will probably die and retraining my brain to wrap while gripping the wire differently is going to be a lot of fun.