Please help :(

[Wob]

So ive been up until 2am building coils and none have worked. Im using
Authentic Kanthal A1 Nichrome Resistance Wire 25
Guage but also have tire 26 guage regular kanthol
On my turbo V2 with an ipv4 box mod.
Every time I put a coil in it gives me .8ohms for watts and like .35 for joules in the nichrome setting.Ive tried building on 3/32, 7/64, and 1/8 screwdriver keys. Each one giving me around the same .8 range. Im not trying to get low resistance, I'd like it to be about 2.5 or greater. I use about 7 wraps each time I build but ive tried more to increase resistance but did not significantly change it. Maybe I just need to get diffirent kanthol but the regular kanthol has worked for me in the past and still didnt work tonight.

 

[SomeTexan]

Kanthal A1 and NiChrome are two different things. Joules would be a temp control power setting for either Ni200 or, if supported by your device, titanium. For more ohms, you need smaller diameter wire and/or more wraps. What exactly are you trying to do? A temp control build or just a wattage build?

 

[MattyTny]

It seems like you may have confused Nichrome wire with nickle(Ni200). Kanthal and Nichrome are used on power settings and not temperature control.

You can use Steam Engine to create possible builds and figure out what type of wire and how much of it will get you to your resistance.
http://www.steam-engine.org/coil.asp

As SomeTexan said, are you looking to use the temperature regulation or the power regulation? Right now you can make a kanthal or nichrome build and use the wattage mode.

As a side note, most temp control builds are very low in resistance, but that does not mean you are pushing crazy power either. It's just the nature of the wire.

 

[Ou2mame]

If you want 2.5 ohm coils you're going to have to use 29 or 30g to have a reasonably usable coil.

 

[realsis]

they pretty much explained everything already. if your looking to build with regular kanthal you won't be using the temperature control settings.The gauge of kanthal, how tightly it's wrapped, and how the coil is spaced, also how many wraps will all greatly effect the ohm load. I personally perfer to wrap my coils around one of the small blue screwdrivers that comes free with a RBA. This makes a perfect coil every time. Don't get frustrated, keep on practicing with the correct mod settings for your wire. if your using nickle, it's going to be quite different from kanthal wire. Exactly what are you trying to accomplish? Temperature control with nickle wire or a regular Kanthal build? more information is required to provide proper help.

 

[Wob]

I want to run on regular wattage mode with my nichrome wire. Ive tried the smaller screwdrivers but Ill try to use the blue screwdriver as soon as I find it. When I built my nichrome coils they were tight together and heated from the inside out but still read low ohms. The thing im wondering is if it this ohm reading is a result of the materials im using or perhaps the way I wrap them. Is the build im describing supposed to be that low or am I doing something wrong?

 

[MythDrago]

using my vape tool on my phone using 26g ka1 to hit your desired 2.5ohm range as a duel coil these are the specs 3.0 mm inner diameter .25 legs length per coil to hit that 2.5ohm u need like 38-39 wraps per coil. now as you can see that is vary unreasonable witch is why you don't use like 28g or lower for high ohm builds.
now out of that if you just change to ka1 30g it is 15-16 wraps per coil to hit 2.5ohm witch is fairly in reason. now as a single coil with 26g it would take 19-20 wraps with all same specs as above but using 30 its only 7-8 wraps. as my .1 ohm build is like duel parralell 24g like 5 wraps so 10 wraps is how it would look. just a few figures for you.

 

[Ou2mame]

Why do you want to build such a high ohm coil?

 

[Wob]

I dont actually need the ohms to be that high I just wanted to get it so my coils werent heating Way to too fast and boiling the liquid. I usually use 4 volts so what resistance level would I need to get it to so that it doesnt do this

 

[evan le'garde]

So ive been up until 2am building coils and none have worked. Im using
Authentic Kanthal A1 Nichrome Resistance Wire 25
Guage but also have tire 26 guage regular kanthol
On my turbo V2 with an ipv4 box mod.
Every time I put a coil in it gives me .8ohms for watts and like .35 for joules in the nichrome setting.Ive tried building on 3/32, 7/64, and 1/8 screwdriver keys. Each one giving me around the same .8 range. Im not trying to get low resistance, I'd like it to be about 2.5 or greater. I use about 7 wraps each time I build but ive tried more to increase resistance but did not significantly change it. Maybe I just need to get diffirent kanthol but the regular kanthol has worked for me in the past and still didnt work tonight.

So you're building a single coil assembly ?!. I use 32 gauge, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26 gauge, 25, 24, depending on what atomizer i'm using and how much vapour i want it to create. You're using a Turbo V2 RDA, but you give the impression you're building 1 coil in it. If you are then you are definitely going to need something like 30g or 32 gauge for what you're looking for. You could try 100 times to build a coil of 6 or 7 wraps of 25 or 26g kanthal but the result is always going to be the same at around 0.8ohm's. The IPV4 can go as low as 0.1ohm which means you could build four 6 wrap coils of 25g kanthal in your Turbo V2 and you'd ohm in at about 0.2ohm. If you want to go higher like you've said like 2.5ohm's you can either build one coil of 32 gauge with about 6 wraps or you could build 2 coils of 32g kanthal with 6 wraps a piece and have a resistance of about 1.3ohms. If you built 4 coils with 6 wraps a piece you ohm in at about 0.6ohm's.

Why are you using a dripper for a single coil build ?. The kind of build you are descibing you want is the kind of build i might do in a Kayfun, although i usually build about 1.8 in that but i'm confused as to why you're using a dripper (turbo v2) for a single coil build. Anyway, if you did build with some 32g wire and created a 6 wrap coil with a resistance of about 2.5ohm's then the IPV4 will set the volts itself depending on how many watts you use.

There is no way you could have used 25 or 26g kanthal with six or seven wraps and had a reading of 2.5 ohm's. True you could have had two coils of 6 wraps of 25g kanthal with a combined ohm'age of 0.25ohm, is that what you meant ?. For more resistance you'll need thinner wire (higher) such as anything like 28, 29, 30, 31 or 32g. 25 or 26g is never going to give you a high resistance in any atomizer !.

I just put my Kayfun V4 on my IPV4 and set it at 15 watts. The Kayfun has a single coil, 7 wraps of 29g kanthal and has a resistance of 1.8 ohm's and the IPV4 set the volts at about 5.3. If i raised the watts the volts would rise. As it was it worked best at about 15 watts without burning the liquid.

You have confused the hell out of me though, i am scratching my head !.

 

[evan le'garde]

Double post - deleted.

 

[Ou2mame]

The type of coil you use doesn't decide if the juice "boils" or not.. That's decided by power. I build 0.7 coils with 24g, 6 wraps of kanthal. I vape at 25w. If I pushed it to 35w, it might start to burn if my wicking couldn't keep up. So I would try building lower ohm coils, and adjusting the watts, instead of building absurdly high ohm coils for a low ohm dripper.

 

[93gc40]

You got this wire from Fastech... " Authentic Kanthal A1 Nichrome Resistance Wire 25 " I know because that is their description of Kanthal/nichrome mystery wire. The only thiong that might be authentic about it is the gauge. it is probably 25awg. Thing is sometimes it is Kanthal and some time Nichrome.

IF you are looking to get a coil of 2.5ohm or more, you need 30awg wire or smaller.
If you want to use TC mode you should be using Nickle or titanium wire. Both Kanthal and Nichrome can be used BUT, both are verry poor for TC mode, it is very hard to READ an accurate temperature with them. Due to the variability in resistance when the wire is under load.

 

[dhood]

I use 28 gauge Kanthal, 10 wraps, 3mm inner diameter on all my Kayfun V4s. They all spec in at 2.1 or 2.2 ohms depending on the device that reads them. I like to fire them around 15 to 16 watts. You're not going to get 2.5 ohms easily with a 26 gauge wire (19 wraps?). As recommended above, you'll need smaller diameter wire to do that. Heating fast and boiling the liquid is what produces vapor.

 

[HardCoil]

So ive been up until 2am building coils and none have worked. Im using
Authentic Kanthal A1 Nichrome Resistance Wire 25
Guage but also have tire 26 guage regular kanthol
On my turbo V2 with an ipv4 box mod.
Every time I put a coil in it gives me .8ohms for watts and like .35 for joules in the nichrome setting.Ive tried building on 3/32, 7/64, and 1/8 screwdriver keys. Each one giving me around the same .8 range. Im not trying to get low resistance, I'd like it to be about 2.5 or greater. I use about 7 wraps each time I build but ive tried more to increase resistance but did not significantly change it. Maybe I just need to get diffirent kanthol but the regular kanthol has worked for me in the past and still didnt work tonight.

I was just like you at first. Blindly set free to the world of vaping and no one to guide our hands to the light of cloud puke wonders!

Chill, before whatever you wanna do, please trust me on this. Go look for Ohm's Law and get an understanding of it. Volts is the force of electricity, amps are the current of it, ohms are the resistance and power is the result/work done by the circuitry. Relax and understand it first before u start building.

Rebuildings are dangerous. Miscalculate and boom! Jihad style. Seriously.

Kanthal is kanthal.
Nichrome is nichrome
Ni200 is Nickel
I forgot the titanium akronim

Have an ohm checker - ur best friend
Have a good battery - another good friend
Have a lot of questions - also useful friend

Advice on coils :

If u wanna go a balance of both vapor and flavor -

I am pretty sure the turbo v2 allows dual coiling. If you have two good 20A batteries then go for this. If you dont, then dont do this. I am giving you a guideline for u to tweak and see if it fits ur soul. 20A continuos discharge not pulsed! I dont wanna be responsible of jihading someone.

Dual coil 8 wraps 2.5mm inner diameter preferably 24g kanthal. Should clock out about .3 ish ohms. Dont have an ohm checker its k, ur ipv4s will tell ya. Its a nice cool vape around 45-50 watts. U want more vapor and faster burning 60 is max or u burn the wicks. As for wicking, snuggie not sardine. Wick it as much as it could move in and out snugly. Not too lose and defo not tight.

You want flavor?
Do the same as above but use 28g kanthal instead.

You wanna use temperature control?
Use same method but use nickel instead of kanthal but ur ohms will be lower and i do not recommend it. Torch the nickel before use so the coil is free of resedue and tastes better later when vaped. Use the ni200 settings at about 105-115. If u get a slight burn taste lower the joule to 100-105. Tweak to your liking. Some takes hard deep draws some slow soft draws. Some long, some short. So this setting differs for everyone.

Cheers bro. I always stand to be corrected. I have a weak left leg.




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[Wob]

Thanks I managed to get it to work good with thicker coils but ill deffinitely be reffering back to your information the next time i build Im using single coil for now just because i finally got it to were I want its high ohms but works pretty good

 

[HardCoil]

High ohms great flavor appreciation! Save battery life and so much safer to vape on... Cheers man.


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