Please help !!

[Tom Forde]

Lmao good one @AnonymousVaper ...
I think household wire works great. Specially quality speaker wire. The thick XLR cables are the best, just strip one open and use some of the small copper wires to make your wraps. It's never let me down!




Staff Edit just because... : This is sarcasm !

 

[suprtrkr]

Well, you're definitely going to need some negative post screws. And some resistance wire. Take it to a shop, guy. Stay alive.

 

[ddirtyvapes]

Can we all agree how happy we are that this was a sig30 and not a mech?

Little victories...

Ed: and for posterity, let's be clear that Tom is being sarcastic. Please don't use household wire.

 

[MyMagicMist]

Here is what a compressed coil should look like.

That sure is a pretty looking ten wrap coil. I use a five to five and a half wrap. Mine are 'getting there' each time I wrap one. They are even spaced and look very similar to the one you show, not exact but very close. I will master building coils by hand though. Seeing now how therapeutic and joyful it can be inspires me to keep on building them.

Mine individually come out reading around 1.15 to 1.20 oHm. When I do them as a dual set on a deck, I get around .55 to .60 oHms. Gradually learning on that too, eventually will get duals reading .60 every time. Ha! Coil building, the new sword forging.

 

[ddirtyvapes]

Gradually learning on that too, eventually will get duals reading .60 every time. Ha! Coil building, the new sword forging.

Just remember that some minor variation in resistance is totally normal, especially with a sensitive resistance reader or device. It will also change slightly as they get rather old. It is exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to hand build a coil that reads the EXACT SAME EVERY TIME. Hell, even machine built coils don't do that.

 

[rolf]

please listen to all the comments !
nothing wrong with copper wire ...if you wire a house!
it is very low loss ( ohms per foot ) also great for shorting out a battery ...what saved you from a big disaster is a regulated mod .
is called a resistance coil ..so you need resistive wire like kanthal a1 ..start with lets say 28 gage . 7 or 8 wraps around a 2.5 mm screw driver tight wrap .
then MESURE THE RESISTANCE ..should be around 1.2 ohms . just to start with . anything 0.8 to 1.8
also you must have the screws !! don't wrap long leads around a post .
watch some coil building videos on you tube.
and do us all a favor DONT FIRE THAT THING UP ANY MORE .

 

[MattyVigilante]

No it's not usable. It's not safe.

It is however very funny and a contender for build of the year.

T

You owe me a new keyboard, I just spat coffee all over mine!

 

[MyMagicMist]

Just remember that some minor variation in resistance is totally normal, especially with a sensitive resistance reader or device. It will also change slightly as they get rather old. It is exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to hand build a coil that reads the EXACT SAME EVERY TIME. Hell, even machine built coils don't do that.

* nodding * Also take into consideration I'm using a cheap volt-meter with my deck on to build. Knew the coils altered with age from using the stock ones in evods, seeing it show up on the regulated mods. I understand there's a wee bit of wiggle room. Would prefer though, getting as good as I can. Kind of a zen thing for me now. "Ah, look at the excellent coil I make. Now, to ponder when the wick shall escape." hehe.

 

[ddirtyvapes]

^ Getting as good as you can is never a bad goal. Was just reminding you not to beat yourself up when even your perfectly-wrapped .60 coil drifts a tiny bit in either direction