Radio Shack or any home store should have electrical heat shrink. Get the clear plastic type rather than the black rubber type, cut it to fit over your tip and use a hair dryer to shrink it. I dont do this as I've adjusted to it, but its an option.
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Radio Shack or any home store should have electrical heat shrink. Get the clear plastic type rather than the black rubber type, cut it to fit over your tip and use a hair dryer to shrink it. I dont do this as I've adjusted to it, but its an option.
Saw a very interesting thread on ECF today where the OP rewicked, but instead of snipping the wicks like the stock heads, he left them long, stuffed up the tube, like an inverted top coil. He says it works great, no leaks, no gurgles, though not sure what he's using as material. Gonna give it a shot.
As far as the dry hits I am going to try PBusardo's method and remove one of the wicks so that it draws liquid better. Hopefully that will prevent them. I haven't gotten my protank yet. It should be here by this Friday. Will reconoiter and report.
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Originally Posted by scooterholic
Ok, I just rewicked my Pro Tank with cotton and so far I like it. I can taste sweet notes of my favorite DYI juice now before it was muted, good vapor just dull now it has both. I went kind of thick four raps of 32g nichrome for 2.5 ohms. Now I'm going to redo my spare head.
I, too, re wicked the heads I have. 32 gauge kanthal with a five over four wrap. 2.6 ohms resistance. I used worsted cotton yarn for the wick. Right now it's doubled over and pulled through the coil. No additional wick needed. This setup has stopped the " end of tank" flood. I've not had a dry hit. I do have good clouds of vapor that are consistent from tank start to finish.
My vamo at 3 watts/3.0 volts burned almost every stock wick. At first I thought it might be my DIY juice. Nope. Same juice in new setup is fabulous. I might be nuts, but I swear my juice tastes better.
I had a really easy time with the worsted cotton yarn. It seems to be perfect. Obviously, the yarn is no dye. I didn't boil it before using it. My wife provided it so it probably came from Walmart.
Questions? I'll help if I can.
Tim
I copied this from another thread.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=421760
Hope it helps.
I totally agree--been vaping for 2 1/2 years and going crazy trying to find the right system. These Kanger Pro Tanks ROCKS! My problem (and why I found this thread) is now finding the replacement heads in stock! Anyone know who has them? Seems everyone wants them and now the replacement heads/coils are getting hard to find!
I got mine at Quantumvapor they seemed to have a pretty good supply and you must order in increments of 5. The price wasn't bad either, I didn't think. They've got a sale price on them right now too.
i bought 10 and immediately dissected them for custom coil and wick. I have 17 heads and no need to buy another for a long time.
They are relatively easy to rebuild as well... which i found surprising.. My first try I got a 1.6ish ohm coil and it looked not to good but vaped like a champ
Is there a mistaken when you type this? 3w with 2.6ohms and have good cloud of vapor? You have to show us how you do this. I always have to set it between 8w to 9w on any resistant head, and still not very happy with the vapor production I have.
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I just checked and my Vamo is indeed set on 3 Watts. I have the voltage at a high of 4.2 and a low of 3.3. The reading from my Vamo for the coil is 2.6 ohms. The reason for volt variance is the juice. Some I like hotter, some cooler.
My Vamo is using an 18650 lion battery.
Hope this helps.
Tim
Strange. I thought higher ohms, requires higher voltage. I am using 1.6 ohms now, and I have to have at least 6w to be able to get some vapor. I just tried 4w now and it went nowhere. It must be the fluid, as you said.
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I may be wrong and I'm sure someone will point out if I am, but I thought the lower the ohms (resistance) the higher the voltage to get a good vape. Still experimenting. I have 2.2Ohm heads in my protank and get a perfect vape at 4.0v.
i use higher resistance 2.5-3.0ohms for my VW. it's to keep it from shutting down because of too low of a resistance.
i recently bought an ego with an evod as a back up and plan on running that one about 1.25-1.5ohms or what ever the lowest I can run on it since it won't shut down like my VW
i recently bought an ego with an evod as a back up and plan on running that one about 1.25-1.5ohms or what ever the lowest I can run on it since it won't shut down like my VW
I think you're right on target. Lower resistance means more current flowing through the wire. If there is room for more current, then go ahead and put more through, right? Wattage describes the thickness of the current. Air goes through a tube easily, but not much comes through. Water through the same tube would be way denser than air, so more comes through. I think I might be describing amps here.
I am out of my depth, so will stop now. Off-topic anyway, maybe?
Tim
Frustrating, isn't it?
Start with low wattage and know you can increase voltage to generate heat to vaporize your liquid. 2.5 ohms resistance seems pretty standard. Go up to 4.2 volts to get heat.
Are you mixing your own juice? If you are, for more vapor increase VG percentage.
Well on a wattage device you could set it to about 7 or 7.5 watts then go up or down from there. I vape at around 8 to 9 watts on my tesla sometimes i go higher other times i go lower but once i set it I leave it... on a 2.5 ohm head im sittin at around 8.5 watts right now
this thread may help you some it helped me when i first got my tesla...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/sg-vapers/266496-vaping-power-chart.html
My protank happen to be on the Tesla too. The chart is showing around between 7w to 8w is safe but I found that 9.5 and 10w is good for me most of the time, but that mean I am taking risk. currently my protank is recoiled at 2ohms.
Does anyone compare carefully one by one between proximate 1.5 ohms and 2.x ohms, regarding vapor and battery life?
Does anyone compare carefully one by one between proximate 1.5 ohms and 2.x ohms, regarding vapor and battery life?
I can get a whole work day's vape (for me 10 hours) out of one AW IMR 18490 battery in a Provari set at 4.0v and a Protank with a 2.2ohm head. And that's taking a vape once every couple minutes. Like a fiend. 
I've tried higher than 4.0v, but was starting to get a burnt taste so I backed it down to 4.0 again.
I've tried higher than 4.0v, but was starting to get a burnt taste so I backed it down to 4.0 again.
Seems to be all over the map for folks. I am using a stock head on my protank - says 2.5 ohms on the head but reads 2.7 on the provari. i have the volts set at 4.0 which would be around 5.9 watts using 100% VG (Boba's) and no probs so far. I did not do anything (remove flavor wicks, re-wick etc) with the head.
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