Question about a rebuildable?

What material (metal type) are these coils?

 

If you didn't fire the coil and check for hotspots before you wicked it that can affect it also. If you have dual coils in it .23 ohms is correct.

 

You should always be doing a dry burn/heating test on new wire... it also burns off any oily production residue. Nasty tasting stuff. ;D
I'm not seeing a problem with doing it now. Remove the RTA, stand it upsidedown for 30 seconds, unscrew the coil deck and put it back on the mod. Strip out the wick and do a standard cleaning/coil check & adjustment (running water at the tap to wash off carbons etc. Don't hit the button!!! ), and if all is well rewick and put it all back together (always triple check ohms after you get the tank back on in case of shorts).

And at least a couple years ago... all WoToFo tube coils were Kanthal. I've never used up mine and looked to reorder, so they may have expanded the product line, but if it's SS etc. it should say so on the tube label.

I had to look up the Dead Rabbit because back then all WoToFo product were "sinister" (left hand wrap and decks to match) but it doesn't look like the DR has a problem with either direection. So I can't guess where the issue may be. Or it could be a simple production fault. Test another coil from the batch.

 

If those are the coils the guy at the vape shop suggested then don't ever listen to that idiot ever again.

 

Seriously? Call me old-fashioned, but I'd be rather reluctant to vape mystery metal coils.

 

From what I can find they are kanthal A1 but I can't be sure. That's a reason I make my own coils.

 

The reason I said that is those coils are going to need alot of power and get really hot especially in an RTA. For an RTA I personally wouldn't use anything more than a fused clapton or maybe aliens. There is no need or benefit. Even just regular claptons work very good. Those exotic coils look good but really don't perform well especially in a small chamber like an RTA. Of course this is JUST MY OPINION. I don't use RTAs anymore and haven't for a long time. I also don't care for kanthal. I like ni80 or SS316L. If you know someone that makes coils have them show you how to do it. It's really not hard. You can tell the difference between good coils and crappy coils.

 

A jump of 0.02ohms between different mods with different chipsets is well within the margin of error.
No need to worry.
But because of possible hotspots and residues dryburning new coils should be mandatory nevertheless, because both can produce some really nasty flavors and health issues.

 

Make sure you check what the coil reads as before and after you put the tank together, in an rta especially because they don't have a lot of room around them. If the coil touches the hood, cowl, chimney, whatever you call it (chamber) that will short it. If the resistance drops drastically after you put it together something is touching something, or you really buggered it up when you put your wicking in.
The hot spot thing is probably the issue. Watch a vid on working out hotspots and "strumming".
Personally I have found that many premade coils seem to be lower than expected, don't be surprised if it stays lower than it is supposed to.

 

Well, this is the problem with premade coils. You can’t always trust what they’re labeled as. If they read 0.23-0.25 ohm on two different mods it’s pretty reasonable to believe that’s what they are and wotofo either labeled them wrong or made them wrong.

You’ve gotten lots of good advice. I’d disassemble now even if you lose a bit of juice and clean those coils well sry burning off the machine oil bound to be on them.

 

Honestly that RTA is all wrong for someone whose just coming off smoking for 40 years..

If I were you I'd go for something better suited to your lungs..

I use mtl rta's that are less restricted, you may try this:

OFRF Gear 24mm RTA

^^ it's on sale there, still have blue in stock, code BGG8FB will get you 5.00 off..

It's single coil, has a decent restricted lung draw, and is likely a bit better for you. Very easy to build with good flavor.

Try these coils:

10 Pack Clapton Coils 316L SS (26g/30g) or (28g/36g)

^^^

28g/36g, 3.0mm ID, 6 wraps.

 

0.5ohms is quite high for DL on a mech.
You will never get the full 4.2V. Because of the voltage drop/sag it'll be more like 3.7V at best, which equates to 7.4A and 27W.
As the battery drains, power wil diminish further.
At those low power levels a single coil works a lot better than a dual coil setup.

 

Yep. I run 0.75Ω singles and 1.0Ω parallel duals (for a 0.5Ω total) on my my mech squonkers and I'm very much an MTL vaper using small chambered atties and a fairly tight draw. I don't see these values being satisfactory for a DL setup.