One of my Dvarws is under a quarter of a tankful. Maybe I can try a new mix later today.
Izzy started crying at 2:30am like I knew she would - I tried to get the wife to give her a pain pill when they went to bed but she didn't want to for some reason. So here she crushed one (they are pieces that are 1/4 of a pill) and gave it to Izzy in some soft food. She ate it up, drank water and they went back to bed and are still sleeping. 
Hope she feels better today!
Hope she feels better today!
Me too, DLIzzy started crying at 2:30am like I knew she would - I tried to get the wife to give her a pain pill when they went to bed but she didn't want to for some reason. So here she crushed one (they are pieces that are 1/4 of a pill) and gave it to Izzy in some soft food. She ate it up, drank water and they went back to bed and are still sleeping.
Poor pup 
Good to hear you are getting TC squared away.
Another thing that will help to prevent loud pops is making your spaced coils with the winding's close together. coils will pop loudly if they are more widely spaced (pooled juice is the cause).
Here is a photo of one of my coils. It's a 26g SS316L 2.5id 8 wraps at 0.5Ω (TEMCo wire). The deck is a Kayfun lite 2019.
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ETA: If you look closely, you will see juice pooled up between some of the winding's on the left and in the center. That's normal for spaced coils. When I take the first hit after the RTA has been sitting a while there will be one pop, that's normal. After that no pops, just the normal crackling sound you would hear from any RTA.
I get the impression that TC is more sensitive than wattage. Things need to be just right.
Winding is still a problem for me. I've made kanthal contact coils for so long. Got used to just using heat and tweezers to tune them up. Since you can't use heat on SS I've been winding them with the wraps as close as I can get them, then using a fingernail to open the gaps where they are too close or touching. I haven't figured out a way of closing the gaps where they are too far apart. Imagine I'll get better with practice. A lot of coils I've made have had one or more gaps that were too wide.
The benefits are worth the bother though. And I still have 3 old KFL's on Provaris where I can use kanthal.
Just got a delivery of vape bands from Amazon. Less than 24 hours since I ordered them.
Nice bands, they're thick and wide and they have nice designs instead of goofy words. Problem is they were sold as 22mm but that turned out to be the outside measurement. Takes a bit of work to get them on a tank. Tried stretching one with a couple of fingers and made a little progress. I know bands tend to stretch and get looser with time. Is there any simple way of stretching silicone? Heat maybe?
Nice bands, they're thick and wide and they have nice designs instead of goofy words. Problem is they were sold as 22mm but that turned out to be the outside measurement. Takes a bit of work to get them on a tank. Tried stretching one with a couple of fingers and made a little progress. I know bands tend to stretch and get looser with time. Is there any simple way of stretching silicone? Heat maybe?
Sometimes they turn out to be pretty darn good mistakes. Who has not gone from "Oops" to "Viola"?
True enough. There’s bad mistakes and good mistakes.
I haven’t used cucumber in ages. Not grapefruit either really. I think I’ll pair them for a pudding or ice cream.
Think I got that one figured out. Just spent 15 mins sitting in the kitchen watching the TV and stretching one with my index fingers, now it's perfect.
Winner
I have six recipes now but still haven’t dropped any fruit into my fruitless recipe. Have several more ideas if I can make them into recipes. I also found some notes with other ideas. Maybe I can get a little further ahead.
Well that’s not happening. Tired of working on recipes
The work day is about over here. It has been busy which is good. The boss will be back tomorrow. Luckily I have plenty of work so I can keep my distance from him.
Sad vaping day here. I was charging a bunch of batteries and noticed an AW had been in the charger for a long time sitting at 4.2. Took it out and it really hot. Retired it along with my other remaining AW. Guess that's the end of an era.
My last iStick 40 is getting old too. It still works but it doesn't last very long after a charge. It's been in daily use for 6 years, but I think the time has finally come. Thought about giving it one last ceremonial charge and vape, but I did that before a couple of times and ended up keeping it. Maybe I'll just let it sit on the desk with the other mods for a couple of days so it can say goodbye. That seems more respectful than running it for another year while it slowly decays.
My last iStick 40 is getting old too. It still works but it doesn't last very long after a charge. It's been in daily use for 6 years, but I think the time has finally come. Thought about giving it one last ceremonial charge and vape, but I did that before a couple of times and ended up keeping it. Maybe I'll just let it sit on the desk with the other mods for a couple of days so it can say goodbye. That seems more respectful than running it for another year while it slowly decays.
TC is more particular with getting it setup properly. Once setup the TC settings don't need to be messed with. On my DNA and Arctic Fox mods I set 6 of the 8 profiles for different vaping styles with TC and for specific RBA's (wattages, temps, boost) and left a couple set for simple wattage modes.
I use a Coil Master v3 coiling kit for winding coils. After a coil is tightly wound I hold one wire end firmly in place and then carefully pull the other wire end on the rod to space the coil. Then I compress the wire back against the jig and I have a perfectly spaced coil each time. It did take me a bit to learn how to make them so the spacing was closer together. This is the kit I have...
There are some really good YT videos on making spaced coils with and without a Coil Master tool.
You could also try winding your coil tight, then holding the wire on one side firmly in place on the rod and then carefully pull on the other end. That will create a spaced coil. Then compress the coil to get the spacing closer together.
If interested you can still find the Coil Master v3 coiling kits for cheap. This place has them for $4.00 - Coil Master v3 Coiling Kit
Element Vape has the v4 kit for $14.99 (half price). Coil Master Coiling Kit V4 (6-in-1)
Izzy does feel better today, has been barking at things and loves a good petting. She is now taking antibiotics and pain pills.
72 now in Vegas.
72 now in Vegas.
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