I am sharing to you all everything that I have learned on rebuilding an atomizer.
#1: Don't short your battery.
Use a thicker gauge kanthal wire, make sure you cut any excess and every sticking out wires when you have the kanthal and wick already on place, they should not be touching on either side of the cover or any of the metal it is near.
If you are going to use a mesh wire, make sure that you oxidize it, do not use the mesh wire unoxidized or you will surely explode your batteries. There are a lot of youtube videos on how to oxidize a mesh wire, to be sure, use a multimeter, the dry oxidized mesh wire should not conduct any electricity.
I shorted 2 Ego batteries rebuilding my atty, broke a Lavatube VV device, with the circuits fried and the battery expanded to the point of exploding. Just be careful, build with diligence.
#2: Cut the wick to optimize the airflow.
Long wick gives harder drag, short wick gives much faster burnt taste, in exception to tank rebuildable atomizers like the DID or Genesis which uses mesh wire, and the Bully with the juice well that you can just sink the excess wick.
If you are using an exposed wick rebuildable atty, fold 1 inch wick and tie at the bottom ends. forming a tied loop.
#3: Adjust kanthal wire coil rotation for your voltage and preference.
More coil rotation means more ohm resistance, 3-4 coil rotation is good for 3.7 volts up to 5 volts, more coils for higher voltage, lesser coils gives hotter vapor.
Another is the longer the kanthal to form a rotation, the higher the ohm resistance is.
#4: Use a guide when coiling
Use any pin, lay your wick, kanthal and pin and hold them together in your thumb, then start coiling your kanthal wire.
It is much easier to build using a guide.
#5: Space out evenly the kanthal coil.
Use a pin or twizzers to even them properly. A good kanthal coil should start from the center then spread out.
Make sure you spaced them out evenly to give a good vapor production. Some wick are sensitive and breaks off easily, on such cases don't tie them tightly.
#6: Position the hole directly onto the coil
Have you ever had a wet vape on a rebuildable atty? A kind of vape that is so irritating you couldn't help but just
cough it out badly. This happens when you overfill with ejuice and submerged the kanthal, or your air intake position
is too far from the coil.
Make sure you position the air intake hole as near as possible to the coil, if possible, position it directly to the coil. On my Bully, when I turn the knob all the way, sometimes the hole is too far. A solution is I use the O-ring from an old plastic drip tip, and insert it just around the the thread so I can adjust the hole properly.
Here's just some advice I have when rebuilding an atomizer, make sure you add any tips you have when rebuilding an atty here.
#1: Don't short your battery.
Use a thicker gauge kanthal wire, make sure you cut any excess and every sticking out wires when you have the kanthal and wick already on place, they should not be touching on either side of the cover or any of the metal it is near.
If you are going to use a mesh wire, make sure that you oxidize it, do not use the mesh wire unoxidized or you will surely explode your batteries. There are a lot of youtube videos on how to oxidize a mesh wire, to be sure, use a multimeter, the dry oxidized mesh wire should not conduct any electricity.
I shorted 2 Ego batteries rebuilding my atty, broke a Lavatube VV device, with the circuits fried and the battery expanded to the point of exploding. Just be careful, build with diligence.
#2: Cut the wick to optimize the airflow.
Long wick gives harder drag, short wick gives much faster burnt taste, in exception to tank rebuildable atomizers like the DID or Genesis which uses mesh wire, and the Bully with the juice well that you can just sink the excess wick.
If you are using an exposed wick rebuildable atty, fold 1 inch wick and tie at the bottom ends. forming a tied loop.
#3: Adjust kanthal wire coil rotation for your voltage and preference.
More coil rotation means more ohm resistance, 3-4 coil rotation is good for 3.7 volts up to 5 volts, more coils for higher voltage, lesser coils gives hotter vapor.
Another is the longer the kanthal to form a rotation, the higher the ohm resistance is.
#4: Use a guide when coiling
Use any pin, lay your wick, kanthal and pin and hold them together in your thumb, then start coiling your kanthal wire.
It is much easier to build using a guide.
#5: Space out evenly the kanthal coil.
Use a pin or twizzers to even them properly. A good kanthal coil should start from the center then spread out.
Make sure you spaced them out evenly to give a good vapor production. Some wick are sensitive and breaks off easily, on such cases don't tie them tightly.
#6: Position the hole directly onto the coil
Have you ever had a wet vape on a rebuildable atty? A kind of vape that is so irritating you couldn't help but just
cough it out badly. This happens when you overfill with ejuice and submerged the kanthal, or your air intake position
is too far from the coil.
Make sure you position the air intake hole as near as possible to the coil, if possible, position it directly to the coil. On my Bully, when I turn the knob all the way, sometimes the hole is too far. A solution is I use the O-ring from an old plastic drip tip, and insert it just around the the thread so I can adjust the hole properly.
Here's just some advice I have when rebuilding an atomizer, make sure you add any tips you have when rebuilding an atty here.
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