So I'm trying to put some NR wire in for my recoil of this vivi nova (so I don't burn the rubber gasket) but I'm unclear... do both negative and positive tails need to have NR wire? If so, how do you figure out how much resistance wire to leave in the middle for coiling?
Rebuilding vivi nova
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There's some pictures in this thread that might help. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ystems/295410-vivi-nova-rebuild-tutorial.html
Have you tried it without the nr tails? I use straight 32 ga Kanthal to recoil my reduxes and never have a problem. My coils usually come in at about 2.2 ohms and work fine around 3.5 volts.
This video shows folding the ends of the kanthal back to the coil and twisting it to make a double wire for the tails. It looks as easy as using the nr wire. Another Vivi Nova Rebuild - YouTube
edit: Have you tried cotton yet? I'm using cheese cloth and finding that it wicks much better than silica.
cotton thread: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...5501-different-cottons-different-wicks-2.html
Have you tried it without the nr tails? I use straight 32 ga Kanthal to recoil my reduxes and never have a problem. My coils usually come in at about 2.2 ohms and work fine around 3.5 volts.
This video shows folding the ends of the kanthal back to the coil and twisting it to make a double wire for the tails. It looks as easy as using the nr wire. Another Vivi Nova Rebuild - YouTube
edit: Have you tried cotton yet? I'm using cheese cloth and finding that it wicks much better than silica.
cotton thread: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...5501-different-cottons-different-wicks-2.html
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I use regular resistance wire for my rebuilds with no problems. I don't twist the legs either.
haven't tried twisting but that's an idea. I just don't want the rubber heating up. I could smell it burning when I did a dry burn. I'm using a ss wick but considering stuffing it like a burrito, was thinking cotton from all the good reviews I've seen.
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I attach the NR to my kanthal, then wrap it around a screw driver bit (not sure of the size, I just grabbed one that was the size I wanted) usually doing a 5/6 wrap.
With my 30awg kanthal A I'm getting around 1.7Ω with this method and 32awg kanthal A1 around 2.5Ω.
So far I've only been attaching the NR wire to the positive only and its been working perfectly. Before I was seeing the coil heating up by the gasket/grommet.
With my 30awg kanthal A I'm getting around 1.7Ω with this method and 32awg kanthal A1 around 2.5Ω.
So far I've only been attaching the NR wire to the positive only and its been working perfectly. Before I was seeing the coil heating up by the gasket/grommet.
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