Rebuildling An OCC Head- Would You Try This?

[WillieB69]

Not sure what the point of this would be since the Kanger Sub tank Mini comes with a rebuildable rba already. I might try it just to see if I COULD do it but other than that, why? Seems crazy to take the time and tear apart an OCC head that was never intended to be rebuilt when a rebuildable option is already available and included with the tank. I could see it if you wanted to save money and the RBA wasn't available but other than that??

With that being said, I think I might try it just for fun.

 

[Bunnykiller]

I tried once to rebuild a Protank 2 coil.... then I went to RTA and RBA's.... not worth the time, trouble, frustration....

 

[Rule62]

I have done this, just for fun. Ms Rule has a Subtank Nano, which doesn't come with an RBA head.

 

[WillieB69]

I have done this, just for fun. Ms Rule has a Subtank Nano, which doesn't come with an RBA head.

How did it come out?

 

[Jim_ MDP]

Seems crazy to take the time and tear apart an OCC head that was never intended to be rebuilt when a rebuildable option is already available and included with the tank. I could see it if you wanted to save money and the RBA wasn't available but other than that??

As mentioned, there's the Nano.

But folks have been rebuilding these and BCCs for dog's years.

Economics? Well, 20 cents worth of wire and wick vs. a 2 or 3 dollar replacement. Bro, do you even DIY?

Or using a different wire type. There were probably a ton of Ni heads long before Kanger made them.
And now... Ti and Stainless Steel.

Or just to get a different preferred resistance.

 

[Rabbit Slayer]

Building on a 22mm deck is a pita for me...No thank on trying to rebuild something that has to fit in a 5mm hole

 

[WillieB69]

Economics? Well, 20 cents worth of wire and wick vs. a 2 or 3 dollar replacement.

But wouldn't you get the same savings, more or less by buying the wire and cotton to use on the RBA deck?

Bro, do you even DIY?

No.

I DID use the RBA deck for my Kanger tank today just out of curiosity.

Clouds, Bro......

 

[Jim_ MDP]

Building on a 22mm deck is a pita for me...No thank on trying to rebuild something that has to fit in a 5mm hole

Actually... the body comes apart. I'd say it's identical to the CLR heads for the eGo One tank. There are others of the same design. Coil drops in from the top.

As opposed to the iSub head. Looks similar to the press fit Kanger, but doesn't come apart, I understand. That would require keeping the coil compressed and placing it through the bottom. It's been done though.

Along with BCCs, it's all too fiddly for me to have bothered with... yet. But I have several old ones of each that I may play with someday.

 

[Rule62]

How did it come out?

They come out good. But I'm quite used to coil building. They're pretty easy. Just have to watch out for the legs. One thing he didn't do in the video, that I do, is pull the legs tight to the screwdriver, with a pair of needle nose pliers, before trapping them under the insulator and center post.

 

[WillieB69]

They come out good. But I'm quite used to coil building. They're pretty easy. Just have to watch out for the legs. One thing he didn't do in the video, that I do, is pull the legs tight to the screwdriver, with a pair of needle nose pliers, before trapping them under the insulator and center post.

Good tip.
Like I said, I may try one or two for fun.... Just to see if I can. If they don't work, I'm not really out anything but some wire and a chunk of cotton. If they do work, I'll vape 'em 'til they die and then pop in a new, factory made one.

 

[Rule62]

Good tip.
Like I said, I may try one or two for fun.... Just to see if I can. If they don't work, I'm not really out anything but some wire and a chunk of cotton. If they do work, I'll vape 'em 'til they die and then pop in a new, factory made one.

You'll be able to do it. When you have the 2.5mm screwdriver through the coil, inside the OCC head, grab both tails at the same time, with a pair of pliers, and snug the coil up. It's one thing the guy in the video didn't do.

 

[choochoogranny]

I've done both the OCC (horizontal rebuild) and the RBA. Then I found out my ProTank 2 rebuilt coils also work in the Subtank mini. Nice to have multiple choices.

 

[Danbrooks2k]

Rewicking them is super easy... I have not tried to replace the coil, but I have recently rebuilt a bunch of ISUB coils... very simple and not one coil let me down. If the coil fires all you have to worry about is wicking. Too much can dry hit, too little can flood... it is easy to try try try again...

I suggest trying to rewick a few before going all the way. Totally doable though.... and yes I know they have an RDA deck... but a pocket of hand built coils is a sweet reward.

 

[WillieB69]

Thanks for all the input. Just seemed kind of odd to me when there is a rebuildable option but I guess somebody saw a reason to do it. There are several how to videos on YouTube showing how to rebuild them.

 

[labmonkeys]

This video is mighty old and when I was actually watching it, it was to learn to rebuild my SubTank Nano at the time or my AirTank.

What I can say is that I've tried rebuilding an OCC head with my new skills recently (rebuilding the RBA which the SubTank comes with) and albeit more fiddly there is no denying that, it's actually not that hard at all to rebuild them.

What you can use it for? Up to you. I use to for ready replacement coil head for when you feel too lazy to rebuild. For example if my coil goes bad in the middle of a hard work week the last week I want to start doing when I come home is start rebuilding my coil (even though it only takes 5 minutes yes)

 

[edyle]

It would not be worthwhile if kanger decided to make a few varieties of rba heads instead of just one design.

It's also worthwhile if you can't get your hands on a 10pack of rba heads
https://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10014665/2566300-replacement-rebuildable-rba-plus-coil-head-for

 

[Alter]

It would not be worthwhile if kanger decided to make a few varieties of rba heads instead of just one design.

It's also worthwhile if you can't get your hands on a 10pack of rba heads
https://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10014665/2566300-replacement-rebuildable-rba-plus-coil-head-for

I read the reviews on those non-kanger RBA's FT sells and they are crap. I had a cart load of small items so I got a couple kanger RBA's from them and they are still in the mail. I like to have a rebuild onhand for my wife's subtank so I'm not under pressure to rebuild quickly. I'm still trying to get a OCC coil rebuild to work good, the first attempt and it leaked badly I assume from not enough wicking, 2nd attempt I assume too much wicking and had a good vape but vapor production was sub par. I haven't had time in the last week to pick up my other subtank sitting in a US parcel depot so we only have 1 subtank and my wife uses it so experimenting with the OCC coils hasn't really happened for me yet since she uses the 1 subtank we got and if I give her a protank back so I can play with the subtank she will go coyote ugly all over me.

 

[dhood]

I've rebuilt my 1.2 ohm coils to .6 ohms. The key is wicking. It takes a bit of trial and error to get it right.

 

[edyle]

I read the reviews on those non-kanger RBA's FT sells and they are crap. I had a cart load of small items so I got a couple kanger RBA's from them and they are still in the mail. I like to have a rebuild onhand for my wife's subtank so I'm not under pressure to rebuild quickly. I'm still trying to get a OCC coil rebuild to work good, the first attempt and it leaked badly I assume from not enough wicking, 2nd attempt I assume too much wicking and had a good vape but vapor production was sub par. I haven't had time in the last week to pick up my other subtank sitting in a US parcel depot so we only have 1 subtank and my wife uses it so experimenting with the OCC coils hasn't really happened for me yet since she uses the 1 subtank we got and if I give her a protank back so I can play with the subtank she will go coyote ugly all over me.

I haven't had a good time either with those new rba heads myself; so far, I've been using the original one that came with my subtank, the one with the juice channels.

My plan is to wick them like the old protank coils, with wick stuffed straight through, but frankly I'd just rather have a 10pack of the original coilhead design instead of having to figure out how to wick the new coil head.

If you figure out how to rebuild/reuse the square replaceable head, then I think the same wicking should work for the rba heads with the same holesize.