With pics!
I rebuilt an Aero coil yesterday into a single microcoil! I have to say it works great and I like it much better than stock! The flavor and vapor production are just as good and there is no delay in heating up like there is with the dual coils. I vaped with it quite a bit yesterday evening and left it overnight to make sure it wouldn't leak while sitting idle for hours. I'm happy to say I've yet to get a gurgle, flood or dry hit.
Here's a few pics...


So the details... 30 gauge, 8 wraps, 2mm ID, 2.2 Ohms, sterile cotton ball wick. (edit: I'm vaping 65/35 pg/vg MBV strawberry)
The biggest trick was getting a 2mm coil in the correct position as a 2mm micro screwdriver would not fit in the channels to hold the coil in place as I installed the insulator and pin. I also worried about wicking a coil that is wider than the channels. On my PT2 coil builds I use a 1.4mm screwdriver that fits between the channels perfectly to hold the coil. However I felt a 1.4mm would be to small to replace a dual coil.
So here's what I did...
Wrapped the coil, torched it and got it as perfect as I could make it.
Twisted a wisp of cotton very tight and threaded it through the loose coil
Feed the leads into the head and used the cotton to hold the coil in a good position
Inserted the insulator and pin and made a few tiny adjustments to center the coil
Clipped the cotton and fluffed it up with a tiny micro screwdriver. (the pictures above look like the coil is stuffed tight but it's really just fluffy!)
Tested the coil with a multimeter, Ohms meter and sigelei Zmax (all gave the reading of 2.2 Ohms) I just wanted to ensure there were no shorts or anomalies.
It vapes great and I love it!
I rebuilt an Aero coil yesterday into a single microcoil! I have to say it works great and I like it much better than stock! The flavor and vapor production are just as good and there is no delay in heating up like there is with the dual coils. I vaped with it quite a bit yesterday evening and left it overnight to make sure it wouldn't leak while sitting idle for hours. I'm happy to say I've yet to get a gurgle, flood or dry hit.
Here's a few pics...


So the details... 30 gauge, 8 wraps, 2mm ID, 2.2 Ohms, sterile cotton ball wick. (edit: I'm vaping 65/35 pg/vg MBV strawberry)
The biggest trick was getting a 2mm coil in the correct position as a 2mm micro screwdriver would not fit in the channels to hold the coil in place as I installed the insulator and pin. I also worried about wicking a coil that is wider than the channels. On my PT2 coil builds I use a 1.4mm screwdriver that fits between the channels perfectly to hold the coil. However I felt a 1.4mm would be to small to replace a dual coil.
So here's what I did...
Wrapped the coil, torched it and got it as perfect as I could make it.
Twisted a wisp of cotton very tight and threaded it through the loose coil
Feed the leads into the head and used the cotton to hold the coil in a good position
Inserted the insulator and pin and made a few tiny adjustments to center the coil
Clipped the cotton and fluffed it up with a tiny micro screwdriver. (the pictures above look like the coil is stuffed tight but it's really just fluffy!)
Tested the coil with a multimeter, Ohms meter and sigelei Zmax (all gave the reading of 2.2 Ohms) I just wanted to ensure there were no shorts or anomalies.
It vapes great and I love it!
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