Rebuilt my Kanger Aerotank for first time and...

[Lyric Kayden]

Rebuilt my Kanger Aerotank for the first time and I'm reading 1.2ohms. I used 32 gauge kenthal wire and 2mm silica wick. I built my coils using 7 wraps and included a 1mm flavor wick between the two coils.

I must say it seems I'm getting a little more vapor and hits a little harder. Lol.

So is 1.2ohms ok? And is there anything I need to know about running this low? Thanks

 

[InSearchOfNonCrapParts]

I will let someone more experienced say more but the lower the ohms the faster you are going to burn out the atomizer. They burn hotter which some people prefer for more vapor/ throat hit. I love vapor and throat hits but I get all I need from 2.5 ohms and they last longer. You are going to want to turn you voltage setting down as well. my chart doesnt go below 1.7-1.8 ohms but the setting for that is 3.1-3.3 volts

 

[vapmex]

From my experience, clearomizer heads are short living no matter the ohms, once you get into rebuilding is not big deal if these last 3 days or 2 weeks.

 

[Lyric Kayden]

Last night I stayed up late to try to build different ohm coils but I could get no higher than a 1.5 ohm coil. I used 32 gauge kanthal wire, 2mm silica wick and 9 wraps which gave me 1.5 ohms. I tried to get 10 wraps with each of the two coils but each time I built a 10 wrap coil I could not get a reading for ohms. Is there a trick here? Again I'm doing a dual coil for the Aerotank and also a flavor wick between the two coils like Kanger has the Aerotank setup. I know you can build a single coil with the Aerotank using the head it came with and if I build a single coil could I get a higher ohm vs a dual coil?

Also I noticed now I'm getting a lot of popping every couple hits and it's like a hot hit to the mouth. It's like hot juice pops out of the tank and hits my mouth. Anything?

Thanks

 

[vapmex]

Sorry, I didn't notice that you are building dual-coils on an aerotank head?? (really? that is impressive).

Keep in mind that dual coils reduce the overall resistance of the head, let say that you build 2 9 wrap 32 kanthal (which is each one is the equivalent of 2.4 ohms), when you join the 2 coils (in "parallel" that is the technical term) you will be reducing the resistance of the average of the coils by half, so 2 2.4 ohms will be a 1.2 ohm head... (make sense lol).

that's why you cannot get a higher resistance on this, you will need a thinner wire (maybe kanthal 35 or 36) to get a 2 ohms double coil resistance fitting on kanger head.

but 1.2 or 1.5 ohm is ok, as long as your battery is firing I don't see an issue just that your battery is going to drain faster but the head is going to be able to fire well on an ego or a mechanical mod.

Last night I stayed up late to try to build different ohm coils but I could get no higher than a 1.5 ohm coil. I used 32 gauge kanthal wire, 2mm silica wick and 9 wraps which gave me 1.5 ohms. I tried to get 10 wraps with each of the two coils but each time I built a 10 wrap coil I could not get a reading for ohms. Is there a trick here? Again I'm doing a dual coil for the Aerotank and also a flavor wick between the two coils like Kanger has the Aerotank setup. I know you can build a single coil with the Aerotank using the head it came with and if I build a single coil could I get a higher ohm vs a dual coil?

Also I noticed now I'm getting a lot of popping every couple hits and it's like a hot hit to the mouth. It's like hot juice pops out of the tank and hits my mouth. Anything?

Thanks

 

[Lyric Kayden]

Sorry, I didn't notice that you are building dual-coils on an aerotank head?? (really? that is impressive).

Keep in mind that dual coils reduce the overall resistance of the head, let say that you build 2 9 wrap 32 kanthal (which is each one is the equivalent of 2.4 ohms), when you join the 2 coils (in "parallel" that is the technical term) you will be reducing the resistance of the average of the coils by half, so 2 2.4 ohms will be a 1.2 ohm head... (make sense lol).

that's why you cannot get a higher resistance on this, you will need a thinner wire (maybe kanthal 35 or 36) to get a 2 ohms double coil resistance fitting on kanger head.

but 1.2 or 1.5 ohm is ok, as long as your battery is firing I don't see an issue just that your battery is going to drain faster but the head is going to be able to fire well on an ego or a mechanical mod.

Yeah I built a dual coil and a lot of friends told me it'd be a pain but I found it not much different than the single coil. But... This was my second ever coil I built right after building one single coil 5 minutes previous to it. Lol. I think anyone can do it, just take your time.

Do you know what the popping might be that I wrote above?

 

[vapmex]

Yeah I built a dual coil and a lot of friends told me it'd be a pain but I found it not much different than the single coil. But... This was my second ever coil I built right after building one single coil 5 minutes previous to it. Lol. I think anyone can do it, just take your time.

Do you know what the popping might be that I wrote above?

No resistance reading = It's a shortcut
Popping and burning mouthpiece: It happens sometimes, my guess that these are intermittent shorts that happens when wobbling the device and coil touches the base.

I can see why you are shorting because you are trying to put 10 wraps on a tiny small place. try to tight more the wraps, more like a microcoil to see if you can give enough space to not short out.

 

[Lyric Kayden]

Sounds good, will try. Thanks

 

[Kyi]

I've tried rebuilding a few Protank coils, usually a micro coil with 6-7 wraps (just a guess, I never really pay attention) and it's normally around 2-3 ohms, although I usually aim for around 2-2.5. I find that they don't really hit much noticeably better, or maybe I am just not doing a very good job. I mainly just stick to the original coils and maybe change out the flavor wicks every now and then, especially if it leaks. My friend recently started making his own coils and he's pretty new to the vaping scene. He uses a MVP2 and most of his coils are pretty low, like 1.2-1.5 and whenever I try them, I find they hit very harsh, dry, and wispy. Is there some discernible difference with low ohm coils and vaping at low voltage versus higher voltage with higher ohm coils? I find the quality of vape very inconsistent, but it could be due to our noobness at making them.

 

[coalyard]

Consistency is key...I do 7 wraps of 32ga around a mini screwdriver for my PT2 coils. I don't know the diameter of the screwdriver, but I'm going to guess 1/16". The coils always come out to 1.8-2.0 ohms.

My advice is to find something that works, then do it that way all the time to get repeatable results. Then you can begin to fiddle with variables to get different results, but you need a baseline to begin from or you will not understand the effect of your changes, nor will you be able to effect changes that will get you to where you want to be. Your main variables are wire gauge, number of wraps, and the inner diameter of the coil.

I am pretty happy with how my coils are vaping now, and they are consistent, so I am not likely to change anything for the moment. When I do however, I will have a place to start from, and I will change only one thing at a time, then record the effect that has on the resistance and performance of that coil. Either way, have fun with it and good luck!

 

[ForeverDiving]

Just managed to do a dual coil for my Aerotank. I used 32WGA (.20mm) Kanthal A1 and 1.5mm silica wick doubled over with a flavor wick in the between the two. My multimeter read 3.6 but I neglected to substract the resistance of the probes which is a hearthy 0.6Ω :-( Result, when I mounted it on my eVic it gave me a 1.2Ω reading and then a short warning and refused to fire. It took me the better part of two hours to get the assembly right and it's past 1:00 am here so I'm trying again tomorrow. OTOH, I should give it a try on my mech pipe and see what happens. I hope it doesn't fry the battery... ;-)

Now, dual coiling a Nautilus, that's daunting! Even single coil puts me over my head.

 

[vapoooor]

Sorry, I didn't notice that you are building dual-coils on an aerotank head?? (really? that is impressive).

Keep in mind that dual coils reduce the overall resistance of the head, let say that you build 2 9 wrap 32 kanthal (which is each one is the equivalent of 2.4 ohms), when you join the 2 coils (in "parallel" that is the technical term) you will be reducing the resistance of the average of the coils by half, so 2 2.4 ohms will be a 1.2 ohm head... (make sense lol).

that's why you cannot get a higher resistance on this, you will need a thinner wire (maybe kanthal 35 or 36) to get a 2 ohms double coil resistance fitting on kanger head.

but 1.2 or 1.5 ohm is ok, as long as your battery is firing I don't see an issue just that your battery is going to drain faster but the head is going to be able to fire well on an ego or a mechanical mod.

A little confused, I thought it you had a lower ohm you would use lower volts? how does using lower volts drain your battery faster?