Replacement coils

[JohnnyDill]

Don't throw your old coils away. Just put them aside in some container somewhere.

Eventually you may get interested in rebuilding them, not necessarily for the cost. You can get much better performance from a head with a well-made recoil than with the stock factory heads; I rebuild mine for performance, not for savings. Well, also so I'll never run out of coil heads! Well, also because I am a tinkerer! OK, I admit it, I'm a cheapskate!

Rebuilding a head is not very difficult.

-Once you rebuild a coil once or twice, it becomes routine. I like rebuilding mine for performance also. I prefer a warmer vape for tobacco flavors. Using AWG30 wire, it is very easy to end up with around 1.8 ohms, which is IDEAL for my vaping requirements. YMMV!

 

[69CamaroSS]

There's no adapters needed. One probe to the center and one probe to the side, be it coil, tank, light bulb, guitar cable, etc.

Now I'm about to rant a bit, so forgive me.

I'm assuming you are talking about those little boxes that you screw a tank onto, push a button and it will display the resistance. I would not waste money on such a gadget. From the 3 I've seen and tried at my LFVS, (local friendly vape store), they left way too much to be desired. 2 were beyond 25% off in accuracy, all were overpriced, and they only did one thing, if the threads worked. None could check my Triton tank.

I recommend and use a real multipurpose tool. My Craftsman 82008 I got for Christmas is my goto device. At under $30, it will do everything I'd ever need. Volts, Amps, Ohms, autorange with manual override, it even has a temp probe. My buddy has a Innova 3320 for $20 from amazon that is really good.

I would steer clear of Harbor Freight low end stuff. You get what you pay for.

I don't understand why someone would get a 1 function device. Yea, a multimeter looks intimidating, but with a few youtube lessons, ... I measure batteries all the time, and I can check resistance in anything from a assembled tank, to a coil head, to 6 inches of bare wire. Plus household wiring, switches, fuses, all over the car, and a lot of musical gear.

Totally agree with Dave on this one! My Fluke Multimeter has served every measuring need I've come across for 20+ years!! AC or DC Volts, ohms, Amps and continuity!

Side note, coil resistance varies both with amount of built up juice coating as well as heat (during firing)!