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. Dang that coil in the Hurricane is nice at 18W.Serpent RTA by WOTOFO
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. Dang that coil in the Hurricane is nice at 18W.
I'm new at making clapton wire but I'm practicing, here's my first use of Ni200 in a while. Two strands 28 gauge tempered Ni with 34 gauge Kanthal wrapper.
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I'm new at making clapton wire but I'm practicing, here's my first use of Ni200 in a while. Two strands 28 gauge tempered NI with 34 gauge Kanthal wrapper.
Nice, what did the resistance come in at on that build?
Did you vape it yet?
Just now vaped it, pretty heavy duty. 0.051Ω. 40 watts, 70 watts preheat, highest punch
Edit: I had to remove the 12 mg nic and replace with 5, more tolerable now.
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I just received mine and have a few questions for the Serpent owners - is your juice control part of the tank wobbly when fully open? Does it move when pulling it up and down a bit? Can you see a gap between it and the tank's uppermost end when fully open? Do you sometimes have a liquid seeping out of the place where juice control and tank meet (uppermost)?
I'm new at making clapton wire but I'm practicing, here's my first use of Ni200 in a while. Two strands 28 gauge tempered Ni with 34 gauge Kanthal wrapper.
Holy crap!!!
If that build lacks flavor or vapor, just throw the tank in the trash!! lol
roxy....glad to see you got a Serpent!!
I've had these since their release and really enjoy them. I've found the closer the coil is to the airflow hole, the better the flavor. My fav Clapton build is 4/5 wrap 28/32 spaced .76ohm between 40-50 watts. Vaping Muffin Man with this buid as I type. MM is 80 VG and the space coil has no prob "keeping up". Once I got the Serpent dialed in it became one of my favs and then 3 more showed up at my door!!
BTW did your Stout come yet?? I think the Serpent would look outstanding sitting atop the silver Stout. I tried to order one yesterday but the silvers were out of stock.
roxy....glad to see you got a Serpent!!
I've had these since their release and really enjoy them. I've found the closer the coil is to the airflow hole, the better the flavor. My fav Clapton build is 4/5 wrap 28/32 spaced .76ohm between 40-50 watts. Vaping Muffin Man with this buid as I type. MM is 80 VG and the space coil has no prob "keeping up". Once I got the Serpent dialed in it became one of my favs and then 3 more showed up at my door!!
BTW did your Stout come yet?? I think the Serpent would look outstanding sitting atop the silver Stout. I tried to order one yesterday but the silvers were out of stock.
Funny you should say that as the Serpent is on my Stout
. I just got the black Stout as black is one of my favorite colors. I had planned to put the Griffin on the Stout, but I didn't know what I was getting into with those fused Claptons, ha ha! As soon as I realized I was going to be using approx 100W, my plans changed for it.The Serpent is coming around for me. Funny how some builds just need more break in time. And hopefully I'll remember to wrap my coils for it the opposite way of what I'm inclined to do. I did put in a spaced Clapton for the first time, and that may be affecting my experience as it cools significantly faster.
roxy....how are you liking the Stout?? Hows it feel in the hand?? Soon as silver is stocked I'm gonna snag one!
It was the snooze/lose scenario. lol
It was the snooze/lose scenario. lol
I like it a lot. Its much smaller than it looks in pics, and is very comfortable. It feels good quality and the buttons are nice. I forgot to do the update yesterday when it came, but I'll try to remember that today.
I should note that my leaking problems or wicking problems are a result of this being my second RTA, not the Serpent's fault. I've tried about 5 different wicking methods but was getting dry hits with each and pulled 3 of them out too early and, in retrospect, realize the tank was too low (I was trying to keep from wasting juice if it was going to dump out because of my wicking). After filling about 3/4ths of the way I've been able to get the wicking reasonable, but very far from ideal. I have been able to get an idea of the flavor/vapor production and its very, very good. My only point of comparison is the MT which I think a monkey can wick (as I can do it without being half as careful as I am when I am unsuccessful with the Serpent!) I think I just need to do some trial and error until its working the way I want it to, I'm just wasting a ton of cotton lol.
Dwcraig: that's a beautiful build. Do you need to change the TCR at all for that coil to work well? (thinking the answer is no?)
Dwcraig: that's a beautiful build. Do you need to change the TCR at all for that coil to work well? (thinking the answer is no?)
I bought the exact same MNKEs Mooch tested, and from the same place to try to ensure I got the same batteries (IMR Batteries). They were $6.50 each.
I clipped both tails at the edge of the deck. I use rayon so the tails were quite bushy. I cut the corners off each tail because of that. Then just juiced them up and pushed them onto the deck and back a bit. I'm using Looper, which is pretty thick and I haven't had to fully open the jc.
Thank you. Not into the juice channels at all, correct?
No, but I wouldn't be surprised if a bit got in them when I screwed the deck on. Keep the tails short to lesson how much gets pushed in. It obviously hasn't affected mine since I didn't even have to fully open the jc with thick juice. And I'm running at like 5.6v, which is much higher than I normally vape at.
Thanks VaPreis! My first wicking went great. 2nd not so. I have used your method for the next two wickings and it is a champ!
Anybody having wicking issues give this one a try. Maybe the easiest wicking ever!
I also don't find the need to be too fussy about filling. Just close the juice control. Fill it up. Put the top back on -- all the way. Turn it upside down and open the juice control. No leaks or over saturation.
Jeremy, Give VaPreis' method a try in the above post. Too easy and seems to work awesome. I have following his instructions exactly and don't even muss with the wick afterwards. It just seems to work.
I was thinking it would be different than just Ni200 but used SE calculator and it was the same.
Thanks to VaPreis (and Jackmormon recommending I try that)! Another wicking issue solved with his instructions. My issue was I wasn't getting good pancakes before on the wick ends, but blowing on it helped to shape it so I could fluff it out with a screwdriver. I was able to fill without leaking and it seems to be keeping up with the power I want to run to the coil. I did have to close the juice flow a little bit, but I think it is as good as I have had it wicked so far. I'm going to try roxy's method too at some point.
Edit: Dwcraig, I don't mean to derail the thread, but real quickly - I think the problem I've had in the past with nickel claptons was that I was wrapping with nickel and then I was getting shorts if I didn't get the wrap wire just right. I'm assuming that isn't an issue if you are using kanthal to wrap?
Edit: Dwcraig, I don't mean to derail the thread, but real quickly - I think the problem I've had in the past with nickel claptons was that I was wrapping with nickel and then I was getting shorts if I didn't get the wrap wire just right. I'm assuming that isn't an issue if you are using kanthal to wrap?
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