SS mesh and NR wire

[PhreakySTS9]

So, I was very intrigued by this idea, and it was cool to see LongHaul and Bishopeals testing it out, but I haven't really heard much about it since then. I was wondering if anybody has been experimenting with this idea any more? If so, how are your results? For those that are thinking "What the heck is Phreaky talking about?", i'm referring to using unoxidized SS mesh, and no resistance wire with the mesh being both the wick and the coil. Just curious how this idea is progressing!

 

[smitty727]

I too would like more info on this. I've been trying it and get a really good, hot vape with bunches of vapor and throat hit. Biggest problem I've had is that the coils seem to burn out quickly. Most of mine burn out in less than a day. Maybe I'm doing something wrong??? BTW, I've been using 400 SS mesh and .999 Silver NR wire.

So, I was very intrigued by this idea, and it was cool to see LongHaul and Bishopeals testing it out, but I haven't really heard much about it since then. I was wondering if anybody has been experimenting with this idea any more? If so, how are your results? For those that are thinking "What the heck is Phreaky talking about?", i'm referring to using unoxidized SS mesh, and no resistance wire with the mesh being both the wick and the coil. Just curious how this idea is progressing!

 

[Bishopheals]

I placed it aside since I been working with a special wick as of late. I think it may be even better and its cleaner solution than silica. Im still testing it so when I'm done I be sure to make a video on it. Plus this can be picked up almost anywhere and its very affordable.

 

[smitty727]

Looking forward to hearing more on this Bishop. Saw where you had posted somewhere else about testing some ceramic wick so I'm assuming that's what you're talking about. My little bit of experimentation with SS mesh showed some positive and some negative results. On the positive side, the mesh seems to fire hotter with stronger throat hit and IMO gives better juice flavor. On the negative side, lots of shorts and coils burn up faster. Just my experience.

I placed it aside since I been working with a special wick as of late. I think it may be even better and its cleaner solution than silica. Im still testing it so when I'm done I be sure to make a video on it. Plus this can be picked up almost anywhere and its very affordable.

 

[PhreakySTS9]

What do you mean when you say coils burn out faster? The mesh pops in half? I find that hard to believe so I don't understand what you're saying. You know i'm not talking about using resistance wire as a coil right? I'm talking about connecting nothing but unoxidized mesh to no resistance wire, and having the mesh itself be the coil. Sorry if I misunderstood what you meant!

 

[smitty727]

I should have been more clear. I don't use any resistance wire either but I do roll the SS mesh around a piece of silica wick. That seems to pull more juice into the SS mesh. So what I'm using is a 1/2" wide piece of mesh to fit inside of Ody rebuildable part, 1 1/2" piece of silica wick with the mesh rolled around the middle and the remainder of the silica wick running down both channels of the rebuildable part and 2 pieces of silver NR wire. I use the term "burn up" as a generic term that simply means the coil just quit working. I'm not a guru on this at all and I'm not really sure why it quit working. Could be a short or could be one of the NR wires burned. I know that even at 3.7V this coil gets hot. Once I forgot GGTS was loaded with (2) 3.0 batteries and the coil popped or burned up just as soon as I pressed the button so now I try to remember to use just (1) 18650 3.7V battery. Even at 3.7V I'm lucky to get 1 day out of a coil.

What do you mean when you say coils burn out faster? The mesh pops in half? I find that hard to believe so I don't understand what you're saying. You know i'm not talking about using resistance wire as a coil right? I'm talking about connecting nothing but unoxidized mesh to no resistance wire, and having the mesh itself be the coil. Sorry if I misunderstood what you meant!

 

[RudeBoy007]

I was wondering how come this little set that I ordered off ebay (some 400 grade SS mesh, flat kanthal wire, some hemp/cotton wick) included about a 1 meter bundle of what was labeled as "low resistance" wire. I asked my most experienced vaping buddies, and they had no idea about the topic of this thread. I have seen SS mesh wrapped around silica, but thought the mesh was used as a sleeve for the wick to keep it from toasting oxidized. After reading about this SS mesh as a coil, I am going to try it. I want to try it with a V-Core 2.0, and if you aren't familiar, it leaves very little space for a coil, much less a length of SS mesh. I think I'll have a go with it, though, I'll plan to wrap a very short length of it to be sure I don't end up with shorts. So that is what the use is for this "low resistance" wire? Does anyone know if there are other uses for this wire? The first coil with it was wrapped about 7 times, came out reading 0.3 Ohms!!! Tried wrapping it 12 times, still came out at 0.3 Ohms! So the only use I can think of now would be this un-oxidized SS mesh as a coil trick, and maybe trying quadrupling the wire or braiding 3 or more strands together and try a coil like that... Please let me know if there is any other use in the vaping realm for "Non resistance" wire, because I have about a meter of it? Thank you! Oh yeah, also, I was going to ask if it's a good idea to maybe pierce the wire through the SS mesh before wrapping it around the wick, so as to further insure a good connection between the mesh and the wire? I thought it was probably a good solution to this problem that others have mentioned.