Ok so I've recently started to rebuild my kanger coils for my protank 2. With the stock coils I noticed I would get a burnt taste if I vaped over 6-6.5 Watts (with 2.5ohm coils), this is not all that surprising. But when I rebuild my coils (1ohm-2.2ohm) with kanthal wire (either .3mm or .5mm, using cotton or silica) I notice that I can set my wattage anywhere (3-15watts) and I never get any burnt taste. Don't get me wrong I'm not upset about this, I just don't understand why. Any information to help me make sense of this would be appreciated. Thanks for listening.
Stock Kanger coils versus rebuilt Kanger coils
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I also rebuild my kangers because they taste better. I always chalked it up to better quality coils, thicker gauge wire and better wick material, I usually use cotton as well and find it tastes much better longer.
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I never considered it could really be so simple lol. Thanks guy I appreciate it. So running this level of resistance at a high wattage won't damage my battery right?
Depends on the device, some have 3amp cutoff and some have 5amp cutoff.
Use ohms law calc to check. Input coil resistance and watts running then calculate amp.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/ohms_law.htm
Check you apv from manufacturer for amp limits.
Use ohms law calc to check. Input coil resistance and watts running then calculate amp.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/ohms_law.htm
Check you apv from manufacturer for amp limits.
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I build my coils to 2.2 and always check the resistance to make sure I have my 2.2-2.4 then either set my voltage to 4.2 or my wattage to 8 and thats my sweet spot. Since rebuilding my coils I can get flavor at higher settings as well but stay in the 7-8 range because thats where I seem to get the best flavor, vape, and longevity with my kanger2
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I have an iTaste VTR, its got a 5 amp limit. So I'm good even running a 1ohm coil at 15Watts. Thank you for the link Sthur it helped alot.
I'm also using a VTR and really like it paired with the kanger and rebuilt coils...I wasnt crazy about the tank it came with..
I always build my kangers at 2.0 ohms with 3 mm silica and they taste wonderful at 3.7 volts. just my input.
I agree with you, I heard good things about the iClear 30s but was disappointed. It has decent vapor production but the flavor from it is really blunted compared to kanger coils imo. I'm kinda a bottom coil junkie when it comes to clearos. Plus I like to be able to rebuild coils and that's not possible with the 30s.
The stock Kanger heads use 32 g or smaller wire, I think, and the wraps are quite loose. With your rebuilt coils, I would bet the heat is spread across a much wider area, and the surface temperature of the coil area is less. Think of a stove burner pulling the same wattage across a 6" and a 12" area, which do you think would be redder?
Its all in the coil and wicking material. For my ProTank I wrap a 1.3ohm nano coil using 28g kanthal and a cotton wick and vape it between 11-15watts (depending on device).
I got into rebuilding because i usually go through a standard protank coil a week before it starts burning out on me.
this is very cool i had no idea they could be rebuilt well i had heard about it and a lot of veteran vapors have said that its better to just buy new ones but i just rebuilt one and fires better at high voltage.
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