A 50 meter spool of pure nickel 29 awg wire has been nagging at me to buy a mod to put it in! I have been wanting to get my feet wet with temp control although I'm not convinced that I really need to since I'm very happy building with kanthal on various atty's using regulated (ipv mini 2) and numerous mechs.
I took the plunge regardless with an inexpensive option in a attractive wood box, the Tesla 120 w TC which operates almost exactly like the DNA 40 chipset. I have no idea about this board made by Kingzone in collaboration with Tesla but in practice, I have had a good experience to date, and more or less success with building single spaced coils of 0.16 ohms +/- in my derringer rda.
There does seem to be some conflicting information regarding minimum ohms when using nickel. The Tesla official website states 0.08 - 1.00 ohm and the instruction manual gives 0.18 for both nickel and regular coils! I have not managed to build a single coil over 0.16 using 12 wraps on a cotton bud stick (which I find ideal for the purpose of spaced coils) but it has fired them without issue!!
I'd be interested to know of others who have tried this mod (either wood or metal version) as to your experiences, positive or negative, and any information about the board etc
cheers
Juicy
Due to the tropical climate, extreme dry weather or torrential rain I decided to protect the wood with bee's wax which darkened the finish slightly and gave it a cool grippy feel!
Using 2x samsung 25R x2, both sets married to this 'in series' mod and no issue as I test the batteries constantly to see if there is equal drain. Not sure if they need to be rotated from left to right due to load but am doing anyway just as an added precaution.
I took the plunge regardless with an inexpensive option in a attractive wood box, the Tesla 120 w TC which operates almost exactly like the DNA 40 chipset. I have no idea about this board made by Kingzone in collaboration with Tesla but in practice, I have had a good experience to date, and more or less success with building single spaced coils of 0.16 ohms +/- in my derringer rda.
There does seem to be some conflicting information regarding minimum ohms when using nickel. The Tesla official website states 0.08 - 1.00 ohm and the instruction manual gives 0.18 for both nickel and regular coils! I have not managed to build a single coil over 0.16 using 12 wraps on a cotton bud stick (which I find ideal for the purpose of spaced coils) but it has fired them without issue!!
I'd be interested to know of others who have tried this mod (either wood or metal version) as to your experiences, positive or negative, and any information about the board etc
cheers
Juicy
Due to the tropical climate, extreme dry weather or torrential rain I decided to protect the wood with bee's wax which darkened the finish slightly and gave it a cool grippy feel!
Using 2x samsung 25R x2, both sets married to this 'in series' mod and no issue as I test the batteries constantly to see if there is equal drain. Not sure if they need to be rotated from left to right due to load but am doing anyway just as an added precaution.
