Wow... will try it once I get new stocks of wire... but just one more thing... wouldn't the battery suffer with this setup? or is the same as doing the regular 4 loops around the wick?
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Wow... will try it once I get new stocks of wire... but just one more thing... wouldn't the battery suffer with this setup? or is the same as doing the regular 4 loops around the wick?
No, and I'm not really sure whats leading you to that assumption. The battery is going to push the same amount of voltage through the same number of ohms, whether there's a wick there or not. The wick doesn't impede the voltage in any way, otherwise a thicker wick would create higher resistance. The wick simply gets warmed by the coil and vaporizes the liquid.
(I couldn't find information on which method of vaporization is being performed here, so someone correct me or chime in if I got something wrong.)
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good times. someone explained to me before that by the usual 4 loops of wire that would be around 1.2ohms and adding more loops would increase the resistance. and by going lower that 1.2ohm or less than 4 loops it would more than likely kill your battery. i'm not sure if that is correct but to be on the safe side, this is what i follow. following through with this on the Spin-E with numerous coils would that mean higher resistance? or should i go back to the guy that explained the 4 loops idea to me and slap the living day lights out of him?
The resistance you end up with ultimately depends on the ohms per foot (or however it's measured) of your wire.
But generally yes, 4 loops will get you around 1.2ohm. I'm not sure about less than 1.2 killing the battery though.
Though with this setup you can wrap as many or as few loops as you want. I've got one Spin-E setup with 4 loops, and another with 7, they both perform quite well.
But generally yes, 4 loops will get you around 1.2ohm. I'm not sure about less than 1.2 killing the battery though.
Though with this setup you can wrap as many or as few loops as you want. I've got one Spin-E setup with 4 loops, and another with 7, they both perform quite well.
ok now i'm confused... is there like an ideal # of loops when you do the spin-e? or its entirely up to you?
It is completely up to you, whether you're doing a Spin-E or not.
Do you want higher resistance? Use more loops.
Want lower resistance? Use less loops.
That applies to any coil, be it Spin-E or otherwise. The exact requirements are completely a matter of individual preference. The only way to find what you like is to experiment!
Make a coil, test it, vape it, and if you don't like it make another one
Do you want higher resistance? Use more loops.
Want lower resistance? Use less loops.
That applies to any coil, be it Spin-E or otherwise. The exact requirements are completely a matter of individual preference. The only way to find what you like is to experiment!
Make a coil, test it, vape it, and if you don't like it make another one
yes but the loops really dont matter for resistance. Its the overall length of the wire from + to - .
Lets say you have a 1 inch piece of kanathal and a 1.5 inch piece. And just for simplicity lets say that the 1 inch is 1 ohm, and the 1.5 is 1.5 ohms.
No matter how many coils you put on either will make any difference in resistance. Its all about the distance traveled.
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Lets say you have a 1 inch piece of kanathal and a 1.5 inch piece. And just for simplicity lets say that the 1 inch is 1 ohm, and the 1.5 is 1.5 ohms.
No matter how many coils you put on either will make any difference in resistance. Its all about the distance traveled.
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Bigcypress has it right, if I take 2 pieces of resistance wire (same gauge) that are the same length and wrap one into a tiny coil with 20 loops and the other with 4 big loops/wraps they are still the same ohms because they are the same length of wire in each coil no matter how many loops/wraps.
an additional though:
this only applies if the loops aren't touching eachother.
this only applies if the loops aren't touching eachother.
Have yet to try a Spin E Coil. Thinking about air flow...
Was wondering if anyone tried it with an A7 bottom fed atty? Imagine a vertical Spin E right over the air hole, with twisted wire (or NR) to connect to the posts. Then wrap cotton around the Spin E and continue outwards over the post. The coil makes the air tube we get in cartos. Air flow goes inside the coil making the most vapor and catching flavor. That would be an A7 carto. Or am I crazy?
Was wondering if anyone tried it with an A7 bottom fed atty? Imagine a vertical Spin E right over the air hole, with twisted wire (or NR) to connect to the posts. Then wrap cotton around the Spin E and continue outwards over the post. The coil makes the air tube we get in cartos. Air flow goes inside the coil making the most vapor and catching flavor. That would be an A7 carto. Or am I crazy?
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It might work. I've tried something similar in the A7, but it was a shorter, larger diameter coil.
It was a bit difficult to get the cotton to contact all of the outside coil surface without slipping over the end and covering the airway, but I got it situated reasonably well. As I recall, it ended up being difficult to get to temperature because of the sheer amount of liquid soaked into the cotton around he coil, and tasted a bit 'burnt' when I did manage to overcome that problem with higher voltage. I'm apparently more sensitive to that than most, though.
I have not tried any variation of that again, but it seems to me that a smaller diameter, longer coil may work better. I would try keeping the coil in a tight helix if loose cotton is used, so that the cotton does not penetrate into the interior much. If a more spread-out coil is desired, I'd take steps to prevent that, such as wrapping the coil in a cotton weave like so-called carto coil 'diapers'.
Thanks for your input. So I'm not crazy.
It's now worth a try. Will do and post results here when I'm done.
It's now worth a try. Will do and post results here when I'm done.
Did try a regular Spin E Coil in an IGO-L yesterday. Works fine. But the bulge of cotton inside the arced coil kind of blocks air flow. Not getting a very good vape from it. I prefer to "Petar K" my coils, even in drippers, then thread a doubled 2mm cotton twine inside. When I need to change the wick I just remove it from the coil, dry burn and thread in a new one. I do the same with my gennies.
I tend to do my wicking inside/outside, while sitting at my desk. Ya see my desk is on the recently enclosed porch which is now a sunroom. As such, it used to be outside, but now is inside.
I also wanna thank ya'll for this spin-e. I was about to give up on this RBA, but now it seems to work great. I have itsy-bitsy coils now, laying on top of my yarn. I wrapped the yarn around the post, and then pushed the coil on top of the yarn wrap. Then I take a couple of the strands and lay them on top of the exposed side of the coil, but with some of this side of the coil still exposed. This yarn will be so much easier to replace, now that I don't have to try and thread the yarn through the coil. I was always having to use a new coil to get the yarn through it before. But now - no more!!
The yarn I am using is that Martha Stewart stuff 65%Cotton, 35%Hemp. Stuff works great for me.
Here's my set up based off of you pic here. WORKS GREAT!!
I used a small paper clip to make the coil and
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