Vape Emergency

[Sheaman]

I'm stuck in the middle of the jungles in Papua New Guinea on an oil rig.
Have 2 weeks left here and have realised I didn't bring any coils. I run a cupti.
I've had one NiCr 1.5 ohm coil burn through when it was in my pocket and am running on my remaining SS 0.5ohm coil. This is near dead...
The cupti runs CLOCC coils that are pretty small cartridges. I have YouTube replacing them and it's doable. You switch the coil to vertical and put the cotton through. I got my hands on some 22g 304 stainless today from the mechanic here... Tried it and pre insertion it was 0.9 ohms. I put it in and it says "low resistance". I don't get it. Maybe it's the chip in the mod. But I have used 0.5 ohm SS and the NiCr is 1.5ohm. doesn't make sense to me that it didn't work... Hmm unless it was shorting inside I guess??!

The leccy is going to look for smaller wire tomoz.

Thoughts?

 

[Iotodem]

I'm stuck in the middle of the jungles in Papua New Guinea on an oil rig.
Have 2 weeks left here and have realised I didn't bring any coils. I run a cupti.
I've had one NiCr 1.5 ohm coil burn through when it was in my pocket and am running on my remaining SS 0.5ohm coil. This is near dead...
The cupti runs CLOCC Coils that are pretty small cartridges. I have YouTube replacing them and it's doable. You switch the coil to vertical and put the cotton through. I got my hands on some 22g 304 stainless today from the mechanic here... Tried it and pre insertion it was 0.9 ohms. I put it in and it says "low resistance". I don't get it. Maybe it's the chip in the mod. But I have used 0.5 ohm SS and the NiCr is 1.5ohm. doesn't make sense to me that it didn't work... Hmm unless it was shorting inside I guess??!

The leccy is going to look for smaller wire tomoz.

Thoughts?

Stupid question but did you clean the wire you are trying to use with an acid based wash? Just being in a rig I know things can get dirty, not 100% sure if dirty wire would be an issue, and is 304 stainless a commonly found wire for coils? @untar

 

[Izan]

I have used 304SS for years.
Imeo/Golden Greek makes the Spring-o-mizer coils from 304.

Cheers
I

 

[Iotodem]

I have used 304SS for years.
Imeo/Golden Greek makes the Spring-o-mizer coils from 304.

Cheers
I

hmmm

 

[papergoblin]

I'm stuck in the middle of the jungles in Papua New Guinea on an oil rig.
Have 2 weeks left here and have realised I didn't bring any coils. I run a cupti.
I've had one NiCr 1.5 ohm coil burn through when it was in my pocket and am running on my remaining SS 0.5ohm coil. This is near dead...
The cupti runs CLOCC Coils that are pretty small cartridges. I have YouTube replacing them and it's doable. You switch the coil to vertical and put the cotton through. I got my hands on some 22g 304 stainless today from the mechanic here... Tried it and pre insertion it was 0.9 ohms. I put it in and it says "low resistance". I don't get it. Maybe it's the chip in the mod. But I have used 0.5 ohm SS and the NiCr is 1.5ohm. doesn't make sense to me that it didn't work... Hmm unless it was shorting inside I guess??!

The leccy is going to look for smaller wire tomoz.

Thoughts?

The only idea I have and this is a guess, when the coil starts to heat it's going too low. Id suggest trying to rebuild to check for shorts and maybe even using a lighter to "lightly" pre-torch the coil. That should settle it in somewhat and help you double check for shorts.

 

[Iotodem]

I have used 304SS for years.
Imeo/Golden Greek makes the Spring-o-mizer coils from 304.

Cheers
I

AMP issue possibly?

 

[Izan]

AMP issue possibly?

Always a possibility,
I think 26AWG would be better suited for a rebuild.
The 22AWG would need a 15/16 wrap@ 3.5mm to reach .5Ω (I don't think that is gonna fit).
A 6/7 wraps of 22AWG is right around the .2Ω mark and might work in TC mode.

HTH
I

 

[Rangertrix]

If you're reading .9 with 22g SS304 then either your meter is faulty, you're shorting on the coil casing when testing, or you didn't subtract the resistance of your test leads on your multimeter.
It is also very common for Kanger coils to short with large gauge wires. The center pin compresses the insulator down far enough to short.

I'm guessing your "pre-insertion" reading is incorrect and your coil is indeed to low a resistance.

A 3mm 22g SS304 coil would have to be roughly 29 wraps to reach .9 ohms. 26 wraps at 3.5mm.

 

[Rangertrix]

The lowest resistance a Cupti can handle is .15 in TC mode. TC mode is also known to be pretty wonky in the Cupti.

 

[tailland]

I put it in and it says "low resistance". I don't get it. Maybe it's the chip in the mod. But I have used 0.5 ohm SS and the NiCr is 1.5ohm. doesn't make sense to me that it didn't work... Hmm unless it was shorting inside I guess??!

You already said it. It's a short.

 

[untar]

is 304 stainless a commonly found wire for coils?

It's a pretty common wire, it just didn't become the standard for TC presets on most mods.

 

[Beamslider]

Going to be close to impossible to get a coil out of 22 awg ss304 that will work in that shell. Best you could try for would be around .2 ohm and would be very hot. Might melt the insulator.

 

[untar]

Imeo/Golden Greek makes the Spring-o-mizer coils from 304

The springomizer coils are made of circonium. Iirc Imeo is known to hate SS as coil or wick for some weird reason, he used to trashtalk the Genisis people.

Edit: correction - GG have stainless steel as well as circonium springs now, didn't check their store for a while.

 

[vapdivrr]

Isn't 22g really thick like a coat hanger? Maybe out on that rig you can flatten it out, then find something to trim half of it off . Lol

 

[Sheaman]

I'm hearing what I don't want to hear but what I thought... The 22g won't have the resistance for the shell size.

Just threw me off the fact that the leccys's multimeter was showing 1.0-0.9 ohms when testing it before putting it in. Was 2 X multimeters saying the same thing.

I am going to try to try to find some electrical wire with SS braid. Apparently it's pretty thin. I may be able to plait a higher resistant wire?

Wondering also the possibility of stretching or "thinning"... Extruding the 22g.

Short of this one of the guys on another rig is sending over some coils of his from a different mod... Maybe I can pull out one of those coils and use?

 

[Sheaman]

Efforts to naught...

 

[My Batt Hurts]

This is gripping stuff - I sincerely hope you find a fix.

Respectfully & humbly wishing you good luck. You've earned your next vape - and then some!

 

[Rangertrix]

break open a toaster or a hair dryer, lol. J/K.

Surely you guys have some lighter gauge SS from a wire welder or some safety wire?

 

[Kickingthesticks]

.9 ohms from 22g sounds kinda off.

 

[suprtrkr]

Just a guess, but are you grounding out on the sidewall as it heats and expands?