What about soldering?

[wreimer]

I do a lot of soldering...more specifically, fine lead soldering. It occurred to me that a soldered connection would almost certainly be both a better and stronger way of connecting the resistance and non resistance wires together for making coils, not to mention neater, at least they should be if my soldering skills are as reasonable as I think they are.

What's the drawback(s)? I assume there must be sme, or others would already be doing it. I use lead free/flux free solder, so there shouldn't be a chemical factor, so"..I'm curious. Do I try it?

 

[keighles]

They solder the ce2 cart coils. I don't see or know of any cons to soldering those wires together.
My 2¢

 

[Shaitaan]

you could try it but i wouldnt really recommend it, as there is still some chemicals/compounds used in the solder itself too, not just flux....more silver is definitely better, but quite a lot of it still has lead and tin in it and making sure the connection is thoroughly cleaned... I have some 80/20 silver/tin solder w/ no flux ( I'm a pc tech by trade) and I still wont solder the connections...I dont have the smallest fingers and I'm not having any troubles twisting the wires together...if you wanted to do something other than twisting, you're better off picking up the silver crimp beads...easy, fast and safe

 

[Para]

I do a lot of soldering...more specifically, fine lead soldering. It occurred to me that a soldered connection would almost certainly be both a better and stronger way of connecting the resistance and non resistance wires together for making coils, not to mention neater, at least they should be if my soldering skills are as reasonable as I think they are.

What's the drawback(s)? I assume there must be sme, or others would already be doing it. I use lead free/flux free solder, so there shouldn't be a chemical factor, so"..I'm curious. Do I try it?

Go for it......I solder the R and NR wires when I'm making up a half dozen or more coils at one time.

 

[sportyfortyeight]

Iv been thinking of doing that myself

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[k3v1n]

I'm very interested in this, what's the safest type of solder to use ?

Got any links ?

 

[steliosak]

Even if the solder is Lead free it will still have other soft metals in it . I am not sure what will happen at the temp that resistance get to.
Is twisting or crimping the wire really such a bother?

 

[Para]

I'm very interested in this, what's the safest type of solder to use ?

Got any links ?

I use silver solder....safe and has a high melting point.

 

[Shaitaan]

being on the safe side, for soldering your R/NR wires for vaping...I wouldnt use anything but 100% silver.... most of the solders out there use tin a lot for a mixer...makes the melting point a bit lower and more pliable and cheaper to use...but, oxidation of tin really isnt healthy to breathe in and I wouldnt recommend it

 

[wreimer]

It's not that twisting them is a "bother", it's just that I have had a number of coils fail at the twist. It's not the most efficient way of ensuring continuity, so that's why I posed the question.

I have a good quatity of silver solder as well, and I use a butane pencil torch to get the heat high enough to melt it. I was thinking along the lines of preparing 15-20 coils at a time, and using a jig to solder the connection points. I was just curious whether others had tried this approach before, and what if any drawbacks there were other than the obvious concerns about chemical content of solder/flux.

I'm thinking pure silver or gold wire would be free of any toxic chemicals, and may make the connections a bit more solid and reliable.

Even if the solder is Lead free it will still have other soft metals in it . I am not sure what will happen at the temp that resistance get to.
Is twisting or crimping the wire really such a bother?