Why Kanthal?
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I'm very new to building, in fact found dripping a pain. Might try rtas but back to my baby beast, cleito and kabuki & nautilus mini for MTL
Actually dripping doesn't need to be a pain. Take the time to figure it out, and it can be a very satisfying way to vape.
For example, my RDA holds 7 drops, (roughly 20 puffs with a 1.8 ohm coil on a mech) so I find dripping & then enjoying a vape is very mush like lighting up & then enjoying a smoke.
There are even other RDA that hold as much as about 2 ml. of liquid, so they're an 'almosta' RTA.
But, then there are RDAs that you drip .. take two puffs .. and then need to drip again. Those are for the folks that think you need to ramp up to about a zillion watts before you get a good vape.
So what I'm saying is that maybe .. just maybe .. you chose the wrong style of RDA for what you want.
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I'm pretty much "old school" with what I want for a vape. So my choice of RDAs (A7) can be set up to vape very much like an old LR 510-T (modified for dripping) or a HH 357 atomizer.
But, regardless of what you want your vape to be like, there are RDAs & RTAs that can be set up to do it.
What you never want to do though, is think you need to learn to like the way something vapes! It needs to be the other way around, KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE, and then find what does that.
If you're wandering around looking for something you might like .. man, that is an endless, bottomless pit of fail.
For example, my RDA holds 7 drops, (roughly 20 puffs with a 1.8 ohm coil on a mech) so I find dripping & then enjoying a vape is very mush like lighting up & then enjoying a smoke.
There are even other RDA that hold as much as about 2 ml. of liquid, so they're an 'almosta' RTA.
But, then there are RDAs that you drip .. take two puffs .. and then need to drip again. Those are for the folks that think you need to ramp up to about a zillion watts before you get a good vape.
So what I'm saying is that maybe .. just maybe .. you chose the wrong style of RDA for what you want.
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I'm pretty much "old school" with what I want for a vape. So my choice of RDAs (A7) can be set up to vape very much like an old LR 510-T (modified for dripping) or a HH 357 atomizer.
But, regardless of what you want your vape to be like, there are RDAs & RTAs that can be set up to do it.
What you never want to do though, is think you need to learn to like the way something vapes! It needs to be the other way around, KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE, and then find what does that.
If you're wandering around looking for something you might like .. man, that is an endless, bottomless pit of fail.
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Thank you for the advice, you have been very helpful since I being on ECF. This is a very friendly & helpful site. I never dreamed of having a dual battery mod but really see the benefits. Btw I very much enjoy carts but they've come further now, could you give me some advice. Could you PM me I don't wanna go off in tangents on this thread.
I had I fight on YouTube with one of the Kanthal opponents:
Is here anybody who can comment this?
Is here anybody who can comment this?
If kanthal is even twice as harmful than SS, it is still likely 20x less harmful than smoking.
I am not a scientist and won't get in a ...... match with someone who is obviously trying to impress with big words and has advanced knowledge of metallurgy. I used to smoke and now vape and use predominantly kanthal (some SS). That's all I care about.
In any case, I would highly doubt that any long term study data exists that compares the different vaping coil wire materials and impact on health.
Agreed^^^^^^. I have always thought vaping was 100 x's safer then cigs even before I started vaping, now 7 years later my body and doctor confirms this. It is unbelievable how my health has changed, it blows my mind really. I smoked alot of cigarettes in the 35 years before vaping and I was feeling it, but now, my body has completely healed, so personally I don't really worry about these type of things, because my body says different. I vape kanthal and have been making my own coils for 6 out of the 7 years of vaping and never seen my coils look rotted
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Maybe that those specs I see on my toast? [emoji12]
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I make my toast with SS. Personal safety doesn't stop with my coils.
Same here. As a toast aficionado, I wouldn't dare use a toaster with anything but SS.
Having said that, the seats in my wife's Mini are heated with kanthal and both of our butts seem just fine.
I didn't read through it all so this was most likely mentioned. But resistance and space on the deck. I got a hybrid series mod ridiculously cheap but have no experience with unregulated mechanical, so I'm overthinking from every angle before I attempt it.
Well at least you had enough common sense to ask. Good on ya.
I won't stack batteries in an unprotected mod under any circumstance Period! (but that's just me)
To begin with there is no such thing as a switch that will fit in a box mod that will withstand the loads that CAN be produced by two batteries. There must at least be protection for the switch. (mosfet)
We have no idea what mod you have. Some I've seen were well thought out & well built. However I've seen some that I wouldn't want to be in the same building as them.
To be honest, I see no reason to stack batteries in a mechanical. If it can't be done with one, it probably isn't worth doing. (and I've probably used mechanicals as much or more than anyone else using the forum)
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Mechanical mods are a great device ... only ... don't try to make them what they are not!
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Kanthal contains 1% aluminum in the alloy. As it is heated, a tiny film of aluminium oxide forms on the surface.
This oxide is akin to sapphire - a very good electrical insulator.
The coil is normally subject to 5 volts from the mod, this is sufficient to produce electrolysis of the e-juice, resulting in unwanted products - with some juices.
Kanthal wire solves the problem at the root. It gives the best flavour the juice is capable of producing.
This oxide is akin to sapphire - a very good electrical insulator.
The coil is normally subject to 5 volts from the mod, this is sufficient to produce electrolysis of the e-juice, resulting in unwanted products - with some juices.
Kanthal wire solves the problem at the root. It gives the best flavour the juice is capable of producing.
Electrolysis? Wow... That might Explain my gradual Hair Loss. LOL.
BTW - Since the Wire in a Coil is a Better Conductor of Electricity than the e-Liquid, how much Electrolysis of the e-Liquid is occurring?
BTW2 - You might want to Check the ph Level of your e-Liquid. Because I believe that Aluminum Oxides are stable in the 7 ~ 9 ph range.
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