I found the culprit. Tiny piece of trimming fell between the coil and positive post. Welded itself to the coil when I fired it. Started over from scratch. I hate 28 gauge. haha
OK. This is just weird now. Only half built and still getting low resistance. I should be reading 0.8 right now. Everything is tightened down and nothing is touching.. Giving up for the night. I consede defeat!
OK I found out what the problem REALLY was, and I feel pretty dumb for it. The local vape shop was out of 28g kanthal the other day so I said "aww hell just give me some nichrome". The lady at the shop sold me some Ni200 and I took off.
After looking up the specs though..
Resistance (ohms per ft @ 68 deg F)
Ni200
28 Gauge - 0.3778
30 Gauge - 0.6
32 Gauge - 0.9375
Kanthal
26 Gauge - 3.31
28 Gauge - 5.27
30 Gauge - 8.36
32 Gauge - 13.1
No wonder I am getting "low resistance"!! I just built quads with wire that's .37 ohms per foot!
I palm my own face so no one else has to.
Thanks for the idea. I've been searching all over the house trying to find something that would fit. I took my piece of tape off from covering the screw lastnight after I refilled slowly and dried threads real good inside and out and juice was on my mod again this morning . Ill see if I can find some heat shrink tubing soon.Hey guys, after a few trial and errors, I may have found a fix for the fill hole/screw leak issue.
Will I couldn't find an O-Ring small enough to fit right so off to the hardware store we go. What I found that's been working for me so far is getting a pack of "Heat Shrink" tubes, 3/32"-3/64 is what you should get. I then cut a piece about 1.5mm - 2mm long. It will be a snug fit but it will fit. Manuver it all the way up to the treads and your done. No need to add heat on this setup. I also pickup a 3/16"-3/32" just in case and if you want to use that you may need some heat to shrink it down to size.
I still have no camera near by but I'll post some pics soon. Try it out. I haven't had a leak from that area since I add the heat shrink tube...for me it work out great and I hope it will help you too.
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Dude, you don't even have NiChrome... They gave you Ni200 aka. "non-resistance" Nickel wire. The stuff used fot temperature control devices. I'd go back and make sure they know the difference. If you had built that on a Mech mod and fired it, you very possibly could have vented a battery!
..Not cool...
Got my Goblin today from JK Vapes; right now I'm in vape heaven, the flavor and clouds are something else. I will tell you that before I took my first vape on the Goblin I was extremely frustrated. The build deck in the video looks hugh, but in reality I found it rather restricted. I wanted my build to come out around 1.2 - 1.5 ohms. To accomplish this took 10 winds of 28 ga. on a 2mm rod. Even on a 2.4mm rod I was having a problem trying to keep the coils from shorting out. One of the video's indicated a problem using smaller guage wire for coils, it seems the problem is the screws that come with the unit. No matter how gently I tightened the screws, I repeatedly broke off the legs of the coils. I understand UD has replacement screws that should solve this problem. Bottom line, yes it was frustrating, but it was well worth it. Comments and suggestions welcome.
Got the quad 28g build done.. Came out to .3 on the Sig150. What a difference in airflow! Will post some pics tomorrow. It's hitting like a champ at 55 watts. Cotton candy in the tank right now, and the flavor isn't all there, but after the cotton wears in, I can already tell the flavor is going to be great. Thanks for posting that quad build, it's a keeper!
Went to my local vape shop today, they have a new line of 97% VG juice that "is for drippers only". I said challenge accepted, rewicked my dual coil goblin TJ style, filled it up with their "dripper only" juice, and its wicking, keeping up nicely. This tank never ceases to amaze.
The tank works well even with thicker liquids. I think a lot of it has to do with the small deck design along with the large channels. You don't have any issues with higher voltage on a regulated when it's wicking either. It's definitely a slow fill with high vg in this tank though.
I apologize if this has already been posted...
If anyone is looking for a goblin they have them in stock here for the goofy price of $20.18: http://www.gearbest.com/electronic-cigarettes/pp_146017.html
I've never ordered from gearbest, so buyer beware.