Your suggestions for first coil build

[hynostroza]

Hello everyone! I wanted to ask for your opinion on 2 things for my first coil build.
First tell you what I am working with -
smok X-Cube 2
2 Sony VTC4 2100mah batteries
Itsuwa rage tank (using the rda coil obviously )
22 gauge a-1 kanthal wire.

Ok my questions now, first what ohm would you suggest me to aim for?
and two what wattage would you suggest would be best for that ohm

Thank you so very much.

 

[nyiddle]

That's some pretty beefy wire, and it kinda limits the sorta builds you can do.

Is there a specific ohm you prefer? What are your other devices like?

 

[hynostroza]

My friend gave me some of the gauge and told me to practice making coils. Well I only tried 0.3 and 0.5 and they both were great so I wanted to know which build I should try first, and also what wattage I could range in.

 

[nyiddle]

My friend gave me some of the gauge and told me to practice making coils. Well I only tried 0.3 and 0.5 and they both were great so I wanted to know which build I should try first, and also what wattage I could range in.

Hm. Well first, I suggest checking out Steam Engine's Coil Calculator. You can throw in all types of information and it'll give you an ideal # of wraps to attain a given resistance.

Just off the top of my head though, you're gonna want to have at least 5 wraps at something like a ~2mm inner diameter just to get out of the "danger zone." Your friend kinda did ya in a little bit by giving you 22ga wire to start off with, primarily because it's going to be hard to get above .3 ohms while still having the coil fit in the atomizer. Additionally, 22 gauge is a bit harder to work with than a higher gauge wire simply because it has a decent bit of tensile strength.

So first thing, you need an ohm reader of some kind. Most regulated devices these days have one built in, but it's more reliable to have a separate one in case the device isn't reading the resistance properly. Additionally, some devices require you to hit the fire button before it reads the coil's resistance. This is not ideal, as you may end up firing a coil that is either shorting out or has way too low of a resistance. I don't recommend building lower than .3 under any circumstance, unless you really understand what you're doing and really know the limitations of your device/battery.

With that in mind, have you been educated on battery safety and the like? If you're going to be building coils, you should definitely keep in mind that your batteries are capable of producing a lot of power. I consider this required reading for anyone attempting to build their own coils:

(12) Deeper Understanding of Mod Batteries - Part I | E-Cigarette Forum
(11) Deeper Understanding of Mod Batteries - Part II | E-Cigarette Forum
(16) Explain it for the dumb noob: Ohm's Law calculations. | E-Cigarette Forum

I'd start off simply trying to get around the .6 ohm range. You're going to need a pretty large inner diameter in order to do this with a reasonable amount of wraps.

 

[hynostroza]

Thank you for those links!! What gauge would you guys recommend for me to start with? And I have an ohm reader.

 

[suprtrkr]

I would suggest 28 ga in Kanthal wire as a good, all around size. If you want low coils, you can use twists. And if you're tight on space, it will build small, too.

 

[nyiddle]

Thank you for those links!! What gauge would you guys recommend for me to start with? And I have an ohm reader.

Fantastic @ already having an ohm reader.

26 gauge and 28 gauge, in my opinion, are the most versatile sizes of wire.

 

[93gc40]

is this your first dvape? If no, what are you using NOW. I always do my first build on a new device or atomizer, as close as possible to what I use on the old stuff. I start with what I know and work from there.

Since I guess you have .3 and .5 coil, I'd go with the .5 first. Then start with the mod set to the lowest power setting. If i can't get a good vape from the .5, I'd either do the .3 or wrap a higher ohm coil for the next go around.