Mini Nova Recoiling Thread #7,467,234

[Moon]

Sorry to start what is almost certainly the umpteenth thread on this, but tonight I've done my first real coils and wick, having got my multimeter this week.

Four coils of Kanthal A, legs doubled over and twisted together, ohms tested before I attached it to my lavatube were 1.8.

I attached it to the lavatube at 3.2 v and put some juice on the coil, fired it up and got vapour without anything blowing up, so put the tank on and filled it up feeling mightily pleased with myself.

Vaped for about a minute and noticed that the metal tank was getting hot.

What have I done wrong?

[blakey]

You have a coil inside that heats up to a high temperature, as you vape things will start to get warm

[Perpetua]

The metal tanks on any of these rebuildables do get hot Moon, just like an atomiser would, with the heat that's being generated inside to fire up the coil/evaporate the juice.

Personally, I don't think you have done anything wrong.

[Moon]

Oct 19, 2012 20:50:21 GMT blakey said:

You have a coil inside that heats up to a high temperature, as you vape things will start to get warm

Whilst that's reassuring, I haven't noticed it happening with the stock coils I've been using, although I haven't used my metal mini tank for a week or two so possibly I'm looking for problems that don't exist.

[Moon]

Oct 19, 2012 20:54:01 GMT Perpetua said:

The metal tanks on any of these rebuildables do get hot Moon, just like an atomiser would, with the heat that's being generated inside to fire up the coil/evaporate the juice.

Personally, I don't think you have done anything wrong.

More reassurance.

Good work folks, keep it coming.

I'll try a metal tank with a stock 1.8 head tomorrow and see if I get the same sort of heat.

If I haven't done anything wrong, I'll revert to being pleased with myself again. Small things...


Update (as if anyone's interested) Now vaping with my larger Vivi Nova tank with stock head and it's getting hot.

Apologies for my nobdom, I think I was just worried about blowing my face off.

[Perpetua]

Oct 19, 2012 20:59:05 GMT Moon said:

Update (as if anyone's interested) Now vaping with my larger Vivi Nova tank with stock head and it's getting hot.

Apologies for my nobdom, I think I was just worried about blowing my face off.

Lol . . . better to be safe than sorry Moon.

[Moon]

Oct 19, 2012 21:14:16 GMT Perpetua said:

Oct 19, 2012 20:59:05 GMT Moon said:

Update (as if anyone's interested) Now vaping with my larger Vivi Nova tank with stock head and it's getting hot.

Apologies for my nobdom, I think I was just worried about blowing my face off.

Lol . . . better to be safe than sorry Moon.

That's what I thought.

I'm using it now and am inordinately pleased with what amounts to managing to wrap a bit of wire around some string.

How sad is that?

[blakey]

Oct 19, 2012 21:20:20 GMT Moon said:

Oct 19, 2012 21:14:16 GMT Perpetua said:

Lol . . . better to be safe than sorry Moon.

That's what I thought.

I'm using it now and am inordinately pleased with what amounts to managing to wrap a bit of wire around some string.

How sad is that?

Sad? I spend hours experimenting with that very thing

lol

[Moon]

Oct 19, 2012 21:23:56 GMT blakey said:

Oct 19, 2012 21:20:20 GMT Moon said:

That's what I thought.

I'm using it now and am inordinately pleased with what amounts to managing to wrap a bit of wire around some string.

How sad is that?

Sad? I spend hours experimenting with that very thing

lol

I don't know what to say to that.

[Ellen]

Congrats on your first coil build Moon

It used to fill me with dread, but now I look forward to building my coils and tinkering and experimenting. I've recently discovered Kanthal wire and love it, but if I told any of my friends how excited I am about my new wire they might take me to hospital

[Moon]

Oct 19, 2012 21:30:25 GMT Ellen said:

Congrats on your first coil build Moon

It used to fill me with dread, but now I look forward to building my coils and tinkering and experimenting. I've recently discovered Kathal wire and love it, but if I told any of my friends how excited I am about my new wire they might take me to hospital

Thanks ellen.

Now I've got the first one out of the way, I've a lot more confidence.

I've had a couple of practice goes previously, but had no means to measure resistance so didn't want to connect them just in case.

Look out for the "Man Blows Himself Up With Ecig" headlines in the papers in the coming weeks.

[Perpetua]

Oct 19, 2012 21:30:25 GMT Ellen said:

It used to fill me with dread, but now I look forward to building my coils and tinkering and experimenting. I've recently discovered Kanthal wire and love it, but if I told any of my friends how excited I am about my new wire they might take me to hospital

I took a degree of pleasure at the wick that came with the Spheroid . . . ever so lovely it is to look at.

[Ellen]

The silver wire I got too is so shiny

[Ellen]

Does Vapist sell that wick on his site Perps separate to the Spheroid?......not that I need any wick I stocked up a few weeks ago

[Perpetua]

Not that I've seen Ellen . . . though I am on a stalking mission for it, as it would do very nicely for Penelope.

I'll keep my eyes peeled.