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Post by maccafan on Nov 8, 2012 22:23:58 GMT
That's odd. That upper most wrap looks blacked out. Maybe it's had it. I didn't rate the wire that came with it. With that low resistance and that power going through, it should be booming out the vapour when the wick is wet. Yep..At 2.8 amps it should be glowing orange.. I got a feeling that the batteries in his mod ain't upto it and are giving up..
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Post by alvoram on Nov 8, 2012 22:25:20 GMT
well I've no idea what it was, but its suddenly giving me crap loads of vapour, and I've done nothing but keep on vaing... WOW
Breaking in period? didn't know I had to break it in, sorry if I've just wasted your time, I'll let you know if things change.
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Post by Frogster (The Alchemist) on Nov 8, 2012 22:25:34 GMT
Hmmmmm.... don't shoot me down, but do you have a fresh battery in the mod? It should be something like this.....
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Post by alvoram on Nov 8, 2012 22:28:08 GMT
Still nto glowing orange Macca, but lots more vapour... You could be right though, I have an ultrafire in, never been a problem before as always used higher resistance stuff... new batteries on their way. I had some pannies and lost them
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Post by Skwoddy on Nov 8, 2012 22:29:38 GMT
They shouldnt glow unless the wick is out mate, if you have no orange everything is as it should be.
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Post by Moon on Nov 8, 2012 22:31:20 GMT
Cheers, I clean them fairly regularly, so will keep an eye on the plating. Don't worry about it too much.. Most of the resistance coils in commercial -mizers are made out of nichrome which contains 80% nickel. Basically many of us are inhaling on fumes from a incandescent wire which largely contains Nickel, a highly poisonous metal to humans, day after day and some have been doing it for 4 or more years without suffering any ill effects. I honestly worry more about that than chrome plated brass coming into contact with juice. In fact I use Kanthal on everything now because of the nickel content in nichrome. Cool, I'd never worried about it before and won't start now.
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Post by maccafan on Nov 8, 2012 22:32:16 GMT
Yeah, get an IMR or the CGR18650CGH in there
The LT V4 is PWM if I remember correctly. Which means when set to 3.5 volts it could go up as high as 7 volts at certain times depending on duty cycle which means a current draw of about 5 amps on a 1.3 ohm coil. The ultrafire won't last very long. If you dripped juice directly on the wick where the coil is and got no vapour your coil is definitely not heating up..
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Post by alvoram on Nov 8, 2012 22:36:31 GMT
OK I have 1 of the 18650 lavatube batteries from Jason @ VE, got it on charge, anything should be better than a ultrafire, which although working now, for some reason I don't quite trust it at those levels of current draw
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Post by maccafan on Nov 8, 2012 22:40:36 GMT
It's only momentary current draw for very minute periods of time not continuous but your battery must be able to supply that to get a proper 3.5 volts experience.. I doubt the UF batteries are upto that kind of load..
For an equivalent 9.4 watts, if it's working properly it should be ripping your throat out..
And the resistance on the coil will go up by the end of this tankful of juice..
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2012 22:48:00 GMT
i'm still struggling to get a consistent resistance, it drops from 1.7 to 1.2ohms then stops firing at 1.2 on the zmax and thats with 4 wraps. mine looks like all the others i've seen coiled in pics ??? i'm using .2 kanthal. am i forgetting something crucial? its oxidised and the 500 mesh wick beautifully
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Post by maccafan on Nov 8, 2012 22:52:29 GMT
i'm still struggling to get a consistent resistance, it drops from 1.7 to 1.2ohms then stops firing at 1.2 on the zmax and thats with 4 wraps. mine looks like all the others i've seen coiled in pics ??? i'm using .2 kanthal. am i forgetting something crucial? its oxidised and the 500 mesh wick beautifully Looks like it is shorting when the coil heats up staf.. Ideally the wick should slide in and out of the coil and just touch the sides..Try to take the wick out leaving the coil in place and roll it between your fingers to reduce the thickness slightly and slide it back in and try..
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2012 22:55:25 GMT
yeah i mite be squeezing my final coil too much. petarK it is then
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Post by alvoram on Nov 8, 2012 23:04:41 GMT
Macca, hope you dont mind me asking in this thread, but it relates to what you were saying about the nickel chrome wire earlier.... where can I get hgiher resistance Kanthal at a really good price, wires.co.uk only has .150mm, would that be the one for me?
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Post by maccafan on Nov 8, 2012 23:18:58 GMT
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Post by maccafan on Nov 8, 2012 23:28:33 GMT
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