First re Coil for Protank

[melitahams]

Yes Romelee all I need now is some good wick and wire. This was the first time it come good as no bad taste

[melitahams]

Is it normal that the bottom part where the coil is mount gets a bit hot when in use ( when vaping)? or it's something I'm doing wrong?

[gapy360]

I know mine gets warm when I'm chain vaping, quite useful when I'm fishing and it's a bit chilly!

[melitahams]

I understand as when I get crazy my wife even told me to drink the juice lol

[chykensa]

melitahams - when I first started recoiling, my coils were so variable. Some wouldn't even fire in the Vamo they were so low, some were coming out at 2.8ohms+.
With some more experience, I can now wind a Protank head at about 2.0ohm with 5 turns of .2 Kanthal 9 times out of 10, and they last anything up to a week.
Being a lazy person, when they start to tail off, I just pop it out and recoil rather than rinsing and dry burning. I enjoy the fiddlyness (?) of recoiling and the satisfaction when it comes out correctly that I leap at the chance to make a new one.
I have a couple of spare heads brand new, but I keep those for emergencies rather than use them.
You seem to be well on the way to getting the rating you want, and once you know how many turns and how tight/loose to coil, you will be able to repeat it again and again. Keep us posted, and best of luck!!

[melitahams]

Sept 22, 2013 10:50:58 GMT chykensa said:

melitahams - when I first started recoiling, my coils were so variable. Some wouldn't even fire in the Vamo they were so low, some were coming out at 2.8ohms+.
With some more experience, I can now wind a Protank head at about 2.0ohm with 5 turns of .2 Kanthal 9 times out of 10, and they last anything up to a week.
Being a lazy person, when they start to tail off, I just pop it out and recoil rather than rinsing and dry burning. I enjoy the fiddlyness (?) of recoiling and the satisfaction when it comes out correctly that I leap at the chance to make a new one.
I have a couple of spare heads brand new, but I keep those for emergencies rather than use them.
You seem to be well on the way to getting the rating you want, and once you know how many turns and how tight/loose to coil, you will be able to repeat it again and again. Keep us posted, and best of luck!!

Now I'm coiling and I 'm getting them from 1.8 to 2.ohm. I also get a multi meter  so I can see the ohm as well before I place the new coil on the eVic. Than I have a small battery which I'm now using to dry burn the new coil so like that I won't always unscrew and screw on the eVic head. One small problem that I sometimes have is that sometimes the same coil give good throat hit and produce great vapor and sometimes the same coil reduce maybe its that I'm doing it tight ? 

[chykensa]

If you wrap the turns around the wick too tightly, it will choke the wick and prevent it from drawing the juice up to the coil. I think you are using a needle to coil around, this is a good idea because you can wrap quite tight and the extra space created when you remove the needle is usually just enough.
This tension business will become second nature in time, and you won't even have to think about it.
I must admit that I use my Vamo to check the ohms before I reassemble the tank, but your method is fine too

[melitahams]

Sept 22, 2013 12:38:58 GMT chykensa said:

If you wrap the turns around the wick too tightly, it will choke the wick and prevent it from drawing the juice up to the coil. I think you are using a needle to coil around, this is a good idea because you can wrap quite tight and the extra space created when you remove the needle is usually just enough.
This tension business will become second nature in time, and you won't even have to think about it.
I must admit that I use my Vamo to check the ohms before I reassemble the tank, but your method is fine too

I will try to get some god stuff as well this coming week like eko wool and some good wire as well as I had get some new wire but it fell on the floor and my wife throw it  while sweeping . The best method I found for now is one piece silika wick in 2 mm and another piece in 1 mm and 4 turns of Ni-Chrome Wire in 0.15mm.