MIcrocoils !! PLease help

[Greg]

Jan 18, 2014 15:28:08 GMT Aldo said:

soo... it touches, and it's reading 2,6 with 10 turns of .2 ?
Does this seem correct ?

That sounds about right, you maybe better using thicker kanthal, 0.25 or 0.3 for a really robust coil. I use 12 turns of 0.3 on a 2mm mandrel in my protanks to get 1.6 ohms

[Greg]

Jan 18, 2014 15:37:09 GMT @freefromsmoking said:

Jan 18, 2014 15:33:25 GMT Greg said:

Yeah but yours is in the same thread 

Crossed thread old son  ... probably because I took the time to get the link to Super-Shiny 's guide before I posted rather than a quick post and a subsequent edit  .. I will see your Tease-smiley and raise you  Tease-smiley 

OLD, now I'm feeling depressed

[Aldo]

SUCCESS !

I'm amazed. This flavour
SO it reads 2,6ohm, and I pumped 4,6V through it in the Provari with Perpetua leche ... and it was GREAT I think I could have put some more cotton, but as I used Greigster 's coil buddy, the coil was more tight than in you guide Super-Shiny !
Nevertheless it's going on flawlessly, great vapour, good TH and the flavour is amazing !
I might just give this cotton+microcoil thing a go in the KFL+
Thanks all for the tips !

Cheers

[Super-Shiny]

Wait until the Spheroid sets in Aldo it gets even better

[Aldo]

Ups looks like I had put less cotton than needed indeed xD
The cotton wick split in two! xD I just made another and pushed it through the coil and it seems to be doing fine again Let's see what happens !
next week my kick2 will arive and I'll try it on top of my Paps X !

[Super-Shiny]

Jan 18, 2014 18:26:58 GMT Aldo said:

Ups looks like I had put less cotton than needed indeed xD
The cotton wick split in two! xD I just made another and pushed it through the coil and it seems to be doing fine again Let's see what happens !
next week my kick2 will arive and I'll try it on top of my Paps X !

Best way is if you struggle to get the cotton through it's too thick, take some off and try again, gotta remember cotton expands, the cotton should be a snug fit when fitting, not a struggle.

[Greigster]

@aldo
I agree with Super-Shiny. With a cotton wick, "less is more"
You should be able to pull the cotton wool freely back and forth through the coil without any feel of restriction, if you cannot, then you have too much cotton wool.

Neil

[Roscopecotrain]

Jan 18, 2014 19:43:13 GMT Greigster said:

@aldo
I agree with Super-Shiny. With a cotton wick, "less is more"
You should be able to pull the cotton wool freely back and forth through the coil without any feel of restriction, if you cannot, then you have too much cotton wool.

Neil

Totally agree. Any cotton wick i use is like that and then with my protanks if it gurgles i just add a tiny cotton flavour wick and away you go.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2

[Greigster]

Aldo
Here is a vid I have just done, regarding the quantity of cotton wool that I use......others may do theirs differently



Cheers

Neil

[Roscopecotrain]

Jan 18, 2014 20:42:44 GMT Greigster said:

@aldo
Here is a vid I have just done, regarding the quantity of cotton wool that I use......others may do theirs differently



Cheers

Neil

Great video greigster. What mod is that in the video?

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2

[Greigster]

Roscopecotrain

It is the Reo Grand, I have 4 Reo`s from left to right:-
Reo Grand 18650
Reo Grand 18650
Reo Mini 18500
Reo Mini 14500

All Mech Mods with no wires, pure mechanical.

[OneDay]

Jan 18, 2014 18:26:58 GMT Aldo said:

...I just made another and pushed it through the coil and it seems to be doing fine again ...

This is the beauty of microcoils. When the wick gets burned or gunked up, just pull it out, dry-burn the coil, and put some more cotton in.

[Aldo]

Hi Greigster
It sure helped Thanks a lot my friend for the effort you put into this... I'm doing great with the Spheroid, the fact that you can throw it on your pocket and don't worry at all with leaks is just great!
It's also in pristine condition and goes great with my polished steel Provari... I'll probably keep the KFL+ to use inside and the Spheroid to go out and about! This was an amazing purchase together with the Coil Buddy !
I liked the pure mech mods and I even tried a Reo back in the day, but since discovering the wonders of VV/VW I've converted... The fact that you don't have to deal with the voltage drop and monitoring battery life seems great. I might give a try one of these days with the PapsX and a subcoil, just to try what everyone raves about atm...
k8 you should probably get one of these, seems the best for hanging in pubs etc without worrying about leaks etc..
OneDay that's what I found interesting too simplicity at its best!

[Greigster]

I have sort of done the reverse in that I started out with VV/VW and moved to Mech mods but I want to build a DNA20.
I have also recently discovered carto`s and I am very impressed.
My vaping habits seem to change from week to week though I prefer box shaped mods.
I now tend to sub ohm on the Reo`s at about .8ish but because I do not vape that much (about 2 to 3 ml. per day), as soon as I feel the vape drop, I just pop in another battery.