niamh297
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Post by niamh297 on Mar 6, 2014 10:56:39 GMT
I bought everything from the list from Super Shiny's microcoil and cotton rebuilding guide on here. While I was waiting for it to arrive I purchased some pre made coils for rebuilding off ebay. Now that these have arrived I notice that the wire of the legs looks a different colour to the wire of the coil (legs look like they have been soldered on), these coils were listed as "Nichrome wire (non resistant/resistant/non resistant)". I'm not really sure what this means. I just want to ask why the wire of the legs is different to the wire of the coils? and in what way are mico coils different from standard coils? I will be attempting to rebuild micro coils from the guide using Kanthal wire
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Post by OneDay on Mar 6, 2014 11:05:18 GMT
NR/R/NR wires means that the bit that is actually coiled is made of resistance wire which gets hot. The legs are made of non-resistance wire which stays cool. This prevents the legs getting hot and avoids the possibility of singeing the rubber grommet.
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Post by niamh297 on Mar 6, 2014 12:25:03 GMT
NR/R/NR wires means that the bit that is actually coiled is made of resistance wire which gets hot. The legs are made of non-resistance wire which stays cool. This prevents the legs getting hot and avoids the possibility of singeing the rubber grommet. Thanks, the micro coils are made from one piece of kanthal link how do you then avoid singeing? |
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Post by OneDay on Mar 6, 2014 12:29:33 GMT
To be honest singeing isn't really a problem unless you vape at exceedingly high watts. Almost all Protank, Evod, iClear etc etc heads are made with single wires rather than NR/R/NR
The combi wires are belt-and-braces and not a necessity. I have microcoils in all my Protanks and have never burned a grommet.
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Post by niamh297 on Mar 6, 2014 14:20:26 GMT
To be honest singeing isn't really a problem unless you vape at exceedingly high watts. Almost all Protank, Evod, iClear etc etc heads are made with single wires rather than NR/R/NR The combi wires are belt-and-braces and not a necessity. I have microcoils in all my Protanks and have never burned a grommet. Great, thanks, I'll get on with attempting a rebuild then |
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