Well I suck at microcoils

[collie2011]

I tried to make a microcoil today, it came out at 4.2ohm

Not sure how on earth I managed that but I think I need more practice at it lol.

Decided to just coil them normally and swapped the silica for cotton wool, it's amazing what a difference the cotton wool makes!

[Steve (VapeStorm)]

What wire were you using?

[ronaldo]

fencing wire

[Greg]

Apr 12, 2014 13:19:35 GMT collie2011 said:

I tried to make a microcoil today, it came out at 4.2ohm

Not sure how on earth I managed that but I think I need more practice at it lol.

Decided to just coil them normally and swapped the silica for cotton wool, it's amazing what a difference the cotton wool makes!

You're probably using too thin a gauge wire, 0.2 by any chance ? You need something like .25 or .3 

[spikus]

You're gonna need some thicker wire .... Chunkier the wire .. Lower the resistance is

[spikus]

Doh ... Greg beat me to it !

[collie2011]

Yeah it was .2 it was all I has in. Guess I'll have to order some thicker wire lol.

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[pyr0]

You could always double it and twist it while waiting on new wire

[collie2011]

Oh I also set my plaster on fire as well haha. Note to self, point the lighter away from me! I need to order a few bits next week anyway, I'll get some .25 and .3 lol.

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[enjay]

Maybe even thicker depending what ohms you're aiming for, I think I use .32mm on the ladies evod coils, maybe 10 wraps on a 14 gauge needle (1.6mm), comes out just right. I generally stick with .32 or .34 for micros now.

As said too though you could twists the .2, Take a foot of it, double it up, twist the two loose ends then clamp them in pliers or that, stick something through the loop at the other end and twists till it's nice and tightly wound. That will basically half the ohms.

[Greg]

collie2011 if your aiming for around 2 ohms stick with .025 or .3

If you want to go around 1.0 ohm then an enjoy says go .32 or bigger.

You can twist two lengths of 0.2 to get the same effect but given your just starting out on your oiling journey maybe best to leave that until later. Nothing lost if want to try but it's a bit harder than using thicker wire for sure.

[collie2011]

Trying to get between 1.5 and 1.2. It's ok, I'll just order some new wire and get various thicknesses, always good to have a few in

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[Greg]

Apr 12, 2014 14:34:16 GMT collie2011 said:

Trying to get between 1.5 and 1.2. It's ok, I'll just order some new wire and get various thicknesses, always good to have a few in

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Very true you can never have too much wire 

[OneDay]

Apr 12, 2014 13:19:35 GMT collie2011 said:

I tried to make a microcoil today, it came out at 4.2ohm

Not sure how on earth I managed that but I think I need more practice at it lol.

Decided to just coil them normally and swapped the silica for cotton wool, it's amazing what a difference the cotton wool makes!

I had the same problem with the first microcoil I made. Tried doing it with some wire I had in my box and got nearly 5 ohms

I bought some 0.3 and they all come out perfectly now every time

[tokari]

Apr 12, 2014 14:34:16 GMT collie2011 said:

Trying to get between 1.5 and 1.2. It's ok, I'll just order some new wire and get various thicknesses, always good to have a few in

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I get 1.4Ohms with 8 wraps of 0.3 Kanthal around a 2mm drill bit.