Orchid V4

[Greg]

@letsavit you could also buy a pair of vape grips which are really cheap and work very well

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/32596/vape-grips

[Ron]

Just bought this(https://www.fasttech.com/products/1815409 ) for top fill like the Erlkonigin it seems to fit ok with the version 4 may need the taller chimney for v3 (https://www.fasttech.com/p/1918600 )

[VapingBad]

I have raised the air inlets to get the coil higher so I can have slightly longer wicks and to reduce leakling, which I didn't get anyway. Two bits of Heineken can 6.6 mm wide rolled into tubes, stuffed into the holes and cut to length.

[Deleted]

Just got round to building it, the only thing I didn't like compared to the Kayfun is the fixed top chimney, like to see my coils, wick while screwing it down.

All that said I have ordered another and think my clearomisers days are numbered.....!

Also vaping at 15watts which is/was unusually high for me, its nice.....

[VapingBad]

Couldn't agree more about the chimney @letsavit, except to add would like to see it shorter and maybe tapered or doomed as you don't need much height above the screws.

[Resnik]

Yeah I've been keeping an eye out for a 2 piece chimney for a while. You would think as long as these have been out and all the versions one company would have made a better one. Still though its my daily vape filled with acid pony smax. Have not found anything better.

Sorry missing all this been busy and all I have had time to do before bed was whats in your hand right now.

I will be doing what vaping bad did to his air intake holes to one of my Orchids. Seems like a interesting fix.The Orchid made by infinite has something close to the same and also has higher post.

[lairey]

Another alternative is Super Grip Vape Gloves

[lush]

VapingBad what size grub screws are you using in the posts?

[VapingBad]

Nov 21, 2014 19:45:23 GMT lush said:

VapingBad what size grub screws are you using in the posts?

They are the ones that came with it from Puff Place, but the V4 is OOS now.  They are M3 3 mm long, you should be able to get them on eBay, the Allen key is 0.9 mm.

[nurseygirl]

I have an orchid, i found it really easy to coil and when i put it on a ipv2 its showing at 1.1 ohms, yet it wont fire... says check atomiser. Does anyone have any idea what the issue could be ?

[lush]

Nov 21, 2014 22:58:01 GMT VapingBad said:

Nov 21, 2014 19:45:23 GMT lush said:

VapingBad_ what size grub screws are you using in the posts?

They are the ones that came with it from Puff Place, but the V4 is OOS now.  They are M3 3 mm long, you should be able to get them on eBay, the Allen key is 0.9 mm.

Thanks VapingBad i already got some M3x4mm grub screws which i got to replace the ones in a Rose! i`ll give them ago next time i strip down the V4! impressed with your mods to the air holes might try that when my other two V4`s drop on my doormat

[robdelmar]

Nov 21, 2014 17:05:43 GMT lairey said:

Another alternative is Super Grip Vape Gloves

Thats what I use but got mine from aldi, builders high grip gloves 3 pairs £2.99, work brilliantly

[jeffc]

VapingBad do both coils have to be identical, ie. 2 ohms + 2 ohms = 1 ohm.

Or if 2 ohms + 1.8 ohms = 0.9 ohm, or have I got it all wrong.

Never had dual coil atty, this is new to me when it arrives from FT.

[djs]

Nov 22, 2014 21:19:19 GMT jeffc said:

VapingBad do both coils have to be identical, ie. 2 ohms + 2 ohms = 1 ohm.

Or if 2 ohms + 1.8 ohms = 0.9 ohm, or have I got it all wrong.

Never had dual coil atty, this is new to me when it arrives from FT.

I just guessed at mine. 8 wraps around the same 'bit'. (they'll be close, that's for sure)
I am a beginner with it, but if they are unmatched, one glows/heats much more noticeably than the other.

[VapingBad]

Nov 22, 2014 21:19:19 GMT jeffc said:

VapingBad do both coils have to be identical, ie. 2 ohms + 2 ohms = 1 ohm.

Or if 2 ohms + 1.8 ohms = 0.9 ohm, or have I got it all wrong.

Never had dual coil atty, this is new to me when it arrives from FT.

They shoul be almost identical (unless they are in series which does not apply) or more current will go into the one with the least resistance and that will heat up more.  2 ohms + 1.8 ohms = 0.947 ohm, those values would not have a big inbalance, but I would try to get within 0.1 ohm / 5%, the closer the better, but 10% will work at lower watts.  Normally just having the same shape, num coils, leg length & wire is enough and you can see when you pulse them without a wick if one continues to heats up faster than the other after pulsing them and final squeezing together.