recoiling subtank mini occ to 0.5 ohms help

[banditruss]

hi all sure some of you have done this ,i know how to to do it from youtube vids ...but cant seem to to .5 end up with .7 .8 using 80/20 wire ...do you leave leave spaces between coils ? or close up seems on vids people use different size coils anywhere between 3.5 mm and 2mm  tried quite a few combinations...liked the 3mm coils as easy to wick ...but at my calcs that would be 3 wraps ....doesnt seem enough ,i tried the steam coil calc but doest come out right ,wondered if anybody had acheived 0.5 on it and how save me making loads more ...mind you fun doing just, disappointing when not achieved ..if not i will persevere...i will get it to do it !!! lol

thanks for any help russ  

[Deleted]

prr prr prr !!!

[Greg]

Have a look at the info here 


allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/50745/kanger-subtank-mini-build-guide?page=1&scrollTo=883229

[banditruss]

thanks thats great but its for the rba deck i wanted to do the occ heads...this works out differently due to leg length thanks for trying

[Greigster]

What is 80/20 wire?
What gauge wire are you using?

[Greg]

Jun 13, 2015 10:12:57 GMT banditruss said:

thanks thats great but its for the rba deck i wanted to do the occ heads...this works out differently due to leg length thanks for trying

Just use a wrap less and try that. Why are you fixated on 0.5 ohms ?

[banditruss]

80/20 is lower resistance to kanthal a1 supposedly closer to the orginal wire in the occ 80 %nickol 20/% chrome (have tried kanthel comes out higher) using 26awg 0.4mm

[banditruss]

just like to keep to original specs i surpose im a bit anal like that but to tight to keep buying heads for them plus i enjoy making things

[gm111]

How about resistant to non- resistant wire? I've seen it about in like 6" lengths somewhere (sorry this doesn't help)

[banditruss]

lol but your trying thx

[prr]

banditruss I use .5mm kanthal, 5 wraps around a2.5 mm former, I microcoil them but you don't have to.

[banditruss]

thx pit excuase my ingnorance when you say micro coil them do you mean keep them tight close together ..and does this give you the .5 then ? thx for help

[prr]

Microcoiling means all the wraps touch together in a solid coil, 5 loose wraps where thewraps don't touch will give you pretty much the same result banditruss

[banditruss]

ahh great thx didnt know if it would make any difference i have tried both ways but... ill give this build a go and hopefully get it it right this time cheers

[Deleted]

Never heard of this 80/20 wire your on about , but possibly as I don't bother with much else than Kanthal A1 and NI200 from Stealthvape for my builds.

If your using a regulated mod with the Occ coils your building there's no need to even go Sub ohm, just build to 1.2-1.4 ohm, I never get too het up about the resistance when using a reg mod. Totally different if your on a Mech though!