RBA Coil Head for SUBTANK Mini

[flavourtank]

Jun 18, 2015 20:47:20 GMT smarties said:

Shame that Greg I love my mini's but there's a lonely nano in my draw which I don't use because try as I might rebuilding the occ coils eludes me, I always get dry hits off the rebuilds.

speak to prr hes the man that can 

[smarties]

Never had a nano, I don't see the point of anything that small given all my mods are either 22/23mm tubes or boxes. Sounds like your not using enough wick in the OCC.



have a look in the guide section, Tom did a great guide or if you check my RBA guide in my sig there's a Rip video for the OCC rebuild.

Only tried rebuilding using Tom's guide should give it another go but I lurve my mini's so much there's not much point.

[Greg]

Jun 18, 2015 20:57:53 GMT smarties said:

Never had a nano, I don't see the point of anything that small given all my mods are either 22/23mm tubes or boxes. Sounds like your not using enough wick in the OCC.



have a look in the guide section, Tom did a great guide or if you check my RBA guide in my sig there's a Rip video for the OCC rebuild.

Only tried rebuilding using Tom's guide should give it another go but I lurve my mini's so much there's not much point.

You could always flog it then get another mini 

[prr]

smarties indeed I can recoil these, give me a few days till my thumb is actually useful again and then send me a few down, pm me early next week if you want me to do them for you.

[smarties]

Tempting Greg

prr that's a very kind offer but honestly I would prefer to know where I'm going wrong, I can coil everything from protanks to kayfuns to subtank rba's but I can't get the wicking right on the occ coils, any ideas?

[prr]

What internal diameter coil do you use smarties I do 5 wraps of .5mm around a 2.5 mm kuro coiler , comes in pretty much exactly right. Bonus is that it is small enough width wise to avoid the problem of shorting against the side.with regard to the cotton I'm sure you know you pass enough through the coil that it slides with just a tad of resistance , when its through I snip it off a couple of mm outs side the holes and fluff the cotton right up so the holes are completely filled.

Hope this may be of some help.

[norfolkphil]

Jun 19, 2015 16:48:53 GMT prr said:

I do 5 wraps of .5mm around a 2.5 mm kuro coiler , comes in pretty much exactly right. Bonus is that it is small enough width wise to avoid the problem of shorting against the side.with regard to the cotton I'm sure you know you pass enough through the coil that it slides with just a tad of resistance , when its through I snip it off a couple of mm outs side the holes and fluff the cotton right up so the holes are completely filled.

Hope this may be of some help.

Hey prr

Do you make spaced or micro coils? Just asking because you say you use the kuro coiler and I'm going to have a go at rebuilding some tomorrow.

[prr]

Personally I use micro coils, just personal preference but the work for me norfolkphil

[prr]

Just a thought but if you want spaced coils use the rod of the kuro to wrap, push the coil down towards the handle with you thumb and finger nails should come off very evenly spaced but not touching,don't use the top cap at all!

[phatfil]

Hi prr when the thumb is back to full strength will you be able to recoil the subtank OCC heads with Ni200 wire too??

Im after heads with a resistance over 0.15ohm for use with my TC mod box..

i have the ni200 wire if you need that

tia
(sorry for hijacking the thread folks)

[norfolkphil]

Jun 19, 2015 17:52:16 GMT prr said:

Personally I use micro coils, just personal preference but the work for me norfolkphil

prr That'll do for me too. Think I'll give them a go tonight.

Cheers

[prr]

phatfil, not used nickel yet, will certainly have a go for you, send me a length of wire and we'll see what happens along with the head of course. Because I don't have a sub tank you'll have to send the base as well so I can check the resistance.
Give it a week because I've got stuff to do for other members. Thumb is getting there, I can grip a beer tinnie now!!

[phatfil]

Jun 19, 2015 18:47:10 GMT prr said:

phatfil, not used nickel yet, will certainly have a go for you, send me a length of wire and we'll see what happens along with the head of course. Because I don't have a sub tank you'll have to send the base as well so I can check the resistance.
Give it a week because I've got stuff to do for other members. Thumb is getting there, I can grip a beer tinnie now!!

Thanks.. i will pm you in a week or two when A) I hope you back in top coiling form, and B) i have failed to recoil em myself

sounds like you need to practice gripping tinnies tonight tho  Cheers..  

[prr]

I can grip them but not crush them when empty yet! Previously the thumb would dislocate on the base joint very very easily. I can't remember when it fealt this tight , think this is going to work , chuffed to nuts. Only 4 external stitches, now gone and the stitches internally on the tendon are dissolving. For the first time in along time I'm not worried about it popping out.
People slag off the NHS, but I can only say that whilst I had to wait a while, they have been absolutely superb.

[phatfil]

Glad to hear your happy with the results as well as on the mend..

Fwiw I spent over a decade working in various nhs trusts up n down the country before small IT firms were legislated out of doing business with any trusts without a 5 star performance ratting ( ?????) and only came into contact with very diligent clinicians and support staff, Those who knock the NHS have another agenda imho..