Mech virgin help

[thebishman]

Hi mech people

Ive got my first ever mech today (the boxer squonker).

I think i understand battery safety but before i jump in, id like to know a few things.

Where can i find info about what batteries = lowest builds? I have several brands here so want to choose accordingly.

What kanthal builds do you guys use?

Anyone use 0.4mm kanthel? I always do a 5/6 wrap 3mm single coil for my pico squeezes and it hits hard. So id like to do the same build on this mech if i can.

Thats it for now!

Thanks

Bish

[decoy]

most 20 amp batts are good down to around 0.2 ohms
the squeeze is a mech but with a fuze and a max of 50 watts so you shouldent have a prob using the same builds

[Get Off My Cloud]

With the build you mentioned you will only be pulling about 5A on a fully charged cell so well within the safe zone for any 18650 really.
I calculate the resistance to be somewhere between 0.75ohm and 0.85ohm for that coil with a 5 or 6 wrap.

As already mention 0.2ohm is as low as you can go and stay within the Continuous rating on a 20A battery, you can go lower but then your into pulse rating territory.
A 30A battery the lowest resistance is around 0.15ohm in the continuous discharge rating.

[thebishman]

Jul 21, 2017 20:50:08 GMT Get Off My Cloud said:

With the build you mentioned you will only be pulling about 5A on a fully charged cell so well within the safe zone for any 18650 really.
I calculate the resistance to be somewhere between 0.75ohm and 0.85ohm for that coil with a 5 or 6 wrap.

As already mention 0.2ohm is as low as you can go and stay within the Continuous rating on a 20A battery, you can go lower but then your into pulse rating territory.
A 30A battery the lowest resistance is around 0.15ohm in the continuous discharge rating.

Ah brill ok i shall hopefully have time to lose my mech virginity later this afternoon

[jtc]

Good luck 😊

[drunkenbum]

Perfectly safe with that build. I'd recommend trying some ni80 wire. Cuts the ramp up time down to next to nothing. It's all I use on my mechs now

[thebishman]

Jul 22, 2017 8:03:02 GMT drunkenbum said:

Perfectly safe with that build. I'd recommend trying some ni80 wire. Cuts the ramp up time down to next to nothing. It's all I use on my mechs now

Is it easy to work with?

[glen]

Jul 22, 2017 8:42:23 GMT thebishman said:

Jul 22, 2017 8:03:02 GMT drunkenbum said:

Perfectly safe with that build. I'd recommend trying some ni80 wire. Cuts the ramp up time down to next to nothing. It's all I use on my mechs now

Is it easy to work with?

I use it, so it must be lol

[drunkenbum]

Jul 22, 2017 8:42:23 GMT thebishman said:

Jul 22, 2017 8:03:02 GMT drunkenbum said:

Perfectly safe with that build. I'd recommend trying some ni80 wire. Cuts the ramp up time down to next to nothing. It's all I use on my mechs now

Is it easy to work with?

Very easy. Less springy than kanthal in my opinion

[phtumshk]

Jul 21, 2017 18:21:28 GMT thebishman said:

Hi mech people

Ive got my first ever mech today (the boxer squonker).

I think i understand battery safety but before i jump in, id like to know a few things.

Where can i find info about what batteries = lowest builds? I have several brands here so want to choose accordingly.

What kanthal builds do you guys use?

Anyone use 0.4mm kanthel? I always do a 5/6 wrap 3mm single coil for my pico squeezes and it hits hard. So id like to do the same build on this mech if i can.

Thats it for now!

Thanks

Bish

Thats what I use in my RTAs and only use tube mechs so you should be fine.

Jul 22, 2017 8:42:23 GMT thebishman said:

Jul 22, 2017 8:03:02 GMT drunkenbum said:

Perfectly safe with that build. I'd recommend trying some ni80 wire. Cuts the ramp up time down to next to nothing. It's all I use on my mechs now

Is it easy to work with?

Its a lot softer than kanthal of a similar thickness so its a doddle to coil.
You need to be a bit more careful pulling your wicks out as it is easy to miss shape a coil but easy enough to put right agian if you do.
Get a roll of .5 Ni80 for chuckin the clouds but your kanthal will be fine if you just wanna MTL.
(you can MTL a tight draw on a spaced Ni80 coil at .4ohms but its a very dense vape)

[thebishman]

Jul 22, 2017 13:05:43 GMT phtumshk said:

Jul 21, 2017 18:21:28 GMT thebishman said:

Hi mech people

Ive got my first ever mech today (the boxer squonker).

I think i understand battery safety but before i jump in, id like to know a few things.

Where can i find info about what batteries = lowest builds? I have several brands here so want to choose accordingly.

What kanthal builds do you guys use?

Anyone use 0.4mm kanthel? I always do a 5/6 wrap 3mm single coil for my pico squeezes and it hits hard. So id like to do the same build on this mech if i can.

Thats it for now!

Thanks

Bish

Thats what I use in my RTAs and only use tube mechs so you should be fine.

Jul 22, 2017 8:42:23 GMT thebishman said:

Is it easy to work with?

Its a lot softer than kanthal of a similar thickness so its a doddle to coil.
You need to be a bit more careful pulling your wicks out as it is easy to miss shape a coil but easy enough to put right agian if you do.
Get a roll of .5 Ni80 for chuckin the clouds but your kanthal will be fine if you just wanna MTL.
(you can MTL a tight draw on a spaced Ni80 coil at .4ohms but its a very dense vape)

Ok i might do just that. Aslong as i havent blown my face off this afternoon that is lol

Gonna put a build in and have a go on mech in a minute

[thebishman]

Ok guys...just made a build...absolutely perfect...but its come out at 0.2ohm bang on. Will this defo be ok with a vtc4?

[thebishman]

Just pulsed it and its now saying 0.28ohm consistantly

[thebishman]

Or what about the brown lg 3000mah

[decoy]

safe on vt4 dont know about the lg because of the high mah