Pre-made coil/wattage question

[ghostrider1971]

Hi guys,

I have a box of pre-made clapton coils I bought from a B&M a while ago.

0.60 Clapton - 24g and 32g - A1

Any ideas on the power I need to put through these, please?

I tried them when I first got them and the heat up time seemed really slow.

Would like to try one again in an OBS Nano.

TIA

[Get Off My Cloud]

Just treat claptons the same as you would a regular round wire coil of the same resistance.
A 0.6ohm coil i would start at 25W if it's a little lacklustre for you bump it up 0.5W at a time until you hit the vape you like.

[ghostrider1971]

Get Off My Cloud - The thing with these coils is I found them REALLY slow to heat up

Thicker wire maybe - wasn't sure....

I just wondered if I needed to stick super heat through them?

[tim]

Nov 13, 2017 21:09:33 GMT ghostrider1971 said:

Hi guys,

I have a box of pre-made clapton coils I bought from a B&M a while ago.

0.60 Clapton - 24g and 32g - A1

Any ideas on the power I need to put through these, please?

I tried them when I first got them and the heat up time seemed really slow.

Would like to try one again in an OBS Nano.

TIA

The ramp up (heat up) time for any multi-wire coil is slow compared to single wire coils. Also, the cool down time is extended, resulting in 'after toke' vapour production. I find this leads to more frequent wick changes.

Apart from that, What dr00g said.

[Get Off My Cloud]

Nov 13, 2017 21:58:49 GMT ghostrider1971 said:

Get Off My Cloud - The thing with these coils is I found them REALLY slow to heat up

Thicker wire maybe - wasn't sure....

I just wondered if I needed to stick super heat through them?

Yes it will be slower to ramp up than a regular single wire coil.
The way claptons work is the power goes through the central core wire, that core wire heats up and the heat from the core in turn heats up the outer wrap, the outer wrap doesn't get hot from the power being delivered.
That delay while waiting for the central core to heat up the outer wrap is why you have a slower ramp up time.
You could punch more power through the core to make it hotter and heat up the outer wrap slightly quicker but once that outer wrap has heated up it's also going to get hotter and put you in possible burnt hit territory.
Using a mod with a preheat or power curve function would be better so you can punch a higher amount of power initially and it automatically drop down to a lower amount of power after a second or so would be better.

[djs]

I do not like using Clapton coils much.

Since I don't make them (can't be ar.... or probably would mess it up) I buy them periodically when I see a small tub for a couple of quid.

I've tried a variety of resistances. My main stock is Kanthal (wire and premade) but I have a big pack of 0.4ohm Nichrome which seem great.