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Post by fred on Jul 7, 2014 23:28:59 GMT
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Post by fred on Jul 7, 2014 12:06:09 GMT
Could you quickly fashion her a mod stand for it? From an offcut of wood or something? Get a look at it yourself, and get it replaced by the vendor if there's an issue  You may have to lend her something in the meantime? Could you also reinforce the tanks somehow? |
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Post by fred on Jul 7, 2014 10:06:33 GMT
Trouble is I'm a perfectionist fred good enough isn't for me, especially when I'm making something intricate. I have a x20 loupe to inspect my work  Like you say you don't see it when installed, and I expect it makes little difference anyway.
I've only doubled the wire over and coiled in tandem, not tried doing it individually.......yet. I have tried pulling each wire end when the coil is complete, but that only tightens 1 or 2 coils not the whole lot. I takes patients and work slow I think It's much easier with really thick wire for low Ohms, but you still need to take you time to get it right. That's my preferred way, as I only have to coil once, and don't have to worry about getting the other one precisely in the gap! Plus, I know roughly how much wire to double over, so very little wastage these days. You know how hard you find it with 0.25 or 0.3? Think of poor me next time, using 0.2  Hopefully ionian has all the info he needs to give this a go. |
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Post by fred on Jul 7, 2014 9:55:35 GMT
??? Proper custard comes out of a tin
Not sure of the answer though - try it and report back  Haha, milk, egg yolks, cream, vanilla seeds = proper custard Sent from my iPhone using Crapatalk Possibly! But it only takes 30seconds to open a tin, and no chance of burning it |
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Post by fred on Jul 7, 2014 9:45:41 GMT
??? Proper custard comes out of a tin
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Post by fred on Jul 7, 2014 9:36:52 GMT
If you know the date you sent it , and the postcode, royal mail WILL have a record of it (as it's recorded). Whether they'll give you the info is another matter! If you ask nicely, at the post office you used, they MAY be able to help. If not, does the po have CCTV, and how long do they keep the tapes? Tell the vendor you are on CCTV, sending it, and the date/time will match up with the postal records, if a it goes to court. Moral of the story - send the tracking number of the parcel to the recipient, then there's always an accessible record of it! Hope you get it sorted soon.  |
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Post by fred on Jul 7, 2014 9:14:58 GMT
@scooby did you wrap the first coil, then wrap another strand in the gap? Or did you wrap the 2 strands simultaneously? I've done both ways - 1st more economical with wire, as I know exactly how much to trim off. 2nd - you're able to twist the 2 together to form the leg, then it possibly produces a more even coil as you can get even tension on each strand? To be fair, I've never got that close to one, so couldn't comment. To be fair again, if I did get that close, and it looks like yours, I think I'd be well happy! However, once its in the chimney, I can't see it and as long as it vapes well, I'm well happy! |
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Post by fred on Jul 6, 2014 20:20:41 GMT
I use .2mm in my kayfun styled devices. Micro coil 2 strands round a 2mm drill bit 4 times, no overlaps, so looks like a regular micro coil of 8 turns. This has same resistance (I think, technically) as 4 turns of 0.3mm - approx 1.1ohms. The upside is, there is almost twice as much surface area in touch with wick and I'm sure it heats up a lot quicker than 0.3mm. Downside- slightly more difficult to coil, and probably doesn't last quite as long, but so far, they are lasting at least 6-8 weeks. Changing cotton every 2-5 tanks, depending on juice (cotton is knocked after 2 tanks of cinnamon red-hots!) Its horses for courses. I've got some ribbon wire to try out a tin-man coil at some point. I'd like to give this a try - do you have a picture? Do you lay two strands side by side and then wrap them? Don't have a PIC, but yep, 2 strands side by side. Imagine if one strand were red, and the other blue, the entire coil would be striped ( hope that makes sense). Just wrap it up like a normal micro, ensuring that neither wire crosses the other (not sure if it would make a difference, but Super-Shiny wouldn't be impressed ) Once its all heated and squashed together, I twist both strands on each leg together - possibly makes the legs stronger, but makes it easier to catch the small screws on the Dec, and stay where it should. All 3 have almost full tanks, but I'll try and get a PIC for you tomorrow, when one's empty. |
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Post by fred on Jul 6, 2014 19:20:18 GMT
A lot of lappys have a hardware button to switch wireless on and of. You haven't accidentally switched it of with that , have you? Crossed posts - looks like you did |
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Post by fred on Jul 6, 2014 19:17:41 GMT
Simple answer -
NO!
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Post by fred on Jul 6, 2014 19:15:39 GMT
I use .2mm in my kayfun styled devices.
Micro coil 2 strands round a 2mm drill bit 4 times, no overlaps, so looks like a regular micro coil of 8 turns.
This has same resistance (I think, technically) as 4 turns of 0.3mm - approx 1.1ohms.
The upside is, there is almost twice as much surface area in touch with wick and I'm sure it heats up a lot quicker than 0.3mm.
Downside- slightly more difficult to coil, and probably doesn't last quite as long, but so far, they are lasting at least 6-8 weeks. Changing cotton every 2-5 tanks, depending on juice (cotton is knocked after 2 tanks of cinnamon red-hots!)
Its horses for courses.
I've got some ribbon wire to try out a tin-man coil at some point.
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Post by fred on Jul 5, 2014 20:50:05 GMT
You must have different firmware to me  This was after about 10 seconds  |
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Post by fred on Jul 5, 2014 20:19:42 GMT
My v5 (long time from fasttech) needed setting to RMS - can't remember how I did it.
And from what I can gather, these new v5's have a different firmware anyway? With puff-counter and stuff? Maybe they should be called v6 or v5+ or something?
Hope you can sort it though. I know, what you're going through, as mine was the same before I sorted it!
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Post by fred on Jul 5, 2014 20:00:04 GMT
Resistance is due to the length of wire used, less wraps of the same diameter use less wire so has a lower resistance. But different thickness of wire have different resistance - 0.2mm diameter kanthal has a higher resistance than 0.3mm wire. A length of thick wire is always lower resistance than the same length of thinner wire. Thicker wire with a low resistance gets much hotter than thiner wire with a higher resistance and tends to give a hotter vape with denser clouds, and high resistance with a cooler temperature tends to produce less clouds. For the best flavour I find it depends what device you are using as to what is the best resistance, e.g. my kayfun is really nice at about 1.3 ohm and my ithaka works best at 0.8. To say lower resistance or higher gives a better vape is all down to personal preference though. Its a bit like being hungry and having to choose whether an apple or an onion is the best thing to eat. Both are good but both have their right place.I think the best place/way to decide this, would be for you to do a video of yourself eating both, then the viewer could vote on whether it is better to eat an apple or an onion.  C'mon, make with the video - you know you want to! |
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Post by fred on Jul 5, 2014 19:51:09 GMT
Nothing like the rocket, mate! The rocket is a kayfun(esque) device, and it must be said, for the price of it, the one in my hand right now, full of cinnamon red-hots, is performing exceptionally well!  |
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2 puffs or 20 puffs it's up to you.
C'mon, make with the video - you know you want to!