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Post by westyorkylad on Mar 20, 2015 22:26:52 GMT
Try turning the watts up to vape that excess juice off. If that doesn't work then either you haven't fully fixed the flooding or you're you're not using enough wick - try a 2.5 or 3mm coil. Mine is happy with a 3mm coil on the wide deck with the wick roughly half way down the channel, at 14-16 watts. Cheers ripshod ....... I have tried turning the watts up but its only marginally better an it spoils the flavour ........ill build a bigger coil an use a bit more cotton an see if that fixes it ???? |
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Post by westyorkylad on Mar 20, 2015 17:21:35 GMT
Hi All Right I am looking for some help with the Squape R, I have so far managed to fix the flooding issue I was having, I have also fixed the jumping Ohms Issue I then encountered now I just have one problem left that I cant seem to fix and its really starting to bug me and making me consider putting the Squape R back in its box and forgetting about it. Every time I set it up I am getting a lot of bubbling when its vaping, this results in a lot of Ejuice gathering at the top of the unit in between the outside top of the tank and the bottom of the drip tip, three decent hits on the Suape and I am having to pull the tip off and mop up the Ejuice on the bottom of the tip and the top of the tank, as an unpleasant side effect I am obviously also getting to eat a fair amount of the Ejuice which isn't great. I am using a 28 AWG Kanthal coil 2mm diameter and 0.95 Ohms, I have wicked it with cotton and I have the cotton just about reaching the bottom of the grooves in the deck, I am using the W deck and vaping at around 10 watts. The coil is positioned halfway out of the top of the deck with the centre of the coil level with the top of the deck. Hopefully somebody may have encountered this problem and know the solution to fix it, as I am so close to getting this RTA working perfectly! Thanks in advance people.  |
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Post by westyorkylad on Mar 5, 2015 12:31:14 GMT
I got a small blowtorch from homebargins, works a treat £5.99 and a quid for gas  Thanks Lee your a star |
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Post by westyorkylad on Mar 4, 2015 14:55:44 GMT
I use a gas one. You could get a "jet lighter" from your local pound store perhaps? I don't think an electric one would get the coil hot enough. Or you could do what many do and hold it in your gas cooker flame (with a pair of pliers etc). If you're on electric, then I'm out of ideas!  Hi Des Ok just wondered which gas one do you use? |
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Post by westyorkylad on Mar 4, 2015 14:48:25 GMT
Right thanks for that guys, just one more thing then ..................... can anyone recommend a good heat gun or blowtorch that is available in the UK? I would prefer an electric one rather than gas powered if possible just to save having gas cannisters hanging around the house, also it needs to be small enough to heat the coil without melting my fingers ....... any ideas and what do you guys use?
Thanks in advance
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Post by westyorkylad on Mar 4, 2015 14:03:16 GMT
Hi DiscoDes Thanks for the link, looked at that and whilst it says that 35a is the max discharge current - it doesn't say anything about the max prolonged discharge current so where would you get that figure from if its not listed with all the technical specifications? It has at least answered my question about voltage drop which apears to be from around 4.2v to 3.5v until the battery begins to become exhausted of charge. To say that the information surrounding these batteries is confusing is a slight understatement I think, the battery clearly says on it 35a and 3.7v, but what I am basically being told is that its neither! So who can come up with a figure for the prolonged max amp discharge that I need to use in working out the min resistance of my proposed coils then? It is VERY confusing ??? OK, well I have just received 2 of these very batteries in the post (I had built up some credit with a vendor) and at the moment am using them in a mechanical Mod 69 Clone with a Aspire Atlantis Tank with a 0.5 ohm coil and it is vaping away nicely. So with a quick (and dirty) bit of Ohms law I'm running at 4.2v (you always assume the maximum voltage even though the voltage does not stay at this) and 0.5 ohms so my current draw is 4.2 divided by 0.5 which means I am running at 8.4 Amps maximum. As the "normal" running current is 20A or these batteries this gives me plenty of "head room" with this set up. I don't want to stress my batteries and 0.5 ohm is a good coil resistance for me so I personally like to run at 50% of the battery current capacity. So I could go down to 0.4 ohms and be just a touch over 10 A (10.4) with these batteries, I also have some Sony VTC 4's which will run at a higher current. If you really want to run much lower than this you really need to be running 2 18650's in parallel otherwise your running time will not be very long and this open ANOTHER can of worms! Ok thanks I get that no problem - how do you know its a 20a battery that is the only part I am struggling with? |
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Post by westyorkylad on Mar 4, 2015 13:03:27 GMT
35 A is the MAXIMUM BURST discharge rate for a SHORT period. Here is a test of the very battery you are asking about LINKNOTE what it says under the first table :- "This is a very high current battery, but the 35A rating might be a bit optimistic." Hi DiscoDes Thanks for the link, looked at that and whilst it says that 35a is the max discharge current - it doesn't say anything about the max prolonged discharge current so where would you get that figure from if its not listed with all the technical specifications? It has at least answered my question about voltage drop which apears to be from around 4.2v to 3.5v until the battery begins to become exhausted of charge. To say that the information surrounding these batteries is confusing is a slight understatement I think, the battery clearly says on it 35a and 3.7v, but what I am basically being told is that its neither! So who can come up with a figure for the prolonged max amp discharge that I need to use in working out the min resistance of my proposed coils then? |
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Post by westyorkylad on Mar 4, 2015 12:44:12 GMT
Hi Ripshod So why do they say 35 amp on them? |
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Post by westyorkylad on Mar 4, 2015 12:36:38 GMT
Maybe Ive got the wrong end of the stick but the Ifest 18650 batteries I have are 2500's and say 3.7v on them? 35a current, so doesnt that mean that they are 3.7v batteries?
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Post by westyorkylad on Mar 4, 2015 11:45:41 GMT
1. Vapour production will drop and vape will seem cooler 2. Once vapour production tails off and isn't hitting the spot anymore 3. Depends on the battery. A good quality battery should be absolutly fine at 75%, but 50% or less for batteries you don't know or trust. Sony, samsung, sanyo and panasonics are usually good to 75% 4. This anneals the wire to make it easier to form into a coil (i.e. removes the springiness of the wire) 5. Low ohms mean more vapour and more flavour as more liquid is vapourised, and also means a warmer vape, although the warmth of the vape is also affected by the size and shape of the coil. Hi thatguy thanks for that - the only one that doesn't answer for me is the first if I had a 3.7v battery how would I know what the voltage drop would actually be so I could work out the high and low wattage whilst vaping i.e. the voltage being 3.7v when the battery is fully charged as opposed to when its nearing empty? If sub ohm coils are much better for more vapour and more flavour, then why bother building coils over 1 ohm at all? |
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Post by westyorkylad on Mar 4, 2015 7:38:49 GMT
Hello All
Having looked through the info on here for mechanical mods and watched a number of utube videos I have a few questions that I am hoping some of our more experianced forum users might be able to answer for me, as follows;
1) How will I know what the voltage drop is on any given battery when used in a mechanical mod?
2) How will I know when its time to change the battery on a mechanical mod?
3) When working out the amperage draw on a battery for a particular coil set up on a battery that has say a maximum draw of 35 amps what would be the safe amperage to work to, half that?
4) Watching videos on utube quite a lot of the people building coils fire them with a blow torch, is this just so that they can be easily bunched together, can this be done when firing on the mod before building the coil up with the wicking material instead?
5) Finally as a general rule of thumb does low ohms coils mean greater vapour production and higher ohms set up mean less vapour but more flavour?
Think thats about it at the minute guys and girls your help with this is very much appreciated.
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