I’m retired, I guess. I still work as self employed maybe three or four days a week because I can’t sit home. Regardless, I have a lot of time to putz. I don’t dyi my exotic coils. I buy spools made up. But I do dig the activity of winding. Although I enjoy trying different types of exotic wire, for my daily vaping I always end back up with either simple wire or simple clapton. I guess I’m accustomed to the vapor production, flavor, ramp times, and heat of simple wires.
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Thank you everyone, can someone turn that fire hose off now, my head hurts lol. I am trying to use steam engine, pretty straight forward for single wire but confusing for multi. @TheTinMan1 try my Tropic Terror, I can’t seem to get enough lol.
I have a $1.50 coil wrap tool coming from Fast Tech so I’m thinking of just buying a spool of SS Clapton or straight wire and trying this myself. Been watching videos for months. I have a spool of Kanthal 24 gauge I haven’t tryied yet but am thinking SS is healthier.
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@Walt3 do you used spaced coils or fused up. I use RBA Goon dripper mainly so I was thinking close formed.
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I use mostly SS spaced. Not hugely spaced. I leave myself open for temp control which is kinda dumb because I use TC once in a blue moon. A contact coil in a goon would make a lot of sense. I will say this. I have a brass goon and with a low resistance exotic build in it, it gets HOT! That brass conducts some heat. Great for warming rooms or cooking small H’ordervers.
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Ok Steam Engine chugged out this for me. SS 316 single wire for dual coil target range of .2ohms using 26 guage wire at 5 wraps for inner diameter of 3mm. For starters lol. I’m guessing 26 is the guage of choice for simple coil in ss. @Fozzy71 24 gauge would need about 8 wraps is that what you talking? Should fit the Goon RBA I’m guessing. Would more wraps equal more flavour? Also I am guessing SS 316 is the main choice for you guys and gals as well. Looking for a flavour sum vape with great vapor production as well.
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I normally rock the 24g ss316L 9 wrap 3mm id on my goon and it makes me happy. (Dual coil) Flavor is good, easy to clean, and cheap to replace
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@Chrispdx dual coil? One wire or Fused Clapton, A simple single wire is probably great as well. I’m using Dual NiChrome fused Claptons for about 5-6 weeks now and cleaned only once. Kinda get a metal taste now and again.
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Thanks again everyone for the ideas and help…you guys rock.
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Dual. Yup.
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I would find myself losing time when I coiled. Go into the lab to make a foot of wire and two hours later I’m like wth. Totally loat track of time.
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yes, trust steam engine. I dont have any plain 24ga installed right now. The 22ga I just re-wicked is 7 wraps spaced and ohms out at 0.10 and will just barely run in tc mode on my rx2/3. It wouldn’t fire in vw mode when re-wicking and pulse priming the wicks.
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Ok, I just read on Lightning vapes that SS shouldn’t be used in watt mode only temp control is this true.
“It is not recommended to be used in wattage mode unless the resistance in ohms can be locked on the device. This is because the resistance fluctuates when the wire is hot versus room temperature. Mechanical mod users however may use this wire, however care & proper understanding of ohm’s law, as well as proper safety precautions for sub ohm vaping should be well understood”
I guess I might be ok using the Alien Mod. ???
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I use SS in watts mode daily.
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It is all I use, in TC mode only. I have a bunch of kanthal spools I bought early on that I need to sell or PIF.
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I would stay away of those Fast Tech coils. I tried them and the results were pretty inconsistent. The suggestion to buy from Advanced Vape Supply is spot on. They offer high quality pre-wrapped coils as well as spools. Their Alien coils are really great. Pick up one of these sample packs and you can try a bunch of different builds.
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Thanks @louiesquared. I’m leaning towards wrapping my own I think. i’ll just buy prewrapped Clapton or Straight wire and its pretty straight forward to spin it around a 3mm tool I’m guessing.
Thanks everyone for ideas and help in this thread. I have a better direction now of where to head.
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Ok I’m thinking from all this great advice on ordering later today from lightning vapes a spool of SS 24/SS36 Clapton wire. Now if I go up to 26 would that give me more or less vapor and flavour production with a wee bigger ohm like between .2 and .3. I’m not minding .15 at 75 watts right now but wondering the difference in going up a touch?
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Just my opinion but I prefer higher guage claptons. 28/40 or at least 28/36. This allows for more wraps without the mass of a lower guage. Faster ramp up and cool down. More mass requires a lot of power to ramp up wich in turn takes a lot of time to cool down. The cool down is most important because the longer your juice sizzles after you stop puffing the more it will start to gunk up.
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Crap, Lightning Vapes closed lol, have to wait till Monday now to order . @louiesquared, dual core or single now is the question lol. What I am using right now are two Nichrome 26/36 claptons which I have been using for almost two months. Once in a while I get a metallic taste. Only had to re wick once last week and I don’t even think it needed it. I just wanted to do it lol. The coils were a little blackish but after I cleaned it they were blackened again after a few puffs. At least we narrowing down now.
Thanks again everyone for teaching me more stuff.
Definitely looking forward to trying ss
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